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2frC.Q«ttt»l a closer By ER.ME KREILING Von Nuys Dtccmbvr If, 1974 Prime time television viewing will be dominated by holiday specials and reruns from now until the New Year. First, our television viewings start to diminish now and second, A. C. Nielsen's computers take a week off over Christmas so the networks hold back their choice product until -they are being measured again and until we start paying more attention. For the week ending Dec.

8 three Christmas specials ranked in the top 20 although the list was headed by NBC's Chico and the Man with a 31.2 rating. The others in the top 20 were 2 Sanford and Son, NBC 30.2; 3 All in the Family. CBS 29.3; 4 Rhoda, CBS 27.1; Maude, CBS 27.1; 6 Twas the Night Before Christmas, CBS 27; 7 McMillan Wife, NBC 26.8; 8 Police Woman, NBC 26; 9 -MASH, CBS 25.8; 10 -Rockford Files, NBC 25.3; 11 Streets of San Francisco, ABC 25; 12-- Frosty the Snowman, CBS 25; 13 -The Homecoming, CBS 24.8; 14 Bob Newhart, CBS 24.2; Mary Tyler Moore, CBS 24.2; 16--Good Times, CBS 24; 17 Little Heuse on the Prairie, NBC 23.7; 18 The Waltons, CBS 23.5; 19 Hawaii Five 0, CBS 23.5; 20--Red Badge of Courage, Television Movie, NBC 22.7. I wonder if we aren't seeing some distinct erosion in the standing of Mary Tyler Moore this fall. If so, could it be the program is missing the presence of Rhoda or that perhaps too many episodes are being built around Ted Knight? Or both? As good as Ted Knight is as Ted Baxter, I find him a bit too much of a caricature, too much of a cartoon character to play such a central figure in some of the story lines.

Scraps from a cluttered mind: Japan, about one- third the size of California, has 2000 television stations, many of them small unattended translators used to get signals into the many 'mountainous areas. Even so, about 1,000,000 of Japan's 25,000,000 are unable to receive a clear television picture. In the U.S. the A. C.

Nielsen says we now have 68,500,000 households with television or about I'd like to know where the of the homes without television are located. It's going to be Sam Houston year on television. Last week CBS announced four two-hour teledrams on Houston's life. This week David Wolper announced production of "The Honor- able Sam Houston," an American Heritage special for ABC. This one focuses on Houston's resignation as governor of Texas during the fight over secession from the Union.

Recently, Monty Hall's Let's Make A Deal aired its 3000th program. Avarice in action will always thrive. The three television networks have won the right to obtain and air the White House tapes used as evidence in the Watergate trials, in a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard A. Gesell.

Currently all three networks are making plans for television specials to present the tapes to the public. No date has been set. Turning It On: By SCOTT MANCHESTER Radio News Serv ice: 650-4210 Chris.tmas shoppers re- Entries will be judged on Daily TV Log DECEMBER 19 For morning and afternoon ltings, please see DAYTIME PROGRAMS. Below, for your convenience, the day's movies. are DAYTIME MOVIES 8:30 "Murder by the Cock" (mys) '31--William Boyd, Lilyan Tashman 9:00 (C) "Interrupted Melody" (dra) '55--Eleanor Parker, Glenn Ford, Roger Moore.

10:00 (C) "Down Among the Sheltering Palms" (com) '53--Mitzl Gaynor, William Lundigan. "Winds of the Wastelands" (wes) '36--John Wayne. "Escape by Night" (dra) '52--Bonar Colleano, Simone Silva, Brummel" (adv) '54-Stewart Granger, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter Ustinov. 12:00 CD "My Brother Tjlks to Horses' (com) '46--Butch Jenkins, Pete Lawford, Edward Arnold 1:00 5S "The Redhead the Cowboy" (wes) '50--Glenn Ford, Rhonda Fleeing 1:30 "It Takes All Kinds" (susp) '69 --Robert Lansing, Vera Miles, Barry Sullivan 2:30 "Teacher's Per (com) '48--Clark Gable, Doris Day. "I Love A Mystery" (mys) '67--Les Crane, Ida Lupmo.

