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Newspaper
Hope Star
Location
Hope, Arkansas, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1969
Page
5
Television logs list programming for July 1 1969 hour by hour including 4 6 C and 7 C blocks and channels 6330 and 7330. Specific show titles are not fully legible but indicate children's and doctor themed segments.
Wednesday’s listing shows a full day of entertainment and news from 8:00 to 6:00 with films such as The Glenn Miller Story and Cinderfella, TV staples like Hawaii Five O and Green Acres, talk and news segments including Johnny Carson and Paul Harvey, and musical offerings at Music Hall plus local interest programs.
Jon Mullaney, former Providence College coach with a 293-99 record, returns to the NBA as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers on a three year deal about 40 000 per season. He replaces Vinny Breda Kmlff and aims to mold Wilt Chamberlain Jerry West Elgin Baylor and others into a championship roster.
Cincinnati Reds, led by Lee May and five sluggers now batting over .300, pace the league with 83 home runs and a .288 average. The column notes May's 22 homers and the lineup's potential to break the 1930 NL home run record, as May Perez Tolan Bench and Johnson drive the attack.
Walnut Ridge Arkansas, W E Junie Dowell shot 76 in the first round of the fourth international senior golf tournament at Gleneagles. He trailed leader Curtis Person of Memphis who shot a three under 69 on the 6 705 yard course. Defending champion Bob Loufek posted 70. Neke's comet note included.
The Pittsburgh Pirates sent outfielder John Jeter back to their Columbus International League farm club to make room for Ron Davis who has completed two weeks of military duty.
Louis B. Russell Jr., the nation s oldest heart transplant survivor, now 44 and teaching industrial arts in Indianapolis, reports normal life after surgery on August 24 1968 at the Medical College of Virginia. He bicycles with his children, paneling his basement and even climbed his two story home s roof for a repair. He speaks at clubs and meetings and faces an exploratory operation this month to assess his heart. He reflects on the life saving gamble and his faith, saying he would have slept if he hadn t survived and that the world benefited from the decision.
Apollo 11 crew Neil Armstrong Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins undergo the second of three major physicals at Cape Kennedy. Doctors compile a detailed profile for in flight and post flight comparison with data on heart rate oxygen use and suit cooling. The exams precede the lunar mission with a July 16 launch target and a July 21 surface walk.
Israeli jets struck four Arab bases along Jordan's east bank at dawn and killed one Jordanian soldier. Jordanian officials said planes attacked Wadi Shaib Arran and near the Allenby bridge, with rockets and machine guns. Israeli sources cited a sudden incident and said the jets returned to base after a 30 minute raid.
The schedule of Solunar Periods printed below is taken from Richard Alden Knight's SOLUNAR TABLES. Plan days to fish in good territory or hunt in good cover during these times to find the best sport each day offers.
Veterans Mario Andretti and Bobby Unser head a large field for the second annual Rocky Mountain 150 road race at Continental Divide Raceway in Castle Rock Colorado. Andretti, winner of this year's Indianapolis 500, and Unser, a victor at the Pikes Peak Hill Climb, are favored in the $35,000 race. Top drivers A. J. Foyt, Gordon Johncock, Art Pollard, Dan Gurney and Roger McCluskey are also entered.
In Boston a 700 member United Church of Christ assembly backed new programs to boost black leadership in church agencies and finance major black development. The plan includes a million-dollar yearly grant to the American Missionary Association, expanded black oversight of the church’s aid arms, and efforts to establish a top-level black college, industries, communications training, and a southern land bank. The move follows pressure from Ministers for Racial and Social Justice, with total black membership about 70,000 of 2 million.
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