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Wednesday, May 16th, 2012
34 Years Ago Today

Here's an ABC News Brief with Larry Kane from May 17, 1978. It includes an over the shoulder box with fluoride misspelled as "Flouride," financial details for 1984 Olympics and a Ford Pinto commercial.

ABC News Brief With Larry Kane (1978)

Here's an ABC News Brief with Larry Kane (voiceover introduction by Gilbert Hodges). Stories include:

77 Americans evacuated from Zaire's Shaba province.

Outcome of election in Dominican Republic unclear.

New study shows fluoride in drinking water is not a health hazard. (Misspelled as "Flouride" on card)

President Carter tells Western governors he will share cost of water projects.

Commercial: Ford Pinto

Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley works out financial details for 1984 Olympics. The Olympic Committee votes on the site tomorrow.

This aired on local Chicago TV on Wednesday, May 17th 1978.

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The opening announcer was New York-based Gilbert Hodges, who replaced Scott Vincent as announcer on WABC-TV's (New York) "Eyewitness News," and as off-screen host of "The 4:30 Movie," upon Vincent's death in 1979. As for Larry Kane, a then once-and-future Philadelphia TV news legend, he was anchor of the 11 P.M. edition of WABC's "Eyewitness News" from mid-1977 until the fall of 1978, when he was replaced by the anchor team of Ernie Anastos and Rose Ann Scamardella (whose name was most famously spoofed for Gilda Radner's outrageous "Roseanne Roseannadanna" character on "Saturday Night Live"). (By that period, Roger Grimsby and Bill Beutel - as famous and iconic in New York as WLS's Fahey Flynn and Joel Daly were in Chicago - were only anchoring the 6 P.M. newscast.)
Comment posted by W.B. on Sunday, October 5th 2008 at 11:43pm.

"Fluoride" is misspelled! ;)
Comment posted by 70s80s on Monday, October 6th 2008 at 10:22am.

Good eye, 70s80s!

Once again, thanks for the information W.B.! :-)

Comment posted by FuzzyMemories on Monday, October 6th 2008 at 11:03am.

Intro voiceover info added to clip description.
Comment posted by W.B. on Tuesday, April 12th 2011 at 10:09am.

Yes fluoride is misspelled- you'd think ABC would have had someone proofread their graphics before putting them on the air
Comment posted by OldTVNut on Tuesday, July 19th 2011 at 6:00pm.

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Comment posted in WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 3, 1978) by SuperCFL on Sunday, May 13th, 2012 at 7:11pm CT

I have no memory of the Northbrook or Schaumburg locations, but the one in Niles was still standing, albeit vacant for a long time, into the late 80s. It briefly reopened, with major modifications, as something else, then was gone altogether by the early 90s. Looking back, I think it was an awful location, on a not-that-important road in an industrial district.

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Comment posted in Son of Svengoolie - "The 3-D Movie" (Open, Show #158, 1982) by 4thtroika on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 10:19pm CT

This particular clip, I mean. We watched the original broadcast just fine.


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The Video Voyage contest ran for four weeks in November 1979. The last question of Contest #4 asked for the total cash value of the hypnotist's winnings in Game #1 on The Joker's Wild on November 30.


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Victoria Station addresses from 1977: Niles-7800 Caldwell Ave, Northbrook-200 Skokie Blvd., Schaumburg-675 Mall Drive.


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Nada prob! :-)


Comment posted in WLS Channel 7 - AM Chicago - "Hoffman & Ski Show" (Part 3, 1978) by Smctopia on Friday, May 11th, 2012 at 9:53pm CT

Where were the Victoria Station locations in Niles, Northbrook and Schaumburg? The main voice in that ad sounds like Michael Bell. The woman in the Campbell's ad looks and sounds familar.


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