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I I I I I' I irrr -Radio 27 XtfwMu. A- ilk a- Batman (Biff! Pow! Zap!) Image Hurt Adam West 0 1 a S3 SI 3 CM 9 -I 1-3 ill xyr ait i vt if M. 1 I i fr urn Tolstoy's great work, War and Peace, will air on four consecutive nights bcgining Saturday on KETV (ABC). Dr. Ncihardt, Cavett Show on ETV Today Six Years Ago The day of the interview West was auditioned for a singing role by a Broadway producer.

He is set to go into Hartfcrd in the fall with an Continued: Page 10 MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATIONS OF AMERICA Presents the ii il Hollywood Iff) Think of Adam West and you think of Batman. That's the trouble. His Batman image seriously hurt his acting career but the series Bom! Pow! made him famous and provided enough money to tide him over in style. "It's tough to escape an identification as massive as mine was," said West. "Things are beginning to happen, but it's been a long way.

You hang in there, keep struggling and don't let the Bat thing kill you." ABC put "Batman" on the air at midseason in 1966 and it shot to the top of the ratings instantaneously, a record still unequaled in television. It was an expensive, flashy, glossy production with a catchy musical theme by Neil Hefti. Big-name stars all but lined up outside the studio to play the bizarre villians. Batman went up like a rocket, but it also came down like one. Within two years the craze was over and it was off the air.

Like a number of other actors whose series were canceled, West was out on the street. His TV partner, Burt Ward as Robin, has had few roles in the four years since and now runs a mail order specialty shop in Malibu. Some performers manage to bounce from series to series, but most don't. West said, "I think when you examine other careers, there's always a cooling off period. But you can't sit on your duff and wait for the phone to ring and someone says you're a star.

You have to get out and work for After Batman West made a western in Italy and was offered a contract for five more, He decided not to follow the route that made a superstar of Clint Eastwood after his series, Rawhide, was canceled. West, 35, spent 15 years Railroad Tour The Cornhusker Chapter National Railway Historical Society tour of the Union Pacific Railroad facilities has been rescheduled for Sept. 23. Adam West reaching his overnight stardom with Batman. He attended four colleges before getting his degree at Whitman College in Walla Walla, and then went into radio as a newsman and then into television in Hawaii.

When he arrived in Hollywood he began to land television and movie roles. A regular part in the TV series the Detectives came soon afterward. West found it exceedingly tough to shake his identification with what he calls the Bat. Two years ago a movie producer interviewed him for a starring role as a boozing womanizer. "He told me several times he wanted me for the picture," he said, "but he played it safe.

He finally said my 'Batman' image was too clean and wholesome. If I'd wanted to play it safe I'd have never taken the series." This fall West will be playing the heavy on an episode of CBS' "Mannix." He said, "He's something different. He's a self-contained, smooth guy, seemingly quite successful, but who's really a very brutal mm the deaf, presents a dramatic exploration of the relationship between deaf artists and the hearing world. The program conveys the impact that manual language, body movement and facial expression can have in drama. My Third Eye airs Monday at 7 p.m.

on KUON (ETV). Youth's Role A report on the first annual Nebraska Agricultural Youth Institute will be featured Wednesday at 9 p.m. when KUON and the Nebraska ETV network tstations present An Agency for All Seasons. Main focus of the institute is on youth and their role in rural community development. The program is the last in a special four-program series on the activities and responsibilities of the Nebraska Dept.

of Agriculture, and was produced by the public affairs unit of the Nebraska ETV network. 'Chicano' A report bn what it means to be Chicano in America today is what Yo Soy Chicano (I Am Chicano) is all about. The film traces the Chicano experience from its roots in pre-Columbian civilization to the efforts of contemporary Mexican-American leaders to mold viable Chicano activism. Yo Soy Chicano will be broadcast at 9:30 p.m. Friday on KUON (ETV).

Following at 10:30 p.m. is a new series which will attempt to define The Fine Art of Goofing Off, on KUON (ETV). Goofing Off will examine the social problems arising from work verses leisure through a colorful melange of stop-action film, animation, collage and super-doodles and come up with some humorous answers as to Continued: Page 10 By SANDRA REIBEIt Dick Cavett, national talk personality and Nebraska's Poet Laureate, Dr. John G. Ncihardt will be seen on a special program tonight at 6:30 on KUON and stations of the Nebraska ETV network.

Today is the seventh annual Ncihardt Day honoring the 91 year-old poet. The program, entitled A Conversation with Dr. John G. Ncihardt, was originally seen on ABC's Dick Cavett show. It centers around the experiences of Dr.

Ncihardt with American Indians and his friendship with Black Elk. Dr. Neihardt recites his famous poem, Death of Crazy Horse during the program. According to Cavett the program drew one of the largest mail responses of his current series. Following this at 8 p.m.

on the ETV network is episode one of James i Cooper's classic tale, The Last of the Mohicans. The eight-part BBC drama, set during the French and Indian War, is being repeated at 10:30 p.m. Mondays. National Security A report on the ABC news inquiry. Arms and Security: How Much Is Enough? will survey the current status of the international arms race with particular emphasis on the recent SALT agreements between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Airing Monday night at 7 on KETV this special will include a variety of often sharply differing viewpoints on America's defense capability whether it is sufficient, whether it should be increased, or whether it should be reduced. Theatre for Deaf National Theatre for the Deaf, this country's only professional acting company for LABOR DAY WEEKEND Starts Sun. Night, Sept. 3 Continuing through Labor Day. AMERICA'S BIGGEST SPECTACULAR-WITH STARS OF STAGE, SCREEN AND TELEVISION Live from New York, Hollywood, Las Vegas and Nashville.

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