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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1979
Page
14
Cedar Rapids Public Library opens a Magazine Index on microfilm linking 372 magazines from 1976 to 1978 with future five year coverage. Patrons search by subject author product name and keywords using a terminal style screen near the Reference Department.
Nashville brightens as film activity grows with an average of one movie per year and several projects lined up for 1979. Loretta Lynn biography Coal Miner’s Daughter will star Sissy Spacek, with Dolly Parton potentially filming here. multiple projects already shot include Nashville and W.W. and the Dixie Dancekings.
ABC begins 1979 with 200 affiliates, some from CBS and NBC, marking a major network shift. President James E. Duffy touts improved affiliate quality, noting exchanges from UHF to higher quality VHF stations such as KSTP Minneapolis and WRTV Indianapolis, and calls this turnover unprecedented in number and quality.
ABC rose from 14 outlets in 1953 to lead primes, trading affiliates to grow. Duffy notes parity drive, stronger news and public affairs boost ratings, advertising, and affiliate recruitment. Recent additions include WPRI Providence, KGTV San Diego, WBRZ Baton Rouge, WTEN Albany, and WSOC Charlotte.
Washington AP reports IPO a study showing two November patents spurred new industries employing hundreds. It cites Eli Terry's 1800 shift to water powered mass clock production and the November 11, 1930 Einstein Szilard refrigeration patent as catalysts for gas refrigeration systems in the United States.
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