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ALEXANDRIA DAILY TOWN TALK, ALEXANDRIA-PINEVILLE, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1972 SECTION BPAGE FIVE A Feeling of Solidity The Jones Boy Is Now the Jones Man Is Emerging at ABC regular time, 10 p.m. EOT, Allows He views Reviews Finally, ABC-TV is allowing reviews criticism of its programs to be published in advance of their showing on the network. ABC-TV used to have an absurd policy of telling critics that advance reviews were all right so long as they were favorable and of course a lot of critics simply decided that no pre-reviews were the best answer. At any rate, ABC-TV has shown a great deal more maturity in simply opting for advance reviews regardless of what criticism they include. And this leaves NBC-TV as the only commercial video network that flatly bars pre-reviews.

The explanation at NBC-TV is that it wants each program to be a brand-new surprise and premiere for viewers, if you want to buy that explanation. Most critics simply believe NBC-TV doesn't want to risk bad advance reviews. PCK Of the Programs got: two years in front of the camera, learning what to do." David had never been in front of cameras prior to The Monkees, his career having been on the London and Broadway stage, David recently renewed his acquaintance with the stage, playing five months in his native England in "Forget Me Not Lane." "I got my bearings once again. You can lose confidence in other areas, while gaining confidence in some. For instance, you said you remembered me favorably as The Artful Dodger on Broadway in 'Oli er' and I know I can do-stage, but if I haven't for a while, I begin to wonder if I can." He's enthusiastic and says he gets as much fun from taking a vocal lesson as he does from playing a role.

He doesn't even complain, except about financial arrangements, about his days as a Monkee. "We spent a lot of our time locked in hotel rooms. We couldn't go into hotel dining rooms, for instance. That was part of the image they wanted for us. They only wanted the public to see us getting into limousines.

I could have put on a different hat and dark glasses and gone to a football game. In the middle of a football stadium, no one would have noticed Davy Jones of The i i- i 'r 'J KS I Jter V- hi P. 'Mfli David Brinklcy (left) and John Chancellor are co-anchormen for "The 1972 Democratic National Convention," tonight on NBC-TV. By Joan Crosby NORTH HOLLYWOOD -He's 26 and his strong, handsome features have taken on a look of maturity. He's married and the father of two girls, ages 3'2 and 1.

He says he has everything he could want: a nice house, a good car, lots of fine siero equipment, his family and his animals, two dogs, two cats, chickens and a rabbit. He's David Jones, adult, former Monkee and he's coming back to TV. It's only a special but it's a start. "It's not a pilot. It's a special from one side of the fence.

But from the other side of the fence, this one," he says pointing to himself, "it's a pilot." It is Pop! a children's variety show, set for ABC-TV on Saturday noon, July 15. The show, with plenty of music and comedy, has the Osmond Brothers, the Mike Curb Congregation and Sunday's Child as guests. While entertaining the young viewer, it is hoped the show will also inform show the beginnings of how a record is and get the child involved in ecology, for example. While The Monkees TV series has been telecast somewhere ever since it went off in 1908, the waves of adulation have eased and David is able to live a normal life, out of the constant glare of the spotlight. "Some people looked down on the series but look at what I Young Star By Vernon Scott UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -A hippie at Disney studios is as incongruous as a gorilla at Exeter.

Well, maybe not. But long-haired Jan-Michael Vincent lopes through the studio gates in hip threads, blue jeans (and sometimes shoeless) while Disney establishmentarians look on astonished. Jan-Michael plays the title role in "The World's Greatest Athlete." He is, of course, not a great athlete. But he is young, 26. He's handsome, muscular.

He is an experienced actor. A one-time beach bum in Mexico, former farm boy in California's Central Valley, and resident of a wild area of the Malibu mountains, Jan-Michael discovered that rather than corrupting Disney, the studio is changing his own outlook on More Convention Reports By Rick I)u Brow HOLLYWOOD (UPI ABC-TV, smallest of (he major commercial television networks, is trying hard these days to get across the impression that it has finally achieved parity in ratings and quality with CBS-TV and NBC-TV. And, in fact, that's true. The only thing is, however, that it is not the first time this has happened. But it does make a swell case for ABC-TV's relatively new top management team.

And that new team is doing and planning things in a big way to drive home the idea that this time ABC-TV is for real, and that its executives are not just using it for a stepping stone to other positions such as production jobs in Hollywood. There have been many things in the past for ABC-TV to boast of. But there's no denying a feeling of solidity is currently emerging that wasn't too noticeable before. And the network's plans for the coming season indicate it is going full steam ahead to build its image: In the Works For example, in the works is a production of Eugene O'Neill's monumental autobiographical drama, "Long Day's Journey into Night," which will star Laurence Olivier and Constance Cummings. In addition, says ABC-TV, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt will be the subject of a brief series of "dramatic productions" that would constitute six to eight hours of programming.

Besides these projects, ABC-TV has signed Jack Paar to do specials, and the network will introduce periodic after-school programs for children, something neither of its big competitors is doing. ABC-TV is also giving veteran newsman Harry Reasoner a weekly, Saturday night, dinnertime, 30-minute program of his own, in which he will employ a magazine format. The name of the series is "The Reasoner Report," and it is scheduled to bow in Feb. 24 at what will be its Inters tale's DomoN uwj ihido si. HOW THRU THURS.

