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WANT ADS WORK WONDERS CALL 872-3033 Corsicana Daily Sun. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1976-7B Networks line up to bid on summer Olympics HE HE TOOK A AN' am miCr I YOU FAVOR WHV moke ATTENTION TMAN I PO? oo HOW WHAT it THE SALESMAN SAiP US JUST TrlE BEETHOVcN llWEN HE SAT IN THE PARk AlL THOSE STKAUS5 ujAJIES THAT MUST ME 5AiP TO HAVE BEEN i uJiSH n10U A SOUS HAPPV S6ETH0V EN: SALESMAN BiRTHPAs NEW YORK (AP) The battle lines have been drawn. The wheeling and dealing is over. The high commands of the three major networks are on hand. Two years of preliminary negotiations will climax over the weekend with a meeting in Moscow.

And within the next few days it should be known which network will own the television rights to the 1980 Summer Olympics. you look back over the last several years to what has captured the fancy of the American viewing public, to what has brought viewers to their TV sets that might not otherwise be there, the answer is the says CBS President Bob Wussler. would be hard pressed to find a better way to spend our And spend someone will. ABC paid $25 million for the rights to the Montreal Games last summer. The price tag for the 1980 Games is expected to be in neighborhood of $100 million.

But the Olympics are a big prestige item, and the networks are willing to risk a loss in order to give their image a big boost. not a bad ratings booster, either. ABC averaged a 47 per cent audience share, meaning 47 per cent of the televisions turned on were tuned to ABC, over the two weeks of the Summer Olympics. And the network drew a 35 per cent share over the 11 days of the Winter Games in Innsbruck. ABC says it made a profit on the Olympics, a small one, but the network gained immeasurably in prestige.

The 1980 Games in Moscow, in addition to being expensive, are fraught with pitfalls. The Russians will doubtless exercise some editorial controls over the enterprise and could insist that some air time be devoted to of dubious interest in the U.S. These considerations and others prompted talk of a network pool. ABC was in favor of it because, as one source explained, think the other networks would do such a poor job that we would look great by NBC favored it be- 872 1331 End of the race The network race to determine who will own the television rights to the 1980 Summer Olympics, is expected to climax this weekend with a meeting in Moscow. High commands of the three major networks will be on hand, to culminate two years of negotiations.

Cartoon by AP Staff Artist Joe Yeninas. (AP Wirephotoi cause, a spokesman said, three networks together could resist any political pressure from the Russians better than one But CBS turned the idea down, saying it would prefer to take its chances alone. And those chances look pretty good. A brief look at the competition: network is rated the favorite. CBS has worked very hard for the Games and may be willing to bid higher than the others.

Network officials have pursued the Soviets vigorously for 24 years. Also, CBS has been in a slump lately and needs the Games badly to restore lost prestige. is the key to presentation. The network did a fine job in Ini ibruck and Montreal, and the Russians were unpressed. But there is a feeling that ABC, having already invested in the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y., would be less than bereft if it lost out.

the longshot. Network sources have been pessimistic over their chances of landing the Games, and the feeling in some quarters is that NBC really sure if it wants them. Snuff Garrett gets diploma rmriM TWIN DRIVE-IN SCREEN 1 OPEN 6:00 ADULTS $2.00 CHILD FREE JOEL IDcCREH COUNTRY'" DAU (AP) Millionaire record producer Snuff Garrett, who says he played hooky for more than 20 years, has finally gotten his long-awaited high school diploma. Garrett, who produces records for Cher, Frank Sinatra and Liza Minnelli and lives across the street from Johnny Carson, dropped out of the 10th grade in 1955 to become a Dallas disc jockey. Wednesday he returned home to receive a special high school diploma from Dallas School Supt.

Nolan Estes. played hooky for more than 20 said the 38- year-old Garrett, who has lectured on the music business to students at the University of California at Los Angeles. By PHIL PASTORET Has anyone heard an voice above the din of the cash registers0 Some of the best-dressed lawyers around are wearing malpractice suits. certifies that Thomas Leslie Garrett has distinguished himself in his chosen field, and, by virtue of these accomplishments, is entitled to receive this honorary music the diploma states. A standard diploma would have required Garrett to pass an examination.

take the test if let me bring along my CPA, my business manager and my four quipped Garrett, who wore a $700 suit to his graduation. Garrett admitted he had virtually everything he wanted, except a high school diploma. proud of the music business and proud of the security given he said. But always, in the back of my mind I felt inferior because I Nearby, his 6-year-old daughter Dawn asked, "Why, come I never graduated? Because I was busy, honey And been busy for the last 20 he replied. spend Christmas with Grandma if it weren't for the fact that jetting to Vegas for the hoho-ho Recall when 10-4 meant only the day before the fifth of October? If you want to live happily ever after, select what pursuing with great care.

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