3:00 Jcf (C) "Bngadoon" (mus) '54 -Gene Kelly, Cyd Charlsse, Van Johnson. 3:30 "Foreign Affair" (rom) '48- Jean Arthur, John Lund O(C) "100 Rifles" (adv) '69-Jim Brown, Raquel Welch, Burt Reynolds 5 6:00 CB News News 6 Bonanza I Raymond Burr Show Partridge Family ffi Mod Squad 0 Musical Comedy Show 06 Star Trek 63 Electric Company Speed Racer 6-30 Merv Griffin Show Andy Griffith Zoom! QT1) Dealer's Choice SB The Pioneers Little Rascals 7:00 QGDQOSffigBCB News Bowling for Dollars Mod Squad Truth or Consequences What's My Line? I Love Lucy The FBI 97" (3" 1 Hogan's Heroes Esmeralda 26 The Big Valley Animals (2? Bonanza 25 Drama Three Stooges 7:30 Candid Camera (T' Corner Pyle 55 Price Is Right Help Thy Neighbor Celebrity Sweepstakes CC Si 1 To Tell Die Truth MilliorTj Movie: (C) (2hr) 'The Man From the Alamo" (wes) '53-Glenn t-ord, Julie Adams. To Let's Make A Deal 0) Bewitched Day at Night Travel Film CD Bobby Goidsboro Show Little Rascals 8:00 TRAGEDY LOOMS FOR GRANDPA'S BIRTH DAY ONWALTONSTONITE, CD 3D The Waltons 'The Birthday" Grandpa Walton suffers a John Freeborn, symbol of the "common man," and the struggle for American Independence from England. IF) Boxing From the Olympic Variety Show gS Movie: (2hr) 'The Desperate Hours" (dra) '55 Humphrey Bo prt, Fredric March. Way It Was "1954 Montreal Stanley Cup Play-Off' The "International Hockey War" saw a seven-game play-off series with two sudden death overtime contests before the Detroit Redwings finally took the seventh game 2-1.

over the Montreal Canadiens Situation Comedy 69 Japanese Language Program 8:30 (7) Mike Douglas Show (5? fT 1 fip CB Paper Moon "Day Off" While Moze is doing busi ness in a small town called Horkley. Artrlie takes time off to think about life and meets a remarkable teacher (guest Anthony Zerbe) at the local school house. Situation Comedy FT) Citywrtchers 9:00 3 (T? T) CBS Thursday Movie: (C) "Callow" (wes) 71 Yut Brynner, Richard Crenna. Leonard Nimoy. Dalian Lavi.

Jo Ann Pflug. Jeff Corey. David Ladd An outlaw tries to avoid his friend, a marshal, and a sadistic bounty hunter in order to a mule train loaded with two million dollars in gold in Mexico 09 Ironside "Fall of an Angel" An ex-con trying to go straight as a barber accidentally kills a young drug-ring enforcer, then learns the victim was the son of an underworld "hit man" who retired with 38 notches in his gun. Ironside and Mark Sanger try to find the con--who's gone into hiding --before the "hit man" does Judy Pace and William Elliott guest TOP COP ACTION! OF SAN FRAN' (5? (D CD Streets of San Francisco "Mister Nobody" An old man insists on taking the rap for a murder he did not commit. Sam Jaffe and Luther Adler guest.

Merv Griffin Show Festival Internacional S3 Oral Roberts Christmas Show SD Soul! 33 Situation Comedy 9:30 News Drama i On "Goln' Home" Concl. of a two-part story in which Sonny and Will could use some assistance from Santa's helpers on Christmas Day, when their rig is stolen by a mobster involved with Sonny's ex-wife. 0 (D News Theatre Su Special "Sadat. Action Biography" A profile of the life of Egyptian President Anwar el Sadat--from his birth on Christmas Day, 1918, in the Nile Delta region, through the present The program explores Sadat's years as a student, his in volvement with the Germans in World War II and his relationship with the late Gamal Abdel Nasser, former President of Egypt. IS The Untouchables The High Cost of Healing 10:30 Journey to Adventure Wanderlust La Ciudad Grita Situation Comedy 10:45 Bob Boyd Show 11:00 T' (T i55 News S3 News Best of Groucho NYPD The Lucy Shaw fll Mission: Impossible (fj Night Gallery fTQP Peter 56 Wild Wild West 09 Bergman Film "The Devil's Eye" (5? (Tl) Wanted: Dead or Alive 11:15 ffl Cinema 34 ceived a lot of advice from KFWB'-s Wina Sturgeon, the station's "Inflation Fighter," this past week on where to Christmas-shop for less, alternatives to spending money and how to make many of the things you might ordinarily purchase.

