Awards

The winners of the 14th Annual Peabody Awards, announced in Manhattan this week: RADIO NEWS: ABC's Chet Huntley (of Los Angeles station KABC), because he has "consistently demonstrated a talent for mature commentary on the controversial issues of the day." PUBLIC SERVICE (REGIONAL) : Atlanta's NBC station WSB, for adding "luster" to broadcasting with its project, Removing the Rust from Radio.

PUBLIC SERVICE (LOCAL) : Station WBAW of Barnwell, S.C., for its "new and attractive concept in religious broadcasting" in its series, Church of Your Choice.

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NEWS: Gerald W. Johnson (of Baltimore's WAAM-TV), for "his profound sense of political history, his graceful literary style, and his outspoken courage."

Music: NBC's TV Opera Theater, for its "memorable productions" of Macbeth, Carmen and Rosenkavalier.

ENTERTAINMENT: a double award, to NBC's Fred Coe, producer of the Philco-Goodyear TV Playhouse (for "superior standards and achievement"), and to NBC's Imogene Coca of Your Show of Shows (for "implike, contagious and entirely original humor").

EDUCATION: a double award, to Manhattan's Camera Three on station WCBS-TV ("stimulating, instructive, civilized"), and to Los Angeles' Cavalcade of Books on CBS station KNXT (for helping "to spread the word about the joys of reading").

CHILDREN: NBC's Mr. Wizard, as "a captivating example of how education can be made progressive without the loss of fundamentals."

INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING: the British Broadcasting Corp., for its TV films of the coronation.

SPECIAL AWARD: CBS's Edward R. Murrow, because "he believes passionately in the capacity of this country to do the right thing."

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