Bob Hope's NBC special stacks gags against Bonanza ratings
Television review notes NBC's Bob Hope Sunday as he pre empted Bonanza to boost ratings with John Wayne Debbie Reynolds and the Osmond Brothers. The program featured a traditional opening and sketches on current events including a spoof of All in the Family with Wayne as Archie and Hope as his liberal son.
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Smothers Brothers
Lee
Benny
Henry Kissinger
Archie Bunker
Wayne
Archie
Television Listings Fragment from Ravenport Rochester and Duboque
Fragmentary TV schedule notes show listings for WHIT WOC TV KROG TV WHOM TV KDUB and related stations. Mentions Dex Maines and Preree Ei with indecipherable times and program names. Unable to extract complete programs or dates from the garbled text.
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WHIT
the Crouse
Krog-Tv
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Whomtv
Dex Maines
KDUB
Duboque
Guarded Closer in Hospital Than by VC
DETROIT AP A former Viet Cong prisoner of war says his confinement at Fitzsimons army hospital in Colorado is tighter than the guards he endured in captivity. S. Sgt. John Sexton 23 Warren Michigan reports limited visits and a nurse accompaniment, unhappy over attempts to meet Dallas magnate H Ross Perot and delayed release details. His father notes a guard at the door and he recalls interruptions to planned exchanges with the VC.
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John Sexton
Warren
Mich
Detroit Free Press
Free Press
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Colo
Sexton
H. Ross Perot
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Chevrolet
Young Sexton
South Vietnam
Intruder Shot By Paraplegic Man At Nursing Home
Boston AP reports paraplegic John Clark kept a loaded pistol by his bed in his mother's nursing home for over 20 years after a motor vehicle crash. He says the weapon gave him control and describes the moment he fired during an intrusion by three men.
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Boston
John Clark
Nixon Urges Speedy Fill of 70000 Public Jobs
President Nixon urged state and local authorities to move quickly to fill 70000 authorized but vacant public service jobs funded by a nearly 1 billion program. He wrote letters to about 14000 officials, stressing faster hiring and prioritizing veterans, with the aim of converting temporary posts into paths to private-sector employment.
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Steamboat Mail On Mississippi Is Started Again
MEMPHIS AP Steamboat s mail at 12 miles per hour revived as an old stern wheeler leaves Memphis for New Orleans. The Delta Queen will stop at Vicksburg and Natchez enroute to New Orleans carrying U S Postal Service mail and reestablishing a historic route. The Queen will serve as a designated Postal Service station with mail cancellations aboard and young women in period costumes processing mail at the dock.
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Wallace Says UN A Failure and U.S. Should Withdraw Support
Alabama Governor George Wallace denounces the United Nations as almost a total failure and urges the United States to pull financial and moral backing. He blames Nixon era policies for the expulsion of Nationalist China from the U.N. and calls for a reassessment of U.S. involvement as he speaks to supporters at a Saturday dinner. The speech also ties U.S. foreign policy to the era’s broader “Free World” struggles and questions U.S. leadership on the world stage.
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Urge Warning Labels On Meat And Poultry
Washington AP The American Public Health Association urges the USDA to require labels warning that even inspected meat can cause disease. The group argues the current U S Inspected for Wholesomeness seal misleads about sal monella and other bacteria.
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Proxmire Reports Rising Costs in Weapons Programs
Sen. Proxmire cites a General Accounting Office report showing cost overruns on 45 major weapons systems increasing to 35.2 billion, with total overruns up 25 percent from last year’s 28.2 billion as he condemned spiraling defense costs.
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Hospital Home Attack and Shootout Reported
Residents at a three story nursing home reported three youths armed with straight edged razors roamed the building cutting telephone lines and injuring a nurse and another worker. One intruder was shot by a resident and died at a hospital identified as James D. Melyer, 19, of Brighton. Investigators described the incident as a violent break in with assault and property damage during the intrusion.
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Rita Donahue
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Pentagon
James D. Melyer
Brighton
Congress Pay Hikes Fault Inflation Fight Says Mahon
Washington reports Rep George Mahon of Texas says the 1969 pay raises for Congress and the President damaged government credibility in fighting inflation. He argues a first step should be cutting the President and Congress salaries.
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U Thant Making Progress at UN Hospital Stay
The United Nations reports Secretary-General U Thant is improving after a bleeding duodenal ulcer required blood transfusions. Officials said intestinal bleeding has stopped and the 82 year old was admitted to Leroy Hospital last Tuesday after a spell of extreme weakness.
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Medicated Ointment Claims Hemorrhoid Relief
A medicated ointment marketed as MPO promises temporary relief for burning itching and swelling from hemorrhoidal tissues. It asserts fast action reducing itching and inflammation with agents claimed to shrink tissue and protect irritated skin.
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Recovered Stolen Truck Yields Hidden Marijuana Hoard
LOS ANGELES AP. When Jo Ann Taylor recovered a truck stolen from her rental firm she found 16 canvas bags in the attached camper. Police said Sunday the bags held marijuana valued at 250000 dollars.
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Jo Ann Taylor
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