Television Today From Brooklyn to Modern MLB Telecasts
A retrospective recalls Major League Baseball on TV beginning in 1939 with the Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Red Barber, longtime broadcaster, reflects on the evolution from blurry black and white to six color cameras and 60 second ads.
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Me Partridge Family heads to sea on Sitmar cruise
ABC comedy musical At Sea Me Partridge Family will film an episode aboard the Sitmar 8.8 Pairsea luxury cruise ship carrying O60 passengers, cruising from Acapulco to Los Angeles during the 1979 to 1980 season.
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Television Listings Read Like A Fragmented Local Guide
A garbled OCR style TV listings page shows station call signs and city names such as Cedar Rapids Waterloo Davenport Rochester and Des Moines with stray words like News Weather Sports and general channel identifiers. The text is incomplete and difficult to parse but reflects a rough schedule outline and local station references.
Symington Sees Fall for Cambodians
Sen. Sturt Symington, acting chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, warned on ABC that a major Communist offensive in Cambodia could follow after the end of American bombing. He said North Vietnam might seek Norodom Sihanouk’s return to power and criticized White House secrecy over bombing orders.
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Wildcat Walkout Ends at Chrysler Detroit Forge Plant
A six day UAW wildcat strike at Chrysler's Detroit forge plant ended Monday. Production of 1974 model cars to resume as leadership reports most workers back. Elwood Black, UAW international representative, urged others to return and promised no further trouble.
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NASA confident of astronauts ability to return
SPACE CENTER Houston AP Mission Control grows more confident Skylab 2 crew will reach Earth around Sept 25 in their own craft, avoiding a rescue. Flight director says a normal entry is likely though a rescue craft and restice rocket may be sent from Cape Kennedy as precaution. Astronauts Bean Garrick and Lots are mid-flight on a 59 day orbital mission. Bean trialing a jet backpacks AMU for future transfers and repairs.
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Three Jailed in Farm Strike Violence Case
In Kern County, three men Lamont Cafit Thessaul Alfred Guerra and Arthur Galvin faced assault to commit murder charges after a shooting wounded Steve Riggenberg 28 of Bakersfield as he drove a Gui marra vineyards truck through a grape strike area. A 22 caliber rifle was seized and officials said none of the suspects were known picketers.
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U S Considers Safety Limits For Tricycles
Washington AP reports the U S government weighs safety standards for tricycles following an engineering study by Calspan Corp for the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Proposed changes include removing the rear step curved handlebars adjustable seats and unrestricted turning capacity to reduce instability and injuries estimated at about 100000 annually.
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Gallup Finds Liberalizing Attitudes on Sex and Nudity
Gallup reports a shift toward liberal views on premarital sex and nudity in a July survey of 1,544 adults. Fifty-three percent of Protestants view premarital sex as wrong, 45 percent of Catholics, with regional and age differences. In 1969 higher share of Catholics held the view. overall more support for nudity and stage nudity than four years earlier.
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IRA claims British duty in Dull bombing case
In Belfast a statement by the IRA denied Prime Minister Heath's claim that Britons were not involved in last December's car bombing. The IRA offered cooperation in any inquiry as 70 injured prompted Irish lawmakers to back anti IRA measures.</analysis>
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