The Kansas City Times from Kansas City, Missouri • 27

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NOP NOP Lnop CR19Re OCRl OOUL tA' 3-3 Billy called yon a rotten one in is a rotten MARMADUKE GASOLINE ALLEY handle (Mi On the TV Scene 1 tf Quiz Shows Challenge Soap Operas in Top Spot By Joyce Wagner Th Star- Tlvlskn Editor In case been spending sleepless nights trying to guess the top daytime programs on national television you can now relax and stop counting sheep The A Nielsen company surveyed the daytime television scene and discovered that in January the list of Top 10 shows consisted entirely of soap operas and game shows hardly a revelation since there is little else on TV during daylight hours What is surprising however is that game shows In the last few months have been usurping the long-time domination of the soap operas the heavyweights of daytime program schedules For instance the No 1 position was in the last week of by both the Hollywood Squares (NBC) and popular serial General Hospital As The World Turns long-running soaper was In third place and only a point behind No 1 and the Newlywed Game was close on Us heels in fourth place The other shows comprising the Daytime Top 10: 5 Days of Our Lives (NBC) 6 Jeopardy (NBC) 7 Sale of the Century (NBC) 8 The Doctors (NBC) Edge of Night (CBS) 10 Another World (NBC) Make a Deal (ABC) The Dating Game (ABC) The upsurge of game show popularity is reflected In the especially recent additions of numerous quiz programs to their daytime lineups And while on the subject of ratings: All In The Family continued to lead the Nielsen figures last month by consistently scoring first in the weekly Top 10 list of prime time shows Other programs comprising the Nielsen Top 10 for the week ending Feb 20: 2 ABC Movie of the Week 3 Marcus Welby MD (ABC) 4 Flip Wilson (NBC) 5 The Charlie Brown special (CBS) 6 Mary Tyler Moore show (CBS) 7 Ironside (NBC) 8 Mod Squad (ABC) 9 Sanford and Son (NBC) 10 Dr Seuss special (CBS) Judging from the late night ratings survey CBS made the right decision when it replaced Merv Griffin with a late network movie During the first week of the CBS movie the ratings for the time period almost doubled those of talk show running only six points behind Johnny Carson In addition CBS has so far managed to pick up 30 stations since abandoning Griffin The Griffin show was being carried by 140 stations but station clearances for the movie are 170 SHORT TAKES: Tiny Tim who was to have appeared at the Playboy Club here in January but was felled by the flu will begin a gig in the Playboy Penthouse lounge March 13 Arthur Godfrey will headline his first NBC network special in three years when he appears as host of an entertainment hour produced entirely in outdoors southern California Tentatively titled Portable Electric Medicine the special will have Ken Berry Jack Cassidy Dom DeLuise Barbara Feldon Teresa Graves and Arte Johnson as guests The Osmonds will be the subject of a new animated series to debut in September on ABC as a Saturday morning show The series will be based on the real-life personalities of each of the singing brothers with emphasis on Jimmy and Donnie Osmond BLOND1E GOTTA CALL SOMETHINQ WE NEVER PUT 4: RAISINS IN OUR RAISIN BREAD 4 THEN WHY DO YOU CALL IT RAISIN BREAD THIS RAISISJ BREAD BOUGHT HERE YESTERDAY" DOESN'T" HAVE AMY RAISINS szzs 1973 MATT Mrwv Sr KNOW that always leads to a flock of police car pulling up in front of the THE GIRLS -y Cmc IrrK POGO lr ps You won listen to rt while tfotvre asleep 1 one uan to he able to understand the message Y6S TH6 CWlgF TMiS IN5URS0 its seccecy he cut it WH I 0C6SNY KNOW WHAT'S IN IT AND N61TH6R 0065 TH6 ReaPlfcHt DgsSlNlTfeUV D6ACON A MODERN MENTAL MAGICIAN? y- 40 lion ratt ttus secret message thru the machine it said From NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NOAA US Dept of Commerce 30 -40 SO 40' 70' 0 ShoWhM BiiiH Snw Flurrio lxl FORECAST 80 Ixpactad RfWM Show High TamptroturM Far Daytiraa Friday lselted Praeipltotien Not Consult Local Foracatt MARY WORTH 1 tt 1 FEEL TOO -TOO WOBBLy START OUT s-J Rain is expected today in parts of the Pacific and East coasts Snow flurries are forecast in the Central Plains and eastern Great Lakes (Wi rephoto) Weather Picture WON'T EVEN D'SCUSS THE MATTER! 