Do You Remember When TV Had Reruns And Hosts Of Yesteryear
Television Today recalls the era of limited summer reruns and encore showings. It notes Arthur Godfrey Faye Emerson Wendie Barry Sherman Billingsley Jerry Lester Dagmar Roscoe Karns and others as memorable hosts and programs. The piece laments networks abandoning long rerun seasons and highlights favorites like Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea Lost in Space and Tarzan as examples of enduring yet fading classics. It reflects on the charm of early genre potboilers and their appeal to younger audiences.
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Roscoe Karns
Rocky King
Jerry Lester
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American to Sail 30-Ton Yacht to China
Dr. Earle Reynolds an anthropologist from Yellow Springs Ohio plans a friendship voyage this summer sailing his 30 ton yacht to Communist China. He now lives in Hiroshima Japan and says he began contacts for the trip last year. Reynolds 56 previously sailed the Phoenix a 50 foot craft to North Vietnam. He has not chosen a crew or date.
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China
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Japan
Phoenix
North Vietnam
Rockefeller urges executive management office for White House
Nelson Rockefeller proposes a new office of executive management to aid the President and coordinate domestic policy. He argues the government runs from crisis to crisis and needs a coordinating mechanism like the NSC and budget bureau to improve efficiency and execution.
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Efficiency Unit
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
National Security Council
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Television Listings Summary
Listing fragment shows 11 00 time slots with shows such as The Newlywed Game 21 Home Fare 7 Days of Lives 31 Mandy Splendored 4 Many Splended 6 Days of Lives and Days of Lives styled program names and numbers. Faint network or channel identifiers are missing.
Hart Proposes Public Pre School Education Plan
Senator Hart proposes a pilot federal program for 3 to 5 year olds with voluntary half day sessions and no price tag. He argues early education boosts intellectual growth and could reduce racial prejudice by exposing children before bias forms. A Monday night movie listing follows with Nancy Goes to Rio on KCRG-TV at 9 color.
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Philip Hart
Michigan Democrat
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Hart
Rio
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Ann Sothern
Kcrg-Tv
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Nancy
Manhattan
Woman shoots best man at wedding in Houston
A woman identified as James Etta Usher, 29, the ex wife of groom Edward Usher, 28, fired a .22 pistol at the ceremony at Christ Temple of Apostolic Faith. Best man Lester Anderson, 22, was shot in the neck and died. Police charged Usher as witnesses said the attacker shouted objections before firing as the couple wed.
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UPI
Lester Anderson
James Etta Usher
Edward Usher
Usher
Lorena Mae Anderson
Clarence Stewart
Christ Temple of Apostolic Faith
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St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Shooting at Norwalk wedding sparks gunfire and arrests
At a Norwalk California wedding six youths tried to crash the reception. Gunfire from a .22 rifle wounded groom Michael Pena and friend Roy Villalva, with Danny Browning treated and released. Valentine Marquez, 18, was among those booked on suspicion of assault with intent to commit murder.
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Calif
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Norwalk Community Hospital
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Oregon Awakens to Kennedy Boost in Portland Rally
In Portland Kennedy drew about a thousand voters at a high school rally, finally catching local attention as he defended his major campaign themes. He delivered a fiery speech and exited through a rear door pursued by devoted supporters after a spirited bystanding crowd.
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Portland
Robert Kennedy
Oregon
Kennedy
Republicans Seen as Better Problem Solvers in Gallup Poll
Princeton based Gallup Poll finds Americans view Republicans as slightly better at tackling national issues than Democrats. Among 1,534 adults asked in early May, 42 percent named the Vietnam situation as the top problem, 25 percent cited race relations, and 30 percent favored Republicans to handle the top problem while 28 percent backed Democrats.
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N.J
Gallup
Vietnam
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