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The Charlotte News from Charlotte, North Carolina • 11

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THE CHARLOTTE Sept 11 1978 IA 1 WRET news: good but Medically proven Prolamine works round the clock for fast weight loss I IAlthough I 1 Bob Wisehart ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR f7" 1 Bob lelisehart ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Lose pounds even inches fast with Prolamine Time-Release Capsules and Diet Plan Discover what its like to have A''N a skinny person appetite! 1 74 4 1 4 4 'IN I' 4' Mk It 'tzw' 4' Although it was promoted as fltriething so different we were supposed to wonder why it Nvasn't done before WRET-TV's week-old news Operation is anything but Not that it's bad It isn't Some of it is very good But in the great expectations category WRET (Channel 36) left us wanting that something different it promised but didn't deliver I held off comment last Nverk because I didn't think it fair to judge on the basis of just one day It probably isn't fair to judge after one week hut let's do it anyway 13 fort na tely the man who runs the thing News Director lial Suit is the biggest problem Ills disjointed rambling commentaries at the end of the 7 pm newscast (a) make no sense at all and (b) are too long Intelligent commentary is the thing in shortest supply in the TV news business these days I still mourn the retirement of Eric Seva reid But Suit needs to restrain the impulse to say something he has nothing to say Sometimes WRET's determination to be flashier than the competition gets in the way The station uses its co-anchors it 0trieliting so supposed to wo done before NV news Operation Not that it's of it is very gol expectations (s(Oilnl aenth" ienl g3d6i) 'c didn't deliver I held off ci one week hut let Unfortunately uns the thing lial Suit Is the His disjointed mentaries at the newscast (a) mal and (b) are too lo Intelligent col thing in shortest news business mourn the retirer reid But Suit ne( impulse to say sc has nothing to sa: Sometimes NV (Ition to he flash1 petition gets in th The station us Goudie is handicapped by his station's decision to dismiss all of sport in 90 seconds But he is hurt more by his brand of "reporting" which consists of a big smile and a nice tan Chick might eVCri push WBTV's Jim Thacker a bit which would do Thacker and Channel 3 a world of good Thacker has been number one in this market for so long he somc times gives the impression he was cast in concrete as the elder statesman and has forgotten what it's like to have to hustle for a living WRET's weather is well weather As usual there's a map a satellite picture barometer read ings and the usual talk of highs lows and probabilities from the attractive Janet McGill Nothing flashy just information Once again it's WSOC that suffers by comparison There Nveath erman Jerry Peterson's hackneyed vaudevillian schtick and cutesy-poo xvhimsy approaches the retching poi TO sum if competition breeds quality then WRET's news might be the best thing that could happen to WHTV and WSOC them watch those pounds and inches even full sizes melt away amazingly fast Yu begin to feel a lift a light beautiful energy that flows through you and says: "Look at melt feel slim!" Don't PrOIRMine before your next meal Want to start having a "skinny person appetite' tonight? non-prescription Prolamine is as close as your nearest drug counter That's all it takes to start eating looking the shin beautit ful person you want to be iiRrAa and follow label dttcttents Amount and weed of wetnht dereds upon And saris With each Bob Raiford and Charles Fishburne with a vengeance During One minute of a broadcast I counted five switches from Raiford to Fishburne and back It's like trying to read a book and having someone else turn the pages faster than your eye can follow You can't follow the news they're reporting for all the motion Terry Chick's sports reporting is a pleasant and expected surprise Ile keeps the fluff and whoopee to a minitnum and comes across as a man who knows what he's talking about Vith no effort at all Chick already has the second best teleViSiOI Sports segment in Charlotte Boyish Chuck Goudie's dismal efforts with sports on wsoc-Ty (Channel 9) don't even count Far st polerit appetite suppressant