Television Today Roundup Aims For Thanksgiving Specials
NBC tied CBS for first in the 70 city week ending April 15 as Sanford and Son and All in the Family repeats battled for top status. Kung Fu placed sixth while The Waltons special did well in New York with mixed results. Rex Harrison and Audrey Hepburn set a Thanksgiving three hour attraction. Sinatra's return special on Nov 11 and 60 Minutes reports on pet overpopulation and homeless dogs and cats. NBC previews Sins of the Fathers a Vietnam orphan documentary airing June 19 exploring U S involvement and adoption aid.
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Carroll OConnor to guest on Cavett show May 15
Carroll OConnor stars as Archie Bunker and will be the sole guest on ABC TV's Dick Cavett show on May 15. NBC airs the movie version of My Fair Lady, continuing its presentation slate.
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Make a Wish TV Series Returns for Next Season
ABC TV announces Make a Wish, its weekly children's show, will return next season after enduring tough Sunday daytime scheduling and earning steady acclaim.
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Television Listings Across Cedar Rapids to Des Moines
A dense TV schedule fragment lists stations by call letters and markets from KCRG to WHO including programs and hours. It mentions news, weather, sports blocks, game shows, dramas, comedies, movies, and children's fare across multiple cities and time slots.
Red Cross Schedules Swim Instructor Course in Linn County
The Linn County chapter of the American Red Cross hosts a water safety instructor training this week to teach swimming to the handicapped. Dorothy Brasch of St Ansgar leads with Paula Olsen Nancy Engels and John Fenton assisting. Twenty eight area instructors participate with model students from local schools. Sessions run at Bender pool with a Friday 4 30 certification session for participants.
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Iowa
John Fenton
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Bender Pool
Geneva Disarmament Talks Stalled After 10 Weeks
The Geneva conference recessed until June 12 after stalemate over chemical weapon bans and underground nuclear tests. Soviet Alesei A. Roshchin blamed the U.S. for lack of interest while American head Joseph Martin urged a practical approach. Japan and nonaligned delegations look to summer expert meetings on detecting tests.
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Clemson scientist develops peanut flake as meat substitute
Clemson University food scientist Dr. Luther Anderson announced a peanut flake product developed after six to seven years of research by Dr. J. H. Mitchell. The flake, patented last September, is intended as a meat substitute and represents a new protein option from Clemson's agricultural sciences program.
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Kidnappers Capture Argentine Police Chief in Shootout
In Cordoba Argentina a high gendarmerie official Jacobo Nasif head of Frontier police in northeastern Argentina was kidnapped after a shootout with his abductors according to a gendarmerie spokesman.
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FDA Bans All Uses Of DES in Livestock
The FDA ordered a ban on all DES uses in beef cattle and sheep effective Friday. Existing implants may remain and meat from treated animals may be marketed. The action cites cancer risk and residues despite no proven public health hazard, with substitutes like Synovez and Balgro identified.
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Sweden Criticizes U S Bombing in Cambodia
Sweden’s Foreign Minister Krister Wickman condemned U S bombing in Cambodia as indiscriminate and unacceptable for a major power in a civil conflict. He urged cautious approach to Laos hostilities, noting ongoing Swedish government opposition to Indo China policy and citing Prime Minister Palme’s wartime comparisons.
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Kirkwood Hosts Iowa Vocational Directors Meeting
Kirkwood Community College will host directors of vocational programs from all 15 Iowa community colleges and area vocational-technical institutes for a two day meeting. The program includes a Thursday dinner at the Amana colonies and Friday visitations to Kirkwood programs. Attendees include Darwin Schrage Calmar Richard Schultz Davenport and Serwin Schiefer Burlington with G W Eddings Kirkwood director as host.
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Bandit Loots Heiress Suite in Miami Beach Hotel
A masked bandit armed with a switchblade burst into Candace Messler Garrison's Miami Beach hotel suite and stole about 600000 dollars worth of jewelry. The 51 year old Texas bank heiress was unharmed after pleading with the thief not to hurt her.
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Iowa Senate OKs Agriculture Workmen's Compensation Expansion
The Iowa Senate approved a bill 42 to 2 to cover farm and household workers under workmen's compensation. Farm workers earn payroll thresholds for coverage starting Jan 1 1974 and household workers begin July 1 1974. The measure boosts rehab and ambulance limits, widens dependent payments, extends student age for coverage, and phases benefit increases to 80 percent of spendable earnings, with gradual rises toward 200 percent over eight years.
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Nixon Urged To Fire All Involved In Watergate
The Washington Star-News urged President Nixon to dismiss immediately all White House staff involved in the Watergate case. The editorial, supporting Nixon, called for wholesale house cleaning even before guilt is decided and said resignations should occur without implying legal guilt.
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