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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1979
Page
6
A fragmented TV guide lists daytime and prime time programming with shows such as Today Good Morning America Jeopardy The Price Is Right Wheel of Fortune and Wisconsin educational blocks The grid includes soap operas news drama and classic reruns indicating a busy varied weekday slate with film titles like Five Million Years to Earth and Little Cigars among other entries
TV guide style summary lists programs including Mary Tyler Moore Show Adam 12 Good Times and The Evans Family seeking a home with obstacles. Also features Tonight Show Johnny Carson Police Woman S.W.A.T. and Kojak lineups. News notices cover community college education program grant and Lorser Feitelson exhibit at Whitney through Feb 11 1979.
Joe and Maggie plan marriage but face a life changing surfing accident that paralyzes him. The CBS Wednesday Night Movies broadcasts stars David Dukes and Andrea Marcovicci with guest Michael C Gwynne and Art Hindle as they navigate hope, recovery, and a fractured relationship.
Democrat Mark White became Texas new attorney general after a campaign that stressed honesty decency and integrity. White, former Houston attorney and secretary of state, said Texans care about proven principles more than legal specifics. His supporters celebrated with black eyed peas as the administration began.
Tia and Deon Lewis competed in the Sandhills Quarter Horse Show in Odessa on December 30. Tia, in the 12-year-old division, earned first in Western Pleasure and second in Western Riding, among other placements, and placed third all around, receiving $75 custom spurs at the Parade of Champions. Deon, in the 11-year-old division, finished third in Barrel Race and fifth in Pole Bending. Outside, Capitol crowds and a New Year mood.
The Department of Public Safety reported 39 fatalities from traffic accidents over the 78hour New Year weekend in Texas, four more than the earlier prediction. Of the 35 fatal crashes, fifteen involved only a single vehicle.
Kate Lawrence discovers Doug covering up a love affair among friends as Gene Carson visits with Marilyn Steele in Doug and Gene's law offices. Tensions flare at the Lawrence home as past indiscretions resurface revealing painful memories for Kate. Sada Thompson stars as Kate with James Broderick, Gary Frank, Kristy McNichol and Quinn Cummings supporting. guest stars Donald Moffat, Whitney Blake, Shannon Wilcox, Lesley Woods, and Charles Tyner.
ABC's Laverne and Shirley topped the weekend Nielsen ratings for the ending Dec 24 with a 30.3 rating and 47 share, pushing CBS's usual leaders from the top spot. Happy Days followed, while CBS's Charlie Brown specials tied for sixth. NBC shows lingered in the lower top 20.
Domestic oil and gas drilling reached a 21 year high in 1978 with rigs at work peaking at 2,385 in late October. By year end the weekly average fell to 2,263 as observers note stagnation August through December. Ed McGhee cites surplus gas as a depressant and cost pressures squeeze drilling.
AP critic notes Neil Simon sketches set at the Beverly Hills Hotel using Alda Fonda Walter Matthau Cosby Pryor and others. Some serious segments rise above the mild farce as a reminder of sharp dialogue. PG rating cited for language.
CHADDS FORD Pa AP Autopsies planned to confirm if three men found in a wooded area are missing witnesses in a federal probe of an interstate burglary ring authorities said. The ring allegedly stole 800000 dollars worth of farm equipment and cigarettes over a decade in Maryland Delaware and Pennsylvania. Leslie Dale 37 awaiting trial on theft and conspiracy helped locate the body of a reputed informant shot in the head.
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