Nostalgia boom tests networks' appetite for past shows
Hollywood reports a nostalgia wave reshaping network planning as executives seek safer, middle aged appeal over current topics like pop music. Despite All in the Family success, networks trim prime time and sentimental nostalgia dominates, leaving rock artists like James Taylor with little air time while alternates and education channels draw the rock audience.
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Television Listings Sketch Half Heard in Davenport
An OCR style TV schedule lists channels EWOC TY Davenport and others with titles like Days of Our Lives Guiding Light General Hospital and The Doctors. The fragmentary list includes game shows and soaps across multiple stations and time slots.
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Race Strife in Ga City Police Kill Black Youth
In Columbus Alabama I police say a black youth Willie Osborn was shot during a pursuit after refusing to halt at a roadblock. Osborn reportedly tried to run over officers and fled with an object in hand leading to a fatal shot. The incident followed arson fires and protests over the firing of seven black officers challenging racial discrimination claims.
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Hall of Draft Debate Sought to End Filibuster
Petition filed Monday seeks to end the Senate debate on the draft law. Supporters of the filibuster urge rejection of cloture to restrain the president from prolonging U S involvement in Vietnam. A vote is set for Wednesday on closing the long-running filibuster.
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Cereal Buyer Rebellion Fades Back to Top
Washington AP reports that nearly a year after a civil engineer turned hunger crusader attacked cereals as empty calories, the old favorites return to the breakfast table. What began as a buyer revolt appears now to be a fleeting spasm as Kellogg Post and General Mills say customers return to their brands amid loyalty pockets.
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Three Climbers Die In Mountain Slide At Grand Teton
Three Idaho Falls men died during a sliding descent of Symmetry Spire in Grand Teton National Park after tumbling through a hole in a snow field. Robert Deal 28 Wayne Creek 36 Louis Ybarrondo 9 were identified as victims. Deal fell through the hole first at about 8 00 feet and disappeared into a stream below. The other two sliders could not stop in time and followed.
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Eighth Victim of Detroit Massacre Seen as Target
Detroit police identified Robert Lee Gardner as the apparent target of the gunmen who killed seven others and wounded him in a west side apartment attack. Gardner, an ex convict and suspected narcotics dealer, died at Ford Hospital. The story covers legislative actions on bonds for university tuition and building projects, Gov. Ray’s remarks, and session length records.
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Five Charged on Marijuana in Johnson County
Five youths were charged with possession of marijuana after Iowa City police responded to a party at the Frederick C. Hubrey residence on route four. Officers found a hashish pipe and, with Johnson County sheriff support, obtained consent to search revealing marijuana and hashish pipes. Bonds set at $600 for Frederick C. Hubrey Gail L. Weizstein Sherilyn H. Testlake Linda K. Spilger Larry Fred Barnhill.
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West Delaware mill budget shows 4.3 mill decrease
Manchester reports the West Delaware school district approved a budget with a 4.3 mill decrease amid a $110,614 levy increase. The general fund is $2,058,906 and the schoolhouse fund $133,608, with state aid boosting to cut taxes by about $5,070. A public hearing is set for July at 8 pm.
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Bob Hope to seek laser treatment eye ailment
Boston report United Press International says comedian Bob Hope is due Wednesday for special Retina Foundation care for a four year eye problem. specialists will use a laser beam to locate the source of a recurrent hemorrhage in his left eye where vision is about 60 percent. He will first consult Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in New York before flying to Boston for treatment.
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Illness Continues to Strain Manchester Family
Danny Monaghan, a fifth grader at St Marys in Manchester, sees fluctuating temperatures and stomachaches after a field trip. His family, farming neighbors, and the community rally as concerns grow about his health while his parents consider cutting back farm work to ease burdens.
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Three Die in Two Car Crash Near Sibley Iowa
AP report details a two car collision at highways 9 and 59, two miles north and five miles east of Sibley. Michael Garrett 48 of Baxter Springs Kansas, his mother Jesse 45, and Darlene Honkamp 45 of Ashton Iowa died. Harold Hankamp 59 and his wife were injured along with Garretts father Donald a passenger. Hankamp treated at Sibley hospital for internal and back injuries.
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Belfast Blasts on Anniversary Eve
Two bombs hit Belfast on the eve of the 50th anniversary of Northern Ireland's parliament. An IRA promise of more attacks followed. One blast damaged a post office transformer, another wrecked a Masonic hall and damaged stores. Earlier a car bomb damaged a police station near Lurgan injuring two civilians. Two men were wounded by machine gun fire in Belfast as fighting between IRA wings intensified.
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Burglars Take 70 From Linn County Humane Society
Break in at Linn County Humane Society office netted thieves seventy dollars Sunday. A separate note mentions best fish theft figures and counterfeit money seized by the Secret Service in a separate Los Angeles case, with ambiguous dates and details.
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Tama District Court Hears Pleas and Dismissals
In Tama, Pleas of guilty were entered by Gerald Younghear and Henry Roan with Robert Benn for drunken driving. Younghear’s sentence was suspended on a parole request. Others pled innocent or had cases continued. Lee Roy Rodgers and Duane Hupfeld faced lascivious acts and driving while intoxicated charges, with continued assignments. Wayne Lasley sought parole while his commitment to a mental health facility was ordered pending. Bob E Terry’s case was dismissed after arranging child support.
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