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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1975
Page
2
A mother shares tips from Dear Heloise on converting worn-out school pants into fringed shorts using a seam ripper and trimming the leg openings. She notes the method is quick and keeps the fringe even, and mentions enjoying the results alongside other household hacks like layering plastic tablecloths and repurposing small towels.
A reader describes a half circle cut for a bib with ties and offers ideas for gifts. The letter grows into a lighthearted note on market waste and the ubiquity of tempting foods. It also praises masking tape for home tasks from sealing boxes to taping pastry cloth and even a bandage.
Ann Smosna and Mary Freeman share kitchen tips and a recipe twist for scrambled eggs using salt pepper milk and buttermilk salad dressing. A reader, C E W, describes an improvised reading sweater from an old cashmere garment that stays in place and keeps warmth while reading in bed.
A historic TV page shows a 5:00 to 9:00 PM schedule with programs like Lucy, Electric Company, Dragnet, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Let's Make a Deal, Truth or Consequences, Bewitched, Hollywood Squares, Name That Tune, and Beverly Hillbillies. The clipping lists multiple time slots and show titles across the evening lineup.
A dense TV timetable lists 7:00 P M through 12:30 P M slots with shows like Adam-12 MASH Hawaii Five-O The Missing Are Deadly and Soul Soldier plus CBS News Special and Johnny Carson. Notable entries include The Way It Was FBI Rio programs and evening films such as Sitting Bull and Bonanza across channels.
A dense OCR listing shows a morning TV grid from 6:30 to 11:30, featuring New Zoo Revue Scope Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Batman Mister Rogers Speed Racer Celebrity Sweeps Days, various movies and game shows like Wheel of Fortune and Hollywood Squares, and soap operas including Love of Life and The Young and the Restless. Notable entries include Morning Show, Dialing for Dollars, Tattletales, and a Jeanne Wolf interview segment.
A fragmentary TV schedule lists daytime and afternoon programs with many named shows such as Days of Our Lives General Hospital Jeannie and Match Game, along with films like Lonely Are The Brave. It notes times from noon to four o clock and includes children’s programming and international captions.
James Clavell, wartime captive in Changi, discusses why he spent four years writing Shogun about 17th century Japan. He says admiration for the Japanese and lessons from survival shaped his work, a departure from filmmaking that financed his writing.
Port Lavaca Wave established 1890 and Calhoun County Times published each afternoon except Christmas Day Monday through Friday by Wave Publishing Co Inc Port Lavaca Texas 77979 circulation details staff roles and pricing included.
In Stockholm Billy Graham stresses neutrality while affirming a theocratic stance amid church talks ahead of a Baptist congress. In Miami Anwar Sadat’s wife escapes injury after a bus collision during a conference visit. In San Francisco Joseph Alioto wins a retrial bid over Look magazine libel claims. In Jerusalem Golda Meir recovers from a leg ailment after hospital care. In Moscow King Badouin and Queen Fabiola visit, following other royal tours from Denmark and Luxembourg.
A spokesman for Beaumont liquor store owners says they will seek a referendum if they lose an appeal of a state court decision upholding a city ordinance that bans liquor sales after 8 p.m. The ordinance prohibits package store permits from selling or delivering liquor between 8 p.m. and 10 a.m. the next day.
Texas Welfare Department will not provide financial aid to Vietnam and Cambodian refugees until it receives written authorization from the federal government and the office of Gov Dolph Briscoe. As of May 27, 633 refugees had been processed in Texas and may qualify for AFDC services with 100 percent federal reimbursement once formal approval and legal-admission status are confirmed.
On June 24 various historic milestones are noted including the Berlin blockade beginning in 1948, Cabot sighting land in 1497, Cortes entering Mexico City in 1520, the 1793 French constitution, Petain armistice with Italy in 1940, the Dutch royal family’s arrival in 1942, Nasser’s 1956 election, and past anniversaries such as Viet Nam talks, Gulf of Tonkin repeal, and Britain’s nuclear test disclosure.
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