April 25, 2012: Dipsy Doodle

 

I added 18 more ads today, from May and June 1974, plus four more Random Pages gallery additions from Peach Sections of The Blade. There are two Wednesday, 5/22/74 stories, "E. Dana Cox, Jr., Resigns As Ch. 30 Head" and "Vaughn Leaves Detroit's WXYZ," about Joe Vaughn, WXYZ-AM's news director. There are four Monday, 5/27/74 stories by Norman Dresser, "Ch. 13 Schedules Imaginative Children's Show, 'Dipsy Doodle,' To Be Seen Wednesday Night At 8" (see ad below), "Ben Waters Named To Key Ch. 11 Post," "Betty Rosebrook Set For Sea World Show" and "High School Bands In Buckeye Special." Next is a Monday, 6/10/74 story, also by Dresser, "Damaged Antenna Repaired by WLQR" and a Thursday, 6/13/74 story, "Ch. 30 Advances McLoughlin To Acting Manager." There's one ad (mentioned above) in the Channel 13 gallery, a Wednesday, 5/29/74 ad for the special, The Dipsy Doodle Show, sponsored by General Foods. There are six ads in the Channel 11 gallery, five for movies on The Big Show. There's a Monday, 5/20/74 ad for "Secret of the Incas" (Charlton Heston), a Tuesday, 5/21/74 ad for part one of "Exodus" (Paul Newman) and a Thursday, 5/23/74 ad for "The Caddy" (Jerry Lewis). There's also a Sunday, 5/26/74 TV Tab ad for "Toys in the Attic" (Dean Martin), "The Joker is Wild" (Frank Sinatra) and "Caprice" (Doris Day). The ad explains "How to watch a two-hour movie in an hour-and-a-half." Next is a Monday, 5/27/74 ad, another one for "The Joker is Wild" (Frank Sinatra). There's also another Thursday, 5/23/74 ad for a Friday night movie special, "Von Ryan's Express," sponsored by Osterman Jewelers. There's one more WTOL-TV ad in the News/Special Reports Ads gallery, a Wednesday, 5/22/74 ad for Eleven at Large "Lightly Turn to Thoughts of Love." There are four WGTE-TV 30 ads in the PBS gallery, including a Friday, 5/24/74 ad for Ohio's Senior Citizens: One Million Strong. There's also a Wednesday, 5/29/74 ad for Consecration of the Bishop, the ordination of Albert H. Ottenweller, a Friday, 6/6/74 ad for the address to the Toledo Area Governmental Research Association by U.S. Attorney General William B. Saxbe, and a Monday, 6/10/74 ad for The Special of the Week, "The Turbulent Ocean." There's one ad in the Buckeye Cablevision Channel 5 gallery, a Monday, 5/20/74 ad for their coverage of the 5th Annual Blade Girl's Relays. There's one in the Radio Station Ads gallery, a Saturday, 5/25/74 ad for WTUU's coverage of NASCAR's World 600 race from Charlotte Motor Speedway. There are four more ads in the Other Vintage ads gallery, including a Friday, 5/24/74 ad for the grand-opening of the Summit Street McDonald's (Ronald McDonald, Captain Crook), There's also a Saturday, 5/25/74 ad for Bryan Motor Speedway's Memorial Race, a Thursday, 5/30/74 ad for Ontario Stores (Courtesy Bug) and a Tuesday, 6/4/74 full-page Father's Day ad for Hickory Farms of Ohio. More 1974 ads, from the online archives of The Toledo Blade, are on the way...