The Shreveport Journal from Shreveport, Louisiana • 40

i A Ann iummiii mi r-Jm 1U0 I) The Shreveport Journal Friday July 7 1972 i TV Key Mailbag By STEVEN SCIIEUER of our assets as a whole maybe we need something specific to identify with something an Something the biggest the oldest the roundest the squarest the firstest or maybe even the lastest If Calhoun Allen could put on a stone or two we could have the largest mayor Or if Kelly would diet maybe we could have the thinnest chief of police and if Jimmie Goslin would get a new hair-do maybe have the handsomest sheriff although Jimmie is by no means a bad looking lawman HAVING SOMETHING unique apparently means a lot to the morale of any people Nikita Khrshcbev said that w'len he once flew to meet representatives of England the United States and France he landed in a small twin-propeller plane Persons who visit Shreveport and those who have moved here from other areas are pretty well unanimous in saying what a handsome city Shreveport is And with the rains having given a mid-summer greening 1o lawns shrubs and trees the city is as attractive as a Manet picture But those of us who have lived around here all of our lives don't always appreciate what a good place Shreveport is We tend to say the glass plant closed down and now Pennzoil is moving 500 families out and the sky is going to fall Well those things happen in every city in every industrialized society and Shreveport is a long way from becoming a ghost town TO MAKE US properly aware and was embarrassed when he saw the sleek jets the representatives of the three western nations had arrived in Nikita went back to Moscow and called the boys together and when he arrived in Washington to visit President Eisenhower he was in the largest jet plane Any of the three western nations Nikita was trying to impress had the capability of building a plane larger than the Russian aircraft but the mere fact that for several years Russia possessed the iet plane on Earth imnressed nations around the world with the industrial prowess OF COURSE we have Centenary the oldest college west of the Mississippi River but 1 think it was established on the east side of the Mississippi at Clinton and anyway we done anything with that except help build Centenary into a good college It is claimed that the last Confederate flag was furled in Shreveport and if someone would go to the trouble of getting up the necessary money a glass tile mosaic (do they still do those?) could be made to depict the scene and it might attract a lot of tourists and give us something to talk about besides all the oil companies moving out But I believe going to take something that is the to really caWurc our imagination It economically feasible for us to have the largest building or the largest factory We used to have the largest airport but I guess Barksdale No 1 anymore since I see it mentioned as such in the Chamber of Commerce literature I believe that at one time Libbev-fhvei'5-Fo-d had the largest glass plant here and I know that nW so many years ago it was the world's poyt-lacres Rut as mentioned above our alasc out nut is one of the world's saddest stories 'iwui upuiw iwjppiW George Scott star in the movie of a I have seen this film listed in the TV listings in the paper and they never mention his name They always have James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara and Arthur O'Connell but never Scott I hope thinking of the right film Mrs JF Providence RI A George Scott was featured in the film He played the prosecuting attorney and his performance earned his first Academy Award nomination for best-supporting actor I am fond of Robert Conrad and I heard he was going to have a new TV series next year What will it be and what will he play? LR Oceanside Calif A Robert Conrad has replaced Roy Scheider who was previously announced as the lead in the forthcoming adventure show which is part of the weekly series titled The show is an ABC entrv and will premiere in September Is Shirley Temple related to Paul Lvnde the very funny and talented actor who makes The Hollywood Squares a fun show to watch? I think terrific and I was somewhat surprised when someone said Miss Temple and he were related Mrs EA Albany NV A Paul Lynde is not related to Shirley Temple in any way Has Sammy Davis Jr decided to give it another go and have his own variety show next season? I enjoyed his first TV variety series and I think one of the few performers who can carry a show what with his dancing singing and impressions CL Wichita Kans A As of now Sammy Davis Jr is not planning a new variety series for next season Ke will more than likely stick to the guest-star route