TV Tonight February 15 1979 Highlights
A Thursday TV lineup features Mary Tyler Moore and The Grammys plus QUNCY and Mork and Mindy. Highlights include The Waltones heart attack plot, Gunsmoke, Three’s Company, Nova on Peruvian Indians, Taxi, Mary Tyler Moore, and Elvis Speedway musical film.
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MacNeil Lehrer
Carol Burnett
Jeannie
Beth—Jo
Mork
Mindy Mork
Newsday
Waltonsike Godsey
Corabeth
Gunsmoke
Television Schedule Snapshot from a 1970s Broadcast Day
Broadcast list shows Johnny Carson hosted Tonight Show and multiple series including Starsky and Hutch Mannix Cas, Columbo, M A S H and CBS offerings like Good Morning America and Captain Kangaroo. The page captures a dense timetable with captions, genres, and early morning to late night blocks.
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Johnny Carson
Wsws
Starsky and Hutch
Mannix Starsky and Hutch
Mannix
Prime Time Schedule Highlights and Shows Listed
A TV guide segment lists daytime and primetime programs across networks, including soap operas All My Children and Days of Our Lives, game shows Match Game and Card Sharks, dramas General Hospital and Another World, cartoons Bugs Bunny and Battle of iy Planets, classic comedies The Brady Bunch and Gilligan's Island, with station reminders and a note that schedules are subject to change.
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Andy Griffith
Lilias
Merv Griffin
NBC News
ABC News
CBS News
Texas Pest Management Association unites farmers for IPM program
The Texas Pest Management Association forms as a model for integrated pest management IPM across 22 local units. TPMA administers programs, funds, and scouts while producers retain final decision making. The effort reduces pesticide use, cuts costs, and raises yields across cotton sorghum peanuts corn and other crops.
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Texas
Texas Pest Management Association
TPMA
L. Don Anderson
Lubbock
Asso
Ciation
Texas Association of Cotton Producer Organizations
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
IPM
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Extension
Balmorhea Briefs and Marfa Hotel Grand Opening
Balmorhea moves welcome Mr and Mrs Cecil Sanders to Balmorhea and Snyder visitors Cassie Harrington. Attendees at the El Paisano Hotel Marfa opening include Louise Adams Mildred Trada Mary McElroy Helen Humphries Georgia Daniels Louis Patrick Pat Towler Frankie Kingston Cecil Kingston Shorty Jones. Also New York Sky Gate New York sculpture by Louise Nevelson dedicated at World Trade Center as sixth Port Authority art purchase. sculpture stands about 17 feet tall and 32 feet wide.
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Louise Adams
Mildred Trada
Mary McElroy
Helen Humphries
Georgia Daniels
Louis Patrick
Pat Towler
Frankie Kingston
Cecil Kingston
Shorty Jones
Marfa
New York
Louise Nevelson
New York City
World Trade Center
Nevelson
Port Authority of
New Jersey
Microwave ovens safety and nutrition clarified by Texas A&M expert
Consumer questions linger on microwave safety and radiation while purchases continue. Lillian Chenoweth, a family resource management specialist with Texas Agricultural Extension Service, says microwaves do not make food radioactive and that nutrition differs little from conventional cooking. She notes models after 1971 pose no radiation hazard when used as instructed per health department guidance.
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Lillian Chenoweth
U.S. Department of Health, Education
Reeves County boosts rigs to four this week
Reeves County increases working rigs to four this week up from three last week while the Permian Basin and Southeast New Mexico show a regional drop of 12 rigs. Reed Drilling Equipment tallies 220 rigs in the two states, down from 232 a week earlier and well below last year’s 300. Eddy County leads with 31 rigs, Lea County advances to second with 20, Pecos County has 18, Ward 11, Crockett 10, and Hockley 9 remained.
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Reeves County
Permian
West Texas
New Mexico
Reed Drilling Equipment
Eddy County
N.M
Lea County
Pecos County
Ward County
Crockett County
Hockley County
Ann Landers Letter Responses on School Struggles and Family Dilemmas
A column presents reader letters to Ann Landers. A long‑time teacher laments changes since 1953 and cites heavy federal influence on schools. A reader asks how to handle a drunken brother‑in‑law during visits, with three suggested options. A closing note hints at psychological guilt and confession to ease unease.
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Ann
IHI
Joe
Vic
Dinner Invitation Cards and the Dinner Table Mystery
Erma Bombeck notes greeting card aisles offer messages for every occasion but jokes that inviting a husband to dinner remains a popular unattainable feat. She quips about the Deaf to Dinner Syndrome, the ritual of calling everyone to the table, and the lingering urge for a simple dinner invitation as a potential money maker.
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Erma Bombeck
Planning needed in remodeling
Susan W. Kolen outlines kitchen planning for new homes, remodels, or additions. She emphasizes organized work centers, sufficient counters and storage, and efficient flow. Common layouts include U, L, island, and one-wall designs with recommended distances between sink, fridge, and range. Rio Pecos Extension Club meets at the Old Senior Center on Feb 20 at 1 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan W. Kolen
Rio Pecos
Old Senior Center
Second
Hickory
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Angie
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the Bee Gees
Billy Joel
Commodores
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Chuck Mangione
Gerry Rafferty
John Denver
Mary Tyler Moore
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Bob Newhart
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Patty Duke Astin
Robert Culp
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Wheel OF Fortune
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Young and the Restless
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ALL MY Children
ONE Life TO Live
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Summertree
General Hospital
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Balmorhea Briefs
Mrs. Cecil Sanders
Balmorhea
Monte Jones
Snyder
Cassie Harrington
Fort Davis
Rod Harris
Orville Brey
Texas Department of Health
Ann Landers
California
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Wit’s End
Scarlet
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