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Standard-Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania • Page 23

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Standard-Speakeri
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Hazleton, Pennsylvania
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News Highlights Nighttime versions of popular daytime shows "The Dating Game" and "The Newlywed Game" will begin Saturday, Jan. 7, on ABC. Currently seen Thursday evening, "The Dating Game" will move to the 7:308 p. m. Saturday timeslot, followed by "The Newlywed Game" from 8 to 8:30.

ABC, pleased with Us high ratings for beaming "Hans Christian Andersen," has lined op another famous movie musical "Guys and Dolls," with Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Jean Simmons and Vivian Blaine for colorcast Feb. 8. "Carousel" and "Kismet," in the World of TV two Broadway's most successful musical plays, will be adapted for 90-minute TV specials next year. "Brigadoon," ABC's video version of the Lerner-Loewe hit starring Robert Goulet and Sally Ann Howers, has been set for a repeat colorcast early in March. Jimmy Durante, Jimmy Dean and the Supremes will join several of the world's foremost skating stars in NBC's colorcast of the Ice Capades of 1967 slated lor Feb.

13. "The Joey Bishop Show" will debut in April, competing with Johnny Carson's "Tonight Show" for the attention of the insomnia set. iian for their of gram this scene from DECEMBER 20 4:30 (2) Movie "For Me and My Gal" Judy Garland, Gene Kelly (3) Merv Griffin Show Guests not announced by press time (10) Movie (C) "All Mine to Give" Cameron Mitchell, Glyn-is Johns, Patty McCormack (12) Officer Bill (22) Merv Griffin Show Guests: Jack Douglas and Reiko, Carmel Quinn, Linda Bennett (28) Sea Hunt Adventure 5:00 (12) Movie "The Boy With Green Hair" Ronald Reagan, Jane Wyman, Dean Stockwell (16) Santa Claus (28) Bachelor Father Comedy 5:15 (16) Cartoon Carousel 5:30 (6) Movie "Second Chance" Robert Mitchum, Linda Darnell, Jack Palance (16) Yogi Bear Cartoons (28) Leave It to Beaver 6:00 (2-3-10-16-28) News (22) The Honeymooners "A Dog's Life" Jackie Gleason 6:30 (3-12-22-28) Evening News (16) Lawman Western 7:00 (2-6-10-22) Evening News (3) Bound for Adventure "Copenhagen" (12) The Westerners Drama (16) The Rifleman Western (28) MeHale's Navy Comedy (44) Timely Tips for Christmas "Christmas Food Treats and Package Wrapping" 7:30 (2-10-12-22) Daktari Two vengeful hunters plot to destroy Dr. Marsh Tracy's game preserve by making people think Clarence, the cross-eyed lion, is a killer. (3-28) The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

Agents Dancer and Slate are assigned to halt a plot to rob the fabulously rich treasury of Topango. Guest star: Leslie Uggams. (6-16) Combat Lt. Hanley's mission is threatened by having to take along a Nazi prisoner. (44) French Chef "Carmel Custard and Apple Souffle" 8:00 (44) Opinion in the Capitol 8:30 (2-10-12-22) Red Skelton (detailed story on front page) Wheat for India- famine! millions of DECEMBER 22 4:30 (2) Movie (C) "The Old Man and the Sea" Spencer Tracy (3) Merv Griffin Show Guests not announced by press time (10) Movie "Bright Eyes" Shirley Temple, James Dunn (12) Officer Bill (22) Merv Griffin Show Guests: Sol Weinstein, Joanne Worley (28) Sea Hunt Adventure 5:00 (6) Movie "Badman's Territory" Randolph Scott, George "Gabby" Hayes, Steve Brodie (12) Movie "Bunco Squad" Robert Sterling, Jean Dixon (16) Santa Claus (28) Bachelor Father Comedy 5:15 (16) Cartoon Carousel 5:30 (16) Woody Woodpecker (28) Leave It to Beaver 6:00 (2-3-10-16-28) News (22) Honey West Drama 6:30 3-12-22-28) Evening News (6) The Spirit of Christmas (16) Lawman "The Kids" 7:00 (2-6-10-22) Evening News (3) Mister Ed Comedy (12) Death Valley Days (16) The Rifleman Western (28) MeHale's Navy Comedy (44) Timely Tips for Christmas "Holiday Punch and Turkey Carving" 7:30 (2-12-22) Jericho The Jericho team is assigned to destroy Nazi submarine pens within the shadow of an ancient French cathedral.

