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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1977
Page
6
A dense TV grid lists programs from 6:00 to 5:30 with shows like Gunsmoke Laverne and Shirley and Cape Knight. It notes John Wayne as honorary chairman of the American Cancer Society fundraiser urging cancer checkups and support for ACS research and services. The page blends program listings with a gowned public service appeal.
Roone Arledge, long head of ABC Sports, may be named head of ABC News as well, creating a single executive over both divisions. He urged more background and context in news reports and questioned the current anchor lineup while in talks from New York.
Readers share household fixes from removing brown boot stains to erasing musty smells. Tips include testing cleaners first, bagging transfer patterns with soap to remove odor, pockets for camping laundry, labeling lids at potlucks, stitching iron on patches for durability, and using potato pancake mix to thicken stew.
Marty Pasetta 44, a top TV specials director, built a 100 plus credits career from an early KGO-TV start. A clash with Gypsy Rose Lee redirected him from San Francisco to Hollywood where he worked on Dateline Hollywood and Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour before becoming a music specials expert who reads scores to align visuals with sound.
Thelma Houston rises from near misses to a breakthrough with the disco single Dont Leave Me This Way. After early albums including Sunshower and Pressure Cooker, the singer finally gains chart traction as producer Marc Gordon and songwriter Jimmy Webb helped shape her career.
Carol Burnett leaves television hiatus to join Robert Altman’s A Wedding filming in Lake Bluff Illinois. She will appear with Dick Van Dyke in Same Time New Year at Huntington Hartford Theatre during recess.
ABC led the ratings race for the week ending April 24 with a 19.3 rating or 13.7 million homes. NBC had 15.8 rating and CBS 15.5. Laverne & Shirley was the top show at 26.4, followed by Happy Days, Barney Miller, Three's Company, Charlie's Angels, Welcome Back Kotter, Hawaii Five-O, Eight Is Enough, For a Few Dollars More, and What's Happening. Other top 20 included Macon County Line NBC Mystery of the Great Pyramid CBS MASH CBS 60 Minutes CBS Donny & Marie ABC Sinatra and Friends ABC Against a Crooked Sky NBC Sex for Sale ABC News Closeup Barnaby Jones CBS Little House on the Prairie NBC.
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