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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1969
Page
3
Page cornucopia of showtimes and ads lists programs and events for the day. Names like Mitzi Dana Andres and William Eyth appear amid broadcast slots and theater notes, with sports updates showing Oakland A's and Orioles games and various cartoon features.
Tonight offers The New Christy Minstrels at the Los Angeles Zoo Griffith Park at 7 20 P M Lucy Show features Jack Benny as a celebrity depositor David Frost hosts a new talk show debut with Prince Charles Ed Sullivan as guest J Perry Mason Speed Racer and more fill the schedule including Gunsmoke Batman and The Avengers plus travel and world news updates from stations and channels across the lineup
TV programming faces scrutiny as child viewers crave simple solutions and sensational violence. Public concern grows over influence on millions of kids behind parental buying power, while networks push higher quality, fantasy driven shows like H.R. Pufnstuf from Sid and Marty Krofft. The article notes new fantasy content aims to elevate imagination and storytelling. It highlights midget actor Jack Wild from Oliver as part of a Living Island adventure with witches.
UPI reports a NBC IV poll finds 56 percent of Americans favor wage and price controls as a tool to curb inflation. Eighty six percent dislike excessive entertainment aimed at youths, while 21 percent support tax revolt ideas. NBC plans include updating cartoons and children shows, with new formats and several returning titles.
In a six spade contract, South blends tricks to reach home even if the diamond ace is with East. He wins the heart lead, draws trumps, and cashes clubs, then underplays a heart queen from dummy. West misreads the layout, misplacing hearts and diamonds, and faces a fatal sequence if he wins the first diamond.
Beverly Garland joins the Douglas household as a widow who marries Fred MacMurray in a season premiere. The plot mirrors real life as Beverly, a widow, has a daughter and joins the long-running CBS show, stirring reactions among viewers and cast alike.
A cluttered TV and film schedule outlines recent and upcoming programs. Highlights include Sullivan 38 and Spotlite on Speed 44 hosted by Steve Allen, film titles such as Maght to the City with Richard Widmark and Gene Tierney, Come Dance With Me featuring Brigitte Bardot, and classic movies like The Fighting 69th.
Actress Garland joins CBSs My Three Sons in its tenth year to stake her claim as mistress of a household of happy males. She will wed star Fred MacMurray in the eighth episode and join Dawn Lyn as her 6 year old daughter in the household with William Demarest and the family dog Tramp.
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