Bertram And The Networks

September, 1964

Bertram and the NetworksAs the Super Chief approached Los Angeles on its overnight run from Santa Fe, Bertram Bascomb Baylor sat in the club car thoughtfully sipping some 25-year-old Scotch that had been placed aboard for his convenience by the press department of the Federal Broadcasting Company. United Broadcasting had arranged for Bertram's train accommodations (he had a thing about flying) and it had behooved Federal to get in there fast with a little judicious care and feeding of its own.Be...