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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1968
Page
3
A dense grid of local TV station channels and a long list of programs including repeats of The Love of Life Jeopardy Tonight Tonight and various game shows dramas and sports segments across multiple daily time slots with multiple networks and regional stations. The entry lists programs by time and channel with occasional notes on show titles and scheduling.
TV critic notes Bill Cosby combines humor with personal warmth in his first NBC variety special. He draws on I Spy acting experience and childhood memories to create a one-man piece with storytelling, sets, and heartfelt moments. Cosby’s appeal lies in direct communication and self‑parody free of cheap gags. He is poised to become a major film star.
CBS TV's National Geographic special Amazon is the No 1 show in the latest ratings, while Family Affair on the same network places second to lead all regular series.
An Iowa interim legislative committee considered petitions for more state funds for Mason City and Creston area schools. Students led by Mason City student council president Charles Vega argued that funding shortfalls hinder operations and threaten enrollment, tuition, and instructional quality. The panel scheduled a meeting with about two dozen students after denying prior access. Current aid stands at $1.95 per student per day, below the intended $2.25 under a 1967 plan, with shortfalls pro-rated across 16 area schools.
Secretary of Agriculture Freeman urged a study of new federal subsidies to stop declines in milk consumption. He spoke at a Maryland Virginia dairy producers convention and favored direct payment programs to keep consumer prices low while boosting producer income.
An AMA committee concluded marijuana is a dangerous drug but current penalties are too strong. Dr Henry Brill said the group favors treatment over harsher punishment and noted marijuana’s long history as an abused drug in Asia and the Near East.
excitement over Senator Robert F Kennedy’s presidential bid spills into his New York cooperative apartment near the United Nations. As reporters packed the lobby a tenant-owner demanded the “circus” stop or Kennedy leave when a meeting is held on March 20 to decide the building’s response.
A plane was downed with three girls aboard at 6:00 PM Tuesday on Channel 9 MC HALE'S Navy.
The House passed the bill 319 to 1 to extend civil defense programs for four years. It authorizes up to $22.4 million for fiscal 1969 and $25 million for each of the next three years for state civil defense personnel, equipment, and trainee expenses.
After a petition with 8 145 signers asking to extend the Easter vacation to the 21st was denied on Monday students at the University of Iowa planned a peaceful rally and a march to the university president’s home Wednesday at 6 30 p m The vacation would start on April 11.
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