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6 Jjf Antonio EXPRESS NiWS- Television highlights Saturday, 1 7 977 9 38 a h. 9) DAN IFF FOSTER, D. toid Ism is disommed by Dr. Dankd FoMer and Dr. Erie Heiss They detail the illness and its resultant effects ranging from kidney stones to kidney failure and bone disease.

II (Ch. 12) ABC WEEKEND SPECIALS Hammerman's After You!" An imaginative 11-year-old boy learns to cope with the threat of violence when he is caught writing the school bully's name under a picture of a Neanderthal Man at school by the bully himself 11:30 (Ch. 5) NFL GAME This the first of three televised professional football games today, And it comes from Stadium in Wu- sington where the Los Angeles Hums wrap up their season against the Washington Redskins. 12:38 p.m. (C h.

f) TV 1 JOBS "Career selling Within An Organization will he discussed with Jan Montgomery and Jan Cole. 3 (( 3) CBS SPORTS SPECTACULAR Features include the WBC la-round welterweight championship bout between titleholder Carlos Palomino and Jose Palacios from Los Angeles' Olympic Auditorium; the NHRA World Finals Drag Racing from Ontario Motor Speedway California; the World Professional Armwres- t.ing (hampinnshp from 11 Texas: and 10 of (he Strongest Men 3 (Ch. 1) NFL GAME The Miami Dolphins host the Buffalo Bills in Miami's Orange Bow I I 12) ARCS WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS Today's show ill feature of 1 he Sugar Hay Leonard-1 lector Diaz scheduled eight-round welterweight fight from the Washington Armory. lkih Annual National Stock Car Knee from Charlotte. and the World Professional Skiing Championships from Snowbird, Utah.

6p(5)DENNIS WEAVER IS HEE HAW 78(Adv.) 6 5) IIEE IIAW Guests are Dennis Weaver. Susan Have and Jimmy Hem ley. Ii (Ch. 12) LAWRENCE WEEK This evening's program is devoted to the sights and sounds of the winter season. 6 lit) (C h.

1) IN SEARCH "Astrology." Do the moon and stars control our Leonard Nimoy takes believers and non-believers alike on a tour of the "celestial art," The Aces On Bridge IRA C. CORN JR. mistake pleasure for happiness. They are a different breed of dogs Josh Billings. declarer got some momentary pleasure when West offered a gratuitous sluff and ruff.

However. when the hand was over, declarer ruefully agreed with Billings that pleasure and happiness are entirely different breeds. Kita Hand of New Vork City was today's tricky West and the hand was played at the Summer National Tournament in Chicago West led the diamond king and ail followed low West continued wgh the aee and, when East nalled with the 10 with queen dropping. West was sure of the existing diamond distribution i East would have played high-low with only two Nevertheless, there were no attractive shifts, and West continued with another diamond. Impulsively, declarer discarded a club from dummy and ruffed with his deuce and then played the ace and another spade! This is exactly what West had hoped for and declarer was in the soup.

imposing spade spots allowed her to draw all the trumps and a low diamond to East produced two more tricks. Finally, the defense established a dub trick before the heart ace was played and declarer was left with only four tricks for a minus 400- point score. Had declarer eyed his free gift more suspicious- NORTH 12 17 A A A 7 5 a kgji A 7 2 WfcST VAST 9 8 A I A 10 98 A 6 4 10 8 5 io a i SOL TH A to 6 2 a W2 9 a Vulnerable Both. Dealer West. The bidding rM I Puss North Dbl Hast All pas South I Opening lead King of diamonds ly, he could have saved some embarrassment.

The trick is to ruff the diamond in dummy and establish the club suit before playing two rounds of spades This cautious plan would still have suffered a set. but 200 or 300 points more happiness than a 400- pomt set. Bid with Corn South holds' A 7 5 a 12 17 .14 7 A 7 2 South North 1 2 NT Answer: Four hearts North is inviting a game and suggests either hearts or no trumps. Opener has a solid maximum and four good trumps and he accepts the invitation by a direct jump to the best probable game. journalist moves on Duke 7 (Ch.

I) THE BIONIC WOMAN "The the-Hill Spy." Oscar Goldman brings a former OS I agent (Richard Erdman) out of retirement for the purpose of tralising an elderly and extremely dangerous Sov let spy, who was long thought to he dead 7 (Ch. 12) TABITHA Arrival of attempt to help a runaway childhood friend backfires when the girl Gladys and Abner Kraviiz's niece in arrested. 7 5) THE BOB NEWHART SHOW Bob and Emily have a funny way of celebrating anniversaries. On their 10th, they celebrate with dinner in a fashionable restaurant and then start to fantasize on what it would he like to he married to different partners 7:30 (Ch. 3) GOT EACH OTHER Damon Jerome gets his chunce of a lifetime when he is picked to graph Wonderful" for a massiv advertising campaign.

