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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1975
Page
2
A reader shares a playful memory of learning from Heloise hints by taping tips to products and reusing them until absorbed. Letter writers propose unwritten laws about family routines and morning cartoon days, plus a vegetable lunch box tip using double plastic bags and ice cubes to keep greens fresh.
The snippet lists a 5:00 to 6:30 PM lineup with News, Lucy Show, Electric Company, Dragnet, Dick Van Dyke, Hollywood Squares, Truth or Consequences, Bewitched, Beverley Hillbillies, and various game and talk shows. It reflects a mixed UHF/VHF era schedule with multiple channels and local promotions. The text also notes program titles like To Tell the Truth and Let's Make a Deal amid a multi-show block.
A reader shares an easy DIY method to clean large artificial floor plants. Place the plant in the shower, rinse with cold water, rotate to rinse all sides, shake to remove excess water, drain the pot, and dry on the bathroom counter before returning it to its spot.
A dense list of 1960s style TV slots and program names for a Tuesday morning schedule. Entries include New Zoo Revue Villa Alegre Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Mister Rogers Speed Racer Love Lucy Morning Show Dialing for Dollars The Brady Bunch Hollywood Squares Wheel of Fortune and soap operas like All My Children, Young and Restless plus news segments and local magazine mentions.
A compact schedule lists daytime and afternoon programs across channels with times such as 1:30 PM and 3:00 PM. Programs include Jeannie Days of Our Lives Guiding Light Masterpiece Theatre The Marrying Kind with Judy Holliday Edge of Night One Life Match Game and more across cartoons news and game shows.
A New York AP column lambasts ABCs summer program Almost Anything Goes a one hour five week series featuring small town teams in silly sports. The writer pledges to read War and Peace instead after watching half the episode describing sportscasters as all business and the coverage as cliche filled.
Hurricane Blanche with 85 mph winds and heavy rain moves toward Nova Scotia. Forecasters warn gale winds along the southeast coast by daybreak and hurricane winds near the storm center by midmorning. The center says Blanche could move inland near the central southeast shore by midday. The storm formed from a tropical low between Bermuda and the Bahamas and centers 270 miles southeast of Halifax.
At a Los Angeles pool Roy Scheider says some children can handle Jaws while critics argue PG is too lenient. The MPAA rating system faces pressure as producers seek changes while Universal warns the film may be too intense for younger viewers.
Washington AP reports the Council on Wage and Price Stability projects average American prices to rise about 8 percent for 1975, below 12.2 percent in the prior year. The CPI rose 6 percent in Q1, and the recovery in the second half should not accelerate price increases.
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