(R) (3-28) Daniel Boone Daniel and Israel escort a man. woman and a boy through the wilderness unaware the boy is a French prince and the target of an assassination plot. (6-16) Batman Batman discovers the Puzzler's criminal objec- tive to swipe a supersonic plane. Guest star: Maurice Evans. (10) Salute to Eugene Ormandy with Mary Costa and violinist Issac Stern.

(R). (44) French Chef "Caramel Custard and Apple Souffle." (R). 8:00 (6 16) Troop Just when Sgt. O'Rourke and Cpl. Agarn get permission to hire dancing girls for their saloon, slick Dan Larson acquires the property and the girls.

(44) Science Reporter "The Fight Against Alcoholism." 8:30 2 10 12 22) My Three Sons Ernie develops an allergy to Tramp, and the doctor says the dog will have to go. (3-28) Star Trek The search for a missing scientist leads Capt. Kirk and the USS Enterprise to an underground colony of hostile, near-human robots. (R). (6) The Dating Game.

(16) The Spirit of Christmas. (44) Outlook 44 Christmas carols featuring regional children's choirs. (R). 9:00 (2-10 12) Movie "A Raisin in the Sun" Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee in a drama of the dreams, ambitions and frustrations of a Chicago South Side family seeking a better life. (6-16) Bewitched When Tabatha develops a strong attachment to another child's toy elephant, (3-28) Occasional Wife Peter and Greta play "musical chairs" in a restaurant while trying to dine simultaneously in two rooms, with Greta's parents and Peter's boss.

(6-16) The Rounders Andy Devine guest stars as Honest John Denton, second richest man in the West and Jim Ed Love's arch rival. (44) Struggle for Peace "Prospects of Survival" 9:00 (3-28) Movie (C) "Omar Khyyam" (1957) Cornel Wilde, Rennie, Debra Paget, John Derek and Raymond Mas-sey. In 11th century Persia, the country threatened by internal intrigue and the mighty Byzantine army, the Shah (Massey) appoints adventurer-poet-astronomer O-raar Khyyam (Wilde) as a court counselor. (6-16) Pruitts of Southampton Internal Revenue is shaken when Phyllis threatens to invite the press to a hobo banquet in her honor. (44) N.E.T.

Playhouse of the Fifth Horse." Based on Ivan Turgenev' short novel. "The Diary of a Superfluous Man," this off-Broadway play concerns a landowner who dies young, leaving behind a diary of his life, which showed him to be indeed a fifth horse (equivalent to our "fifth (R) 9:30 -(2-10-12-22) Petticoat Junction Scrooge-like Homer Bed-loe derails Kate's plan for 5:00 (12) Movie "Bride By Mistake" Laraine Day, Alan Marshall (16) Santa Claus (28) Bachelor Father Comedy 5:15 (16) Cartoon Carousel 5:30 (6) Movie "Tangier Incident" George Brent, Mari Aldon (16) Huckleberry Hound (28) Leave It to Beaver 6:00 2-3-10-16-28) News (22) Have Gun, Will Travel 6:30 3-12-22-28) Evening News (16) Lawman Western 7:00 2-6-10-22) Evening News (3) Zorro "Amnesty" (12) The Westerners Drama (16) The Rifleman Western (28) MeHale's Navy Comedy (44) Timely Tips for Christmas "Table Setting and Christmas Decorations" 7:30 (2-10-12-22) Lost in Space (3-28) The Virginian A young millionaire tries to usurp the Virginian's authority during a cattle drive. (R) (6-16) Batman Maurice Evans guest stars as The Puzzler, who sends the dynamic duo aloft in a rigged aerial balloon. (44) World Passport "Holiday Tour" 8:00 (6-16) The Monroes The Monroes are caught in the middle of a range war. (44) News in Perspective 8:30 2-10-12-22) Beverly Hillbillies 9:00 2-10-12-22) Green Acres Oliver Douglas is determined to have a real old-fashioned Christmas tree instead of a plastic one.

