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PAGE TWENTY-ONE MUNCIE EVENING PRESS, THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 1970 TELEVISION THURSDAY EVENING TEACHES MUSIC HERE Veteran of Big Band Era Says Today's Music Good 1 WLBC-TV WFBM-TV WLW-TV WISH-TV Channel 49 Channel Channel 13 Channel I :00 Dating Game M. Douglas Lucy Early Show 5:15 Dating Game M. Douglas Lucy Early Show 30 Dark Shadows M. Douglas News Early Show Dark Shadows M. Douglas News Early Show :00 18th Hour News ABC News News 6:15 18th Hour News ABC News News :38 NBC News NBC News Gilligan News :45 NBC News NBC News Gilligan News :00 Ray Louthen News Troop Cronkite 7:15 Ray Louthen News Troop Cronkite :30 D.Boone D.Boone Pat Paulsen Family Affair 45 D.Boone D.Boone Pat Paulsen Family Affair D.

Boone D. Boone That Girl Jim Nabors 8:15 D.Boone D.Boone That Girl Jim Nabors :30 Ironside Ironside Bewitched Jim Nabors :45 Ironside Ironside Bewitched Jim Nabors :00 Ironside Ironside Tom Jones Movie 9:15 Ironside Ironside Tom Jones Movie :30 Dragnet Dragnet Tom Jones Movie :45 Dragnet Dragnet Tom Jones Movie 00 D. Martin D.Martin Paris 7000 Movie I 15 D.Martin D.Martin Paris 7000 Movie D. Martin D.Martin Paris 7000 Movie :45 D.Martin, D.Martin Paris 7000 Movie :00 News News News News 11:15 News News News News :30 Tonight Tonight D. Cavett M.

Griffin Tonight Tonight D. Cavett M. Griffin FRIDAY MORNING AND AFTERNOON f. ft i -w Of I' nr.Wiirwwiiiiimiiiiin minm ihiimiI uriiilili ilm nil nr.il iiinniri ON AN UNDER WAY play in 10 years. The production opens March 17 at Ahmanson Theater, which is a unit of city's music center.

AP LOS ANGELES Jack Lemmon goes through dance number in rehearsal for "Idiot's Delight," in which he performs as song and dance man in his first stage By FLOYD CREECH Connie Cornell, Muncie music teacher, is a veteran of the jazz and "big-band" era in American popular music, but unlike many of his famous, contemporaries, he likes much of today's music and thinks it will last. He also believes the big bands will come back, but with a different kind of music Now 56 and a teacher of all basic instruments at Souders Music shop on East Main, Connie spent most of the 1930s and 1940s as an arranger for many big bands, including such well-known ones as Jimmy Lunce-ford, Russ Carlisle, Pappy Oscar Celestine, King Oliver and others. He began life at Dyersburg, one of four sons of a musical family, which played! prU marily religious music. He began the formal study of music at age 7, then discovered jazi when be was about 14 His first instrument was the trumpet he now plays 16 different Instruments but he says he never had a strong lip, and therefore concentrated on arranging. He studied harmony and theory under Professor Jimmy Rankin, formerly with Fisk University, and spent four years in New York under the tutelage of Otto Susciano.

WORKED WITH STEPIN FETCHfT In the War II period, Connie turned out thousands of arrangements for big bands, combos and shows. He worked with shows featuring such well- 00 Today Today Kindergarten Kangaroo 15 Today Today Kindergarten Kangaroo 30 Today Today D. Drake Kangaroo 45 Today Today D.Drake Kangaroo TV IN REVIEW :00 Newlyweds Steve Allen Paul Dixon Movie :15 Newlyweds Steve Allen Paul Dixon Movie 30 Gen. Hospital Steve Allen Paul Dixon Movie :45 Gen. Hospital Steve Allen Paul Dixon Movie Alan King Not Mad? It's Hard to Believe :00 Takes Two Takes Two Paul Dixon Movie 15 Takes Two Takes Two Paul Dixon Movie :30 Concentration Concentration P.

Donahue Hillbillies :45 Concentration Concentration P. Donahue Hillbillies :00 Century Sale 11:15 Century Sale '111 Srinarps P. Donahue P. Donahue News News A. Griffith A.

