TV actor Kevin Dobson rises from rails to Kojak detective
From Jackson Heights to the screen, Kevin Dobson, a former Long Island Rail Road trainman and Santa Fe apprentice, recalls his winding path to playing Detective Bobby Crocker on Kojak. He juggled theater, films, and stints with railroads while chasing fame, finally landing the NBC Kojak role after a series of auditions and near misses.
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TV Schedule fragment shows classic game and comedy blocks
A fragmentary TV grid lists five o clock to seven thirty PM lines with shows like Lucy Show, Dragnet, Dick Van Dyke, Hollywood Squares, Truth or Consequences, Bewitched, and Let's Make a Deal. Entries include News, Das, Carrascalendas, and French Chef among others, reflecting a mid century lineup.
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Dawnen
Hollywood Squares
South Texas Today
Truth Or Consequences
Bewitched
el Mundo de Juguete
Beverly Hillbillies
Nightly TV Schedule Mosaic with Classic 1960s Shows
The listing outlines an evening lineup of old time programs including Gunsmoke, Tarzan Finds Son of Jungle, Maude, Spelling Bee, News, Wide World Mystery, Johnny Carson, and Bonanza. Multiple air times and channel cues imply a dense weekday schedule across entertainment, news, and movies.
Morning TV Schedule Highlights for Houston Area
A detailed Tuesday listing shows a packed morning line up from 6:30 A M through 11:30 A M. Programs include New Zoo Revue Villa Alegre Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Mister Rogers Speed Racer and a Flying array of game shows soap operas and movies featuring Katharine Hepburn John Garfield and others.
Afternoon TV Schedule Notes From A Local Channel
A Tuesday afternoon listings page shows soap operas games and children programs across noon to 4 30 PM. Programs include Ryan’s Hope Days of Our Lives General Hospital One Life to Live Match Game and The Price Is Right alongside cartoons Captain Kangaroo and Mister Rogers and classic series such as Bonanza Wagon Train Gilligan’s Island and Lost in Space. The grid includes foreign language segments and film titles like Stopover Tokyo Pirates of Tortuga and The Story of Cain with actor credits noted.
Prince Charles set for six day Iceland salmon trip
Prince Charles embarks on a six day Iceland trip to fish for salmon with friends, planned meals with Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Hallgrimsson, and a dinner in Reykjavik after departure from Heathrow.
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Geir Hallgrimsson
Five Cent Staten Ferry Fare to Twenty Five Cents
AP notes nickel era items still found in daily life and explains the Staten Island ferry fare hike to 25 cents. The piece covers how the old nickel ride operated with round trips and turnstiles, details about nearby bridge tolls rising from five to ten cents, and other nickel bargains in Nevada Alabama Ohio and Honolulu. Neil Armstrong’s hometown is mentioned in passing alongside the fare change and policy context from New York City.
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Cridersville
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Abraham Beame
Manhattan
Money crisis closes Waco zoo
A money crisis threatens the Central Texas Zoo in Waco as officials warn the USDA may shut it down if city budget shares aren’t enlarged. The 23 year old facility, home to 505 animals, runs a deficit amid rising feed and maintenance costs with needs including a new kitchen and clinic.
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Connery Turns From Bond To Bravura Roles
Monte Urbasa Spain AP Sean Connery discusses aging hair, realism on screen, and shifting from Agent 007 to epics The Wind and the Lion The Man Who Would Be King and Robin and Marian. He recently married Micheline Roquebrune and moved to Costa del Sol Marbella golf remains his passion despite filming.
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Sean Connery
London
James Bond
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Connery
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Thames
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Costa del Sol
England
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Richard Lester
Denmark
Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times Staff List
Port Lavaca Wave established 1890 and Calhoun County Times operate weekdays except Christmas Day from Wave Publishing Co. in Port Lavaca Texas. Staff include Rod Moake general manager Dick Fisher editor in chief Mary Rothband society editor Bill Pack Jim Mitchell advertising Mary Harras classified Nita Crober composing Shirley Kurtz Tesla Gertner Mary Ann Franke Janette Chambless book- keeping Chevyl Manning building Reginald Grigsby. AP provides local and dispatch news. Subscriptions: carrier one month 1.00 year 12.00 mail one month 1.00 year 10.80.
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Calhoun County Times
Wave Publishing Co., Inc
Colorado
Texas
Mary Harras
Nita Crober
Shirley Kurtz
Tesla Gertner
Mary Ann Franke
Janette Chambless
Chevyl Manning
Reginald Grigsby
Weather pattern shows hot coastal heat and widespread showers
Across the nation hot humid conditions predominated on the East Coast while most areas enjoyed sunny skies. Temperatures ranged from 98 in Blythe California to 48 in Evans ton Wyoming with morning readings and scattered showers from New England to the Gulf Coast and a few severe wind impacts near Eau Claire Wisconsin.
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On This Day in History August 4
Highlights include Britain declaring war in 1914 and the Coast Guard's formation in 1790. Other events: US peace with Tripoli in 1805, Lizzie Borden arrest in 1892, US purchase of the Virgin Islands in 1916, Kennedy awards for Thalidomide oversight in 1962, and Washington warning about ammunition in 1775. Birthdays. Thought for today. Bicentennial note.
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Texas Fair Weather Across Regions Through Tuesday
In North Central and Northeast Texas expect mostly fair skies west and partly cloudy with widely scattered afternoon and evening thundershowers in the east through Tuesday. Continued warm with afternoon highs 92 to 96 and night lows 67 to 75. South Central and Southeast Texas see partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions with a chance of showers and thundershowers and highs 86 to 98. Texas Coast features a weak ridge over the Gulf with southerly winds 6 to 16 knots and seas 2 to 4 feet. Northwest and Southwest Texas remain mostly fair with no major temperature changes, highs 85 to 100 and lows 58 to 68.
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