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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1975
Page
9
The Ranching Heritage Center, a historic outdoor ranching museum at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, to open next July as part of Bicentennial celebrations. It aims to showcase West history with authentic buildings and displays drawing visitors after thousands have toured its structures.
A dense broadcast schedule lists channels KMID Midland and affiliates with many shows across 2 to 11 PM including News, Sports, and Entertainment. Notable entries include Bewitched, The Waltons, Space 1999, The Tonight Show, and a 11:15 PM movie, with weekday and cable notes for Monahans Roswell and Dallas markets.
The opening of the Ranching Heritage Center is set for July 3 to 5 next year with Charlie Schreiner guiding a symbolic Longhorn cattle drive arriving on opening day. The 12 acre site features 16 buildings and four more planned, including ranch homes from 1836 to 1909 and restored XIT Ranch headquarters, plus a mobile theater premiere and a detailed ranching history exhibit. Charles G Scruggs, Progressive Farmer editor and Texas Tech regent, serves as general chairman, with support from private-sector Ranch Headquarters Association and notable ranches like U Lazy S and Matador represented in the collection. By 1976 visitors from all states and over 30 foreign countries are expected to visit as the center nears completion for the nation’s bicentennial.
Producer Norman Lear risks sales to TV stations as contract options on Mary Hartman Mary Hartman expire. He has offers in 47 markets but needs two major or five smaller markets to cover costs, since networks rejected the show. He pushed direct station buying after CBS, ABC and NBC dismissed the format changes.
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