Brooklyn's chief librarian had had enough. Last week Dr. Milton James Ferguson announced that henceforth Brooklyn libraries would turn deaf ears to telephoned quiz queries from radio fans.
Said Dr. Ferguson: ". . . The normal work of the library is suffering. . . . In some cases [telephoned queries] have resulted in actual impairment of [staff] morale."
The cause of Dr. Ferguson's long-suffering : WOR's Tello-Test quiz. On this five-a-week show, announcers telephone a housewife, offer $5 if she can answer a question in one minute. If she fails, another $5 is added, another number is called. Brooklyn listeners telephone the library...
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