La Plaza
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April 19, 2007
World & Nation
Evidence suggesting that Nazi deputy leader Rudolf Hess was murdered in Berlin’s Spandau prison in 1987 and did not commit suicide was aired this week in London on a British television program.
March 2, 1989
For the Record
Afghan TV show: In the Dec. 3 Section A, an article about the “Afghan Star” show misspelled Farid Taki’s last name as Taqid and described Hafizullah Mohammadi as director of programming for Tolo TV.
Dec. 5, 2015
Television
The unconditional love of a German shepherd named Joni saved the life of Sister Pauline Quinn.
Aug. 19, 2001
“Gridiron Gang,” a provocative, two-hour documentary on KTLA-TV Channel 5 at 8 tonight, spotlights an athletic program that is giving some hard-core juvenile offenders a chance for a new start in life.
Sept. 7, 1992
Nearly half a million viewers of “The Voice of China,” a popular TV singing competition, got a shock one Friday evening last August when a series of messages denouncing the ruling Communist Party suddenly appeared on their screens.
Aug. 4, 2015
PUBLIC TV SHOWS--Public television’s 15-day “Festival 86” fund-raiser rolls to a close Sunday with a lineup of swell programs, climaxing with “Gala of Stars ‘86” at 8 p.m. on Channels 28 and 15 (7 p.m. on Channel 50).
March 16, 1986
Speaking of morning programs, Bob Keeshan, who has spent 32 years keeping kids entertained on morning TV as Captain Kangaroo, has come out strongly for sending unsupervised children to day-care centers, maintaining the move could help keep them out of prison as adults.
Nov. 6, 1987
An Orange County cable-TV company has pulled a series of programs produced by a neo-Nazi apologist who claims the Holocaust was a hoax, but another local cable system will continue to broadcast them.
April 15, 1995
Entertainment & Arts
Reality TV: Prison shows break new ground with female inmates
May 15, 2011