It's....
ALIVEEEE!!!
I replaced all the open power resistors on the filament string, replaced the thermistor with a CL90, used a 5.6ohm 10W wirewound and a 2A micro breaker to replace the fusible resistor, replaced all the paper caps, and now I have *video (*sometimes)
There is a cold solder joint or a crappy tube socket somewhere on the main video PCB, as the set occasionally loses input signal to the video amp tube and the screen flickers to a blank white raster. The sound is also way out of alignment, but meh, It's a start. Most of the tubes are marginal to weak, and Philco branded. They must be original. The CRT seems to be waking up as the set is played. Some of the electrolytics have been replaced in the past, all PS voltages are normal and the lytics test good on my ESR meter. I'll replace them eventually, once the intermittent video problem is solved.