turns down your Interest in food itadually methodically coaxing you away from the table Men a gentle du one helps you eliminate the ugly bloating excess water your body may have tof ed up Meanwhile a mild stimulant is at work keeping you sharp alert and active! And just 2 Prolamine TimeRelease Capsules carry you through an entire day Willpower? You II have it now! Continuous action Prolamine curbs appetite during between meals all day long! Every 111(Mirlit of the day Prolamine is at work turning down your interest in foods-- even ones you ordinarily crave Al first you be startled when you leave the table willingly No decisions No trament Now you're the orie with the "kimly person's appetite And thanks to Prolamine your eating habit ate gradually re-educated Your whole altitude towards food is turned around Watch pounds even inches disappear quickly! It such a thrill to be able th turn down food that used to control youto begin burning up cakuirs instead of storing the difference between VOW and those slim reople you envy? When fond is around they don have to struggle hut you dolhey honestly don feel hungry But starting today you can help turn off your appetite and turn on the easiest way to lose weight the Prolamine' 'Time-Release Weight-Loss Plan All day lonoYOU DON LEL LIKE EArINCI MUCH! All day long YOU CAN TURN DOWN FOOD YOU USLD TO GOBBLE UP! Because with Prolamine Time-Release Capsules your APPETIT PS TURNED DOWN FROM MORNING TO NIGH throligh every small temptation so the POUNDS KLEP katiric OM And ith every pie(e of fond you turn down you ser yourself getting closer to the slim trim prison you want I' he Time-reloase action works 3 ways to help you lose weight fast! Liuh Prolamine tapsule helps you lose syetoht 3 vital war c1-7Norr-A movies on television Tonight To v1 -4441'4 foi MI Igoe i A A itiFolZMITIt mit 1129P1610 with Clark Gable Doris Day GI YOUng City edilor becomes involved with woman professor of an aduit night school journalism class and becomes a prize pupil as well as "leacher's pet" Channel 36 nm "The Lot Weekend" (1915) wilh Rev Miiiand Jane Wyman Phil Terry Based on Charles Jackson's novel of brutal life of alcoholic Channel 18 nm "Thu (1915) with Ra Wyman Phil Charles Jackson's of an alcoholic CN 1 Prolamine is available at leading drug stores or health heauly aid counters Thomo7on lArdiral Co Iffl Nw YoTk NY lOrr2 After he cleans up a series of brawls makes the town a place for homesteaders Cable 12 10 am "Casanova's Big Night" (1948) with Bob Hone Joan Fontaine Basil Rathbone John Cerradin(L ExPloits of a meek tailors apprentice who masquerades as Casanova Cable 6 12 noon "Wedding Present" (1936) with Cary Grant Joao Bennett George Bancroft Practical prankster renorter ruins his marriage plans Cable 12 12:30 nm "Chicago Syndicate" (1955) with Dennis O'Keefe Abbe Lane raul Stewart The efforts of A young accountant to break un crime syndicate using legitimate business fronts to cover nefarious activities Cable 6 abclitvnielisess cfraoonites 610 cover nefarous i 4 Arn "Never Say Goodbye" (1956) with Rock Hudson Cornell Borchers George Sanders Doctor through misunderstanding walks out on wife faking young daughter Reunited years later they keep rnother'S identity from daughter until she can regain child's love Channel 36 09 11 Id Daytime Tuesday Quick results low cost That's the trademark of Classified ads 9 pm "The Critical List" rat Tonight's Best Bet Channel 36 9 -Pm "Another Time Another rlace" (1958) with Lana Turner Barry Sullivan Sean Connery Glynis Johns American woman war corresennrient in love WOO BBC an-mover suffers breakdown when he is killed in bomb raid Recovering she visits his widow who is unaware that she is the other woman Cable 6 9 pm "The Bic Broadcast of 1938" (193R) with Bob Hope WC Fields Race between two ocean liners And a man chased by three ex-wives for back alimony Cable 9 rim "The Big Broadcast or 1938" (193R) with Bob Hope Fields Race between two ocean line- rs And A tran chased by three ex-wives for back alimony Cable 12 9 pm "The 1 Tonight's Best 9nm "Anotl rlace" (1958) wi Barry Sullivan Se Johns American srondent in lovr holThrer suffers bt is killed in bomb she visits his wido that she is the othe 9 pm "The 1938" (1938) with Fields Race hetwr rs And A man ch wives for back alir 4 I I I I 9 iim "Dodge