Griffith Love of Life Love of Life Century Sale Century Sale Squares Squares NBC. James Drury who has :45 Squares By CYNTHIA LOWRY AP Television-Radio Writer :00 Jeopardy played the title role since the first program, and Doug Mc- "THE SONG IS ENDED Connie Connell, Jeopardy Jeopardy Jeopardy Around Town Around Town 50-50 Club 50-50 Club 50-50 Club 50-50 Club The Heart The Heart Search For Search For NEW YORK (AP) Alan King, whose comedy stock in trade is the frustrations and annoyances' of Clure who joined the cast about :45 Midday a veteran of the nearly forgotten "big band" era, has. adjusted well to modern music, but remembers the bygone days fondly. Evening Press Photo by Jerry Joschko. a year later, will stay with the series.

John Mclntire and his contemporary life, needs some more things to get mad at. vS I :00 One Life :15 One Life :30 Linkletter :45 Linkletter Around Town Around Town Linkletter Linkletter wife, Jeannette Nolan, who for 50-50 Club 50-50 Club Make a Deal Make a Deal News News World Turns World Turns As host on Wednesday night's "Music Hall," King tion, new sound, harmony and we would pool our change and seemed almost reconciled. the past few seasons have chord patterns are good, and He did growl a bit about the played the parts of Shiloh's own they are respected by buy someone a pair of shoes or a coat to keep the band looking sharp." ty trying to cash a check in a Love Is Love Is er and wife, are expected to bank without proper identifica :00 Our Lives 2:15 Our Lives :30 Doctors :45 Doctors Our Lives Our Lives Doctors Doctors Newlyweds Newlyweds Dating Game Dating Game "They mixed the oriental Despite the hardships, Connie tion. In another, he was part of a happy couple trying to patch Guiding Light Guiding Light scale and harmony they studied remembers the big-band era a6 in India with the western scale a happy time. up a quarreling pair.

tangle of electrical appliances in the American home, city traffic, the new jumbo jets and, of course, the institution of marriage. But the program's emphasis was on sketches. With spirited help from Paul Lynde, Anne Meara without "Most musicians of that time leave the series. This change will be an effort to put new life and color in the series. 'When the series started, Lee J.

Cobb played the ranch owner-and grumbled at his lot and have produced some excit :00 Another World Another World Gen. Hospital Secret Storm 15 Another World Another World Gen. Hospital Secret Storm It was a light and bright hour. were characters they lived in ing new music. Englebert Humperdlnck, 30 Br.

Promise Br. Promise One Life Edge of Night world of their own, weren't Connie, who is licensed as a :45 Br. Promise Br. Promise One Life Edge of Night knowns as Stepin Fetchit and young Sammy Davis and rubbed elbows with the great and near-great of the time including Count Basie, Andy Kirk and others. During the early years of the war, Connie organized a band of musicians from New York, Chicago, Kansas City and New Orleans, the "capitals" of pop music, and toured the country playing for dances and in theaters and night clubs.

"Benny "Goodman started the big band period," Connie recalls. "At first, all the big bands were segregated, although we had what we called an 'integrated when we would get together after jobs end have jam sessions the rest of the nisjit." whose ABC hour will come to a halt at season's end, strolled music teacher by the Interna understood, and made no effort to break down the wall between for about three years. When his the other half of the comedy tional Music League of Cleve :00 Name Drop. through another easy-to-take musical hour. The mood tyas so contract ran out, Charles Bick- them and other people.

team, Jerry Stiller and Mi land, says he teaches the mix Name Drop. Name Drop. M. Douglas M. Douglas Bewitched Gomer Pyle Bewitched Gomer Pyle Dark Shadows Early Show Dark Shadows Early Show 15 Name Drop.

:30 Bewitched :45 Bewitched "They were proud and felt ing of scales and the new psy chelle Lee, King worked over an amusing assortment of familiar they were people to be looked chedelic music and believes it ford took over and stayed with the program until stricken with the illness that preceded his death. Then the Mclntires ar up to. although they didn themes. In one he was a.celebri- gentle that even guest Jerry Lewis didn't push too hard. The British-made series has failed to come up with good rat- requires a real knowledge of make too much money.

