Returning Home on ABC A remake of The Best Years of Our Lives
ABC airs Returning Home a 90 minute pilot revisiting the 1946 film about three veterans restoring civilian life after World War II. James R. Miller, a former Marine with prosthetic arms, leads alongside Tom Selleck and Dabney Coleman. Major changes include a bomb runner’s neighborly clash with small town bigotry and the wife’s ambition. The drama follows their homecoming, meeting after flight, and adjustments in jobs and relationships, as the series potential is noted with praise for Miller.
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New York
ABC Tonight
James R. Miller
ABC
Vietnam
Gies
Bisek
Mer Air Corps
Television Schedule Snapshot for Evening Lineup
A dense timetable lists 5:00 to midnight programs across networks and genres. Entries include Lucy and The Electric Company, Dragnet and Dick Van Dyke, game shows like Let’s Make a Deal and Truth or Consequences, dramas such as Hawaii Five-O and Marcus Welby, movies Canyon Passage and Colonel Effingham’s Raid, plus late-night programs including Johnny Carson and Wide World Special.
Morning TV Schedule Highlights From Local Station Lineup
A morning to early afternoon slate features Mister Rogers and Sesame Street for youngsters, then Captain Kangaroo and Batman on weekday airwaves. Talk shows, game shows, and soap operas fill the late morning into afternoon with Hollywood Squares, Love of Life, and The Young and the Restless among the listed programs.
Judy Declares No More Brush Cleaning Burden
Judy jokes she escaping tedious chore as she remarks cleaning brushes is off her to do list. The line signals lighthearted chat about painting or craft work and daily routines.
Hints From Heloise and Reader Letters compiled
A collage of reader tips and praise for Heloise style hints. Suggestions include patient bed capes from regular patterns, disposable foam brushes for varnish, a mud-scraping door mat with bottle caps, and a quick applesauce method with egg beater. Elizabeth Schoonover and Felicia Walter offer warm notes.
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Heloise
On This Date in History April 29, 1975
Historical highlights mark Dachau liberation in 1945 and Joan of Arc's Orleans victory in 1429. Newport Rhode Island founded in 1639 and New Orleans fell to Union forces in 1862. Jacob Coxey’s Army marched on Washington in 1894 and Tokyo war crimes indictments in 1946. Presidents Nixon Watergate transcripts and Vietnam era notes follow, with birthdays for Hirohito and Rod McKuen.
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Associated Press
Germany
Dachau
Joan of Arc
Orleans
Newport
R.I
New Orleans
Jacob Coxey
Washington
Congress
Tokyo
Australia
South Vietnam
Vietnam
Paris
Andrei Gromyko
United States
Cambodia
Richard Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
Emperor Hirohito
Japan
Rod McKuen
Women painters defy norms in Wichita Falls business
Ann Adams and Barbara Anderson, both mothers of three, left traditional work hours to run a paint and paper-hanging service. They dress in makeup and perfume, charge by the job, and offer flexible afternoon start times to fit family schedules, earning praise for competence despite curiosity.
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Wichita Falls
Tex
Ann Adams
Barbara Anderson
Barbara
Ann
Television schedule snapshot for Wednesday afternoon
A dense TV lineup lists daytime shows from 12:00 to 4:30 PM across networks and time blocks. Programs include soap operas Guiding Light and General Hospital, game shows 10 000 Pyramid and The Price Is Right, classic series Bonanza and Gilligan's Island, plus movies You Must Be Joking and Lover Come Back among others.
Witnesses to be called in Corley murder venue bid
In Tyler Texas court, defense attorney Jim Knowles plans to call five or six more witnesses to support a change of venue for Edward Eldon Corley, charged with murdering a Chapel Hill housewife. Some media witnesses favor Smith County. others doubt fair trial there. District Attorney Curtis Owen says the state will call several witnesses.
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Smith County
Curtis Owen
Service honors Mrs Walling in East Brunswick
Gov Brendan Byrne and Sen Lloyd Bentsen joined more than 1000 attendees at a Celebration of Life for East Brunswick Mayor Jean Walling 55 who died Friday after a cancer diagnosis. She had served as mayor until three weeks ago when hospitalized.
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East Brunswick
N.J
Brendan T. Byrne
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Jean Walling
Port Lavaca Wave Established 1890 and Calhoun County Times
Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times published each afternoon except Christmas Day by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. Office addresses and staff listings are given along with circulation rates and subscription terms for carriers and mail. The AP is allowed exclusive republication rights for local news and AP dispatches.
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Port Lavaca
Wave
Calhoun County Times
Wave Publishing Co., Inc
Colorado
Texas
Associated Press
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Permade
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Electric Company
Lucy
Doddovboba
Dick van Dyke
South Texas
Dodd Adam
Jack Warden
Nova
Canyon Passage
Dana
Marcus Welby
Police
Barnaby Jones
el Manantial
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Yoga
Johnny Carson
Madigan
Virginian
Colonel Effingham
Charles Coburn
Bonanza
New Zoo Revue
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Adelante
America
WBH
Mister Rogers
Three Stooges
Batman
Ida Lupino
Joker’s Wild
Mike Douglas
Mighty Hercules
Fortune
Alexander the Great
Richard Burton
Hollywood Squares
Young and Restless
Se Eilan
Greens Appliances
W. Austin
Judy
Mary Lou
Mary
Norma B
Elizabeth Schoonover
Elizabeth
Felicia Walter
Marmalade
Central Valley
N.Y
Melvin Garrett
Car & Truck Parts
TRI Wholesale
Porter RD
Tures
All My Children
Somerset
Jeannie
Mayberry R.F.D
Pyramid
Guiding Light
van Heflin
TD General Hospital
One Life To Live
Villa Alegre
Dinah
Munsters
Popeye
Preparacion Escolar
Merv Griffin
Petticoat Junction
En San Antonio
Gomer Pyle
Ville Alegre
Pelayo
John Dodd
Virginia
Port Lavaca Clinic
Tion
Dallas
Corley
Knowles
W. Main
Texas Burgers
Cabrito
Lavaca
Main St. Hwy
Ship
Seadrift
Mrs. Walling
Randy
Old Gulfway Lounge
Seadrift, Texas
Hwy
Rod Moake
Dick Fisher
Statt Sports
Joan Adams Society
Mary Rothband
Bill Pack
Mary Harras
Stanley Rodgers
Nita Crober
Kay Cleere
Tesla Gertner
Mary Ann Franke
Jean Smith
Sammy Garcia
Linda Marek
Reginald Grigsby
Victoria
Ame 2
Vivaa
Sime” Ae
Mushroom
James Bond
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