Wednesday Night Television Highlights Aug 23 1978 Aligned Catholic nuns and reform figures in new program contrasts
A packed NBC schedule features Wings Wonka and The Chocolate Factory and Parallax View on Wednesday night. Highlights include a new program The New Reformation about former nuns and reform clergy, and a public education report card. Stars include Walter Cronkite, Warren Beatty, and Bill Cosby.
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Mary Tyler Moore
Wing Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
Gene Wilder
Jack Albertson
Pford
Walter Cronkite
Alias Smith and Jones
MacNeil Lehrer
Charlie's Angels
Ebrina
Kelly
Kris
Warren Beatty
Paula Prentiss
Congressional Investigating Committee
Television Schedule Fragments From Early Morning to Late Night
A scrambled TV grid lists programs across days with shows like Sesame Street PTL Laugh-In and The Price Is Right. Notable blocks mention Morning America CBS News and game shows. the fragment hints at daytime and early evening lineup with multiple classic programs and staff development notes.
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Mister Rogers
Dusty
Phil Donahue
CBS News
Hollywood
Philharmonia wins ASCAP contemporary music award
The Philharmonia Orchestra of the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music won the 1978 ASCAP award for Performance of Contemporary Music. Conductor Gerhard Samuel leads the 80 member ensemble which receives $200 and a plaque.
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Cincinnati
Philharmonia Orchestra
University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Gerhard Samuel
CBers enlist in holiday program nationwide
Michigan State Police led a CARE effort to cut holiday fatalities with strict enforcement and public education. CB radio clubs provided active support, staffing rest areas and distributing coffee, literature, and 10 000 surveys while promoting safe driving.
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John D. McClain
Associated Press
Washington
Michigan
Jay D. Kennedy
Michigan State Police
Lansing
Operation Care
Kennedy
CB Groups
Auto safety for children warns of crash risks
A health and welfare guide stresses vehicle crashes as the leading cause of death for children under five. It urges buckle up every trip and describes infant restraints, chair-type harness seats, and rear-seat safety. Free publication Auto Safety and Your Child explains options and destroys unsafe old seats.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Auto Safety
Consumer Information Catalog
Consumer Information Center
The
General Services Administration
Susie Allanson six months ahead of schedule rise
Singer Susie Allanson, 26, six months ahead of schedule after a severe 1976 horseback accident left her neck broken. Despite paralysis risk, she released We Belong Together which soared on the Billboard country charts, aided by producer husband Ray Ruff and radio support.
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Joe Edwards
Associated Press
Nashville, Tenn
Susie Allanson
Miss Allanson
Olivia Newton John
Linda Ronstadt
Sepulveda
Calif
Music Row
Loretta Lynn
Tammy Wynette
Ray Ruff
Johnny Cash
Hank Williams
Buddy Holly
Israel
United States
Ruff
Todd Rundgren predicts video discs replace long plays
Philadelphia AP Carl Diiorio reports Todd Rundgren forecasts a shift from long playing records to video discs. He plans a $1 million New York studio near Woodstock to produce video for cable TV, public television, retail cassettes, and possibly network films. A LA Roxy broadcast with Fleetwood Mac, Hall and Oates and others showcased live TV history potential.
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Carl Diorio
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Todd Rundgren
Rundgren
L'Enfant Terrible
Rudgren
New York
Woodstock
Utopia
Osmond Brothers
Roxy
Los Angeles
Fleetwood Mac
Stevie Nix
Hall and Oates
Spencer Davis
Rick Derringer
Public TV Lifesaves Summer for California Youth
Barbara Riegelhaupt reports public television stations across California converted to three hours daily of summer school programming after Prop 13 budget cuts. KCET KOCE and KQED expanded instructional content plus a new live show for ages 7 to 12, helping thousands of youngsters fill summer days with learning.
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Barbara Riegelhaupt
Associated Press
LOS Angeles
California
San Francisco
San Bernardino
Dave Crippens
KCET
Public Broadcasting Service
KQED
Claire Schooley
KOCE
Huntington Beach
Country Schools
Jim Cooper
Public Television
Orange County
Spe
Cial
Crippens
PBS
Fall specials take to the road
Los Angeles AP reports that variety specials move to remote shoots using videotape to capture locales. Paul Anka in Monte Carlo on CBS features Anka and Suzanne Somers touring on mopeds, with Donna Summer co star and 200 extras at the Sporting Club, amid Monaco wedding week.
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Paul Anka
Monte Carlo
CBS
Monaco
Suzanne Somers
Suzanne
Donna Summer
Kohan
America
Richard Rogers
Marty Pasetta
Caroline
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Anka
Ottawa
Diana
Vegas
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