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14 Boston Evening Globe Thursday, June 1, 1972 RIGHT WATCH 'Wow' gives Ken Berry "Keep Your Spirits Up" a new grip on ladder $31 CANADIAN CLUB IMPORTED BLENDED CANADIAN WHISKY, 86.8 proof, 6 yr. old HALF GALLON $12.86 FOUR FIFTHS OF A QUART HALKER FOUR FIFTHS OF A QUART BLENDED SCOTCH WHISKY, 86.8 proof, bottled In Scotland HALF GALLON $12.79 top numbers. We were fourth in the Nielsen tally the first two years, then ranged between fifth and sixth the third year plenty good enough to keep going. "But the demographics were supposed to be against us. The sponsor expressed a desire to pull CBS thought about it a while, then gave us the axe.

We were the last show to go, but it was just as final as the others." CORRES PONDENTS CORNER Commercials and content both come in for their share of condemnation in the latest dip into the weekly mailbag: "I read with interest your criticism of Ch. 5's 'Sound Off program. I went through the same sad and frustrating experience two weeks ago and reached the same conclusion that you did. I know and admire some of the new owners of Ch. 5.

I hope our criticism will move them to require fairer and more constructive presentatio ns." Harold Putnam, regional director of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Boston. "Under the impression that the 'Ivanhoe' series would be presented in similar fashion to 'Forsyte Saga' and'Elizabeth we had looked forward to the opening episode last week. Long before it was over we were thoroughly disgusted with the frequency with which commercials were interspersed among the KEN BERRY suddenly out segments. Following the dramatic sequence under these circumstances was extremely difficult." Chester F. Protheroe, Arlington.

"I believe the plan to recreate the Bob Fischer-Boris Spassky chess match, as outlined by Ch. 2, to be a waste of valuable television time. Sometimes it takes 30 minutes for a single move, during which viewers would fall asleep or switch to another station. Far better to have two cameras one sideview, one overhead in the playing room and have the game recorded in videotape. The game could then be admitted and shown at a convenient time, with suitable comments." Peter Bil-lerica (Televison cameras in the playing room have been barred by the principals.) 9 "Whenever our set goes dumb, everyone perks up and pays attention.

It seems to me the commercials could use this principle to good advantage. Instead of blaring out their message to the point of irritation, would it not be more effective to reduce the sound level and thus gain the audience's attention? Edith Patrick is right. Too much noise is too much. Be it obnoxious or no." John S. Jenner, Dedham.

BLATZ AND SCHLITZ STI 31 CASE 24 12 OZ. CANS By Percy Shain Globe Staff What's it like being suddenly shut out of the medium after five years of lucrative stardom, appearing weekly in two hit shows? Ken Berry well knows the feeling. As the bumbling officer of Troop and then as the personable widower of "Mayberry RFD" the talented, nice-looking young performer became a sort of national darling as his vehicles zoomed to top-10 status. He had come out of the song-and-dance ranks to make his mark in situation comedy without recourse to his old skills. With such versatility at his command, his prospects seemed unlimited.

Then suddenly, TV changed direction and Berry was out of a job. That was a year ago February. "It was a shock," believe me," said Ken. "No one takes the trouble to notify you. You read about it in the trades, and then it comes true.

"For me, it meant an adjustment in my standard of living. I kept fairly busy with guest shots and one nightclub job, yet at the end of a year I noticed I had made just about half what I had earned when I was being seen weekly. "Fortunately, my wife, Jackie Joseph, was going along nicely herself as a second banana on the 'Doris Day Show' 13 out of 26 episodes last year and seven out of the first 13 this season so that helped. "I can easily remember my guest spots in this period three with Carol Burnett, one with Sonny and Cher, one with Glen Campbell, a Movie of the Week stint, 'The Eeluctant host of an NBC variety special called and back with Carol for a costarring role at Prince Dauntless in "Once Upon a a comedy which will be on in the fall. Soon I'll make a movie for Disney a We Reserve The Right To Limit Quantities.

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Please give me something to sleep." After another operation on her stump, Ba Toi lay in the province hospital for two days. She lay nude, a heavy blanket thrown over her mid-section, her breasts and three remaining stumps lying hare. She was hitched up to an intravenous bottle, but the nurses at the desk didn't notice when it stopped running. On the night of the second day, she died. The same day, two A37 subsonic jets flew from Danang and dropped bombs on the refugee camps near My Lai.

