People: Aug. 2, 1963

The trade had been buzzing for months with stories that the American Broadcasting Co. was not entirely happy with James C. Hagerty, 54, its vice president in charge of news operations. When he took the job in 1961, Ike's former press secretary thought that ABC's news announcers should be re porters. But the idea flopped for the simple reason that most reporters have the public personality of an Underwood portable. So it came as no real surprise when ABC announced that Hagerty would now become a vice president in charge of corporate relations for...

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