Misterogers Visits KCET; Tom Lasorda at Spring Training, March 3, 1969

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Fred Rogers visits KECT-TV, with King Friday XIII and the rest.

1969_0303_streak I know that high-minded Daily Mirror readers will completely ignore the story at left about streaking and that the subject of naked college kids running around holds no interest for anybody. Actually, I was surprised to discover streaking this early because I thought it was more of a 1970s phenomenon. Either way, I’m sure there’s a dissertation subject in there for somebody.

On the front page, below, a Navy board of inquiry examines the death of an aquanaut during a project called Sealab … the crew of Apollo 9 prepares for launch … in Paris, President Nixon has a brief meeting with South Vietnamese President Nguyen Cao Ky that ends abruptly … Nixon also meets Pope Paul VI and French President Charles de Gaulle … Chinese guards in Manchuria are reportedly killed in a fight with Soviet troops along the border north of Vladivostok. 

Be sure to read Cecil Smith’s feature on Fred Rogers, who says: "You cannot talk to children until you learn to listen to them."

See, you got all the way to the bottom without even looking at the streaking story. I’m so proud of you!

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Vice President Sprio Agnew slips on the ice and cuts his nose while reviewing an honor guard.
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"Rat Patrol!" … James Garner on "Laugh-In"… Rod Serling hosts … "Liars Club?"
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John Duffie is in trouble for breaking the Dodgers’ curfew.

Here’s yet another spring training story on Tom Lasorda, headed to
Spokane to become the Dodgers’ Triple-A manager. When I first saw the
headline, I thought John Wiebusch’s piece was about the spring hopes of
infielder Jim Lefebvre, but there’s no doubt who dominated the story.

"The pudgy Italian walked toward the crowd as Lefebvre re-entered
the cage," Wiebusch wrote. "’Ladies and gentlemen, you see what this
young man will do for his game? He knows that you can pay wholesale
prices for washing machines and television sets but you’ve got to pay
retail prices for success.’"

— Keith Thursby

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1 Response to Misterogers Visits KCET; Tom Lasorda at Spring Training, March 3, 1969

  1. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:

    The KCET studios would have been located @ 1313 N. Vine. They had previously been the Don Lee Studios, and briefly housed KHJ-TV.

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