Television Schedule Highlights and Debuts
A dense TV guide lists 1960s style program blocks with NBC ABC and CBS lineups. Notable items include Hogan's Heroes Mary Tyler Moore Show Muppets Show The Odd Couple Detective fare and a Perry Mason feature, with public television fund-raising and special programs interspersed throughout the late afternoon to late night schedule.
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Hogans Heroes
ABC News
National Theatre of the Deaf Ptl Club
Wy Three Sons
Sesame Street Writers Strike Highlights Workshop Turnover
A Writers Guild strike against the Children's Television Workshop threatens Big Bird and friends as the 225-employee operation, earning 47 million dollars yearly, shifts from grants to revenue from rights and products. Critics say executives profit while creators labor, and top pay thrives amid inflation and reduced federal support.
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New York
Big Bird
Children’s Television Workshop
Oscar the Grouch
Ernie
Kermit the Frog
Workshop
Writers Guild of America, East
Bill Whalley
Joan Ganz Cooney
Whalley
Cooney
Supreme Court clears way for $11 million Born Innocent trial
The Supreme Court refused to hear NBC and KRON-TV's appeal, clearing a San Francisco trial for $11 million in damages over a 9 year old girl assaulted after a network movie depicted a similar crime. The decision leaves timing and broader speech implications to a state court proceeding.
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Washington
Supreme Court
NBC
San Francisco
Kron-Tv
U.S
William J Brennan Jr
The
Chronicle Publishing Co
KRON
California Supreme Court
Network
First aid course offered by Middletown Red Cross
The Middletown Chapter of the American Red Cross starts a Standard First Aid and Personal Safety Course on Monday May 1, from 7 to 10 pm at 125 S Main St Chapter house. 21 hours over seven sessions with $3 supplies. register weekdays 8:30 am to 4:30 pm at 423-9235.
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Middletown
American Red Cross
Main St
Chapter House
Vocational students place at Ohio VICA conference
Warren County Vocational School students attended the Ohio Vocational Industrial Clubs of America conference in Columbus. Local entrant Scott Brandenburg earned second place in small engine repair and Bill Scott finished third in mig and tig welding as part of a field of more than 600 students from 115 schools statewide.
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Lebanon
Warren County
Ohio Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Columbus
Scott Brandenburg
Bill Scott
Officers elected by Canoe Club at Middletown
Ed Nel was elected president of the Middletown Canoe Club at the annual meeting held at the club lodge near Miami River Park. Joe Flanagan was named vice president and Norm Marks secretary treasurer. Trustees chosen were Jim Mulligan for three years, Ray Jena for two years, and Jim McDermott for one year. The Mothers Day breakfast is set for May 14 with Marks and Dave Mulligan preparing the meal assisted by Neu and Joe Mulligan.
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Ed Nel
Middletown
Canoe Club
Miami River Park
Joe Flanagan
Norm Marks
Jim Mulligan
Ray Jena
Jim McDermott
Marks
Dave Mulligan
Neu
Joe Mulligan
Suit Dismissal Motion Filed in Butler County Case
A motion to dismiss a $140,000 suit was filed in Butler County Common Pleas Court against county commissioners Dale Logsdon Donald Schirmer and Arthur Reiff. Computer Systems and Services Inc of Springfield alleges the group favored Sabre Systems of Dayton after submitting the lowest bid for a county data processing system. The commissioners claim they acted in official capacity with no personal interest in the equipment or in any bidding party.
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Hamilton
Butler County
Common Pleas
Dale Logsdon
Donald Schirmer
Arthur Reiff
Computer Systems and Services, Inc
Springfield
Sabre Systems
Dayton
Garter snake freed after vent entrapment near Oak Park
In Oak Park Michigan Slick the garter snake became stuck in an auto windshield defrost vent. Leonard Schiffman held the snake by the tail for three hours to pull it free. Police, gas station staff, and a veterinarian aided before Slick was released unharmed.
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Oak Park
Mich
Slick
Leonard Schiffman
Schiffman
Crossword by Eugene Sheffer 19 Chalices 21 Wife of Zeus
Puzzle clues listed with numbers for a newspaper crossword by Eugene Sheffer. Includes 22 Queen of England 23 ' of a Way Inn 25 Fence of pales 26 Pitcher 27 Small 29 Heap 31 A degree 33 A flood 36 Form a new site 38 Food fish 39 Arabian garment 40 Veal 43 Letter 44 Scala late Italian star 45 Eternity 46 A nucleic acid abbr
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Zeus
England
United Nations founded in San Francisco on this date
On this date in 1945 delegates from 45 nations met in San Francisco to organize the United Nations. Also noted are milestones from 1859 Suez Canal construction beginning, 1898 US declared war on Spain, 1917 China entered WWI, 1959 St Lawrence Seaway opened, and other historical markers with birthdays of Ella Fitzgerald and Melissa Hayden.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
United Nations
Suez Canal
United States
Spain
China
Germany
St Lawrence Seaway
Lyndon Johnson
Appalachian
Czechoslovakia
Arthur Goldberg
George Ball
Spiro Agnew
Richard Nixon
King Hussein of
Jordan
Carter
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Mac
Carol Burnett
Jack Gifford
Andy Griffith
Macneil-Lehrer
Mary Tyler Moore
Shana NA
Jim
Ford
Wancy Walker
Pat Morita
Dorothy McGuire
van Williams
Fonzie
Ralph Murph
National Geographic
Africa
Star Trek Menagerie
Laverne
Shirley
Moneychangers
Kirk Douglas
Christopher Plummer
Roscoe Heyward
First Mercantile Bank
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Wild Three
Stanley Casanova
Jack
Chrissy Janet
Mrs. Roper
Stanley
Hyde Park
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Merv Griffin
Che
Omar Sharif
Jack Palance
Che Guevara
Castro
Cuba
Latin America
GE Theater
John Chapman
Ralph Waite
Susan Anspach
Robert Urich
June Allyson
Dan Tanna
Las Vegas
Kennedy
Albuquerque
Jim Kennedy
Ross
Lydia Bailey
Dale Robertson
Anne Francis
Haiti
Dick Cavett
Scott Meredith
Richard Snyder
Roger Strauss
Roger Gottlieb
George Carlin
MeTillis
Joseph Sorrentino
McCloud
Marshall McCloud
Central Park
Kojak
Avio Frost
Richard Dawson
Michele Lee
ABC
Ty Hardin
Michael Rennie
Tom Snyder
Michael
Hardy One
Mey ‘Cullega
Culligan Water Conditioning
SO. University Blvd
Red Cross
Sieeons Giant
Richie
Eugene Sheffer
Tal
William Oatis
Host
Jim Baldridge
Whlo-Tv
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