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Port Lavaca Wave

Location

Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1976

Page

2

New Adventure Series Leavened With Humor

CBS launches Spencer's Pilots a aviation themed adventure to balance danger and wit. Producer Larry Rosen aims for a Clark Gable Spencer Tracy dynamic between Christopher Stone Todd Susman, with Gene Evans as Spencer. Production starts July 7 with a three camera format and rehearsals one day a week.

Jerry Buck Associated Press Los Angeles Paradise Bronson Larry Rosen CBS Spencer Rosen Spencer Tracy Christopher Stone Todd Susman Gene Evans Charter

TV Timetable Chronicle of Evening Station Schedule

A period schedule lists 5:00 PM to 12:30 AM programs across multiple hours featuring News, dramas, game shows, and movies. Notable items include Happy Days Lucy Show Mister Rogers Adam-12 Gunsmoke Beverly Hillbillies Star Trek Laverne and Shirley MASH and Evening at Pops, with Spanish language shows and religious programming sprinkled throughout.

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Tuesday Morning TV Lineup and Kids Shows List

A TV schedule fragment lists morning programs from 6:30 AM to 11:30 AM including Tele-Lesson Farm News Adelante Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Dusty's Treehouse Villa Alegre Jeff's Collie Sanford and Son The Bravadoes Price Is Right Mike Douglas Dialing for Dollars Celebrity Sweeps Wheel of Fortune Love Lucy Gambit Hollywood Squares Love of Life Antiques Happy Days Dream of Jeannie Fun Factory Let's Make a Deal Young and Restless Gong Show All My Children Search for Tomorrow.

Sanford and Son Gregory Peck Mike Douglas

Tuesday Afternoon TV Schedule Mix of Soaps and Classics

The listing shows daytime programming from noon to 4 30 PM with soaps Days of Our Lives General Hospital and One Life to Live plus game shows and old series including The Howards of Virginia Gilligan's Island Star Trek Batman and Dinah! Also Merv Griffin Mike Douglas The Tonight Show entries and movie listings appear among children and public affairs segments.

Merv Griffin Mike Douglas

Texas Holiday Traffic Toll Rises With Fatalities

The extended July 4 weekend saw 47 traffic deaths in Texas with a total of 77 fatalities including 14 drownings and eight shootings. DPS urged tighter driver caution after state troopers were ordered to remove unsafe drivers from highways. Cases spanned Brazoria to Dallas County, including drownings at Lake Whitney and a pedestrian murder probe in Oak Cliff.

Texas Depart Col Wilson Speir DPS Speir Ralph W. Rost Pearland Brazoria

Traffic deaths in Bicentennial week end rise to 474

CHICAGO AP Traffic deaths on the nation s highways during the Bicentennial week end totaled 474, short of National Safety Council forecasts. The council expected up to 630 deaths as drivers exceeded the 55 mph limit amid heavier highway traffic for the 208th birthday of the nation. Estimated travel was 17.3 billion miles, well above last year s Fourth of July figure. The prior record was 758 deaths in 1972 during a four day holiday.

Chicago National Safety Council The Safety Council

Duplicate Bridge Club Names Weekly Winners at Viking Inn

Harold Brown and Smitty Smith won the Monday night Duplicate Bridge Club game. Joyce Ward and Frances Reece came in second, Diane and W. C. Howell finished third. The club meets every Monday at 7:30 p.m. at the Viking Inn Restaurant.

Harold Brown Smitty” Smith Joyce Ward Frances Reece Diane W. C. Howell Viking Inn

Girl Scouts Set Camp Deadline Near Port Lavaca

Deadline approaches for the Girl Scout Day Camp at Brett Farm outside Port Lavaca. To register for the August session, contact Mrs. Jerry Koehn at 552-6403.

Brett Farm Port Lavaca Jerry Koehn

Calhoun calendar events for the week

Tonight at 7 p.m the Evening Lions meet at Shell Fish followed by Wednesday at noon the County Bar Association gathering at Shell Fish. At 2 p.m Calhoun Drainage District No. 11 convenes at First State Bank and at 7:30 p.m the Optimists Club meets at Viking Restaurant.

Noon — County Bar Association Calhoun First State Bank Optimists Club Viking Restaurant

Fourth Murder Scares Dallas Neighborhood

Police are baffled after a fourth murder in three weeks unsettles a Dallas block. The latest victim, seven year old Yolanda Mar shell Drayton, was found molested and strangled, her body bound to a telephone pole.

Oak Cliff Gayla Yvonne Williams Kilgore Tyler Martha Jane Walton Longview Victor Reddie Texas Pirtle Randy Tonya Rena Reddie Dallas Yolanda Michelle Drayton Yolanda Marshell Drayton Imogene Smith

Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times Crime Report

In mid June the bodies of Billy and Hazel Locklear were found tortured in their Port Lavaca home. Neighbors tipped off police. the Locklear children had been inside for days. Residents fear for safety as the community discusses the killings and rumored hidden cash. Investigators say the abduction and stabbing of Imogene Smith followed an attempted rape.

Billy Hazel Locklear Locklear Leo Massinburg Drayton Leo Jr Michael Martin McCoy Betty Ann Drayton Oak Cliff Ramsey Imogene Smith

Next Year Willie's Concert Ends in Gonzales After 24 Hours

Willie Nelson concert promoter Gene McCaslin of Dallas says if Willie asks, they will try to repeat the event next year as about 80,000 fans paid $10 for 24 hours of music. The three day campout ended with rain collapsing the canvas roof and damaging sound systems. Police report 130 arrests for drug and other charges and several hundred treated for injuries from stabbings to snake bites. One man, Paul Lenden Boatright, 26, drowned in a stock tank near the grounds. McCaslin notes cleanup efforts to remove tons of trash and townspeople remember the festival amid controversy over the permit.

Gonzales Tex Willie Nelson Willie Gene McCaslin Dallas South Texas Luling Here Paul Lenden Boatright Pasadena McCoslin Nelson

Light quake rattles northern California center

A magnitude 4 quake struck northern California near Oroville at 8 55 p m PDT Monday with no damage reported officials said It was the second shake in a month An earlier quake of similar magnitude occurred June 14 in the same region Jerry Jacobs was hired as Raymondville school superintendent in Texas California and Texas notes are included in this AP dispatch.

Golden Colo California National Earthquake Information Service Leroy Irby U.S. Geological Survey Oroville Calif Sacramento Raymondville, Tex Jerry Jacobs Canyon Raymondville

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