Walton creator uses novelistic approach on TV
Earl Hamner says The Waltons has used a novel like method since its start. He outlines season plots like chapters and sketches character directions to guide writers. Despite ABC rival Welcome Back Kotter and Barney Miller, The Waltons remains CBS’s top hour show and second overall to The Six Million Dollar Man.
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Associated Press
LOS Angeles
Earl Hamner
The
Waltons
Hamner
ABC
Kotter
CBS
Virginia
Walton
Houston Lures Foreign Visitors in South Travel Ranking
Houston ranks fourth as a preferred destination for overseas and Mexico travelers, per the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Council. Dale Young notes Miami, Laredo, and El Paso lead, with Houston building on historical draws for promotion.
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Houston
Greater Houston
Grain Purchases Near Mid Point
AP reports U S grain sales to the Soviet Union reach 2.8 million metric tons, close to the yearly minimum. The Agriculture Department notes 300,000 tons of corn and 300,000 tons of wheat sold under a long term deal, deliveries to begin this fall, with annual minimums of 6 million tons and flexibility up to 8 million.
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U.S
Soviet Union
Russia
Agriculture Department
TV Schedule Fragments Reveal Evening Lineup
A scrambled TV grid shows 5:00 to 7:00 PM listings with shows like Lucy Show, Mister Rogers, Beverly Hillbillies, Gunsmoke, The Brady Bunch, and game shows such as $25,000 Pyramid and Hollywood Squares, amid nonstandard captions and multilingual items.
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South Texas Today
Beverly Hillbillies
el Mundo de Juguete
Television Schedule Highlights and Late Night Lineup
A dense timetable lists programs across channels with title fragments such as Welcome-Back Kotter The Waltons Upstairs Downstairs Star Trek and Hawaii Five-O. It includes movies like Goodbye Again and The Street with No Name, plus talk and news shows spanning 9:30 P.M. to midnight and into 12:25 A.M. slot.
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Kotter
Ingrid Bergman
San Francisco
Mark Stevens
Friday Morning TV Schedule Fragments
A fragmented timetable lists morning to late morning programs including Good Morning America Captain Kangaroo Sesame Street Sanford and Son Love Lucy Wheel of Fortune and Jeannie and various game shows. The page mixes titles with viewer notes and channel slots, reflecting a busy broadcast lineup.
Television Schedule Fragments Show Classic Lineup
A fragmented listing provides a noon to five pm slate with soaps like General Hospital One Life To Live and hits including Star Trek Gilligan's Island Batman Gunsmoke and Hogan's Heroes plus game shows and cartoons across multiple time slots and stations.
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Electrical Union Talks Hopeful
A federal mediator says HL&P and Electrical Workers Union Local 66 have held a productive five hour meeting in Houston. The talks aim to settle a five week strike and the mediator said he is somewhat encouraged by the progress.
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Houston Lighting and Power Co
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Striking Electrical Workers Union Local 66
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William J. Abelow
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Abelow
Calhoun Calendar Highlights Evening Meetings
Today at 7 p m a fishing rod building class at Travis Junior High. Red Cross annual meeting and First State Bank events follow. At 8 p m the School Board meets at the School District Office. Friday lists 9 a m Alcoa supervisors and Noon Rotary with Shell Fish at First State Bank.
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Snoopy device eyed to check Alaska pipeline welds
An acoustical test capsule nicknamed Snoopy may replace digging up welds to verify Alaska pipeline welds after reports questioned X ray accuracy on 3955 welds. A new study suggests more problem welds exist, risking delays as Alyeska and officials weigh the capsule option and plan further inspections before mid 1977 oil flow targets.
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Washington
Alaska
Ipeline
Interior Department
Ketchban Industries
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Alyeska
Thousands of NY Hospital Strike Hits 33 Private Hospitals
In New York metropolitan area, 37,000 nonmedical staff walked out of 33 private hospitals over cost of living increases amid Medicaid reimbursement freezes. Elective surgery slowed, clinics closed, and ambulances were irregular as 20,000 patients were affected.
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New York
Leon Davis
The
National Union
Letters to the Editor: Discrimination in Port Lavaca Wave
A Port Lavaca Wave reader in Bicentennial year voices pride in American heritage and service by Marines and veterans of Mexican descent. He condemns heavy law enforcement response to the Chicano Bicentennial but urges Americans of Mexican descent to recognize and help eradicate discrimination in Calhoun County.
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Port Lavaca
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Texas
Vietnam
Calhoun County
State of
Rockport
America
Port Lavaca Wave thanks Point Comfort Bicentennial
The Point Comfort Bicentennial Committee thanks the editor for coverage of a day and a half of programs that honored the nation and local community. The city is proclaimed a Bicentennial City in Texas and the United States and received a special letter from the U.S. president as a 50 member committee expresses gratitude.
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Port Lavaca Wave
Point Comfort
United States
Mila E. Cameron
Nixon to Speak at Yorba Linda Fundraiser
Richard M. Nixon plans his first political appearance since resigning as president. He will speak at a fund raising event in Yorba Linda, California for Representative Charles Wiggins, who led anti impeachment forces but later supported terminating Nixon’s public service.
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Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
Yorba Linda
Calif
Secret Service
Nixon
Charles Wiggins
R.calif
Wiggins
House
Richard Nixon
Hearst to Face 90 Day Psychiatric Evaluation in Sentence
U S District Court Judge William Orrick Jr ordered Patricia Hearst to undergo an additional 90 days of psychiatric evaluation before sentencing on the bank robbery conviction. The delay extends the period after Judge Oliver Carter’s death shifted oversight to Orrick.
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Patricia Hearst
U.S. District Court
William Orrick Jr
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Orrick
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