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Newspaper
Biddeford Saco Journal
Location
Biddeford, Maine, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1975
Page
5
A dense listing shows NBC CBS ABC and local channels presenting news sports dramas comedies and premieres. Highlights include space drama Space 1999 premiere and the Red Sox baseball game while Abbott starred films and classic titles air across the night with news updates and late movie marathons.
The ALA Auto and Travel Club announces the 1975 New England Fall Foliage Guide off the presses. It offers maps and directions for nine foliage tours across six states with peak travel periods from Sept 20 to Oct 5 for Maine New Hampshire and Vermont and mid October for southern New England. For a free copy contact the ALA at 559 Forest Avenue Portland.
The Maine Commission on the Arts and Humanities awards a $3000 grant to the Maine Film Alliance to defray costs of an upcoming film showing Maine’s diverse filmmaking styles. The alliance will serve as a forum for exchange of talent and data and inform schools and the public about film production.
CBS launches Joe and Sons starring Richard Castellano as a middle aged Italian American father raising two teens Barry Miller and Jimmy Baio. The opener centers on oldest son Ark skipping Mass for four Sundays and questions about God as family comedy aims for laughs despite slow start.
AP previews Cloris Leachman in Phyllis Lindstrom’s first CBS episode after Lars’ death. Phyllis and her teenage daughter seek work and stability, while a photographer offers a studio job that reopens old romantic echoes. The premiere charts a slim, steady shift from MTM style to new challenges.
Local listings show Saco Drive In offering Swinging Barmaids at 7:40 and Man Handlers at 9:15. Other theaters schedule multiple features including Return to Macon County Benji Jaws and Deep Throat across various times and venues.
Des Moines entrepreneur David Hanson aims to rescue burlesque from lewd trends. With wife Sandy O'Hara and longtime pitchman Bill Thompson, plus comedian Claude Mathis, he criticizes pseudo-producers for turning burlesque into smut. Hanson stresses his family-friendly acts rely on dancing, music, and comedy rather than nudity. Thompson notes difficulty drawing paying customers to sexy acts.
Maine Public Broadcasting Network channels including Channel 26 Biddeford will air a nine week series of half hour programs for supervisory and management staff. The course produced by Apes Management Science features Dr Jack F Rhode and covers motivating employees discipline subordinates and time planning among other topics.
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