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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1974
Page
8
Lloyd Bridges recalls guiding sons Jeff and Beau as they pursue acting careers. Beau co stars with Lloyd in CBS special The Whirlwind a Benjamin Franklin drama, while Jeff remains active in film and stage.
A montage of TV listings features Tonight Show with Johnny Carson at 8 p.m. Channel 6 and The Rookies episode A Test of Courage with guest stars. Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward highlight unspoiled lands. The Bengals face the Dolphins at 9 p.m. Channel 8. Also Martin Agronsky Evening Edition at 9:30 Channel unknown and more programs including Hanukkah special at 9 p.m. Channel 10.
Four people died in Maine over the holiday weekend due to traffic accidents. An unidentified man on the Maine Turnpike near Wells was struck after stepping from a median. Marion Hall, 73, of Lewiston, died from injuries after a crash near her home on Thanksgiving Day. Norman A. Parent, 50, Lewiston athletic director, died when his car lost control on U S 201. Thomas Berry, 30, of Topsham, was killed when his car hit a freight train at an unmarked crossing on Tedford Road.
The Soviet Union launched Soyuz 16 with pilots Col. Anatoly Filipchenko and Nikolai Rukavishnikov to advance preparations for a 1975 joint space venture with the United States. The mission aims to perfect docking techniques for the U S Soviet program slated to begin July 15.
A Northwest Airlines 727 charter crashed in a storm en route to Buffalo killing all three crew members. Capt. John B. Lagario and flight engineer James F. Cox Jr. were named. the third crew member was not yet identified. The plane departed Kennedy Airport at 7 14 p m and vanished after reporting a spin. The Baltimore Colts had been traveling to pick up the team. no passengers were aboard. The team had just lost to the Buffalo Bills 6 0 and awaited an air ferry after a prior snowbound plane was grounded.
The listing shows daytime programs from 12:00 to 5:30 featuring soap operas General Hospital As World Turns One Life To Live and Another World along with game shows Jeopardy Match Game The Price Is Right and $10,000 Pyramid. Also includes children's Sesame Street and Tattletales and evening telecasts from Merv Griffin and News.
A compact listing of programs across networks with times and show titles. Highlights include 8 ABC News room Newsbeat at 6 00 and 6 30, 6 NBC News at 8 The FBI at 10 Walsh's Animals at 13 CBS News 7 00 6 To Tell Truth 10 Comment 13 Raymond Burr 7 30 8 Hogan's Heroes 10 Martin Agronsky 13 Maine Weather 13 Sunrise Semester 6 45 6 Farm Report 6 Today 13 Flintstones Monday Evening 8 00 6 Wild Places 8 The Rookies 10 Special Of Week 13 3 Women Alone 9 00 & Movie 8 NFL Football 13 Billy Graham 9 30 16 Caught In Act
A sanitized fragment lists daytime and early evening TV shows with times and program titles including Captain Kangaroo Romper Room Concentration Phil Donahue Family At War Medical Center Eyewitness News Newsbeat News College Football Name That Tune Winning Streak Barbara Walters Gambit High Rollers Beverly Hillbillies Now You See It Hollywood Squares Brady Bunch Love Of Life and News, reflecting a mid era schedule.
Classic double bill features The African Queen at 9 p.m. starring Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn with a river voyage peril. At 11:30 p.m. The Devils Own offers witchcraft tales in an English village starring Joan Fontaine and Kay Walsh.
Washington AP The U S commissioner of education urged publishers to refrain from printing materials that insult parental values In a speech to the Association of American Publishers he criticized juvenile literature for promoting violence obscenity and conflicting morals Bell cited the Bible McGuffeys Reader and the Wizard of Oz as examples of books with proper values and engaging storylines The remarks mark an early federal response to the schoolbook controversy
The four day Thanksgiving holiday ended with a highway death toll of 485. A heavy east coast snow storm with high winds and freezing temperatures worsened driving conditions and raised crash risk. The AP toll covered 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday across time zones. The National Safety Council projected 525 to 625 deaths over the weekend. Gold mining depths in South Africa reach 12 350 feet as miners extract over 9 000 tons yearly.
A compact list tracks a mix of daytime and syndicated TV across channels. Shows include The Price is Right style formats, soap operas like Search for Tomorrow and As World Turns, family programs Sesame Street and Mister Rogers, and game shows such as The $10,000 Pyramid and Match Game.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Osborne and their sons Tommy in Berlin New Hampshire for Thanksgiving Day included Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Rice and sons Brian and Kenneth Rice of Lincoln Road Saco Mr. and Mrs. Russell Durant Mrs. Clement Wight C Paul Wight and Miss Ethel Wight from the community
Victoria Budinger known as Miss Vicki has drawn $235 a month from August 28 per Camden County welfare records cited by the Philadelphia Sunday Bulletin. She is reportedly in England with their 3 year old daughter Tulip while Tiny Tim's manager says he doubts welfare claims and that he sends money for the baby each month.
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