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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1975
Page
2
TV listing shows New at 5 00 P M on DOM with Lucy Show and Love Lucy program blocks and Electric Company on WDGB around 5 30 P M Content notes a 5 00 PM start and 5 30 PM slot for Love Lucy with channel WDGB and network listings
A historical timetable lists programs across hours featuring Dragnet Beverly Hillbillies The Tonight Show and Perry Mason with Looney Tunes and specials. It notes foreign language and deaf access items and marks time slots from 6:00 PM to Midnight with multiple network entries.
A midday TV grid shows morning to noon slots with game shows, soap operas, and classic reruns. Notable titles include The Night of the Hunter, Love Lucy, The Brady Bunch, Hollywood Squares, and Password among others, listing times and channel labels.
Hollywood notes report Jimmy Durante, 82, after a stroke in November 1972, remains largely wheelchair bound but engaged. His wife Marge says he improves daily, enjoys television, lunches with Joe Pasternak, and plays a few piano bars while singing. Bert Schneider discusses Hearts and Minds, its legal hurdles, and planned wide release with Rainbow Productions, with Oscar qualification anticipated.
Port Lavaca Wave weekly schedule lists shows for 12:00 to 4:30 PM on Wednesday February 19 1975 in San Antonio and local publication details. It includes soaps such as All My Children One Life to Live and General Hospital, game shows like The Price is Right and Match Game, cartoons and movies, plus staff credits and mailing rates.
History military leaders in South Vietnam tried without success to stage a coup against a new government backed by Lieutenant General Nguyen Khanh. Five U.S. Marine patrol members south of Danang were arrested for murdering 11 Vietnamese civilians. Former officials John Mitchell and Maurice Stans faced trial in New York on obstruction charges. Today's birthdays note Prince Andrew age 15, Lee Marvin 51, Mia Farrow 29. Thought for today quotes Joseph Addison.
A column of practical hints from readers includes using a two pound coffee can as a garbage container with bread wrappers as liners, plastic liners in disposable bottles, repurposing newspaper bags for shoe storage, snap pants hangers to hold books open, and a pillowcase ironing system that assigns each person their own ironing bag.
The writer recalls how ironing limits hassling over clothes and how grown children now manage ironing themselves. They note staying connected through calls and letters, with one daughter now chatting by letter before phoning. A tip suggests chilling hard cooked eggs before freezing to aid easy peeling.
Chicago born actor Clifton Davis, star of That's My Mama, is a rookie songwriter who began publishing in 1969. He wrote Never Say Goodby, a Jackson Five hit in 1971 and a Gloria Gaynor hit this year, while under a Jobete Motown contract. He projects 1975 as his breakout year as both songwriter and pop singer.
In Honolulu Heidi Biggs a 14 year old from Belleville Illinois who has cancer will ride horseback at Camp Smith tour Pearl Harbor and dine in a Navy sponsored trip with her mother Her stepfather Randy Hillman is to arrive after noon Thursday funds were supplied by the Honolulu Star Bulletin The girl was guests at a Polynesian fire dancer show Tuesday night and plans a third day of activities with Navy help.
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