There music to use the two systems ADDITIONAL THURS. NIGHT TELEVISION was always someone working, successfully. Lings for some reason. Its tough and we shared. We found we could make an awfully good rived.

Through it all, the 90-minute series loped comfortably along, not exactly a smash hit, but never in danger. est competition is "Hawaii Five-O," and the star is an at WK.IG-FT. WAYNE (Channel SI) 7:00 Truth Or Dragnet 7:30 D. Boon 10:00 D. Martin (:30 Ironsida 11.00 News WTTV INMANAPOLIS (Channel 4) Flltitstonei 8:00 Truth Or My 6:00 D.

Van Dyk Line :30 Star Trek David Frost Tell 11:00 Perry Mason stew pretty cheap." HE LIKES THE NASHVILLE SOUND "I like the Nashville country and western sound, too," he tractive young man who does 'Expo' Opening To Be Aired The fade-out of the big bands Except for members of the very well in nightclubs and began scon after World War II, and Connie taught music for a more famous bands, most musi record sales. acknolwedges. "It's clean, clear cians exDerienced periods of DOES IT NEED and correct and most of the year in Mississippi. He also took jobs with pick-up bands for road ups and downs in their careers, and Connie shared many of shows, carnivals and even one EARLIER HOUR? i Perhaps if given an earlier WIN A Nashville musicians are good. Boots Randolph and Chet Atkins can play anything.

Satellite circus. these high and low points. MADE MONEY, LIVED HIGH hour, it would pick up audiences. A bachelor "I never had "You have to have a feel for it, though, and still need to The "For sale" sign will go up time from my music to get mar By OSWALD and JAMES JACOBY Winchester, Indiana mumi RESTAURANT and LOUNGE "On tha Square" ENJOY CUR OLD WORLD ATMOSPHERE Restaurant Serving TueJ. Thru 8 to 11 Lounge Open Mon.

Thru 4 to 2 STEAKS LOBSTER FULL DINNERS ried" he had only himself to soon on Shiloh Ranch again, The spread changes hands just know music. Everything in country and western has a support, and managed to sur "When we were making good money, we lived high, but at By RICK DU BROW HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Notes to watch television by: vive on what he could pick up before settling down" here about other times, it cot pretty rough. Coming Attractions: "The 10 years ago. We were stranded often when our money would run out while about every three years although the ranch foreman, the Virginian, stays on. "The Virginian" is due for some major face-lifting before its starts its ninth season on Opening of Japan's Expo meaning and reflects the troubles of people in the hills and the south.

It has a good beat, and you really feel it, if you listen." He thinks the big bands will we were playing for a per cent "I like teaching music, especially to the kids, but I prefer arranging, and still do some, an hour prime-time look at the first day of the world's fair in of the sate, and no one came B3WW1WW.IHJ,5H1U.'1. "I remember with one band, usaka, will be Broadcast on when someone asks me to," CBS-TV via satellite March 13. come back, but with a new kind of music what the people want Connie says. Cosby's third annual today. Still studying and learn On the modem sound In music.

Connie says, "I think OPEN 12:30 ing, Connie describes, for exam outing which again will belt si NORTH 5 A7643 VQ97 4532 fAK2 WEST EAST AAK93 A52 V84- V65 878 4KQ1094 4J974 Q1085 SOOTH (D) AQJ10 VAKJ1032 AJ Both vulnerable West North East South IV Pass 2 Pass Pass Pass Pass Opening lead A rock and roll can be cultivated ple, a new technique being Features: 1:30, 3:30, 5:30, 7:30, 9:30 all music forms start raw, virtually a one-man show, is set for NBC-TV April 1. taught to brass players. FEATURES: 1:25, 3:25, Some pretty bad musicians A SOUTHERN TOWN TURNS INTO ATIME BOMEI "We had to use lots of muscle CBS-TVs Feb. 22 airins of 1:1 have made a lot of money in it, to blow the trumpet, when I the movie hit "Born Free," til i i. B'-J but they don't last long.

