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1 t'j'f ednefday. May 1967 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS WEDNESDAY TV PROGRAMS TRUDY, CO Cotsr The Races Were Fine Until MCA Came Along p.M.v ViW shouted to his nationwide audience. At least that's what the patrons thought they heard in a theater in Santa Ana, Cat However, one mother explained to Tier children, "No, he really said, 'that little maneuver saved him from disaster." Much Ado About Little By RICHARD K. SHULL When MCA-TV took on a seven-year contract for closed-circuit theater TV rights to the Indianapolis 1 500-Mile Race, it looked like a sure thing. That was in 1964.

Historically," the race started on time, and only once had it ever been stopped and restarted. And that had been nearly four decades before (1926). And only in 1915 had a race been postponed. So, MCA merrily made its plans for an annual four-hour live show from the Motor Speedway, linking the race i i Berni Hermu Early Show Kewlywed Hiki Douglas (Q 4:15 "Unyoi Ihree Came Oam(Q Pauago" Hosi" Peter Jennings :45 0 :00 Berni Herman Earty Show Channel 13 Rocky Show (Q 5:15 Hewi(Q Popeyo(Q :30 WaRer Of lands and Superman (C) 4S Cronkife (Q Seas(0 :00 Early Report (0 Channel 8 "Sail on Creat Leave It To 6:15 News(C) lakes" Beaver :30 Huntley Brlnkley lost in Space Batman (C) Perry Hasol 45 JO (0 :00 Early Report (0 lost in Space The Monroes (C) Perry Mason 7:15 (0 :30 RaceHl Iights Beverly Truth Or MS Hillbillies (0 Conseqna (0 iOO Rat Hi-lights Green Acres (Q Wednesday Danger Is My i 8:15 Night. Movie Business :30 Victory Dinner Gomer Pyle (0 "Sink the Islands in (0 Bismarck" the Sun (0 :00 Victory Dinner Danny Kaye (C) Merv Gritfin 9:15 (0 :30 :00 Bob Hope Channel 8 500 Wrap-up Merv Griffin Theater News (C) (Q Speedway Cheyenne News Race Wrap-up Report So Final Report (C) late Show (C) Channel 13 Alfred Hitchcock' 1 "Dondi" News(C) :30 Tonight Joey Bishop (Q Movie :45 coverage to tneaters tnrougnout the U.S.

The theaters could plan to carry the big racing show, clear their houses and go right on with- movie matinee or early evening shows. That's how dependable the Indianapolis 500 had become. But look at the record: In 1964, the race was stopped for nearly two hours after a second-lap pileup killed Eddie Sachs and fatally injured Dave McDonald. The theater patrons sat for six hours that day waiting for the finish. In 1965, normalcy returned and Jimmy "First, the good news there's nothing at all wrong with your cabinet!" The local commercial television stations tlso had their troubles over the rained-out race.

WFBM-TV dropped its planned hour-long wrap-up last night and worked its color films of the 45-mile 500' into its regular news and sports broadcasts with Dave McGhee and Dave Piontek. WTTV went ahead with its half-hour special show and somehow, it wasn't bad. Of course, an uncommon amount of time had to be spent looking at the prerace festivities at the track. But that wasn't bad because it gave viewers a chance to see some of the good regional bands which were electronically mauled last Sunday in the Sports Network coverage of the "SOO" Festival parade. WTTV worked in its films of the 18-minute race, then Chuck Marlowe devoted the remainder of the half -hour to explaining what happened, what was likely to happen and other such weather-connected details.

WLW-I bobbed its special coverage down to a. 15-minute show of color films and some interviews by Carl Grande with drivers and crews of some of the top contenders in the race, including Dan Gurney, who had seen enough of Parnelli Jones and his "jet" to predict the rest of the field, would be contending for second place when the race resumed. WISH-TV like WFBM-TV, dropped its planned special last night and incorporated its color films of yesterday's racing into Jim Wilson's regular sportscast. All of the local stations plan to try again tonight with special wrapups on the race. ShuU THURSDAY TV PROGRAMS Film (C) Color a.m.LLiLj Barbara Is Barbara Feldon who plays on "Get still married? I hope not CLYDE Nope.

