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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1967
Page
9
Connie Hall and other country stars join a Grand Ole Opry presentation at Alexander High School Auditorium. The VFW Post 8804 sponsored event benefits hospital equipment loans. The show begins at 8 p.m. and features Duke of Paducah and emcee Jimmy Skinner.
The Texas Metropolitan Opera Radio Network will broadcast Puccini's Madame Butterfly on WOUB Saturday at 2. The piece, revised from two to three acts after a failed Scala premiere, has become a modern staple. Renata Scotto stars as Cio Cio San with Nedda Casei, George Shirley, and Ron Bottcher in supporting roles.
Schedule of shows for Friday evening including Huntley Brinkley Report Rawhide Walter Cronkite News Merv Griffin Tarzan Green Hornet Wild Wild West plus movie festival and other entries.
Saturday lineup features Popeye and Pals and Captain Kangaroo plus World of Sports and Wide World of Sports blocks. Notable items include The Beatles and American Bandstand, wrestling, NIT basketball, and Movie features across daytime and evening slots.
Unclear readable text notes a dated item and contestants names. The fragment lists Flipper and Secret Agent references with partial names and a dating game context, suggesting a light entertainment brief without full details.
A scrambled TV grid shows a slate of variety acts and dramas including Lawrence Welk, Mission Impossible, Gunsmoke, Hollywood Palace, Grand Ole Opry, and News segments. The jumbled text lists show titles with times such as 8:30 and 9:00, plus late night movies and sports or bowl programming.
Athens High School Masquers and Thespians present three one act plays in A Night With Thespians at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium. Aunt Fanny From Chataqua, Red Light Green Light, and Sorry Wrong Number form the program with student directing and cast members named.
A dense OCR of a Sunday broadcast grid lists programs by time and channel identifiers, including titles like Gospel Jubilee, This is the Life, Adventures in Faith, and various animated shorts. The excerpt shows numerous program names, hosting notes, and cross‑references, reflecting a scattered page of a TV or radio schedule across multiple channels.
The Messenger notes it is not responsible for errors in program listings when stations do not provide correct schedules. Color programs may display (C) after the program name. Station guides include 3-WSAZ IV NBCU Huntington 4-WLWC NBC Columbus 6-WTVN TV ABC Columbus WCHS TV CBS Charleston 10-WBNS TV CBS Columbus 13-WHTN TV ABC Huntington 15-WTAP TV NBC ABC Parkersburg 18-WHIZ TV NBC ABC 20-WOUB TV Ohio University Athens.
Perth report from Western Australia describes Kalgoorlie housewife Marjorie McBride joining her husband in a goldmine 65 feet underground. The couple crushed 22 tons of ore in a week for about seven ounces of gold as she handles ore buckets to surface.
A dense catalog of film times and titles across multiple eras featuring stars such as Natalie Wood, James Garner, Anthony Quinn, and John Wayne. The guide lists Westerns, dramas, comedies, and adventures with start times ranging from early afternoon to late night, including classic titles like The Wolf Man and Desert Attack.
Ohio University presents a highlights feature on transformations in American life led by Dr Harold Taylor. The program examines cultural and social shifts, with insights shared by scholars and educators from the Metropolitan Opera context.
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