Another surprise comes when advertising genius Wellington Osborne (Edward Winter) chooses Judy as the model he wants. 7:30 (Ch. 12) OPERATION PETTICOAT Drehming of a Pink Christmas." Warnings that Lt. Holden is loose go up at a Navy supply base as the legendary scrounger sets out to get Christmas gifts for everyone aboard the Sea Tiger 8 (Ch. 3) THE JEF- PERSONS After watching George in action, his young protege, Marcus, bends the truth to vv in the heart of a young lady and throws a curve that lands Lionel in foul territory.

8p(4)HllARI0US! PACKED MOVIE "INCREDIBLE ROCKY MOUNTAIN lAdv.) 8 (Ch. 1) NBC SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES "The incredible Rocky Mountain Forrest Tucker, Chris Connelly, Larry Stored) and Jack Kruschen star. Mark Twain and Mike Fink are driving the town fathers of St. Louis crazy with their practical jokes. So the powers that be sponsor a cross-country treasure- hunt race to get the two adversaries out of town.

(Ch. 3) THE TONY RANDALL SHOW Judge Franklin turns over a new leaf, us far as his daughter Bobby is concerned. No more meddling in her affairs, especially when ii concerns her boyfriend Michael. Television fun for Canadian Ben Wicks Wicks hosts a weekly half-hour television program which well covers Canada," he says. In the four years he has been doing his syndicated show.

Mum," ii has never lieen lairing. His guests have included such notables as President pez, Portillo to mountain climber Sir Edmund Wicks was in San Antonio ih is week to do segments of an upcoming show, which will feature lary to actor Charlton Heston Now actor John Wayne enters thg nielure Big John Hamilton, the Gunslingers and the Alamo. The premise of the show is that San Antonio is too small for both Wayne and Wieks. So Wicks has come to take Saturday TV over the Alamo City. It is a spoof, A half- hour of laughs with Wicks us a "Cockney in red cowboy shirt, yellow bandana, boots and guns "The basic idea of in a nutshell is a Cockney journalist traveling the world," said Wicks during an early morning interview this week.

"It always starts with my writing a postcard to Dear Mum I Lio I KMOi-TV KINS-TV KtRH-TV 1 NBC CBS (f) ABC di 00 45 A Better Way The Archies 30 45 CJ Bears The Skofebtrdi Sesome Street The All New Superfnends Hour 00 1 15 Sentmals Superwdth lugs Rood Runner Show Mister Rogen Neighborhood FlectrK Company Scoobys All Star loff A tympics VR Oscar Zamora 5 n.m., Ch. 41 00 30 45. The long Shong lotopaloora Show Motto and the oqk Mom The Batman Torion Adventure Onre Upon A Classic Daniel Fosttf, MO 17 Search 8 Rescue Alpha Team Hour Captain Gus and Fopeye Forent effectiveness Consumer Survival Krt The Irofft Supershow 77 00 Baggy PonH ond (he Nitwits NFL Game of The Week Senets of Isis NFL Game Los Angeles The French Chef Crockett Victory Gorden ABC Weekend Specials Psstl KAmmcr man After You Kff 30 45 Meet the Ptofesso TV 4 lobs Pot DeWerff Roms vs Washington Redskins Community Col. Social Security looks in laid Sandy Cohen Americon Bandstand Oick Clark Movie Matinee Double Feature lo Vor Del fvongelio (me del Sobodo 00 15 30 45 Ameriton life Style Rawhide frit Fleming A Christmas Portrait Guppies to Groupers Stopf look! ond laugh! The Three Stooges lo Sonoro de Enfrente Sara Rafael laledon 30 45 Clint Eostwoad Sheb Wooley Nashville On the Pood Journey Into Art lugs Gunfighters Randolph Scott Dorothy Hort Fanfarria 00 15 8 30 45 NH Gome Miomi vs Buffalo CBS Sports Spectacular The Garden Spot Cinema Showcase Mundial (World Cup Soccer Gome) 00 isi jo 1 45 Images of Aging ABC Wide World of Sports I 00 i 30 45 tyewitness News fred Lorono CBS Lvening News Bob Scbieffer People and Ideas School Talk ABC Saturday Hews acrid Chose Sal Pimiento Oscar Zomora OC 15 I 30 45 TV 4 8 nj News Joe Sweeney In Search Of Astrology Hee Haw with hosts Buck Owens and Roy Clark Block Perspective on the News Portrait of a Nurse The Lawrence Welk Show lucho Libre (Alt Star) Wresflmg 00 15 30 45 Bionic Woman lindsay Wognet Richard Anderson The Bob Newhait Shaw We ve Got Each Other The Best of families Tabitho lisa Hartman Operation Petticoat Premtere del Sabado Blum Oono Vittori 00 Is NBC Sotufdoy Night ot the Movies The Incredible Rorky Mountain The leffersons Isabel Sonfofd The Tony Randall Show lames Michener World NH Gome Minnesota Vikings vv Detroit Lions Nelida lobotg 00 1 15 30 45 Rotes Chns Connelly forresl Tuutker larry Starch Rotak Telly Sovalas Dan Frarer Kevin Dobson PBS Movie Theatre Peter Lorre de Meneo 00 Is TV 4 Big News Joe Sweeney NBC Saturduy Night live fyewitness News Fred lorano Slac Trek William Shalner NewsWatfh 00 Is (12 00) tote Show My Darling Clementine Henry fandn (11 30) Big Show Birdman of Atcahur Great Performances (17 00) Sign Off Michelle Marsh Movies A Priie of Gold The Block Knight Variedades de Medianoche Manuel Valdet (17) Sign Ofl Progrom IUtings compiled in this log ore furnished by the television stotions ond ore subject to lost-minute chonges. The newspaper is not responsible when ngs ore error.