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I'LL BE 'rrrested: to the doctor did wonders for my down-ln-the-dumps feeling His office was so crowded I had to kill an hour in the boutique across the desperately HOPING TO BREAK DOWN SHIRLEY'S RESISTANCE VAN KEEPS RE-ORDERJNG DRINKS UBRA SETT 23 OCr22 5-33-39-58 ARIES MAR 21 Afi It -021-29-44 61-64-67 State Forecasts Kansas Increasing cloudiness and warmer today and variable cloudiness and turning colder tonight Partly cloudy and colder tomorrow Highs today from 45 to 50 east to the 60s west Lows tonight from 15 to 20 Highs tomorrow from the 30s to the 40s Missouri Fair to partly cloudy today and increasing cloudiness tonight with a chance of rain or snow Turning coldeT tonight Clearing and cold tomorrow Highs today in' the upper 30s to 40 Lows tonight in the 20s and lower 30s Highs tomorrow in the middle 30s to lower 40s -By CLAYS POLLAN yt Yoor Daily Activity Gu Je 1 1 According to tho Start To develop message for Friday read wands corresponding to numbers of your Zodioc birth sign 1 Confidence 31 Grasp 2 Unfamiliar 32 A 3 Your 33 To A Ignore 34 Likely 5Tiy 35 Who 6 Associates 36 In 7 Work 37 Complains 8 Are 38 Ambitions 9 Endeovor 39 Stay 10 Associate A0 A 1 1 Your 41 Sings 12 Good 42 Are 13 For 43 Very 61 Home 62 Present 63 Being 64 And 65 Today 66 Occultism 67 Rest 68 May 69 Most 70 Be 71 Weak 72 Your 73 Best TAURUS AM 20 MAY 20 -56-60-553 -77-79-80: SCORPIO ocr2J Nor 21 2- 32-45-53 THE RYATTS WHO'S WINNING kitty she ALWAYS WINS GEMINI MAY 21 JUNE 20 4- 7-10-35 '37-41-74 SAGITTARIUS NOY21 DEC 21 57-59-66-68 70-76-85-86 FTAcaeEJBALCTrHOW LONG BASEBALL SHE CAN PLAY 'EM ALL' SHE TUCNS INTO A GIRL 74 Blues 75 Be 76 Aroused 77 Accent 78 All 79 Variety 80 Discavety 81 New 82 Object 53 Opportunity 83 Personal 1 4 Aspirations 44 Indicated CAPRICORN otc-72 JAN It 1-16-196iT 40-48-81 CANCER I JUNE 21 I JULY 22 -25-'27-52 54-62-6S Highest temperatures (H) for the 12 hours ending 6 pm lowest temperatures (L) for the IS hours ending 6 Pm and precipitation (P) for the 24 hours ending 6 pm yesterday: MISSOURI i G'rd'u 34 28 4 Spr-gfield 42 19 Columbia 35 17 St Jos 33 13 Joplin 42 21 St Louis 36 20 Kss city 35 15 Plains 45 23 6 Kirksville 29 14 I KANSAS 15 Member 16 1s 17 Of 18 And 19 Justified 20 Public £21 Appearances 51 Be 22 Challenges 52 Obstacles 45 New 46 To 47 Look 48 Brand 49 Much 50 Within ii JULY 23 AUG 22 AQUARIUS JAN 20 FEt I 12-13-2 6SH 1 1-14-1 8-38 42-50-55' 1 23 Opposite 24 Romance 1 25 And I 26 Sex 3 27 Some 28 Favored 29 Are 30 And Chanute 40 15 Conc'rdia 41 9 Dodge Emporia G'rden Goodland 42 54 14 60 19 54 Are 55 Reach 56 Pleosant 57 Interest 58 At 59 In 60 Without National Summary Adverse weather plagued the eastern third of the nation set off by two storm systems A Gulf air flow swept up the eastern seaboard boosting temperatures again to record high levels Thunderstorms erupted In the warm air over the South releasing rainfall amounts upwards of an inch or more and spawning a tew tornadoes On the cold side snow or freezing precipitation fell In an arc from New England around the Great Lakes through the Ohio Valley to northwest Tennessee An arctic air Invasion has overspread the nation's midsection In the Northwest soaking rains with snow at higher