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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1976
Page
9
A compiled lineup lists programs across ABC CBS NBC and more for Thursday evening. Notable items include News 6 and 20 blocks, classic series like The Waltons Mannix and Barnaby Jones, with movies and specials such as Gordon McRae and Dance For Camera, plus Lottery and Tonight Show segments.
NBC carries Gorilla a high profile nature special narrated by David Niven with tense moments as a scientist is robbed of a baby. Other slips include Welcome Back Kotter basketball gag and Waltons quilting party as NBC ABC repeat slate fills evening hours.
A fragmented list of daytime and prime time programs includes Sunrise and Morning Report blocks, soap operas like General Hospital All My Children As The World Turns and Days of Our Lives, game shows such as The Price Is Right and Wheel of Fortune, and children's programs including Captain Kangaroo Lassie and Mickey Mouse Club. It maps many show titles to time slots and repeats across the day.
A TV guide snapshot lists evening programs across networks including NBC News Hodgepodge Lodge The Rockford Files Donny and Marie Sanford and Son Firing Line Police Story The Rookies Newswatch Washington Week and Aviation Weather with multiple time blocks and channel references. The schedule features a mix of dramas comedies talk shows and news segments across channels.
A compact rundown of film titles and casts including Winning with Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, The Hospital with George C Scott, Meet Me in St. Louis starring Judy Garland, How The West Was Won Part II, The Ken tuckian with Burt Lancaster, The Real Glory with Gary Cooper, Don't Drink the Water with Jackie Gleason, Yankee Doodle Dandy with James Cagney, The Emigrants with Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, and related plot glimpses and airing times.
Two national arts bodies the Federal State Panel of the NEA and NASAA will convene in Columbus Ohio July 11 to 14 hosted by the Ohio Arts Council. Events include study committee board meetings and joint sessions at the Christopher Inn Main Conference Room and Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts with officials from Washington DC and state arts councils.
The Ohio Arts Council approved minigrants for several Ohio organizations. Recipients include Croissant & Company in Athens for poetry pamphlets, Ohio Poetry Day events, Cain Park Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Cleveland Heights Recreation Department, Akron filmmaker Joseph Hornung for a Pat Pace documentary, Schumacher Gallery at Capital University for an art education package, and the Cincinnati Ballet Company for a mini festival tour.
Ohio University kicks off a print collection display at the Trisolini Gallery located at 48 E Union St It runs noon to 4 pm Wednesday through Saturday all summer showcasing pieces from the permanent collection with free admission and rotating works by regional artists.
The Ohio Village at I-71 and 17th Avenue in Columbus and the Ohio Historical Center will be the statewide focal points for July 4 celebrations hosted by the Ohio Historical Society and the Ohio Bicentennial Commission. Highlights include contests with silver dollars prizes, period concerts, a Declaration reading, bells, a 9 p.m. fireworks finale, craft demonstrations, and free admission for children 12 and under. The Center opens 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. with a free exhibit on the American Centennial and a six projector multimedia program. the village offers activities 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. with $1.50 adult admission.
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