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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1966
Page
5
A dense OCR fragment lists channels and time blocks with show titles across days, including Combat Gilligan's Island Red Skelton Peyton Place McHale's Navy and various early evening programs, indicating a full daily lineup. The text reads as a rough, raw guide with repeated phone numbers and many program names.
Today's winner is Peter Baciewicz, 9, Waterlinet, N.Y. He wins the Britannica World Atlas or Yearbook of Events after sending in riddles and jokes to the Riddles Jokes Tell Me Why feature.
Sylvia Porter notes 114 educational TV stations with 78 planned or under expansion, up from 84 three years ago when a $32 million act funded ETV growth. ETV expands access to vocational training, college credit courses, and adult literacy, reaching millions and helping tackle teacher and skilled workforce shortages.
A discussion on the expanding use of educational television highlights its potential to reach low income communities, combat ignorance, and boost consumer education. Noting examples like the Peace Corps teaching 300,000 children in Colombia, officials foresee vast economic benefits and a drive to modernize learning at home and in schools. The piece cites a blue ribbon Carnegie commission led by MIT’s James Killian Jr. and quotes a National Association of Educational Broadcasters official on full ETV utilization. Distributed 1966 by Hall Syndicate.
A compact summary tracing diamond formation in ancient geology, early mining in India, royal adoption in Europe, Brazil and Africa sources, and production totals. It notes brittleness and melting point, and ends with a brief riddle section and a note on fabrics containing aluminum fibers with teflon and rubber.
A published column features letters about grief after a young man’s suicide and parental guilt, a troublesome tenant, a potentially risky romance involving a 15-year-old and an 18-year-old, and a request for Ann Landers’ guidance with a moral dilemma. The column offers measured, cautious advice and invites readers to mail further questions.
A short notice invites readers to finish a drawing for a Britannica World Atlas and Yearbook as prizes. It asks originality and imagination, allows using the drawing or copying it, requires entrants to address submissions to Drawing Tell Me Why with name age and address, and mentions yesterday's riddle about a tent band ring clown.
A compiled list of radio stations including WMSL Mutual 1400 WHOS AM 800 WDRM 102.1 MC WHRT 860 WAJF 1490 WJOF FM 104.3 MC WJMW AM 730 WwKAC 1080 and WLCB Moulton 1530 with stated broadcast hours from 4 55 AM to Midnight and sunrise to sunset across the tuning context. Hours vary but coverage spans early morning to late evening across the station roster.
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