City" (1939) with trrol Flynn Bruce Cabot Otiyta Ci Havilland Fighting cattleman c1715hc with the "bo5s" of Dodge City and tavillad Fighting cattleman cylasahneds with the "boss" of Dodge Cit 0 11:30 nm "I Want to Keep My Babe (1916) with Mariel Hemingway Susan Ansnach Jack Rader A 15-Year-old oirl discovers she is Pregnant and makes the momentous decision to have the baby and raise It herself Channel 3 Cable 10 11:30 om "CounterAtteck" (1945) with Paut Muni Larry Parks Marguerite Chanman Russian parattoopers capture a German officer they it FiPOUt to break down his morale and force a confession Cable 6 1:15 am "The Game of SurviyII I (1914) with pock Hudson Susan SaTmt James George Maharis Stefan4- Powers William Windom Andrew Duggan BObbY RicQS The MeMillans search for a hot-tempered Eiffooean tennis pro suspected of stAYing a prominent millionaire Channel 3 Cable 10 130 am 'Cesar Rosalie's (1972) with Yves Montand Romv SChneider Sami Frey The story two men in love with the same woman and the woman who loveS them both Cable 6 2 am "Teacher's Pet" (1958) ewerro We're the one to turn to INSOC-1119 New Night Gabc's moving up in the world The Sweathogs are moving out into the world But is the world ready for them? Gabriel Kaplan stars Also starring Robert Hegyes Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs Ron Pa lillo John Travolta Marcia Strassman WELCOME BACK (OTTER llittlillaCC4 letth ANNIVERSARY SALE Tuesday September 12 Wednesday September 13 Gifts and Accessories Antique Furniture Porcelain Silver 120 Grcenwich Road Charlotte NC 28211 AN1 In Independence Blvd and Sharon Amity South Blvd at Archdale Drive Now you can get our new Special New York Strip Steak Dinner for just 5I99 too Family Night's alkays been grew at Jack's But 110W it'S even better Because besides a or chopped steak dinner you can also have our new smaller steak for the smaller appetite for just SI99 (regularly it's 299) A good deal gets CVCI1 Ict1i cvcry Tuesday from 3 I'M 'til closing c711 Across from Tryon Mall Freedom Drive Mall 4' '4' 4" Follow the action with Frank Gifford Howard Cosell and Don Meredith NOM IT'S ALL A TBALL ''-011-050GS 111 ts a 'TV9 1130 pm "I Want to Keep Ms 4 Batty" (1916) with Mariel Heming- a7isettjtirej 141 tiii ItC1 We re the one to turn to 11SOC "Pc way Susan Ansnach Jack Rader A ald girl discovers she is -74 4eVep Prgnn nd 'l' 15-Yer-o AtV- eat a make the momentous i CI decision to have the baby and raise It k': '1 Perself Channel 3 Cable 10 letth AN SALE t)-' 111- 11:30 om "Counter-Attack" (194S) with Paul Muni Larry Parks kl6 Marguerite Chapman Russian pa r- INits' 1 ii --4 6Ik 44-' 'I''''' '1' I 1-- attOopers capture a German officer 'ilt 4t 'r (i': 1 she? set FihnUt to break down his Tuesday September 12 -1' 1 At -N mrtrale and force a conlession Cable I 1' rs t'i'' 6 es Wednesday Septornber 13 --Pi i''1iit C) 4) 105Am- "The Game of Surviy- l'Aaiia4i List'a iti 1 4 --4- IV' (19141 with Pock Hudson Susan acre 40 A 4 0- sTo James George Mahans stefa- nifts- Powers William Windom An- THE NEWLYWED GAME i 4 le 4 4' -te 4 1 fit drew Duggan Bobby Riggs The McMillans search tor a hot-tempered 7:30 PM Premiere! 0 4S 44k 4 Eioppean tennis pro susPected of ii 4 slAYing a prominent millionaire Gifts and Accessories -A- 4 0 44 t-- 'orl CITannel 3 Cable 10 am "Cesar Rosalie's Antique Furniture Porcelain (1972) with Yves Montand Rom Silver '2 SChneider Sami Frey The story of two men in love with the same ll woman and the woman who ove a them both It l' i i'' Cable 6 1 't 1-: 3-l': 120 Greenwich Road Charlotte NC 28211 2 an "Teacher's Pet" (1958) '''4' '7 7 i- 5'' r-- i AN9 10 4 '''1' '-4''''vi14' 4' 011'' '''i: 4 3 't ii: 4 'kW" 4-''' 41 4- '4 'i' 4 14eAll ICTAlkiV7 ''''''i ''sid '4 --'4 qAs Ss' 4 re 0 i 7- fil i- 8 s3 4 ''5: 't' i I' s' 1- i 'tv- i e- loiq ''f '''''t: i ''''liasV s4 4 ''''''''''''L'i 4''' -'t 4 0 14--4" 5 ve 4 4 fi o'soosils i'''' 'f: it ') J4 4 4 '4ItC4 1 hr71 0 0 (- 2 5 1 :18 if 4- 4" 'h lool -4 I tO i'' t1 141 1 IWIrt6 I 13171 a SIC' 01 01111 tse tit: A' 3 ft: 100 woe 4 41-' t'4- I'4- C- v-rt 1A0110 i -00 0 -''sp ipb 11 114 tv iNlefl-11 J1A 7(1-': 7 4 0 4 estlec'' los 7 i ewerro Gabc's moving up in the world The Sweathogs are moving out i nro '0 2 -i 41 the world But is the world ready for them? 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