"HAKNIE CAULDER" With Raquel Welch Restricted STARTS FRIDAY ALFRED HITCHCOCK' "Frenzy" BEST BETS Coverage, of the "1972 Democratic National Convention" from Miami Beach again dominates the evening's TV fare. Featured events will be the keynote address delivered by Reubin Askew, governor of Florida and chairman of the Florida host committee, and the report of the Committee of Resolutions and Platform. The debate over the adoption of the Is the Black Movie Really 'New' Former Monkee David Jones maturity. Beach Bum (pop. 16,000) you had to be a good street fighter.

Especially if your first name is Jan." Vincent is candid and bright. His hostilities have subsided but not his determination to excel as an actor. His screen credits include "Los Bandidos," "Journey to Shiloh," "The Undefeated," "Going Home" and many tele-vision shows, including the much acclaimed "Tribes" a television movie. Stuntmen Used In "The World's Greatest Athlete," Jan-Michael plays a Tar-zan-like youth who is brought to the United States from Africa where he becomes a whiz at track, football, baseball, basketball and all the rest. Many of his athletic feats are accomplished on screen by doubles and stuntmen made up to look like the actor.

Jan-Mi Was Once a life. "You don't make a decision to become a member of the establishment," he said, still shaken by his discovery. "All of a sudden you just are. I have a house, two cars, I own real estate up by Santa Barbara. And I'm a married man.

Those things change a man." Jan-Michael reflected on his teens and wonders how he survived. Troubled Adolescence I was a punk in school and a problem because I had a poor attitude," he said. "From the time I was 13, like most kids, I was always in trouble and blaming it on someone else. "The phys ed coaches were a pain to me. I didn't like team sports.

But I did like our swimming coach and I became a member of the swimming team. And in the little town of Hanford Minister of Japan. EDITOR'S NOTE Black audiences are flocking to the movies to see films made by blacks for blacks about the "black experience." But is it just a gimmick which will vanish soon, or the real thing to become a basic part of the nation's film culture? Following is the second of two articles on the subject. By BOB THOMAS HOLLYWOOD (AP) Is Shaft only James Bond is blackface? can Sidney Poitier do his own thing in the West, or is he merely a black John Wayne? critics have raised the question of whether the "new" black movie is really new or strictly the tried and true film formula played with darker coloring. "Some of the films do reflect the black experience," said Ivan Dixon, who recently completed his first film as a director, "Trouble an." "But many of them merely reflect what the white producer mistakes the black experience to be.

There is no way that he can understand the wellsprings of black existence. "Producers have discovered a ARE COMING YOUR NEWS QUIZ PART I NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL Give yourself 10 points for each correct answer. Match word clues with their ing pictures or symbols. 10 each correct answer. 1 In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the death penalty (CHOOSE ONE: is, is not) unconstitutional as it has been applied in the United States.

2 The four justices who dissented in the decision were all appointees of President Nixon. True or False? has taken on a new air of chael, however, docs his own swimming. "I also do all the scenes with the tiger," he added with pride. The script calls for the hero to return to the United States with a pet tiger (not from Africa). Various shots call for tiger and actor to tumble around.

"I haven't been hurt yet," said Jan-Michael. "He's really a great cat. And look at it this way: the tiger hasn't been hurt yet either." PAPER CURRENCY The first paper money issued in the United States consisted of noninterest-bearing treasury notes authorized under acts of Congress passed in 1861, accord-i to Encyclopaedia Brit-annica. In early usage, a sergeant at arms was generally an armed officer who attended the king to arrest traitors and other offenders, according to Encyclopaedia Britannica. ill! correspond-points for PL Minister visited NO icon IN DAYS the floor.

(NBC). 6-Conclusion (CBS) ABC continues its 90-minute wrapup of "Conventions 72" with special emphasis on the acceptance of the 1972 Democratic platform. Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner anchor with various reporters offering analysis and expert commentary. (ABC).

"Sidney was the kind of 'nigger' that white audiences could like. He was a big hit in 'Lilies of the Field' because he proved to be faithful, docile, intelligent, well spoken and whatever other qualities whites admired. The guy has been doing it over since." Poitier doesn't defend his screen portrayals. "What I want to make are films that will delight blacks and interest whites," he has said. "I have no in7terest in putting 'whitey' down." Melvin Van Peebles takes a different view.

His "Sweet Sweetback" was criticized as antiwhite. He said critics mistook it for an American film but "It isn't; it's an American black film, perhaps the first one ever made." He added: "Of all the ways we've been exploited by the white man, the most damaging is the way he destroyed our self image. The message of 'Sweet-back' is that if you can get it together and stand up to the Man, you can win." Can only black directors and writers interpret the black experience? "No, that's absurd," Dixon says. "Blacks have the advantage, because they have lived it. But any cat who does his homework should have no trouble dealing with the black experience." Robert Wise, president of the Directors Guild of America, comments: "As a director and as president of the guild, I'm in favor of the trend toward more black directors.

