New York Times Encyclopedia of Television review
TV IN REVIEW surveys Les Brown’s Times Books encyclopedia listing TV trivia. It notes Kent Taylor as Boston Blackie, Cheyenne as the first adult Western, and The Flintstones as the first prime time animated cartoon. The piece highlights wide-ranging topics from public TV to the Golden Age of Television Drama and recalls forgotten programs.
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UPI
New York
Boston
Blackie
Onlevision
Les Brown
New York Times Encyclopedia of Television
Times
Kent Taylor
ABC
Clint Walker
Brown
NBCTV
CBS TV
Food production lags population growth in 1977 findings
UPI reporting from Washington says world food production excluding China rose about 1 percent in 1977 while population increased, leaving per capita output roughly unchanged or slightly down. The report notes mixed regional performance and a larger rise in total agricultural output despite grain declines.
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Washington
UPI
World Way
Agriculture Department
China
South Asia
Latin America
Africa
East Asia
East 197
Get-togethers mark holiday at Legion hall
Dolezal family members gathered for their annual Christmas dinner and gift exchange at the Legion hall on Sunday evening. Attendees included Alice Dolezal of Minneapolis and numerous families from Omaha Brainard Lincoln Clarks David City Aurora and other nearby towns.
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Bellwood
Dolezal
Legion Hall
Alice Dolezal
Minneapolis
Patricia Haynes
Ruth Cockson
Mabel Stemper
Sign-Scribbler Jim Alberici Lets a Town Smile
Four year old Jim Alberici writes with chalk on a 4 by 8 foot blackboard outside his Route 20 liquor store and gas station. His signs joke about local life and draw attention from passersby as a quirky roadside philosopher.
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Wilbraham, Moss
UPI
Wilbrahamt
Jim Alberici
Philospher
Route 20
Alberici
Second probe of Offutt Hospital ordered by Air Force IG
A second investigation into Ehring Bernquist Offutt Air Force Base hospital was ordered after a new letter of complaint to Rep. John Cavanaugh. The first inquiry by investigators followed a staff petition alleging mismanagement and equipment shortages signed by 24 medical staff members. The second letter was signed by a physician with 15 years on staff.
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umadtAuriy
Offutt Air Force Base Hospital
John Cavanaugh
Atr Force
In Yours
Ehring-Bernquist Hospital
Offutt
Air Force Inspector General
Cavanaugh
Air Force
Thieves steal $14,000 in furs from Beaver Crossing
The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission reported $14,000 in furs stolen from Wambald Fur Co. of Beaver Crossing. The Dec. 16 heist included 400 scraped raccoon hides and 13 dry coyote skins on stretchers. Interstate connections suspected, with alerts to buyers and authorities.
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Lincoln
Neb
UPL
Wambald Fur Company
Beaver Crossing
Nebraska Game and Parks
Nebraska State Patrol
Nebraska
Yale names 18th president A Bartlett Giamatti
A Bartlett Giamatti, 39, literary scholar and baseball fan, is chosen as Yale University's 18th president and will take office June 30, 1978. He is the youngest leader in Yale's 276 year history, and roomed with Dick Cavett as an undergraduate. The Yale Corporation had sought a successor since Kingman Brewster Jr. left to become ambassador to Britain.
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New Haven
Yale Corporation
Kingman Brewster Jr
U.S
Great Britain
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