9p(5)NEW NIGHT! KOJAK UNDERCOVER TO TRAP A KlUERJAdv.) 9 (Ch. 3) KOJAK Angel Tompkins guest stars as a woman ho sees her boyfriend's killer leave the scene of Hie crime, then disappear, leaving Kojak to split his time between being cop and a priv ate detective. 9 (Ch. 9) PBS MOVIE THEATER (H) Peter Lorre and Ellen Widmann star. Thieves organize to trail a ehild- killer since the police have paralyzed the acti- ities of the underworld.

10:30 (Ch. NBC'S SA- TFRDAY NIGHT LIVE The winner of the "Anyone Can Host" contest is tonight's host. The Sex Pistols, a controversial group that is in the foreground of the "punk rock" culture in Britain, will make its American television debut as the musical guests. 11:15 (Ch. 12) MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE "A Prize of Gold." Richard Widmark, Mai ling and Nigel Patrick star.

Three men steal a cache of gold in Berlin but decide to return it. 11:30 (Ch. 3) I HE BIG SHOW (R) "Birdmun of Alcatraz." Burt Lancaster and Karl Malden star. Convict Robert Stroud, while spending 53 years in prison, educated himself in the science of birds, becoming a world authority. Midnight (Ch.

4) THE LATE SHOW My Darling Clementine," starring Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell and Victor Mature. Western: Wyatt Earp. Doc Holliday and a singer's unrequited love for the alcoholic and bitter Holliday. 1:13 a.m. (Ch.

12) SATURDAY LATE MOVIE "The Black Knight." Alan Ladd. Patricia Medina and Peter Cushing star. A commoner disguises himself us the "Black Knight" in order to reveal the identity of those trying to overthrow King Arthur. 2 a.m. (Ch.

5) LATE MOVIE -(H) "Escort West." Victor Mature and Elaine Stewart star. An soldier and his 10-year-old daughter, heading West, meet a Union cavalry patrol with an army payroll and two sisters. They refuse to let him join their caravan. Open Up A Can Of Our Jaiapeiios! I SANDRA BOJORQUEZ jjNational International News Spicy Radio At 1540 is everything in I ask "We make ii light and comical," he added found that if we get into things that would I serious to people otherwise, it would be boring." Travels So he packs up his crew of four and travels around the country about ten days each month. "The first year we used crews wherever we were." he said "Now we use our own crew and they do everything, Carol Betts, our camera girl, is one of the best in Canada None of the filming is done in a studio.

It is all on locution." Cartoonist Besides his weekly series. Wieks is a well- known newspaper cartoonist. His cartoons are carried in 185 newspapers in Canada and the United States. The cartoons are usually politically geared. When asked if he ever had any ideas of running for a political office himself, he replied.

"I have always been intrigued with newspapers in politics but have no real ambition to run for office." also wrote my first book last year." he added. "It is a spoof on Canada Ben Wicks' Newsman Although his job for Toronto Globe and Majl is to provide the cartoons. sometimes be finds himself in a spot of current news, so he handles the chores as newsman. too. "I write when I feel it is a good story," he commented.

"I dpd a story on the Mexican while I was with the President of Mexico. always found that the marvelous thing about print is you can make things more important then they really This you eadnot do with film." Wieks says he does his cartoons a in advance. of my cartoons appear on the front page so I have be current." he said. "But 1 think 50 per cdnt of the news is predictable." An Amateur When asked if he had a preference in the variety of professional interests he has, the Canadian replied. "I enjpoy filming and television.

1 think 1 really enjoy (he thing of the moment. That is why I consider myself an amateur." Wieks found that the President of Mexico was an amateur cartoonist when he wont to Mexico for interview for his "Dear Mum" program. He said that while they were together he and President Portillo drew each other's caricature. "When he had finished." said, "the President laughped and said he hoped he'was a better president than he was a Another of his half- hour shows was spent rest ling with Chantnn Heston, Wieks said. Another was with Sir Edmund Hilary.

