Two TV Specials Compete Tonight Across Networks
AP reports a rare clash of telecasts this evening as ABC airs Teen-age Revolution from 10 to 11 p.m. EDT while CBS presents Miss Teen-Age America Pageant final live, both drawing attention to youth culture and national impact. NBC counters with The Big Ear on Sunday at 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. EST, and CBS follows with Time Bomb in Rhodesia on Tuesday at 10:30 to 11 p.m. Local interests center on televised innovation and global political themes.
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Cynthia Lowry
NEW York
ABC
CBS
Dallas
Jimmy Durante
Roberta Peters
Ancer Rudolf Nureyev
Robert Vaughn
NBC
David Brinkley
CBS’ News
Rhodesia
British Commonwealth
Knit an Afghan From Five Strips With Knit and Purl
Directions for a multistrip afghan with a wavy knit and purl pattern. Includes pattern 7356 and mailing details to Alice Brooks at Winchester Evening Star, New York, with pricing and catalog offers for Needlecraft patterns and quilt books.
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Alice Brooks
Winchester Evening Star
Needlecraft Dept
P.O
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N. Y
America
New Museum
Market Report from Farmers Livestock Markets Prices by Weight
Hog prices range from 18.00 to 24.45 with top weights 200 to 240 pounds. veal and lamb figures follow, noting prime, choice, and utility grades. Slaughter cattle and stock feeder cattle show distributions by weight and grade, including cows, bulls, steers, and heifers with price bands.
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Choice
Utility
Cutter & Utility
Whopper Wit Tales From Shenandoah Valley Folklore
Editor notes a folklore installment recounting tall tales from rural Virginia communities. A Doe Hill Highland farmer reports corn popping from heat and lightning, a Spring Creek burial joke mocks a cranky neighbor, and a Mountain distiller named Joshua quips with a judge about moonlight and sun.
End of Sermon Highlights A Dunkard Preacher’s Abstinence Appeal
A Bridgewater resident recalls an elderly Dunkard preacher famed for insisting on total abstinence from hard drinks. He urged his congregation to shun alcohol during sermons and, at one service, proclaimed that every drop of wine whiskey gin scotch bourbon beer and hard cider should be poured into the river. The closing hymn was announced as Shall We Gather At the River.
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Bridgewater
Funeral custom after sermon in rural services
In early days rural funerals, after the preacher finishes his sermon he would ask if any one in the group would care to offer prayers or speaks. The fragment hints at communal participation and traditional closing rites at a rural church service.
Knitting Granny of the Alleghenies Becomes Local Legend
In the Allegheny foothills a prolific knitter was famed for socks and sweaters for friends and kin. After her death, neighbors recalled her mountain walks for “sang” and knitting on rough rides. A granddaughter quips Granny would toss out a finished sock in bed. Local readers urged to share stories.
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The
Alleghenies
the Couity
P.O. Box
Madison College
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Okyo
Hisashi Hosono
Wee Brooks
Folk
Shenandoah Valley
Elmer L. Smith
Harrisonburg
Doe Hill
Highland County
Virginia
Spring Creek
A* Mountain Distiller
Joshua
Mountaineer
Ikresge
Ward Plaza
U.S. 11
Winchester
S Fp Kresge Company
Fonney
J.C. Penney
Founders Days
Oneida Silversmiths
Berkeley Square
Penney
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