Clark wrapped up the show for MCA in record time as he won a virtually trouble-free race. Last year, again the race was stopped this time for nearly an hour after 16 cars became tangled crossing the starting line on the first lap. The theater show ran five hours. And yesterday. Nobody wants to think about yesterday.

The race was all of 18 minutes old when the rain came down and the action stopped. The cameras continued to grind conveying scenes of crews hovering around covered cars in the pit area, and spectators soaking. ANY AIMLESS and wandering interview with a track official or celebrity became a cherished thing, anything to fill the time. Films and tapes of qualification runs and other action collected earlier in the month were unreeled before the restless theater patrons. Hours turned slowly by, the concession stands were' depleted, and still no announcement on whether the race possibly could be resumed.

(A show business' acquaintance in Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood used the pay phone in the lobby to. make a mid-afternoon call to me at The News for any. inside information on when or what would be going on. Nothing.) An MCA-TV employe at the Motor Speedway patiently listened to harangues as one after another of the managers of the 173 tneaters on the closed-circuit hookup called to complain. i It wasn't that they expected MCA to be able to do anything about the weather.

They merely felt a compulsion to gripe to someone. The standard answer to everyone: "If the race goes today, we'll show it. If the race goes tomorrow, we'll go tomorrow." 5 (It went without saying that if the race was to be delayed until Thursday tr beyond, the MCA crew would shove its collective head into the exhaust pipe of Parnelli Jones' car and take the easy way out.) I SHORTLY AFTER 4 P.M. nearly five hours after the race had been stopped it officially was called Off for- the day and MCA's hoarse and weary TV crew was able to sign off for the day, completing one of the longest sports-less sports shows in history; played to a restless audience. So far, the superstitious racing fraternity hasn't drawn any conclusions over' the fact that since MCAstarted its closed-circuit coverage of the, race, three of the four races have been stopped.

But if anything happens next year to delay the race, there may be a few pins stuck in the MCA dolly. Calamity TELtVlSIUN lunilitll 5:30 WLW-I Of Lands and Seas: The sailing regatta on Lake Pontchartrain, New Orleans, is seen at Mardi Gras time. 7:00 WLW-I The Monroes: James Whitmore, in the role of a cavalry sergeant seeking Indian Jim, saves him from hanging. Repeat 7:30 WFBM Race Hi-Lights: Tom Carnegie and Dave Piontek narrate films from the track. 7:30 WISH The Beverly Hillbillies: Jed enters the political arena to persuade Granny to stow away her shotgun.

Repeat. 8:30 WISH 0 Gomer Pyle USMC: Gomer sparks a rift between Sgt Carter and his girl friend. Repeat. 8:30 WFBM 0 Victory Dinner: The Indianapolis 500-Mile Race winner is honored at the celebration. 9:00 WISH The Danny Kaye Show: Comedian George Burns and French singer Mireille Mathieu are Danny's guests.

9:00 WTTV The Merv Griffin Show: Henry Morgan, Tallulah Bankhead, and Nikos Kourkoulos are among Merv's guests. 10:00 WFBM Bob Hope Theater: Richard Egan and Robert Fuller star as rival frontier officers whose clash led to a forerunner of Custer's last stand. Repeat. 10:30 WLW-I Cheyenne Western Theatre: Gil Favor and Pete Nolan temporarily join the U.S. Army to negotiate trade for soldiers.

