Television listings tease with classic 70s sound
A collage of programs and guests fills the night grid including ABCs Amercan Style and NBCs The Partridge Family. Notable items feature Star Trek Space Seed and Giants re airings, plus talk and game show lineups with Merv Griffin and Cross Wits.
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Cross Wits
Phyllis Phyllis Lind
Sybil
Art Il
Joanne Woodward
Sally Field
Merv Griffin
Fred Astaire
Mike Connors
The
Ohio Players
Denny Johnston
Maude Walter
Arthur
Balloon TV stunt ends with dramatic sea rescue off Malibu
In Malibu, a helium Ketaven balloon used for a TV episode broke free when a cable snapped. Stunt man Ralph Garrett climbed ropes to deflate the balloon as it drifted miles offshore. A rescue boat towed the balloon to land while crews filmed the incident for later substitution in the episode.
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Malibu
Calif
Earth
Tong
Pacific Ocean
Ralph Garrett
On This Date In 1777 Confederation Approved
The American Continental Congress adopted the Confederation, a pivotal date in early U.S. law. The document shaped governance and later influenced constitutional development, with the Constitution taking effect after further ratificatory steps.
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American Continental Congress
History on this date highlights broad 1492 to 1976 events
Dates span Columbus tobacco note in 1492 and Lewis and Clark reaching the Columbia River in 1805. Pike’s Peak’s discovery in 1806, Brazil’s Republic founding in 1889, Manuel Quezon’s 1935 inauguration, and 1969 antiwar march in Washington are noted. Also a 1969 crash, a 1979 UN moment, and birthdays for Averell Harriman and Petula Clark. British forces at Fort Washington are recalled with Magaw's reply.
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Pike's Peak
Colorado
Zebulon Montgomery Pike
Republic of Brazil
Manuel Quzon
Philippine Commonwealth
Washington
East Germany
China
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U.N
Ford
Paris
Averell Harriman
Petula Clark
New York
Harlem River
Fort Washington
U.S
Robert Magaw
Penny bill threat prompts quick payment in Canada
In Niagara Falls Ontario Antionette Ignagni paid a one cent bill labeled final notice to avoid power shutdown. Her son said his mother did not know she owed the penny and cannot explain how it happened. She paid at the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce to be safe.
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Niagara Falls, Canada
Antionette Ignagni
Canadian Sperial Bank of Commerce
Niagara Falls Hydro Commission
Nadia Comaneci to co star with Flip Wilson on CBS special
Nadia Comaneci, 14, returns to American TV for a one hour CBS special with Flip Wilson. The Romanian gymnast shares billing with Wilson amid Romania’s state run Radio televiziunea and producer Dumitru Udrescu. Most money funds Romanian gymnastics and a sports federation. Nadia and family receive no direct payment.
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Angeles
Nadia Comaneci
Flip Wilson
CBS
Wilson
Radioteleviziunea Romania
Dumitru Udrescu
Romania
Udrescu
CBS Wilson
Nadia
Monte Kay
Thro Udrescu
Federal Communications Commission
Ohio Program in the Humanities Receives Battelle Grant
Battelle Memorial Institute provides a three year grant totaling 22500 dollars to the Ohio Program in the Humanities in Columbus. The funds will support nonprofit grants and public humanities programs and cover administrative and program expenses.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Battelle Memorial Institute
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All's Fair
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