The Soap Opera Memories of a Radio Fan
A narrator recalls growing up amid radio soap operas like Our Gal Sunday Stella Dallas and Helen Trent and notes how high school peers shared in quoting openings. He reflects on soap operas as exaggerated life and contrasts them with early television crises including McCarthy Welch. He describes discovering All My Children during the 1965 holiday season after divorce.
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Helen Trent
Stella Dallas
Plain Bill
Widder Brown
Colorado
Lord Henry Brinthrop
Blackswan Hall
Robert Kuark
Joe McCarthy
Columbia
New England
Joseph N. Welch
Slaton Plans Recreated Bandstand For Old Days Event
Slaton moves to revive town history with Bandstand re creation at Slaton square as a bicentennial project. Local campaign backs the revival, aiming to bring back memories of gatherings, music and speeches once centered in the square.
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Slalos
Slaton Square
Duby
Steed
Staten
Daughters of Pioneers Study Club of
Slaton
Die Slaton City Square
Santa Fe By. Co
Lubbock County
Carpenters Union
Texas ‘Tech
Lubbock
Slaton Tigers
Curwens
Daughters of Pioneers Study Club
Nuclear alert at Waterford plants sparks security talk
Nuclear facilities nationwide faced heightened advisories while NRC officials cite rumors of radical activity as the trigger. Officials deny specific threats and note past incidents include false alarms, arson attempts, and pipe bomb finds with no public harm.
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Waterford
Conn
Nehten
NRE
Rank Ingram
NRC
Wendall Johnson
Yankee Atomic Power Corp
New England
Johnson
Central Maine Power Co
Augusta
Violence Escalates as Lebanon Battles Intensify
Civil Defense appeals urge civilians to stay off streets as shelling kills and wounds rise. In Beirut the conflict broadens with heavy bombardment on Palestinian camps and Moslem and Christian sectors. At least 135 dead and 250 wounded since Sunday, with ongoing fighting and power outages across Beirut and surrounding areas.
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Civil Defense Organization
Beirut
Elias Sarkis
Sarkis
Jumblatt
Lebanon
Mossem
Belgian ambassador’s daughter freed by Mexico City guerrillas
Nadine Chaval, 16, daughter of Belgian Ambassador Andre Chaval, was released by the September 23rd Communist League after kidnapping her on the way to school. The group reportedly collected a 408000 dollar ransom. officials say they have carried out numerous terrorist acts. The ambassador suffered a nervous breakdown but is not seriously ill.
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Mireille Chaval
Mexico City
Miss Chaval
Nadine Chaval
Nadine
Andre Chaval
Chaval
Communist League
Sullivan defends campaign as sheriff fires back at critics
Sullivan claims he will pursue a positive media strategy while denying falsehoods about his administration. He references past broadcast and press criticism, insists he has spoken truthfully, and argues public cries demand accountability in county leadership and jail conditions.
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Ers
Sullivan
United States
New York Leaders Debate City University Funding Plan
Gov. Hugh Carey and a group of Democratic legislators indicated on Sunday that New York City may need to drop its plan to end all funding for City University as the price for additional state aid to reopen the institution.
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New York
UPI
Hugh Carey
New York City
City University
Fech Survey Finds Ads and Labels Honest in Lubbock
A Fech survey of 36 Lubbock merchants found no bait and switch ads. BBB investigators used student volunteers with ID cards to audit product availability prices and labeling. 93 percent of complaints against retailers were resolved satisfactorily, indicating a relatively clean market.
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Fech
Lubbock
BBB
Cleland
Ater
Martha Mitchell Rushed to Hospital After Seizure
Martha Mitchell wife of former Attorney General John Mitchell was taken from a New York City apartment to Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital in critical condition after suffering a seizure and cardiac arrest. She is 57 and has been battling multiple myeloma.
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UPI
Martha Mit
C Il
John Mitchell
Wirth Avenue
Mitchell
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Hospital
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