The death and destruction resulting from United States intervention in Indochina has far exceeded the most pessimistic predictions. In response to the devastation the American Friends Service Committee has committed itself deeply to efforts to end the war in Indochina and to relieve its victims. The story of Pham Thi Toi was taken from reports written by staff members of the Quaker Rehabilitation Center in Quang Pfgai. Present American policy means indefinite continuation of the war in Indochina war which features the mas-give automated bombing of civilians like Ba Toi and her family, few American casualties, and our silent consent. You can use your voice to help stop that tear now.

Let the Congress and President know where you stand. Demand that Congress reassert its constitutional authority in regard to war, peace, and national priorities. Take what direct action you can in opposition to the war. If you need more information on American involvement in the war, fill out the attached coupon and mail it to us. Pham Thi Toi is dead.

How many more Pham Thi Tois will there be? Can we will we work for life? 'Love Bug' sequel." It was "Wow" that gave Ken another grip on the TV ladder. It was universally acclaimed by the critics and embraced by the public as a sort of "Hellza-poppin" update with satire and balladry. Berry had been magnificent in every way and a particular revelation in the dance department. Yet NBC turned the format down as a weekly series and CBS followed suit when it was offered to them. "ABC executives hadn't even seen the show when it was aired," Ken said.

"We sent over a print. It took them just two hours to make up their minds. "They said, 'Yes, we want this for a summer series. Make five shows for us for the July-August period. Then we'll see how the public takes to The show goes on Saturday, July 15, in the 10-11 slot.

"So I'm back in business and can only hope that this will lead to something good. Of course, a summer show doesn't have the budget that a big winter production gets. But we've got a good group of performers who are working hard and I'm pleased with what's happened so far. "I love the weekly pace. Of course, it's much tougher than a halfhour situation comedy.

But I'll take ah hour taped show if I can't have the other and hope I can keep up with it. "It was really grueling at the start. I finished a recording session at 2:30 a.m., then I had to work the next day from 6:45 a.m. to 11 p.m. I hope I don't have any more days like that." Ken is still dazed by the suddenness of the downturn a year ago.

"It's crazy the way it happened, he said. "The Dick Linke empire fell apart all at once. Andy Griffith, Jim Nabors, myself we all got it at the same time. There just was no more room for our style of comedy. "I will never understand why 'Mayberry was canceled.

It was still drawing Pham Thi Toi was 24 when American troops visited her village of My Lai. Her family was working near their hut when the Americans took them away from the village. Later the remains of Ba (Mrs.) Toi's mother, old uncle, oldest brother and sister, and two younger boys were found in a pile of bodies. Ba Toi and her sister had not been near the hut when the soldiers arrived. They ran and hid and survived.

None of the survivors of the massacre were allowed to return to their village. They were rounded up by the South Vietnamese government and ordered to build a fence around an American outpost. Though the people protested that the site chosen for the camp was heavily mined, the American and ARVN soldiers forced them to go ahead with the work of gathering bamboo for the fence and driving stakes into the ground. Ba Toi was bending over picking up bamboo when she triggered a mine that blew off both her legs. Both her arms were badly damaged as well and had to be amputated at the province hospital.

Ba Toi remained in the province hospital for several months, and then began to receive treatment at a Quaker rehabilitation center on the hospital grounds. There she had another operation on her stumps and was fitted with artificial legs and arms. One of the arms had a hook that could be manipulated like fingers, and the other had a plastic hand that could carry objects. Ba Toi made a great effort to master her artificial legs and arms, and by the time she left the rehabilitation center she was able to walk quite well and was very proud of her achievement. When she left the center, the Quakers also gave Ba Toi a small amount of money the equivalent of ten American dollars to buy what she would need to start a small concession.

Ba Toi returned to the refugee camp where the survivors of My Lai were being kept. She and her sister built a small lean-to which became their home and shop. They soon began to earn a little money, selling canned milk, tobacco and cooking supplies to their neighbors in the refugee compound. They did not make enough, however, to buy all the rice they needed. 1 Last April, the NLF began to advance rapidly down the road toward My Lai, burning the refugee American Friends Service Committee 48 Inman St, Cambridge, Miss.

02139 1 Please send me the paper INDOCHINA 1972 PERPETUAL WAR it cbeck to support the peace work of the Enclosed AFSC. Name. camps and telling the people to return to their villages! During the fighting ARVN troops lobbed American shells into Ba Toi's camp. One of the shells landed in Ba Toi's hut. Her sister was killed, and shrapnel hit Ba Toi in the 6toniach.

As she struggled to put on her legs and get into the bunker, she was caught in a cross fire, and a bullet penetrated the stump of one of her arms. Address State- Zip- City I60LA.