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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1966
Page
16
A reader friendly TV schedule lists Batman at 7:00 p m and Heavily varied programs through late night including The Last Time I Saw Paris News and Weather updates. The page shows daytime serials and game shows with films and specials interspersed among variety hours.
A partial radio log lists several stations and their broadcast hours including WMSL AM 1400 WHOS AM 800 WDRM FM 102.1 WHRT AM 860 and WKAC AM 1080. Sunrise to sunset times appear for some entries with early morning to overnight spans.
The Lingua News Agency reports Prof. Ian Garth and Ian de Merwe will study the tiger fish at the Incomati River mouth south of Portuguese East Africa to explain its combativity when hooked. A national tourism congress will examine using the fish to attract foreign anglers. The piece notes the Embargo Act of 1807 restricting foreign trade.
Sophia Loren plans to skip the London premiere of A Countess From Hong Kong directed by Charles Chaplin to avoid Marlon Brando after a difficult on set relationship. Loren’s pregnancy was announced by Carlo Ponti at a premiere, while Brando faced health rumors and mixed public reactions at events.
Prime time listings include Daniel Boone at 6 30 P M with Fess Parker and Darby Hinton, F Troop at 7 P M with Peter Leeds, Star Trek at 7 30 P M featuring Kirk and Corby, Dean Martin show with Liberace and guests, and movies On the Waterfront at 8 P M Good Sam at 10 30 P M Mr Lucky at 11 05 P M plus earlier entries from Dean Martin live segment and Raisin in the Sun.
The FCC approved ABC merging into ITT, permitting a $140 million expansion focused on color telecasting. Antitrust action was not pursued, while DOJ will issue further comment after reviewing FCC views. ABC stock rose 4.5 points to $85 on the NYSE amid the announcement.
David Kimmelman, 11, Bronx, wins a Britannica Junior Encyclopaedia prize. Energy is the ability to do work and comes from matter. It powers daily life from cars to TVs and suns energy drives life, heat releases energy, chemical changes release energy, and electricity and light are energy forms.
During two days of FCC hearings on the merger ABC could borrow only $6 million while ITT shows $170 million in bank credit and cash. The emphasis centers on planned color equipment expansion as ITT familiarizes itself with ABC operations.
A brief puzzle item counts as a daily feature with the winner Brenda Glasgow of Tennessee in a hometown note. The tease invites readers to swap words and letters across four moves to transform Give into Lost and hints at tomorrow's Britannica Atlas prize.
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