Television Today Reviews TV Ratings Shifts and Moves
Hollywood figures Lucy Ball and Desi Arnaz split professionally yet their audience sense drives NBC late 1960s scheduling. Lucille Ball tops national ratings. Desilu's The Mothers in Law rides strong, amid Sullivan and FBI competition. ABC cancels Good Company and Custer while It Takes a Thief debuts with Robert Wagner and The Avengers returns midseason.
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Television Listings and Schedule Fragments
A scrambled listing of TV channels and programs across Cedar Rapids Davenport Ottumwa LaCrosse Rock Island and Des Moines with show titles such as Daktari Dream of Jeannie and Divorce Court plus weather news and cartoons. The fragmentary text lacks full program alignments and exact times.
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Davenport
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Rochester
Who.tv
Des Moines
Auto Production By Firms Listed
Automotive News reports last week auto production by makes and compares the 1967 cumulative totals with the previous year. The AP summary notes changes across major firms as Detroit area plants push output and reflect market shifts.
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Shrivers Exit Threat Follows Anti Poverty Bill Cuts
Washington officials report House Appropriations Chairman George Mahon may cap anti poverty funding at 1.6 billion below the 2.06 billion request as debate opens. Sargent Shriver warned he would resign if cuts reach 1.2 billion, fueling talk of a possible shift to Illinois governor or U.S. Senate runs.
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Upcoming Snank Soiree Promises Uncommon Hairdo Event
A local notice advertises an uncommon hairdo themed gathering titled Snank Soiree at Carlyle Eveland on October 10. The event invites attendees to join Whanx and partners for a flamboyant hair fashion showcase and social evening.
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Weinstein Competent to Face Trial in Philadelphia Murder Case
In Philadelphia, Stephen Weinstein, 29, son of a Des Moines pathologist, is deemed legally competent to stand trial for the strangling of a University of Pennsylvania freshman. Judge McGlynn set bail for three teenagers tied to the case at $5,000 and $4,000 each, with full hearings scheduled next Monday.
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Jet Off Runway but All 36 Safe after Cincinnati Crash
Federal investigators probe the Boeing 707 wreckage at Greater Cincinnati airport where Flight 159 with 36 aboard escaped serious injury. Capt. W Matheny is credited with averting a disaster as 2 passengers hospitalized. The jet slid across mud after veering off the east west runway en route to Los Angeles and ended across a road near Florence Kentucky.
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Heli airlift saves 37 Liberian freighter crew near Hong Kong
UPI reports helicopters from the U S aircraft carrier Coral Sea rescued the entire 37 man crew of a Liberian freighter swept aground on a reef 165 miles southeast of Hong Kong by Typhoon Emma.
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Rain Delays Iowa Harvest Despite Drying Efforts
Des Moines report says rain lingered last week hampering harvest in Iowa with corn progress at 26 percent by Monday against 65 percent a year ago. Wet fields stalled collecting, moisture stayed high, and artificial drying was common while soybeans neared completion in most areas.
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Iowa Counties Harvest Pace Drops to Nine Percent
Wet weather last week slowed harvesting across Iowa counties with only 9 percent of the corn harvested by Monday. A year ago on this date farmers had finished binning the crop. In Tokyo a Japanese seaplane for anti sub patrol and rescue work completed its first successful test flight, the first military aircraft built by Japan since World War II.
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