If you missed the broadcast, call Wina at 5209800 from 10 a.m.-6 p.m., for information on her reports. The annual Gavin Radio Programming Conference which just concluded in Kansas City, wound up selecting Stanley L. Spero, vice president and general manager of KMPC and station a i Gary Owens as "best in the nation," among all adult contemporary stations in the nation-wide balloting. Named Disc Jockey Owens was named "Disc Jockey of the Year," marking the fifth time in the past 10 years that Owens has won the coveted "best of the best" award as radio personality of the year. He's also managed to be nominated all 14 years (the total amount of time the award has been in existence) -more times than any other U.S.

radio personality. Earlier this year he also won Billboard Magazine's "Music Personality of the Year" award, winning that one three out of the last four years. And making a name for herself in talk radio circles is KABC's Carole Hemingway, with no less than Hugh Downs taking time to i "I a a on Carole's show in September of this year, and I was impressed with her professionalism and her ability as an interview. Poised, Prepared She asks incisive, intelligent questions with insight and sparks of humor." Downs went on to add, "She is poised, prepared, confident, attractive, relaxed and able to develop rapport with her guest as well as her audience." KFI is in the midst of conducting a search for "the most colorful person in Southern California." When discovered, the colorful personality will be filmed in Technicolor (an 8x10 color framed portrait picture) and be given a year's supply of Technicolor film plus the price of processing same. orginality; appeal to the vis- a i a i a i A that station's imaginative pair, Lohman and Barkley, are enjoying great success with their morning (two- minute) soap opera titled "Light of My Life" which airs sometime during their a.m.

show. To Present Series KLAC will present its version of the "Twelve Days Before Christmas" through the Dec. 24. The series consists of one-hour Yuletide vignettes broadcast each day from noon -1 p.m., with the entire 12 episodes airing from 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve til 6 a.m.

Christmas Day. Featured on the series are KLAC's personalities plus prominent entertainment figures in the Country- Western music field. Although she's not a Country-Western celeb, songstress Vikki Carr elected to participate in ICMPC's second annual Salvation Army Kettle Day this past Wednesday, joining that station's personalities out in front of the facilities in both ringing the bell and manning the pot. This year as they did last year, KMPCers made curbside visits to passing motorists who stopped to sweeten the kitty. May I take this opportunity to wish all my friends in broadcasting as well as readers of "TurningIt On" a most loving and happy holiday season.

SMOKER GETS NOISY NO-NO FROM PARLOR CHICAGO (UPI) Wall jjjsirens wail like banshees. wooden ceiling fans spin madly. Red lights flash on and off. The smoke sensors at the Or. Jazz Ice Cream Parlor have sniffed out another ci- garet.

Allen Strong 22, who' owns the North Side Parlor, said the decision to install the elaborate anti-smoking system was simple ice cream absorbs smoke and that ruins its flavor. "Besides," he said, "who wants to sit in a smoke-filled room like a bar and eat ice cream?" Strong said the devices he and his partner installed to protect their ice cream from smoke's corrosive influence yielded an American Cancer Society citation this month. It was the first such award the society has ever given a Chicago restaurant Strong aid the smoke sensors and warning devices operate both automatically and manually and save his employes from having to ask people not to smoke. Formation of Video Cable Board Asked ACTORS BOOST TOYS FOR TOTS Actors Tony Randall, left, and Jack Klugman of "Odd series, donate new, unwrapped toys to Marine Corps Reserves' 27th annual Toys for Tots campaign which ends tomorrow. This year's campaign is expected to exceed last year's more than 500,000 toys collected, wrapped and distributed to social service agencies in Los Angeles, Orange, and Ventura.

