Peter The Promoter

Peter Jennings “has hoisted promotion to a much higher level,” Dusty Saunders writes. “The peripatetic newsman was in Houston Monday, conducting a lengthy public town meeting. In Denver on Tuesday he interviewed Peter Coors and charmed a luncheon gathering of civic leaders. Next stop was Seattle on Wednesday and a session with Bill Gates.”

> The “Discussion with Peter Jennings” at local affiliates is being billed as “TV’s last veteran news anchor,” a tipster says…

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