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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1975
Page
2
A dense nightly lineup across channels lists Dragnet and Beverly Hillbillies at 6 and 7 PM, with The Desperate Mimes and The Cavern among later film titles. Late entries include Mission Impossible, Perry Mason, and The Glass House, finishing with Bonanza and News at Midnight.
The page lists a dense broadcast lineup from 6:30 AM to 2:00 PM including New Zoo Revue GED Test Scope Make a Wish Mister Rogers Sesame Street Captain Kangaroo Batman Speed Racer and game shows like The Joker's Wild High Rollers Hollywood Squares and Password. Also noted are soaps Young and Restless Search for Tomorrow and Love of Life along with several films and a Dick Foran movie Heart of the North.
A detailed Thursday lineup lists daytime soap operas including As the World Turns Guiding Light and Days of Our Lives, with game shows like Jeopardy and The Price Is Right, cartoons on Cartoon Time and Villa Alegre, plus films such as For Heaven's Sake and Kiss Them for Me.
On this date notable events include the Boston Massacre in 1770, Spanish seizure of New Orleans in 1766, Bern’s occupation in 1798, Zachary Taylor’s 1849 presidency, Stalin’s death in 1953, a 1965 nuclear test pact, and Sol Hurok’s death in 1976. Birthdays of Rex Harrison and Lorin Maazel noted. Thought for today quotes Catullus.
A collection of reader tips covers DIY fashion ideas using dyed white shirts for teens, kitchen hacks like cream cheese sandwiches, zipper spray assistance, storing string on tape spools, repurposing old patterns for gift packing, and hanging clothes to dry with nylon net, reflecting practical household ingenuity.
Public Broadcasting Service opens an 11 day Festival 75 campaign across 93 PBS stations to raise at least 3 million dollars in annual family subscriptions and add 500000 new homes to viewer rosters. Ford Foundation supports 2 million grant with 980 thousand funding on air ads and programs.
In London the wire haired fox terrier Flicka stars as Crab in Two Gentlemen of Verona at the Young Vic. Critics hail his timing and presence, with The Times and The Guardian praising his performance. Directors plan to nominate him for Britain’s actor of the year in 1975.
Port Lavaca Wave and Calhoun County Times published weekdays by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. in Port Lavaca Texas with staff listings including Rod Moake editor Dick Fisher and Joan Adams sports editor. Rates for carrier and mail delivery noted.
Washington AP report says winter wheat prospects improved in Texas as fields dry after wet spells. The Agriculture Department notes conditions vary by state with Kansas’s western third still dry while the rest shows favorable conditions as March begins.
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