AM RADIO LOG To Set Yon Dial KABC KALI 1430 KBIG 740 KDAY 1880 KKZV J330 KFI KFOX 1180 KGBS 10ZO KFtt KGER KOFJ KG 11, KO.RB KIM KIEV KIIS KI.AC KMPC KXX KI'OI, KKKL KKOQ FM RADIO LOG Set Your Dial 107.9 KBCA 105.1 KBOB 98.3 KCRW KIrO 97.5 KCSN 88 5 KKOX 100.3 kFSG 96.3 Kf.BS 97.1 kHOF 99.5 KJI.H 102 3 KJOI 98.7 10J7 KKOP 93.5 KI.OS 96.5 KM AX 107.1 hMET "H.7 KNAC 105.5 hN JO 92.7 KN'OB 97.9 Knrw lin'i KOIU 91.3 KOST 111,1.5 KITS 8S.3 KPFK KPOI 93.9 i a a i Braude (llth District) has proposed the formation of a citizen-expert Cable Advisory Board to advise the City's Public Utilities and Transportation Commission on matters in the field of cable television planning and regulation. "Municipal cable television franchises must be rewritten within the next two years to comply with the Federal Communications Commission's dead- Braude noted. Braude commented that the city's authority to grant franchises and set rates for cable television could be re-, moved by the FCC if the city does not meet the increased demands for leadership in the field of cable technology and its application in the public interest of the citizens of Los Angeles. "Cable television is a great deal more than improved reception and some good movies," said Braude, "and we need the expert analysis a Cable Advisory Board would offer in exploring the potential of cable television to increasingly improve community-wide communications and information." Ward Nominates Activist Mexico A rees to Civil Service Board Los Angeles County Supervisor Baxter Ward (Fifth District) this week nominated Valley community activist Louise Frankel to the powerful County Civil Service Commission. No action was taken on the nomination which was made Tuesday in the absence of Supervisor Pete Schabarum (First District).

Three weeks earlier, Schabarum waited until Ward had left a Board meeting to nominate former Grand Jury foreman Earl J. Sachs to the commission. A vacancy on the three- member Civil Service Commission was created in September when the Board of Supervisors fired 0. Richard Capen over allegations of nepotism and rigging of examinations. Board chairman James Hayes (Fourth District) told Ward Tuesday that no appointment should be made until the entire Board has had a chance to interview the candidates.

"Mr. Schabarum brought up somebody when you happened to be absent," reminded Hayes," "and Mr. (Kenneth) Hahn (SEcond District Supervisor) and I objected because a full Board was not present." Supervisor Edmund D. Edelman (Third District) pointed out he has only been in office a few weeks and said he wants an opportunity to interview the candidates. "I know Mrs.

Frankel and have a high regard for her," Edelman said. "At the same time," he added, "there may be other people we should consider." 16 Oil Supply for Philippines MANILA (UPI)' Mrs. Imelda Marcos, first lady of the Philippines, said Tuesday Mexico has agreed to supply the Philippines with 10,000 barrels of oil daily. Mrs. Marcos spoke on her arrival from a five-week trip that took her to the United States, Mexico and Switzerland as a special emissary of her husband, President Ferdinand E.

Marcos. She said the Mexican government has "responded sympathetically to our representation and assured us of a steady supply of oil at the rate of 10,000 barrels a day for our growing needs. LEND A HELPING HAND XTRA KPSA KRTH KSPC KUSC KWIZ I 88.1 91.5 94.3 9S.7 I 88.9 Crossword Puzzler ACROSS heart attack just before his 73rd birthday and is convinced he is going to die. (T6 Q3 PREMIERE Mac Davis Show Mac Davis returns in variety shon format as a mid-season series, and guests for the first show are Connie Stevens, Pau Lvnde and Paul Williams. Movie: (2hr) "Five Graves 11:30 CBS Late Movie: (C) "Secret World" (dra) '69--Jacqueline Bisset Pierre Zimmer S3 S3 Johnny Carson David Brenner guests Hilarious House of Frightenstein (6) Movie: "Sleepers West" (mys) '4f--Lloyd Nolan.

Lynn Ban. IB) (3D(0 Show "Your Money Where Did It Go' Movie: 'The Purple Mask" (adv) '55--Tony Curtis. Colleen Miller. Bill Cosby Movie: Jane Doe" (dra) '48 --Vera Ralston, Jonn Carroll. All-Night Show: "Across the Wide Missouri," "The Rtd Danube," "Jackpot" 2:30 ffi Toga for Health 1:00 018 Tomorrow CTiro" (adv) '43 Anns Baxte Franchot Tone.

