525     May 13, 1963
Bill, Betsy, Henry, Bess

Dr. Lee Davenport from New York is going to put his hand in front of a machine, and: “Our television picture will go off the air” 
Dr. Davenport is the president of the research department for General Telephone and Electronics (GTE) and his device is a gas laser system through which the studio signal has been routed.  The first laser was built in 1960, so the concept is still relatively new to the general public.  Garry says this is the first program in history to be transmitted by laser.  Earlier, while working for MIT, Davenport was responsible for developing an advanced radar system used during World War Two.   


Andrew Roberts from Flushing, New York: “President Kennedy gave me a medal for heroism”                 
Twelve-year-old Andrew was one of several school safety patrol guards who all won American Automobile Association Gold Lifesaver Medals.  The president presented the awards in Washington on May 9.  In January, Andrew pulled two kindergarten children out of the path of a speeding car.   


Special guest Robert Goulet challenges the panel with foreign lyrics to popular American songs.  He performs “If Ever I Would Leave You,” (1960) his signature tune from the Broadway musical Camelot (1960), in Portuguese.  Goulet is about to start a two-week engagement at the Town & Country Club in New York, and will begin a nationwide tour in the summer.  He has also released the album The Wonderful World of Love (Columbia 1963).

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