The eofXpieror of Mount Everest was staying at the Royal York Hotel in Toronto when this came about. climbed up the side of the hotel, wearing u31 the equipment of a jnountain climber," said Wieks. "I went in on the second floor, knocked at Ids door and Sir Hilary (answered. We exchanged flags. Voice "Later I taped the voice portion with him.

He explained what it takes to become a mountain climber." "There are marvelous stories all over," Wieks concluded. Canadian stations seem to have the same problems American television networks have as far as audience ratings arc concerned. "Programs arc all geared to television ratings, the eartoonist-talk-show host said. "I think the rating system is a disaster. But we are locked into it.

And television is forced into Finally, when asked of all his accomplishments, what Wicks was the most proud uf. he said. have never been asked that question before." He thought for a few moments and then replied. "I think not more in what I have done but of what I would like to have been. That would be in the image of the finest person i have ever met.

met a nun in Haiti named Sister Joan. She is 74 years old and runs a home for disabled children. She starts at six a.m. and goes until eight at night. She is the most marvelous person.

"Sister Joan she outweighs the evil in the world." "Madarna Butterfly." lung a favorite with operagoers, will be broadcast Saturday, starting at 1 p.m., over KM AC and KMFM. Singing principal roles will be soprano Renata Scot to as Cio-Cio-San, mezzo-soprano Shirley Love as Suzuki, tenor Giacomo Aragall in the role of Pinkerton, baritone Ryan Edwards as Sharpless, and tenor NAVARRO PIANO CO. SERVICE FOR OVER 40 YEARS" 1 EXCLUSIVE DEALER FOR KOHLER AND CAMPBELL PIANOS PLAYER PIANOS RECONDITIONED PLAYER PIANOS LAUGE SELECTION OF REBUILT UPRIGHTS, SPINETS, CONSOLES AND BABY GRAND PIANOS. SAVE! BECAUSE OF OUR LOW OVERHEAD AND NO SALESMEN COMMISSIONS WE CAN PASS THE SAVINGS ON TO OUR CUSTOMERS. I SPINET STYIE PIANOS FROM 595.00 NEW SPINETS FROM 895.00 DELIVERY TUNING CALL FOR INFORMATION AND ESTIMATES 1702 N.

COLORADO AT CULEBRA SILLING, SERVICING AND REBUILDING PIANOS FOR OVER 49 YEARS. 734-6463 James Atherton as Gore Giuseppe Pa lane will conduct Talk about eating your yogurt and having it too! Gary (Radar) Burghoff of the M-A-S-II cyst is investing his TV bucks in a series of frozen yogurt stands on the Hawaiian island of Maui. During the six-month production schedule of epic western "How The West Was film editors eal eulate that James Arness has ridden his horse more than 1,000 miles during the show 20 hours. Arness stars as 7-eb Macahan in the series which begins Feb. 12 on ABC, His co-stars are Fionnula Flanagan and Bruce Boxleitner.

Supporting Jim in Ins travels is a nine-year-old registerd quarter horse gelding 10 hands high and weighing 1.250. Horse buffs will recognize him as an exceptionally fine animal with perfect conformation. During the run of the series. Slim Pickens, who has acted in westerns for three decades, will guest star. Pickens, who began his acting career appearing in numerous Hex Allen westerns, has been featured in many motion pictures including "The BEN WICKS Great Locomotive Chase." "One- Eye Jacks." "Blazing Saddles" and "Dr.

Strange- love." Lovely Dorrie Thomson. who stars as Army l.t Ruth Colfax in "Operation Petticoat," hud planned to be a movie stuntwoman rather than an actress. Born in Manchester, England, the family moved to New York, and then to Los Angeles when she was ten. She took up gymnastics including karate. sister Anne has an unusual occupation for a woman she is a telephone lineman WIN 2 TICKETS TO TURTLE CREEK COUNTRY GIANT NEW EVE PARTY FROM THE EXPRESS-NEWS! TICKETS TO THE JOHN GARY SHOW DINNER DANCING to the music of the Bob Rutledge orchestra till 1 a.m.

Sunday morning CHAMPAGNE NEW FAVORS Six lucky Express-News readers and their guests will have a truly super New Eve celebration at the fabulous Turtle Creek Country Club. Each winner will receive two celebration packages valued at $22.50 each! ENTRIES MUST BE AT THE EXPRESS-NEWS BY 4 PM THURSDAY, DEC. 22. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED DECEMBER 25 IN THE SUNDAY EXPRESS-NEWS! I NEW YEAR'S EVE TICKETS I EXPRESS AND NEWS I P.O/BOX 2585 SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78297 ADDRESS CITY-------------------------------- ZIR- PHONE NUMBER..

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