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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1975
Page
4
Jim Mitchell praises Rancho Deluxe as a satirical western with strong social commentary and light comedy. The piece notes a cast of quirky ranch hands and a city girl, praising its deculturized Indian and rustlers while calling the plot slower on action but rich in satirical insight.
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP reports unpredictable semitropical weather raises concern for the Apollo Soyuz Test Project. Dr Walter Kapryan Kennedy Space Center launch operations director says the crew, launch team and hardware are in real good shape despite conditions.
The page lists a dense ITV timetable with multiple programs across 5:30 PM to 12:20 AM including news, game shows like Hollywood Squares and Truth or Consequences, dramas such as The Beverly Hillbillies and The Ramar Mission to India, comedies, films, and late news. Prominent names include Dick Van Dyke, Beverly Hillbillies, Rio? and The Monkees, with blocks for CBS and ABC alternatives.
A dense morning schedule lists programs from New Zoo Revue to The Avengers era material, featuring Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Mister Rogers Speed Racer and multiple soap operas like All My Children and Search for Tomorrow. It also mentions game shows and films including Against All Flags and Love Lucy across a tiled time block.
A dense rundown of daytime programs across networks and stations includes Dream of Jeannie at 9 30 AM and The World Around Us entries, with soaps General Hospital One Life to Live and Days of Our Lives scattered through the afternoon. Cartoons Sesame Street Flintstones Mighty Mouse and family-friendly fare air alongside game shows Price Is Right and Match Game.
On July 7 events span 1937 Marco Polo Bridge clash starting Sino Japanese war and 1801 Toussaint l Ouverture Haiti independence proclaimed. Noted others include 1854 Perry in Japan 1865 Lincoln assassination co-conspirators hanged 1898 Hawaii annexation act 1918 bombardment of Constantinople 1958 Alaska statehood. Birthdays include Pierre Cardin and Ringo Starr. Thought for today quotes John Sherman.
Tonight public television offers a one hour documentary on Nevada land and the Western Shoshone. It profiles Glen Holley Sr and a faction denied land under the 1863 treaty while a competing Shoshone group seeks the $26 million award and Federal court review follows the Indian Claims Commission decision.
The Rolling Stones drew about 50,000 fans to the Cotton Bowl despite scorching heat in the upper 90s. Officials reported numerous heat-related cases and long concession lines as gates opened at 11 a.m. Sunday. Keith Richards faced a reckless driving and knife charge in Arkansas and was released on bond. a companion faced a drug charge and bond.
National Safety Council estimates traffic fatalities across the East and Midwest total 440 as Fourth of July weekend ends. Projection for the four time zones ranges 480 to 580 deaths with a 1974 four day total of 549 and a single day record of 758 in 1972.
AP report notes Alfred Hitchcock, celebrating 50 years of directing, shoots his 53rd film Deceit at Universal. He replaces Roy Thinnes with William Devane as male lead after confirming Thinnes was not strong enough for a kidnapper role. Barbara Harris and Karen Black co-star with Bruce Dern. The plot weaves two stories until four characters converge atop a pyramid, including a daring bishop kidnapping during a cathedral service.
The text lists staff roles including Rod Moake as General Manager and Dick Fisher as Editor in Chief, with department editors and contributors. It also notes The Associated Press rights, Postage details, carrier and mail subscription rates for Port Lavaca and Victoria, Texas.
A featured aerialist Anka Ivanoa fell about 20 feet during a Sunday act in San Antonio Be xar County Hospital reports a fractured pelvis. Spectator Richard Fleming recalled the crowd applauding as she was removed, stunned by the mishap.
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