5:25, 7:25, 9:25 A man went looking for America. And couldn't find it started, and if you didn't have a strong lip, you couldn't hack it auuui a nenyii same waruen and his wife who reared a "The others, who are smart enoueh to study and learn But now, with the new method music, will make it. 1 Jf -jS3f'A i jrvung jiuucaa, was ouuu a ratings smash that the network WG ptesenh A Ralph Nelson Film we're teaching, I can blow the horn even without my front "The Beatles had to know will present a documentary jHvfl S-S, music. Their chord construe- miwa mooucTnM teeth." sequel March 31, called "The Lions are Free." first seen on Prof Shows Pupil Double Squeeze The new pupil had learned enough about bidding so that her jump to four hearts was made quickly and firmly. West cashed the ace and king of spades and gave his partner a spade ruff while she followed suit helplessly.

East returned the king of diamonds. She won with the ace, turned to the Professor and said, "I guess I have to go down one. The seven of spades isn't good, is it?" "No, it isn't," replied the Professor. "Run off your trumps through and see what happens. Just be sure to discard diamonds from dummy at first." The pupil did as ordered.

When she led the last trump, dummy was out of diamonds and she discarded the seven of spades. "New lead a club," said the Professor. She proceeded to take dummy's ace and king of clubs and to her complete surprise the deuce of clubs won the last trick. "How nice of East and West," she beamed. "They threw their clubs away." "Not at all.

You have just executed a perfect double squeeze." South certainly had done Jim George Kennedy NBC-TV Nov. 23, 1968. life NO NEED TO USE DOPE Offering advise to young mu Ted Yates was a superb Ol Fredric March producer director-reporter nar-13 Tonight's TV Hilites lei CO famrfisioo'and Metrocolor COLOR Mm C0tUM8t ICTUffES sicians, he stresses there is no rator for NBC-TV, and was only in his 30s when fatally wounded, while covering developments in embattled Jerusalem in 1967. need for a professional musician to drink or use dope. BARGAIN MATINEE MONDAY THRU SATURDAY 'TIL 2:30.

ALL SEATS 75o 11 CANNES FILM FESTIVAL WINNER! "Best Film By a New Director" "If you know your music, Daniel Boone, NBC Daniel poses as a notorious river pirate in His programs had a distinc-J you're not afraid of anyone or any musical score and you don't need anything as a crutch, like personal, gadfly approach! that exploded the nompous. .1 a scheme to capture a confidence man. 7:30 p.m. on March 13, Yates three booze and dope." Jim Nabors, CBS. Bob New- young sons and their Now living quietly in a rented hart and Kaye Stevens will be exactly that.

Furthermore, it hadn't required any skill. As long as she played out all her trumps West had to discard down to two clubs in order td hand on to the high spade, whereupon she was able to discard dummy's last spade. This put the pressure on East. He had to keep the queen of diamonds. Otherwise South's jack would have been good.

Thus he also had to discard down to two clubs. All of which goes to show that there is nothing to be lost by playing out all your winning tricks and hoping that something favorable will happen. are the subject of an hour NBC-: room at First and Hackley, Con Jim's special guests. 8 p.m. TV documentary about an East Ironside, NBC Ironside fights OPEN 12:30 DAILY nie stays busy with his music lessons and remembers the good old days, when someone African safari they took.

"Three Boys on WE ACCEDE TO PUBLIC DEMAND! "EUTCH CASSIDY" IS HELD OVER AGAIN FOR A FOURTH AND FINAL WEEK! flow Showing! to save an organization dedicated to a rehabilitation of ex-convicts when a member is accused of a jewel theft 8:30 p.m. asks him about them. "You know, I'd forgotten a lot APOLLO MISSION WILL BE SHOWN Television coverage of the of names and details about that Dragnet, NBC. A wad of time until you asked me," he paper and an unusual ring are all that Friday and Gannon have to identify a young woman said. "It was a happy time, and scheduled 10-day Apollo 13 it's good to talk about it." moon mission, set for an April that is found dead in Santa II launching, is expected to Monica Bay.

9:30 p.m. ftn include two moonwalks and more than 10 hours of live, color video pictures direct from the lunar 1 surface. Theater Clock (Approximate Tlme -By CLA.Y R. TOLLAN- moonwalks are scheduled to be The bidding has been: West North East South LIBRA seen April 13, 16 and 17. with Your Do! Activity Guidt Xft-nrtllna tn Ihm Slnrt.

