0061 Ordeal By Fire

Ordeal By Fire
Episode 0061
Original Air Date: March 21, 1974

A woman asks her boyfriend to try to help her father who is turning his home into a fortress. He soon finds out his soon-to-be father in law must give $1 million to a cult or be burned to death.

Cast: Julie Newmar, Mandel Kramer, Guy Sorel, Sydney Walker, Earl Hammond

Writer: Murray Burnett

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Armed prisoners hold hostages in New York federal prison, Watergate lawyers have until Monday to decide if they want the Watergate grand jury report to go to Watergate Committee, Democrats dine on filet mignon at a fundraiser and discuss Watergate, 10 million birds roost in Iowa town, FBI agents arrest man in connection with kidnapping of wife of bank executive, Fire in a Duluth hotel kills 2, Swamp fire in Florida near Miami burns strong, Armed man holding hostages in Belgian embassy gives up, Nixon's popularity hits new lows at 25 percent, House judiciary committee moves one step closer to getting grand jury report on Watergate, Kissinger believes OPEC will not reimpose the oil embargo, Texaco will reduce wholesale price by 10 cents a gallon, Corporate profits up slightly in 1973,

Commercials: Heritage Press, Action Corps, Pillow Furniture at Touch of Class showrooms in Portland, Special K (Mass Tango in Pittsburgh), Jansen Beach Center, President's Council on Physical Fitness, Easter Seals PSA, Budweiser (jingle), anit-heroin PSA, Better Business PSA, Easter Seals PSA,

0048 Out Of Sight

Out Of Sight
Episode 0048
Original Air Date: March 2, 1974

A space mission with the first woman in space (Sally Ride?) is tormented by aliens they cannot see.

Cast: Julia Meade, Sydney Walker, Ira Lewis, Jack Grimes

Writer: Ian Martin

Rating ***1/2

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Watergate Grand Jury concludes Nixon was involved in a cover up, John Connally says country will not hold the Republican Party responsible for Watergate, Gov. Robert Docking of Kansas will retire, Randolph Hearst to make statement about his daughter's kidnapping, FBI has arrested a man for trying to extort money from the Hearsts, Prime Minister Heath to meet with Liberal Party to stay in power, Kissinger visits Jordan, Spain executed two men for killing police officers, Republican Dorchester conference votes against restoring death penalty, Sen. Bob Packwood says Nixon should be impeached, Gov. McCall says Nixon should reveal all he knows about Watgergate or resign, Gov. McCall names his successor for governor, Gov. McCall will make decision on gasoline rationing,

Commercials: The New Navy, Jansen Beach Mall, U.S. Customs PSA, Budweiser (Good Head), Better Business Bureau, Special K (Junior Gives Up), Religion in American Life PSA, High Blood Pressure PSA, Fuel shortage PSA, United Way PSA, anti-drug PSA,

0043 The Walls Of Jericho

The Walls Of Jericho
Episode 0043
Original Air Date: February 21, 1974

An elderly private club attendant finds that he is able to conjure ghostly figures from his imagination.

Cast: Robert Dryden, Mary Jane Higby, Ian Martin, Ralph Bell, Sydney Walker, Guy Sorel

Writer: Elspeth Eric

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN Portland, OR

News: Atlantic Constitution Publisher kidnapped by right wing group, Hearst food distribution to start, but Symbionese Liberation Army wants $4 million more, Kissinger announces new negotiations on Panama Canal treaty, Pennsylvania gas station owners will shut down at 6PM to protest gasoline rationing, Iran will deposit $1 million in World Bank for high oil prices in poor nations. Oregon legislature fails to adjourn, Gov. McCall asked oil companies for more gasoline, prostitution charges dropped against six women in Portland, weather, Yeoman Radford denies that he was ordered to steal documents from the White House, Prudential Building in Buffalo burns, Energy chief meets with governors who want more gasoline, Nixon says full scale rationing might be avoided, George Meany says all Americans need 10 percent raises, New Soviet ambassador reports to USSR, Evergreen Association service stations demand right to give preferential treatment to regular customers, County commissioners cancel through way project in Portland, Governor McCall's mother plans to run after her son retires,

Commercials: Prunes, Ladies Home Journal, Don't Look Now movie, Jansen Beach Center Mall, Budweiser (Don't put ice in your beer), Better Business Bureau, Special K (Last Tango in Pittsburgh), High blood pressure PSA, Street Corner Scouting, VD PSA, Anti-Hate PSA, Heart Fund PSA, USO PSA,

0013 Ring A Ring Of Roses

Ring A Ring Of Roses
Episode 0013
Original Air Date: January 18, 1974

A young couple stumble across a ghostly scene of a man trying to whip a little girl. They find themselves wrapped up in a family curse and an old murder.

Cast: Glynnis O'Connor, George Petrie, Sydney Walker, Elspeth Eric, Hollan Taylor, Carol Hilliard

Writer: S.J. Wilson

Rating: **1/2

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0005 No Hiding Place

No Hiding Place
Episode 0005
Original Air Date: January 10, 1974

A man who is about to become CEO of his father-in-law's corporation is blackmailed for a horrible misdeed in his past.

Cast: Larry Haines, Jackson Beck, Anne Meecham, Sydney Walker, Tom Keena

Writer: Sidney Slon

Rating: ***

Recorded from KOIN, Portland, OR

News: Henry Kissinger visits the Middle East, Oil reserves higher than thought and gas production will not be cut as much as originally predicted. Sen. Scoop Jackson introducing bill requiring all oil companies to have a government representatives on their board. Gas shortages in Los Angeles. Still no cure for common cold,

Commercials: Bear aspirin, The new Navy, KOIN news, Special K, Heart health PSA, Himan Brown promotes CBSRMT, Better Business Bureau PSA, The Mormons, Vantage Press, Contac cold medicine,