GOP Convention Coverage Returns With Ford Reagan Faceoff
Kansas City hosts the Republican convention as Ford and Reagan vie for the nomination. CBS NBC and ABC schedule vary, with ABC mixing entertainment and limited live coverage. Analysts compare audience appeal to July Democratic coverage and All-Star baseball boost.
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Viva Valdez
Calhoun Calendar Delves Into Civic and Club Meetings
Today features Board of Equalization at the school district office at 7 to 10 p m. Eastern Star founders day at the Masonic temple. Fair Association directors meet. County Ag Building hosts 4 H training, deacons luncheon, and bowling leaders. Tuesday offers teacher in service, 4 H officer course, and Lions Club events with a VFW dinner and more.
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Dance nets $800 for gas range
Calhoun County Peace Officers Association held its second annual benefit dance at the VFW Post hall on Saturday night, raising about $800. City patrolman Celestino Menchaca, president, announced that proceeds will cover operating expenses and help fund a target range. The officers currently use the city dump for practice, but the county sanitary landfill will close that site. Menchaca thanked the public for support.
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Celestino Menchaca
New County
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TV Timetable Highlights Evening Lineup and Republican Coverage
Prime time lists include News at 5 and 10 with Beverly Hillbillies Encrucijada and Club mix. Republican Convention coverage appears at 6 9 10 and again near 11 12, alongside popular dramas, game shows, and films across WDOW TV.
Daytime TV Schedule Snapshot for Morning to Noon
A scrambled OCR of a television grid lists shows from 6:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. including Tele-Lesson News Three Stooges Captain Kangaroo Sanford and Son Movie Hell and High Water Dusty’s Treehouse Price Is Right Wheel of Fortune Love Lucy Gambit Hollywood Squares Love of Life Happy Days Dream of Jeannie Hot Seat Young and Restless Evening at Pops Gong Show and soap operas like Search for Tomorrow, with various unclear titles and parenthetical numbers.
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Sanford and Son
Richard Widmark
Mike Douglas
Hollywood
TV Daytime Schedule Fragment in San Antonio Market
A partial raster shows a daily U S television lineup with program titles and times from noon to four o clock. The readable items include soap operas news game shows and classic series such as Days of Our Lives General Hospital Match Game Star Trek Batman and Gunsmoke alongside cartoon and children’s programs.
Carter Keeps Low Profile During GOP Pursuit
Plains Georgia AP Carter avoids public comment on the Republican convention while preparing for the fall race. He met with experts on social security welfare reform and health, attended a Jefferson Jackson Day dinner in Charleston West Virginia criticizing Ford vetoes, and arranged limited access for women journalists to his Bible class.
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Illness chills Philadelphia tourism after Legion convention
Tourists cancel plans as a puzzling pneumonialike illness spreads from the American Legion gathering. Liberty Bell visits drop 25 percent while hotels report numerous cancellations and lost revenue exceeding $100,000. Officials rule out common causes and pursue toxin theories.
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American Legion
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Cherry Hill
N.J
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Legion Convention
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Sheraton
Legion
Senate Agenda Omits Two Bills
Senate Democratic leaders appear to have given up attempts to pass a postcard registration bill urged by the party. The agenda omits the measure as AP reports from Washington.
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Senate
Washington
Jimmy Carter
Democratic
Congress
Senate Judiciary Committee
Wet Spots In Texas Increasing
The Associated Press reports Texas counties are shifting from dry to wet, reducing dry counties from 141 in 1955 to 82 now. Beer and distilled liquor consumption rise, moonshining declines, and new wet towns emerge, with Addison nearby dry cities and Tyler voting to stay dry. Fiscal and political notes accompany the regional trend.
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Texas
Impact
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