elevations continued on blustery moist winds Forecast for Today: There Is a llkell-hod of some snow from the eastern Great Lakes to northern New England with rain showers or thundershowers down the eastern seaboard Rain will continue In the Northwest with snow In the mountains There is a chance of light snow reaching across the northern Plains to the upper Mississippi Valley Elsewhere mostly sunny skies ere In prospect Warming Is forecast for the central part of the nation cooling In the eastern side of the country WORLD TEMPERATURES Aberdeen 43 cloudy Acapulco S6 clear Ankara 54 clear Athens 54 cloudy Auckland 63 cloudy Berlin 37 cloudy Birmingham 37 partly cloudy Buenos Aires 75 dear Copenhagen 34 snow Dublin 45 rain Geneva 45 clear Hong Kong 57 clear Lisbon 52 cloudy London 46 clear Madrid 46 clear Malta 54 rain Mexico City 77 haze Moscow 30 snow New Delhi 77 clear Nice 55 clear Oslo 30 cloudy Paris 46 partly cloudy Peking 32 clear Rio da Janeiro 77 drizzle Rome 59 clear Saigon 81 clear San Juan 81 cloudy Sofia 41 cloudy Stockholm 28 snow Sydney 72 cleat Tel Aviv 72 partly cloudy Tokyo 45 clear Vienna 43 rain Warsaw 37 cloudy (All temperatures taken In early part of the evening except Far Eastern end South Amerlcen cities) THE WEATHER CALENDAR TEMPERATURES Yesterday's high 35 low 15 High a year ago 32 low 20 Record high 80 In 1901 low 4 In 1913 Normal high 48 low 30 PRECIPITATION Yesterday's total none Total for the month trace Normal for the month 10 Total for the year 97 Normal for the year 275 84 Affairs 85 Attend 86 Lectures 87 In 88 Picture 99 More Hill City 54 9 Pittsburg 40 21 Russell 49 10 Saline 44 13 Topeka 38 14 Wichita 44 14 ELSEWHERE Vegas 74 42 Rock 51 34 PISCES FEt It MAX 20 3- 6- 8 46-75-89-90 VIRGO AUG 23 3m 22 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A Angeles 82 56 'sville Louisville 43 29 9 Em A 11 Ab'ne Albu'que 65 21 Amarillo Anch'ag Atlanta Bemidll Bismarck Boise Boston 56 17 16 -6 68 54 45 35 33 35 SALLY BANANAS Memphis 55 31 A Miami 80 74 Milwaukee 14 5 Mln'apolls 9-11 Missoula Moline Orl'ans 66 S3 11 EMMY LOU T-PiLQ-LQ csnd2 -CCJlrtAJ2YT 7 Brnsville 70 56 Buffalo 52 19 9 Calgary -7 -T6 I New York 72 50 Cheyenne IN Platte 53 10 Chicago 20 14 Tlok City 48 20 Cincinnati 41 25 8IOmaha 28 7 Cleveland 32 19 51 Park F'lls Sorpus alias 58 32 Phil'd'phia 77 60 Phoenix 78 43 'J12 Cuvrufe 'drOxyfa Denver 61 25 Moines 21 8 i PittstYnh 56 P'tland 51 41 Rapid 32 14 Lake 55 40 Antonio 68 42 San Dieoo 74 53 Fr'lsco 57 52 M'rle -10 ioux eattle Sheridan Tampa Tulsa Detroit 20 18 Duluth 4 -15 Edm'nton -4 -30 El Paso 73 33 Fargo 1 18 Ft Smith Ft Worth 58 32 Grand Is 41 7 Grand Jt Honolulu 75 70 Houston 61 40 Huron 16 -7 nd'aoolls 26 24 Int Falls 1 -27 JOc'nvIlle 85 55 Knoxville THE ALMANAC Rises Sun 6:49 a Moon phase Last quarter March I Morning star Jupiter Evening stars Mercury Venus Mars Saturn ISlBUtiwUwiMW APARTMENT 3-G 1 BEFORE WE DO IS NEWTOH ALL RIGHT? YES' I'VE PROMISED HIM MO BODILY HARM UNLESS HE ATTEMPTS TO DESTROY THE MANUSCRIPT Word Game Today's INDICATING TE ing Signifying) Average mark 29 words Time limit 50 minutes Can you find 38 or more words in Indicating? Th list will be published tomorrow RULES OF THE GAME: 1 Words must be of four or more letters 2 Words which acquire four letters by the addition of such as "bats" "cats" are not used 3 Only one form of a word is used 4 Proper names are not used Yesterday's JUSTIFYING 5T Tm ftf Fat AH rigftti rMn4 9 C1472 hr United Fnhtam tyndler nisi nifty gist gHt gusty lust justify unfit using units unity unify siting sign sing sinBy sifting signify snit snug suiting stingy tiny sting ting stun tying finis fist fuji fusing fungi fusty don't care how romantic candle-light is! With Alvin eating here it just gives him a chance to sneak an extra i.