(IT Best of Groucho (5? (T) ffl The Odd Cou "Two on the Aisle" Oscar, as signed as theatre reviewer for hi! paper, gets felix to see plays and steals his opinions CD Robert Gulp and if Burgess Meredith in a 60-min. 3M special (C) "let's Make low" "LanoortneFree. i (rom) '60 Marilyn Monroe, Yves (D OSJSiJFrom 1 Shining) Montand prnnrf in lanrl of the! of the Phoenii" Free series starring Robert Gulp asj (dra) '57--Sheldon Lawrence. 1 Existed 4 Large spoon 9 Sunburn 12 Time gone by 13 Mountain nymph 14 Mans name 15 Determine 17 Container 19 Perfect 21 Mans nickname 22 Face of watch 24 Seed 26 Short jacKet 29 Parts in play 31 Intellect 33 Slender flnlal 34 Pronoun 35 Resort 37 Bom 39 Printer's measure 40 Large tub 42 Yelp 44 By oneself 46 Brother of Jacob 48 Hindu cymbals 50 Disarrange 51 53 Binds 55 District in ancient Palestine 58 Baggage carrier 61 Fuss 62 Candle 64 Greek letter 65 Weight of India 86 Food frsh SoaK DOWN 1 Small lump 2 3 5 6 7 8 cheese 9 Cylindrical 10 Beverage 11 Nothing 16 Saunters aimlessly 18 Fish eggs 20 Base 22 Urge 23 Specks 25 Emerge victorious 27 28 Baseball teams 30 Secret agent muou HBO sa anna arc a 3Of3 BBBD BDEl sons Bgnor in HQB3 Kmm IOQ SSOQ QO QIIS QG QBDQ QnEi 32 Afternoon 52 Small rugs if party 54 Harbor 38 River Island 55 Aeriform fluid Man naffle Cyprlnold fish 41 ciotnesmaker 67 Otwtruct 43 Stroke 59 French for 45 on 47 Employ 60 Rodent 49 Part of jacket 63 Hebrew letter by United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Craig A.

Byars Completes Drill Navy Seaman Recruit Craig A. Byars, son of Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Byars of 11001 Garden Grove Northridge, has been graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center, San Diego.

He is scheduled to report to Commissaryman School, San Diego. The training included instruction in seamanship, military regulations, fire fighting, close order drill, first aid and Navy history. Television Star to Play Santa at Clinic's Party Billy Barty, star of children's television shows, will play Santa Claus on Monday at a holiday party for the children of the San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic Day Treatment Center, 7335 Van Nuys Van Nuys. Appearing with him to enter- tairi the children will be Rori Gwynne, playing the guitar and singing. Shirley Samson and other members of C.H.I.L.D., a support group for the clinic, have arranged for the party.

Members of C.H.I.L.D. will be assisting with refreshments. County Board Orders Nursing Home Probe Santa Barty will be distributing gifts for the children donated by employes of the General Motors Acceptance Corp. The clinic's day treatment service provides psychiatric treatment and remedial instruction for children with emotional problems in a classroom setting. It is building a new facility across from California State i i i which will provide nine classrooms for day treatment and additional space for ouwpatient services which treats 2,500 families annually.

For further information telephone 782-4453. An investigation has been ordered to determine which nursing homes in Los Angeles County do not meet good health standards. County supervisors Tuesday directed the Dept. of Health Services to make the review and report back with a list of substandard institutions. Officials were instructed to include the number of citations received by each home from the Health, Building and Safety and Fire Depts.

Supervisor Hahn (Second District), who spearheaded the probe, said he concerned that some rest homos and con- valescent hospitals fall short of ideal standards. There are 400 such facilities in Los Angeles County. The county has 24 inspectors who visifeach institution at least three times annually. New Assignment Jean-Pierre Dumur, seaman recruit USN, of 13712 Ottoman Arleta, graduated from recruit training at the Naval Training Center, Groat Lakes, 111. HP is scheduted to report to Aviation Structural -Mechanic A School, Millington, Tenn.

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