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Newspaper
Port Lavaca Wave
Location
Port Lavaca, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1975
Page
2
A reader shares a method to make watermelon rind pickles using saved syrup, and others offer tips for clean white tennis shoes with spray starch, organizing camping gear in an old tackle box, and clever kitchen hacks. Additional letters joke about calculators and rhubarb prep, plus tips on using yarn spools for macrame and freezing partially frozen ice cubes for easy crushed ice.
A dense late 1970s era TV grid lists times for Lucy Show Dragnet The Beverly Hillbillies and other popular shows. Highlights include News programs, game shows like The Price Is Right and 25 000 Pyramid, dramas such as FBI Petrocelli and Mission Impossible, and specials featuring Indy 500 highlights and star-led movies.
The 134th day of 1975 marks anniversaries from 1787 when the Philadelphia convention began drafting the U S Constitution to 1942 WAACs established, 1948 Britain ends Palestine rule, and notes on Kennedy memory at Runnymede. Birthday: Patrice Munsel aged 50. Thought by Disraeli. Benedict Arnold campaign noted.
A scrambled TV grid lists programs from 6:30 AM to 11:30 AM including New Zoo Revue GED Test Scene Make a Wish Classroom Mister Rogers Sesame Street Batman Speed Racer The Joker’s Wild Morning Shows Mike Douglas Dial for Dollars Mighty Hercules Wheel of Fortune Gun Fury Rock Hudson Hollywood Squares Love of Life Blankety Blanks Password Young and Restless Calendar Blank Check Split Second Search for Tomorrow with various channel and time fragments.
The listing shows a dense daytime to prime time schedule with titles such as Dream of Jeannie Days of Our Lives General Hospital The Price Is Right One Life Match Game Lost in Space The Flintstones Gilligan's Island Hogan's Heroes Star Trek and Leave It to Beaver among others with several channel time markers and partial program notes across 12:00 to 4:00 PM and local variations.
A resolution censuring Dr. Philip G. Hoffman president of the University of Houston was to be considered today by the Faculty Senate. The measure had been approved by the senate executive committee and alleges Hoffman failed to ensure adequate faculty and student representation in choosing a chancellor for the Downtown College.
New York AP ABC kicks off television's national Emmy awards with a 90 minute daytime show aboard a Hudson River excursion boat. Fifty four nominees compete in 19 categories as daytime Emmys start a two year tradition while CBS hosts the nighttime event next week with 180 nominees in 56 categories.
A shotgun wielding robber took between 5000 and 6000 dollars from the First State Bank in Austin at 2:30 p.m. A witness followed the getaway car and police arrested Eddie Brown Jr., 45, a local florist, at a barbecue stand. He faces aggravated robbery charges with bond set at 50000.
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