10:00 WLW-I 500 Wrap-up; Charlie Brockman and Carl Grande give a recap of today's racing. 10:30 WISH Speedway Wrap-up: Race, coverage is given by Jim Wilson. RADIO TONIGHT 7:05 WGEE-FM Cincinnati Baseball: Reds vs. Pittsburgh. 7:30 WAJC-FM Concert Hall: Mozart's Piano Concertos 12 and 18 with pianist Lili Kraus with the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

8:00 WATV-FM Cleveland Orchestra in Concert: Georges Pretre conducting works by Lalo, Messiaen, and Ravel. i 8:30 WFBM-FM Singin' The Blues: Selections by Eddie Condon, Kid Ory and Bud Freeman are featured. 11:15 WIBC-FM Viewpoint: Salome Jens, actress, and writer Niccolo Tucci talk about Tucci's new play "Posterity For Sale." Could you tell me why so many daytime serial programs, are having deaths on them now? A FAN lit7 -ft I (w v. :00 Today (C) Town and ('try Educational 7:15 Chapel Door :30 CBS News (Q Kindergarten :45 College (0 :00 Today (C) Capt. Kangaroo Kindergarten -t 8:15 College (Q :30 :00 Jim Gerard Coffee Cup Th.

Paul Dixon (O 9:15 Show(0 "Charge at '1 Feather Riv." 45 :00 Pat Boone (C) Coffee Cup Th, Supermarket The Fugitive Jweep Ho'lywood Dick Van Dyke One In A :45 Squares (Q Million iOO Jsopardy (C) love of life Everybody's Dateline Talking Hollywood :30 Eye Guess (0 Search for Tomr. Donna Reed Hoosier :45 Guiding light (C) Pavilion JrJo Concentration (0 Channel 8 News 50-50 Club (C) Theater 10:15 Easy Money (Q As World Turns j0 Easy Money (C) Password (C) 50-50 Club (C) Milady's Movie "You Can't 1 -30 The Doctors (Q House Party Dream Girl (0 Run Away .45 From 0 Another To Tell The General Hospital Milady's Movie 2:15 World (Q Truth (0 :30 You Don't Edge of Nighl Dark Shadows :45 JO ioT Match Game (0 Secret Storm Dallng Game (C) Girl Talk 315 I 30 Days of Our PDQ (0 You Asked V. Mike Douglas (C) It's option time. Double Feature It is a disgrace to have the same movie twice a day. I will enjoy the movies much better if they'd have a different movie on the "Late Show" instead of the same as "Coffee Cup Theater." MRS.

B. ROGERS Barbara Feldon single. Obviously, you're out of sync with the system. The idea is to watch the first two reels at night; go to bed, get a good night's sleep, then see White Camel Is Rare PHILADELPHIA (AP) The Philadelphia Zoo has a new arrival a very unusual white camel born Zoo Director Roger Conant said he's never seen a white camel before. the conclusion during break fast the next morning.

Walker Pithy Speech Did Robert Walker Sr. com mit suicide? INTERESTED Tk. littina af TV Droorami is Dubiished at a servic to ur No, unless you want to get metaphysical about it He It Was A Big Deal An old timer remembers when back-to-school sales featured pencils instead of convertibles. THE GUARDIAN. Charlie Brockman, chief announcer for the MCA closed circuit telecast, drew a roar of approval (or something) yesterday' as he excitedly commented on Lee Roy Yar-brough, who managed to bring his spinning car out of the No.

4 turn without hitting anything or anyone. "That little maneuver saved Brockman Battle Begins On this date in 1916, the naval battle of Jutland began during World War I. readers. The schedule it compiled from information furnished by died of a reaction to a medi cine. the TV stations.

Occasionally, the stations man losr-miii-ute changes in the schedules and fail to notify The News in time for the changes to be made in th published log. The New regrets any inconvenience caused by these late changes. Open Men. thru Sat. 9:30 A.M.

till 5:30 P.M. Open Thursday Nights Til 8:30 P.M. Tonight's Movies On Television mm For Father's For the Graduate! For the Bride! Very Special Gift, Value! Bismarck" with Kenneth More and Dana Wynter. 11:00 WISH "Dondl" (1961) with David Jans-sen and Pattl Page. 11:30 WTTV "The Day the World Ended" (1956) with Richard Denning and Lorl Nelson.

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