Kojak Origins From The Marcus Nelson Murders
CBS shaped The Marcus-Nelson Murders into a TV series titled Kojak with Telly Savalas as Lt Theo Kojak. The program, delayed by a 16 week writers strike, will begin production Aug 22 and air in October after scripts are completed.
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Matthew Rapf
Telly Savalas
New York Y
Wylie-Hoffert
Abby Mann
Selwyn Raab
Janice Wylie
Emily Hoffert
New York
Theo Kojak
Telly
Bear
Rapf
Lights Off To Save Spirit of Christmas
Wilmington city council president Frank Vari quipped that the city was losing the spirit of Christmas. At a Thursday meeting the council voted to switch off the Christmas lights left burning on trees in a downtown park signaling a move to curb year round illumination.
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Wilmington
Del
Frank Vari
Television Listings and Station Notes for Iowa Regions
Listings for KCRG-TV Cedar Rapids WM ITV Cedar Rapids KWWL TV Waterloo KTYO Ottumwa WHBE TV Rock Island WOC TV Davenport WKBT La Crosse KROC TV Rochester WHO TV Des Moines KDUB Dubuque Burns and Schreiber areas. Announced programs include World Bible and Untamed War segments with varied local notice.
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Cedar Rapids
Wmit-Tv
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Waterlooro
Iowa City
KTYO
Ottumwa
Whbe-Tv
Rock Island
Woc.tv
Davenport
WKBT
la Crosse
Kroc-Tv
Rochester
WHO
TVV
Des Moines
KDUB
Dubuque
Maryland lawmaker found murdered amid drug case indictment
James Scott a 48 year old Democratic Maryland state legislator awaiting trial on federal heroin conspiracy charges was found shot dead in the basement parking garage of his Sutton Place apartment building. Police reported two shotgun shells and two .22 caliber shells near the body and said literature from a group calling itself Black October lay nearby claiming war on narcotics pushers.
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Maryland
James Scott
Black October
Scott
U.S. District Court
Richmond
New York
Jess Baker
Baker
Sutton Place
Ten Amtrak cars derail near Kankakee injuring over eighty
Amtrak No. 59 the Panama Limited derailed near Chebanse in Iroquois County injuring eighty five passengers. Hospital officials reported no serious injuries while 22 were admitted for bone fractures strains neck injuries or shock. Traffic was blocked on Illinois Central Gulf tracks, with delays expected for freight and passenger trains into Friday.
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Ill
New Orleans
Amtrak
Here
Chebanse
Iroquois County
Chicago
Illinois Central Gulf
Illinois Central
Allied invasion captures Augusta and advances toward Catania
Thirty years ago Allied forces swept the east coast of Sicily. They secured the port of Augusta nineteen miles north of Syracuse, while landing ashore near Catania, with major cities along the coast toward Messina reporting progress.
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Augusta
Syracuse
Catania
Messina
U S to Start Pulling Out B 52 Bombers in Southeast Asia
The United States will begin withdrawing B 52 bombers from Southeast Asia this weekend with 13 aircraft leaving Guam, signaling a staged pullback of at least half of the 200 heavy bombers deployed before August 15. Public disclosure could affect cease fire talks and Nixon administration credibility.
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United States
Nixon
Guam
U.S
Indo-China
Pentagon
Cambodia
James Schlesinger
Congressional
Thailand
Navy
Southeast Asia
Indochina
Fire melts fishing boat at Fourth Street NW dock
Four boys ages 8 to 11, while fishing and playing with matches at the Fourth Street NW dock, started a fire that melted an aluminum flat bottom boat owned by Bill Klotzbach. Gas from a leaking can ignited by a lighted stick caused the blaze about 11 a.m. One boy had minor hand burns. Fishing poles and tackle boxes were lost. the motor was saved.
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Fourth Street
Bill Klotzbach
Red Oak Man Drowns in Farm Pond Near Griswold
Keith Palmquist 21 of Red Oak drowned while swimming with youths on the Ralph Jackson farm in Pottawattamie county about eight miles southwest of Griswold. Divers recovered his body from 15 feet of water.
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Palmquist
Red Oak
Pottawattamie County
Griswold
Ralph Jackson
Iowa official seeks EPA extension on fuel oil and coal use
C Graydon Anderson of Greene urged Gov. Ray to ask federal authorities to permit burning of Iowa coal or heavy fuel oil in the state. He seeks a 1976 extension to meet federal sulfur rules, noting shortages and transport issues. The Iowa air quality commission already extended its deadline to January 1975.
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DES Moines
C. Graydon Anderson
Greene
Iowa Air Quality Commission
Robert Ray
Iowa
Anderson
Commission
Environmental Protection Agency
State Commission
Ray
EPA
Court Holds Up New Insecticide Guidelines
A federal court in New Orleans blocked OSHA from enforcing new guidelines on organic phosphorus pesticides. The ruling pauses entry restrictions for 1 to 14 days after spraying, required respirators, specialized clothing and washing rules, and applies to apple orange grape peach and tobacco growers. The decision stems from petitions by the Florida Peach Growers Assn. and others seeking to challenge the rules issued May 1 and revised June 15.
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New Orleans
5Th U.s.circuit Court of Appeals
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Florida Peach Growers Assn., Inc
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