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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1975
Page
2
A dense, partially legible timetable lists 5:00 to 12:30 AM airings across news, game shows, dramas, movies, and specials. Notable entries include Lucy, Dragnet, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Waltons, Hawaii, The Apartment, Nighttime news, and late-night Wide World Specials, with films like Runaway and Bonanza featured.
A detailed Friday morning lineup features a mix of children’s favorites like Captain Kangaroo Sesame Street and Captain Noah, followed by morning talk and game shows such as The Joker’s Wild Love of Life and Wheel of Fortune. Classic films The Caine Mutiny and The Return of October air later, with news and variety programming filling the day.
A partial TV guide lists daytime and afternoon shows with multiple times such as 12:00 Noon Dream of Jeannie and 2:00 P.M. General Hospital across networks. It includes soap operas Days of Our Lives and Guiding Light, game shows The Price Is Right and $10,000 Pyramid, plus cartoons and classic series like The Munsters and Flintstones.
AUSTIN AP The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled a 5,005 year prison term for Woodrow Ransonette in the 1972 kidnapping of Amanda Mayhew Dealey, wife of Dallas Morning News president Joe Dealey Jr., was not excessive. The court also denied requests to try Woodrow separately from his brother Franklin or to move the trial from Dallas County.
Port Lavaca Wave Established 1890 and Calhoun County Times published each afternoon except Christmas Day, Monday through Friday by Wave Publishing Co. Inc. Local staff include Rod Moake general manager Dick Fisher editor in chief John Adams sports editor Mary Rothband society editor Bill Pack advertising Mary Harras and others. Subscriptions and postal info listed.
Kingsville Texas A and I University hosts a concert contest of original compositions by students as part of the 20th annual Fine Arts Festival. Performances begin Friday at 1 p.m. in Recital Hall Music Building with Opera Workshop of La Boheme and University Concert Choir.
A reader shares taping a toe off pantyhose over a broken foot cast for warmth and concealment. Others describe pancake mix as a flour substitute for fried chicken, using chip canes to organize lace and seam bindings, and reusing an old flashlight case as a portable tool holder with cotton for padding.
Lorne Michaels, who grew up with early live TV, will helm NBCs 90 minute comedy variety show Saturday Night set to premiere October 11 at 1130 p.m. EDT. Live from New York, it will air three Saturdays per month. He notes nerves about the unscripted live format and recalls past live era sensations.
On April 30, 1789 George Washington was inaugurated in New York. The Navy Department was created in 1798 and the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 doubled U.S. size. Louisiana joined the Union in 1812. Casey Jones died in 1900. In 1915 wireless links DC and Panama Canal Zone. 1945 Moscow claimed the Reichstag flag over Berlin. News notes cover Nixon’s 1970s Vietnam policy and Treasury secretary change. There are birthdays and quotes about love.
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