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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1972
Page
7
New York AP reports Apollo 16 blasted off without a hitch in a colorful flame burst as weekend television coverage favored space at the launch. NBC offered live space pictures during docking while CBS and ABC split hockey and basketball, with Saturday and Sunday PBS airing table tennis from Detroit.
A long nostalgic feature on old radio themes and a 1972 daytime schedule mixed with recall of 1930s programs. It references Viva Records themes, Jimmy Durante Show, Town Hall Tonight, and Mas Bowes, plus daily NBC CBS schedules and classic shows like The Shadow and Fibber McGee.
A daily broadcast grid lists CBS Morning News with John Hart, followed by county agent reports and soap operas. Afternoon and evening slots feature CBS Midday News, New Mexico Today, Guiding Light, Secret Storm, Edge of Night, amateur guides, Death Valley Days, Perry Mason, and children programs. The night closes with Walter Cronkite, news, Glenn Campbell, Annie, and a final 9 o'clock report.
Hollywood glitz returns with two lavish parties echoing the 1930s. The Thalians and Viennese Culture Society hosted a Lily Pons tribute at the Beverly Wilshire with Johnny Green’s orchestra and The Ballet Society of Los Angeles. Ruth Lee feted Sarah Coventry’s Al Winfrey at a Laurel Canyon mansion, marking the Americana Award presentation. Elvis earmarks a spring tour of Virginia and the Carolinas before possible film work.
The Victoria Phaeton made for Rudolph Valentino and Natasha Rambova in 1923 sold at a Hollywood auction for 30000 dollars to a California collector. Parke-Bennet, the selling firm, said the car was in perfect condition.
Hollywood report on how stars like Mia Farrow Vanessa Redgrave Juliet Prowse and Carradine Hershey headline a trend of unwed mothers. Carradine notes Army marriage timing while Hershey rejects marriage and embraces nontraditional relationships as public life changes.
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