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WSPD-TV and the UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO Present T. U. TELESTUDY "HISTORY OF OHIO" "MODERN HOMEMAKING" "A CHILD AND HIS WORLD" "ARTS AND APPRECIATION" -► On October 15, 1952, Station WSPD-TV, Toledo, Ohio, began broadcasting daily TV courses — one Monday, Wednesday and Friday on the history of Ohio, the other Tuesday and Thursday on homemaking. The programs, part of Toledo University's adult education program, were developed by WSPD-TV executives with Murray W. Stahl, university TV and radio coordinator. The first course, taught by Dr. Randolph C. Downes, an authority on Ohio history, was considered appropriate because of the 1953 Sesquicentennial of Ohio statehood. The homemaking course, taught by four university home economics instructors, covered topics as diverse as table setting,