Douglas Family on TV Debuts in A Dream for Christmas
A Dream for Christmas introduces the Douglas family to network television. The black family from Arkansas relocates to Los Angeles to salvage a decaying church, while parents take domestic work for white families and the eldest son works after school. The film blends sentiment with realism and hints at a potential future series.
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Lee Rich
Lorimar Productions
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the Waltons
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Television Listings for Iowa and nearby stations
Television listings for KCRG TV Cedar Rapids WMT TV Cedar Rapids KWWL TV Waterloo KIIN TV Iowa City KTYO Ottumwa WHBE TV Rock Island WOC TV Davenport WKBT La Crosse KROC TV Rochester WHO TV Des Moines KDUB Dubuque.
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Rock Island
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la Crosse
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Rochester
Who.tv
Des Moines
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Thursday Night Lucy Show and News Schedule Mix
TV guide style listing detailing evening programs, weather updates, and late night shows across multiple channels. Highlights include Lucy Show, Action News, The Price Is Right, Guiding Light, General Hospital, and various soap operas and entertainment features.
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Lucy
Steen
Agency Reports Lower Yule Toll on U.S. Highways
NEW YORK AP Traffic fatalities during the Christmas holiday weekend totaled 520 on U S roads from Friday evening to Tuesday midnight well below the National Safety Council's early estimate of 550 to 650. Weather and economy are cited as factors with a light travel period noted nationwide.
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New York
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Council
Midwest
Firemen Dodge Bullets To Douse Electric Desk
In Florissant, Missouri, firemen battled a blaze that destroyed an electronically equipped desk installed for the police chief last month at a cost of 1200 dollars. Chief Milton Vogel kept ammunition in a desk drawer and bullets exploded during the fire. The desk housed remote television to monitor the jail, a tape recorder, a radio, a master control console, and a typewriter. The fire damaged the chief’s office and an adjacent conference room. investigators suspect a defective heater as the cause.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Florissant
Milton Vogel
Airport Unit Seeks City Attorney for Zoning Plan
The Cedar Rapids airport commission discussed hiring an assistant city attorney to handle legal matters including lease agreements with airport vendors and the proposed airport zoning ordinance. Chairman Gardner and Manager Jameson pressed to expedite the ordinance with interagency approvals, while officials noted they lack sufficient legal background for certain issues.
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Cedar Rapids
The
Commission
Roy Jameson
Don Gardner
Gardner
Don Hines
Jameson
Apcooa
Apcoa
Holiday Berlin Wall Traffic Declines With Fewer Visitors
West Berliners crossed into East Berlin and the countryside in smaller numbers on the Christmas holiday. Border officials reported the flow down markedly from 1972, noting a pre holiday rush had occurred but East Germany’s financial measures likely curbed travel.
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Berlin
Two Parks Closed To Snowmobiling
The Seminole Valley park and Manhattan Robbins lake areas are closed to snowmobiles due to warm weather. Officials say they will reopen when at least four inches of snow covers the ground.
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Seminole Valley Park
Manhattan-Robbins Lake
Parks Department
Arion Resident Dies In Car Train Crash
DENISON AP Thomas Slater 21 of Arion was killed Wednesday when his car moved onto a country road crossing two miles east of Denison and was struck by a Chicago and North Western freight train. The car was carried about a half mile along the tracks, and the engineer, Al Nelson of Boone, said Slater appeared to be reading a letter as the crash occurred.
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Thomas Slater
Arion
Slater
Chicago and North Western
al Nelson
Boone
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