Today in History August 12 1975 AP roundup
Highlights include 1898 peace protocol ending the Spanish American War signed after three months of hostilities, 1914 Britain declaring war on Austria Hungary, 1941 Atlantic Charter drafted at sea by Roosevelt and Churchill, 1959 Little Rock integration beginning, and notable birthdays and quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Holy Roman Empire
Florence
Medici
Isaac Singer
Pittstown
N.Y
Britain
Austria-Hungary
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Henri Petain
Nazi Germany
Yearly cleaning plans from readers and tips
Readers share organized cleaning schemes for homes including seasonal tasks and room by room approaches. Heloise offers tips on quick 10 minute per room light cleaning and family routines, plus a booster seat hack using paper books for grandchildren.
Lucy Show Electric Company Schedule Note
A fragmented TV schedule lists Love Lucy at 5:00 PM and Dragnet with Dick Van Dyke appearing in an apparent lineup. Other items reference News, Carrascalendas, and DDADDOGD with unclear details. The readable entries point to classic network programming from a mid century lineup appreciation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucy
Electric Company
Love Lucy
Dick van Dyke
Evening TV Schedule Highlights and Movie Listings
A dense timetable lists primetime showings across channels with titles like Dragnet Adam-12 Hawaii Five-O The Great Ice Rip-Off and A Man Called Gannon. It also notes movies such as Death Among Friends and Night Must Fall alongside talk segments and news, reflecting a mixed late 1960s to early 1970s broadcast lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Reid
Gig Young
Wednesday Morning TV Schedule Highlights and Highlights
A scanned schedule shows a dense list of morning programs from 6:30 to 11:30, featuring New Zoo Revue, Sesame Street, Captain Kangaroo, Batman, Mister Rogers, Speed Racer, Morning Show, Mike Douglas, Love Lucy, Wheel of Fortune, The Last Circle Up, Hollywood Squares, The Brady Bunch, Young and Restless, All My Children, and other entries. It records times, show titles, and channel notes, reflecting a busy TV lineup with varied children’s and daytime programs.
Afternoon TV Schedule With Classic Soaps And Cartoons
A Wednesday daytime lineup lists soap operas including Ryan's Hope Somerset Days of Our Lives Guiding Light and General Hospital alongside game shows The Price Is Right and Match Game. Also featured are dramas talk shows and children programs such as Sesame Street Dinah Flintstones Popeye and Mickey Mouse Club with late afternoon movies and adventures.
Face the Students to be aired in public affairs series
Ford, Rockefeller, Kissinger among possible guests for a new 30 minute show called Face the Students. Teen questioners from the host city will grill top officials in staged studio sessions funded by the Agency for Instructional Television and JRH and Associates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Agency For Instructional Television
Bloomington
Ind
Beverly Kintgen
AIT
Washington, D.C
Rockefeller
Henry Kissinger
Warren Berger
Edward Kennedy
Dmass
Alabama
George Wallace
Jrh and
Steel price changes ripple through industry
Republic Stel Corp will revise its prices over the next six weeks following Friday announcements by a major competitor. U S Steel added price increases averaging 3.8 percent, prompting Armco Steel and Wheeling-Pittsburgh to roll back prior rises to align with U S Steel. Republic will cut some items immediately and raise others by October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland, Ohio
Republic Stel Corp
U.S. Steel Corp
U.S
Armco Steel Corp
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp
Republic
Port Lavaca Wave Owner Info and Rates
Port Lavaca Wave established 1890 and Calhoun County Times published afternoons weekdays by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. at 301 Colorado Port Lavaca Texas 77979. Details include staff roles and subscription prices for carrier and mail delivery with AP news rights.
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Calhoun County Times
Wave Publishing Co., Inc
Colorado
Port Lavaca
Texas
Telephone
Pastor Criswell aghast at Betty Ford premarital sex views
Dallas minister Rev. Dr. W A Criswell leader of First Baptist Church condemns First Lady Betty Ford after a television interview in which she suggested her daughter Susan might engage in premarital sex. He likens her remarks to sewer and compares reaction to Watergate tapes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Southern Baptist
Betty Ford
W. A. Criswell
First Baptist Church
Dr. Criswell
Ford to push major trucking regulation bill
Deputy Attorney General Harold R. Tyler Jr said President Ford will send Congress a bill to overhaul trucking regulation. It would curb Interstate Commerce Commission control of routes and rates and allow limited rate adjustments by carriers, while easing market entry for new firms. A task force is drafting similar airline reforms and a cable TV regulatory bill is planned.
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Montreal
Ford
Congress
Harold R. Tyler Jr
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tyler
American Bar Association
Justice Department
White House Office of Telecommunications Policy
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Little Rock
Ark
U.S. Senate
White House
Department of Housing and Urban Development
West Germany
Soviet Union
Ussr
Lenin Peak
Cantinflas
John Derek
Buck Owens
Josh Billings
Goodwill
Michigan
A.F.A
Heloise
Carol Eberly
Jecker
Floor & Glass Co
JO South
FBI
Magdalena
Las Fieras
Hawaii
Man
Gannon
Tony Franciosa
Agradecido
Silvia Pinal
Marcus Welby
Barnaby Jones
Interface
Lilias
Susan Hampshire
Boarding House
Bonanza
New Zoo Revue
Scope
Amiguitos
Goober
Adelante
A.M. America
News
Three Stooges
Mister Rogers
Guy Madison
Villa Allegre
Mike Douglas
Mighty Hercules
Wheel of Fortune
Gambit
Hollywood Squares
Jean Shepherd
America
Marble Machine
Young and Restless
All My Children
Jeanne Wolf
TELCO
W. Austin
Melvin Garrett
Car & Truck Parts
TRI Wholesale CO
Porter RD
Ryan
Jeannie
Mayberry R.F.D
Guiding Light
Dingaka
Stanley Baker
Doctors
General Hospital
Price Is Right
Somerset
Sesame Street
Dinaha Flintstones
Preparacion Escolar
Merv Griffin
Botany Bay
Alan Ladd
Bullwinkle
Petticoat Junction
Mickey Mouse Club
Alec Guinness
San Antonio
Beverly Hillbillies
Gomer Pyle
Suspense Theatre
Hogan’s Heroes
Villa Alegre
Pelayo
Stanley A. Dierlam Melstan Inc
Animal Health
North
Ann
Evel
Wayne Animal
Radio-Tv
Miss Kintgen
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Henry Fownes
Fownes
California
Hungary
ITT
Ralph Ferguson
Ferguson
Los Angeles
Lavaca
Rod Moake
Dick Fisher
Mary Rothband
Bill Pack
Jim Mitchell
Mary Harras
Nita Crober
Shirley Kurtz
Tesla Gertner
Mary Ann Franke
Janette Chambless
Cheryl Manning
Reginald Grigsby
Victoria
Criswell
Southern Baptist Convention
Salemont
Quasarnis
Rawlings Vr Sales & Service
Vernon Rawlings C.E.T
N.ben Jordan
Victoria, Tex
Adeline Lott
Weaver's Grocery
Broadway
OMI RH
Alan Ni
Aaa
John Wayne
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