Drink the ocr. a Water," 1:20, 3:20, 5:25, 7:25, IT 8-1 2-23-34 1 20 5-15-2A-370 Pass 1 pass Pass 1N.T. Pass Pass 2 Pass To develop message for Friday, read words corresponding to numbers of your Zodiac birth sign. Tiey'ra Caught In a Steiirily Uakl A Floor of Laughs, 9:25. (Rated G) l51-60-8i-90Vt' SCORPIO STRAND "Easy Rider," 1:25, 3:25, 5:25, 7:25, 9:25.

(Rated 0- m.w With Hot and Cold Running ocr. nok.ji. DELAWARE CINEMA: "Butch Spies and a Drip From the Embassy! 1 11.14-25-30! I. eMiil. in sClsXi Oeesleii.1 Mjr i Nominated for Qv JFl- Academy fSC-wL, if Op' Awards Including jlVl tjjj Best Picture! B0BHIT wlWFf1 48-59-70 CIMINI SAGITTARIUS I Cassidy.

and- the Sundance Kid." 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. (Rated M) NOK, You, South, hold: 4.AK98 V.3 A52AJ7J What do you do now? A Bid three no-trump. Your partner is telling you he has good hearts and you have IS bice high-card points. TODAY'S QUESTION Instead of bidding one no-trump over your one spade, your partner has bid. two spades.

What do you do now? Answer Tomorrow CfC, r-17-28-39 1 0-22-33-44 I "1 4-65-74 VI', CANCIR CAPRICORN the dates varying because of time differences throughout the nation. Sample of network plans for reporting Saturday's historic solar eclipse: "CBS news will cover the eclipse. an airplane flying over 40.000 feet above the Southeastern United States. eclipse coverage starts at noon EST, with ABC-TV and CBS-TV beginning at 1 p.m. EST.

NBC-TV's broadcasts of the NCAA basketball championships, which determine the season's college kinepin, begin Saturday at 2 p.m. EST with a doubleheader Notre Dame vs Ohio University and Jacksonville vs. Western Kentucky. J. Cobb has been confirmed by ABC-TV as the star of next season's new one-hour series, "The Young Lawyers." JUNl 21 etc 1 Yeu'r 2Moy 3 Conditions 4 Romarict 5Btttr 6 ink 7 Acctpt 8 Bright 9A 10 Your 11 Do 12 Ideal 13 Lucky 14 Something 15 Opening loCrxjnge 170r 18 Be l'Necenlty 20Specral 21 Company 22 Creative 23 Throw 24Todoy 25 Special 26 May 27 Don't 28 Friendship 29 Difficulty 30 And 31 Request 61 Bother 32 Of c2 8esieg 33 Ability 63 Or 34 New 64 Future 35 Especially 65 Proper 36 For 66 Day 37Comt 67 On 38 Let 68 For 39 Offers 69 Marten 40 Regarding 70 One 41 See 71 You 42 li 72 You 43 Thes 73 Gool 44 Will 74 Attention 45 Likely 75 Collection! 46 In 76 Buying 47 It 77 Trad ng 48 A 78 Uplift 49 May- 79 Your 50 Credit- 80 Be 51 Through 81 Right 52 Shining 82 Partnership 53 Who 83 Your 54 Get 84 And 55 Bad 85 Promoting 56 To 86 Attaint 57 Light 87 Spirits 58 Love 88 Granted 59 Loved 89'Affoirt 60 The 90 People JVLt JJ fi.

JAN l0--o-c3V3H 5082W NOW PLAYING, DRACULA tha Comedy Molodrami for Information and Rtstrvxtiont Call 153-1719 AQUARIUS HO JAH.20 kCohr 1 rrjjt V21.3S.43lN A 3-14-27-38 II' 3-78-83-87 '4741-71 1 imiii.ru lull. COLOR COLOR The American patriot, John Dickinson, is credited with writing the Articles of Confederation in 1778. This earned him the nickname ot "penman of the PISCIS VltGO hi. AUO.J1 I Tonite: 7:30 9:30 p.m. SHOWS AT: 5:25 7:259:25 Adult 1.50; Child 50c M4 a3 7.19-30.41 4N hCM.13.24-35 Gool AJverse (J)NutraI FIlV 52-64-73 UJ.

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