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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1979
Page
4
Fragmentary TV grid lists ABC CBS and viewers programs from 5:45 to 11:30 including Good Morning America Jeopardy Wheel of Fortune Family Feud The Love of Life Ironside and Young and the Restless along with various educational and children's programs and game shows.
A dense TV grid lists afternoon to late evening programs across channels. Notable items include Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, One Life to Live, and multiple classic films such as Airport 75 and Whats New Pussycat. The schedule also features public affairs and nature programming, with movies like Berlin Affair and A Man Called Gannon and documentaries like Volcano: An Inquiry into Malcolm Lowry.
On Tuesday NBC offers The Tonight Show Best Of Carson with Johnny Carson and guests Lola Falana David Steinberg Mummenschanz and Erica Jong plus film Forty Carats starring Liv Ullmann and Edward Albert about a 40 year old divorcee in Greece.CBS Late Movie airs Bar Barnaby Jones Echo Of A Murder Betrayal. Visions Ladies In Waiting centers on waitresses gossip and rivalry. Maverick Night networks reserve right to changes.
Senator Kelley’s close associate is arrested while aiding a protest to draw attention to a domestic security bill. Rue McClanahan guest stars. Memo: includes segments on Mary Tyler Moore, Joker’s Wild, and Happy Days with Joanie’s Sweet Sixteen crisis and Fonzie’s rescue. News Day schedule snippet.
Charlton Heston Karen Black and George Kennedy lead an action drama on NBC TV The Big Event Tuesday Jan 9 a businessman's heart attack cripples a jumbo jet forcing crew to cope Pilot Efrem Zimbalist Jr. fights to regain control as stewardess Karen Black pilots the plane while executives search for a new qualified pilot to save the doomed flight
Texas lab confirmed December screwworm samples raise 1978 case count to 1236. Dr. Robert B. Miller leads APHIS Screwworm program with losses avoided in Starr County. 1978 total outpaced 1977 by 39 and far exceeded 1976 and 1972 figures. New tools debut in 1979 including a sterilized fly strain and local suppression system pellets. Early warning traps along Texas borders to monitor infestations. 4-H youth exhibitors posted strong showings at Odessa stock show with multiple placings. Upcoming events listed for January and February stock shows.
In Austin authorities advise growers affected by the recent cold to assess tax implications of crop damage. Officials note potential exemptions or relief measures and urge farmers to document losses and consult tax guidance to determine eligibility. The prompt stresses timely review of records and local guidelines.
Carlsbad Caverns recorded 876 276 visitors in 1978, up one percent from 1977 and second only to 1976. December visitation fell 22 percent from December 1977. Guadalupe Mountains National Park logged 108 755 visitors, up 18 percent from 1977 and the park’s largest single-year total.
AP reports that TV football announcers, adored from August to January, fade from screens after the season. Fans suffer withdrawal anxiety while whispers of a post season Babble Bowl contest surface, proposing rival network teams clash for novelty commentaries and fresh cliches.
Associated Press critic Linda Deutsch damns Moment By Moment as nearly the dumbest movie, despite Lily Tomlin and John Travolta. The director Jane Wagner keeps a grave tone while the plot about a Beverly Hills matron divorcing and pairing with a Sunset Strip loafer collapses into wooden acting and flat chemistry.
Billboard lists top singles with Bee Gees at number one and tracks by Hall of Fame acts like Billy Joel Barbra Streisand and Neil Diamond. The top LPs feature Greatest Hits Vol II by Streisand and 52nd Street by Joel among others with ratings definitions provided.
The 3M Co. expanded its catalog with hundreds of country tunes to play as background music in diners, factories, ski lodges, and stores. Executives say country tunes create a friendly, varied environment and may add vocals later.
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