For years Hollywood's movie companies have presented a united front against television by refusing to sell their backlog of old films for re-release on TV. Last week came the first big break. The man who made it was Thomas F. O'Neil, 40, son of Akron's General Tire & Rubber Co. President William O'Neil and boss of the company's General Teleradio subsidiary.
In eight years as head of the entertainment end of his father's business, young Tom O'Neil had put together a $35 million chain of five wholly owned TV stations, and a 569-radio-station...
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