which has been successful for him in past seasons I heard a terrific story the other day and I hope Sports SATURDAY WIMBLEDON Live coverage via satellite of the singles championship final from the All-England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club Wimbledon England 11:30 am 6 BASEBALL Cincinnati Reds vs Chicago Cubs at Riverfront Stadium 1 pm 6 WIDE WORLD Highlights of the US Olympic Track and Field Trials from Eugene Ore and coverage of the World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer of the United States and Boris Spassky of the Soviet Union from Reykjavik Iceland 4 pm Contin not just an idle remor because it would bother me if it wasn't true I told that the Beatles have settled their many differences and are going to he reunited for a new super album I hope they stick together this time LS Whippany NJ A Wishful thinking The Beatles are going to continue going their separate ways It would be nice to see what they would come up with if they were to be united for at least one more album We would like to have a copy of the song which is sung at the beginning of All in the Family I expect you to print the entire song in your column but please let me know where I can write for the music and lyrics Mrs and Mrs FM Memphis Tenn A You might try writing to the show CBS-TV Television Cifv Hollywood Calif Or look for the sheet music in your local music store I remember a TV series tided Valentine's Dav and I was wondering who played the leading part of a in the show I think it have been r-'mes Fran-ciseus Am I right? Mrs TL San Antonio Tex A Anthony Franciosa had the leading role in the shortlived comedy series about a "Wisher who his time between work and play mostly play I saw Patricia on a Colombo episode and I was trying to place her but I Could vow heln me out? NL Red Hook NY A Miss Crowley has appeared in the number of movies and she had a leading role in the TV series Please Eat the Da'sies She also appears as a freciuent guest star on many of the leading TV series For an answer to your question about anv TV program or actor write to Reven Scbeuer TV Key Mailbag care of The Shreveport Journal PO Bov mo Shreveport La 71120) Highlights ued live coverage of the Wimbledon Tennis Championship Highlights of the singles and men's doubles 4 pm 6 SUNDAY ASTROS GAME -Houston vs St Louis 1 pm 3 AAU MEET The National AAU Track and Field Cham-i i from Stark ampus Kent State University Canton Ohio and the Los Angeles Invita-t i a 1 Swimming meet from Coliseum Pool Los Angeles Calif 2 pm 12 CBS TENNIS Ken Rosewall the No 2 seeded player faces Mark Cox seeded 15th in a first-round match of the CBS Tennis Classic at Sea Pines Plantation Hilton Head SC 3:30 pm 12 i 9 i I i i i- 1' i i -4 Hi DREAM One of the most unique numismatic items to become available to collectors is a replica of one of the rarest coins ever minted the Confederate half dollar Only four coins were struck at the New Orleans Mint which had been seized by the CSA Troops early in the Civil War No additional coins were minted because of a lack of bullion The replicas have the Great Seal of the Confederacy on the reverse and are available embedded in clear lucite "and in a framed pair showing both sides Further information may be obtained by writing to Centre House PO Box 1493 Lexington Ky 40501 I A weekly entertainment and feature section published each Friday produced and edited by the editorial staff of The Shreveport Journal MAYBE WE DO have something around here the largest or the widest or the tallest and nohndv has brought it to the public's attention If there is such a thing hereabouts somebody ought to speak up In the meantime the only thing I can think of to give our city the sense of pride that it apparently needs is for someone to mavbe bake the biggest biscuit I MEAN just the biggest soda biscuit or the biggest baking powder biscuit I want the biggest biscuit of any kind a barrel of flour eight pounds of lard and a magnum of buttermilk (if you use soda) and mavbe a half pint of salt Then I want to have somebody go to Florence Italy and have Antonio Somebody-Or-Other come over and do a likeness of the world's biggest biscuit in Tavernelle Mandrolat-ta marble I'll admit that if I went to Little Rock or Jackson Miss or anywhere and they showed me a rendering of the biggest biscuit in marble sav to mvsclf "what a waste of But go to see it and tell other people I'd seen the world's largest biscuit Anybody else pot any ideas? Solly Reese Showcase Editor Morilyn Hurley Television Editor Jock Barham Photo Editor INDEX TV Movies Page 3 Local Movies Page 6 Report of Bell Scout Pages 10-11 TV Puzzle Pages 17 TV Schedules Pages 12-18.