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                 from  sponsors  and  from  some  viewers,  and  concern  from MURROW, CBS.  See  R.
                 Now  stayed  on  the  air  only  four  more years.
                   In  1953, Murrow began  an interview  show, Person to Person, which involved
                 informal  interviews  with  celebrities.  He  also  worked  with  CBS Reports,  where
                 he  was  part  of  the  famous  documentary  on  migrant  workers,  "Harvest  of
                 Shame."
                   In  1961, he  left  CBS  to  take  charge  of  the  U.S. Information  Agency.  Illness
                 forced  his  retirement  in  1963.

                 SOURCES:  Michael  Emery  and Edwin  Emery,  The Press  and America,  eighth  edition,
                  1996; Alexander  Kendrick,  Prime  Time,  1969.
                                                                 Guido  H.  Stempel  HI
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