The addition of directors who are black, brown or yellow is all to the good and long overdue. "I don't think that only blacks can make films about blacks. As a white director, I would want strong assistance from blacks, particularly in the writing. It's hard to know what is going on inside the black mind." Vinyl Is Becoming Hot Item for Pipe NEW YORK (UPI)-Vinyl is becoming one of the hottest items for piping and conduit in the construction and utilities industries. The volume of vinyl used in pipe, conduit and fittings is expected to more than double by 1975 to 1.2 billion pounds, according to B.F.

Goodrich Chemical Company, world's largest producer of vinyl raw materials. TONITE OPEN 7:30 P.M. RATED HOT SUMMER WEEK CO-FEATURE TAKING OFF RATED SWEET SUGER CO-FEATURE DARKER THAN AMBER wan 4t mm of I i i 3 North and South (CHOOSE ONE: Korea, Viet Nam) signed an agreement to end hostilities between the two countries as a step toward eventual reunification. party platform is expected to develop into a major floor fight. Walter Cronkite, Eric Sevareid and author Theodore White anchor for CBS.

Mike Wallace, Roger Mudd and Dan Rather will report on the increased floor activity. David Brinkley and John Chancellor anchor for NBC with Douglas Kiker, Tom Pettit, Gar-rick Utley and Catherine Mack-in reporting developments on formula that they think works for them. They figure all they have to do is provide a lot of sex, a lot of blood and very importantat least one scene of a black beating up whites." Actor Jim Brown agreed: "The companies are now making pictures about what they think the black experience is. Under this kind of thinking, every picture has to be located in Harlem, and every picture has to deal with narcotics and pimps. "Sure, these pictures sell and they provide jobs for blacks.

They also provide entertainment the blacks can enjoy. But they should be recognized for what they are." Gordon Parks, who created a superhero with "Shaft" and its sequel, remarks: "I will never apologize for I think the black kid is entitled to a black hero, and I would rather have any kid adm re Shaft rather than James Bond. Shaft can be accepted as a guy, a marvelous guy. "What endeared Shaft to the black audience was that for the first time on screen, they saw a black man winning. No matter how fictional, that's important.

"The studios have been remiss in not providing black heroes. Now that they see black audiences accept such films, perhaps they will take another step and present black heroes that are more true to life. We needed a 'Shaft' before any studio would make a film about Frederick Douglass." The movie image of Sidney Poi- tier has been criticized as being the white concept of what a black should be like. Actor director Dixon expressed this view: BOX OFFICE OPENS 1 2:45 P.M. GARDNIR PRODUCTION LUPINO i JOHNSON music by JERRY FIELDING MMNtU OUIDANCt lUCCIIIIt 1 GRAM) OPENING THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1972 A.M.

ADMISSION ONE COUPON. PRIZES 4 Name the new Prime 1 President Nixon lifted all quota restrictions on imports 2 South Dakota Senator George McGovern 3 superstar Bobby Hull changed teams 4 U.S. planes wrecked North Viet Nam's only modern plant 5 Internal fighting and mass executions have been reported here 6 Maine Senator Edmund Muskie 5 Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union are meeting in Iceland to play for the world championship. a-table tennis b-bridge c-chess THE TWINS AT 10 COFFEE PHONE 24926 Alabama Governor George Wallace -LAST DA Y- "Conquest of the Planet of the Apes" BURUNDI The first woman umpire in organized made her debut 9 Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey 7 far 10 Cuban Prime Fidel Castro this nation PART II WORDS IN THE NEWS Take 4 points for each word that you can match with its correct meaning. 1 deluge a-to lower in rank b-confusion, frenzied 2 dclude excitement c-a flood or major rain- 3 delirium 4 demote d-outward behavior 5 demeanor e-to mislead or trick PART III NAMES IN THE NEWS Take 6 points for names that you can correctly match with the clues.

1 Saeb Salam a-Prime Minister, Nor- wa- 2 Olof Palme 0 b-Premier, bweden 3 Trygve Brattell c-Premier, Lebanon i d-President, United 4 Ninat Lrim Arab Republic 5 Anwar Sadat e-lVemier, Turkey 710-72 9 VEC, Madiwn, Wiscomin SlEUE fJlCQUEE HOW DO YOU RATE? (Score Each Sidt of Quiz Separately) 71 to 80 points Good. 91 to 100 points TOP SCORE! 61 to 70 points Fair. 81 to 90 points Excallant. 60 or mm! "Tell 'cm Junior sent you" 1 FAMILY DISCUSSION QUESTION What are the most important issues facing the candidates in this year's presidential campaign? THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE! Name the Premier of Italy. Aw, 1 ABC PrCTURf CORP PRE 51 NI5 A JM WIMN BOOTH INCTCIAIIONWIIHSOIAR ROBERT PRESTON IDA VYJ 'A I JOE DON BAKIR BARBARA LEIGH acmmmy awahd winnir BIN Save This Practice Examination! nt -rr-r STUDENTS Valuable Reference Material For Exams.

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