(3-28) Bob Hope Theater "The Eighth Day," starring George Maharis, Barbara Barrie and Andrew Duggan. A struggling has-been athlete (Maharis) makes a desperate bid for a more prosperous life by stealing jewels from a church statue. (6) The Man Who Never Was To protect his cover as Mark Wainwright, Peter unwittingly causes the death of an old friend. (16) Movie (C) "Everything But the Truth" John Forsythe. Christmas Eve caroling and gift distributing aboard the Hooterville Cannonball.

(6-16) Love on a Rooftop The $50 needed for a used refrigerator motivates Julie and Dave to search for additional sources of income, leading to professional jealousy. 10:00 2-10-12-22) CBS Reports "Harvest of Mercy," a detailed account of a massive rescue operation, mounted by the U.S., which this year sent millions of tons of grain to India and saved from starvation an estimated 70 million people. (6-16) The Fugitive Kimble moves in with a refugee family and discovers the head of the clan is also a doctor on the run. Guest star: Ludwig Donath. 11:00 (All Channels) News 11:15 (28) Tonight Show Johnny Carson is host to guests including Eva Marie Saint.

11:25 (10) Movie "Holiday Inn" Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire (22) Movie "Raging Tide" Shelley Winters, Richard Conte 11:30 (2) Movie (C) "From the Earth to the Moon" Joseph Cot-ten, George Sanders (3) Tonight Show (See Channel 28 listing at 11:15 p. (6) Movie "Sailor of the King" Jeffrey Hunter, Michael Rennie, Wendy Hiller (12) Movie "Mr. Scoutmaster" Clifton Webb, Edmund Gwenn (16) Movie "Witch's Curse" Kirk Morrfs 1:00 (3-22) Late News (6) Peter Gunn Drama (44) Lyrics and Legends "A Square Dance Play Party." 9:30 (2-10-12 22) Gomer Pyle Gom-er's fantastically accurate weather forecasts go unheeded by Sgt. Carter until the elements spoil Carter's fix-up program to impress a visiting VIP. (6) Peyton Place Steven's career hangs on the outcome of the hearing; Hannah leaves detailed instructions for Martin's care.

(44) U.S.A. Artists "Jack Twor-kov, Abstract Expressionist." 10:00 2-10-12-22) Danny Kaye Guests: Peggy Lee, Wayne Newton and the 150-voice Internat ional Children's Choir. (3-28) I Spy Tony Bill guest stars as a young man who participates in a daring American Intelligence scheme to foil enemy agents. (6) ABC Stage 67 Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory," dramatization of his haunting reminiscences of his Alabama childhood. (44) Outlook 44 "Christmas Is for Children," a concert of seasonal carols.

10:30 44) Book Beat "Stronghold" by Neyer Levin 11:00 (All Channels) News 11:15 (28) Tonight Show Johnny Carson is host to guests, including actor Richard Crenna 11:25 (10) Movie "The Easy Way" Cary Grant, Betsy Drake (22) Movie "The Prince Who Was a Thief" Tony Curtis (2) Movie (C) "Goldwyn Follies" Adolphe Menjou, Zorina, The Ritz Brothers (3) Tonight Show (See Chan nel 28 listing at 11:15 p. (6) Movie "A View From the Bridge" Raf Vallone. (12) Movie "Mutiny on the Bounty" Clark Gable, (16) Movie "Operation Dames" Eve Meyers, Chuck Henderson 1:00 (3-22) Late News (10) Movie "Dondi" David Janssen, Patti Page tons of grain to Ina avert Aunt Clara conjures up a live one for her. (22) Movie (C) (Title not announced by press time). (44) Sport of the Week Soccer: Yale vs.

Harvard. 9:30 3-28) The Hero Sam's neighbor Fred Gilman is offended when his son writes an essay indicating he admires the TV western star more than his father (6 16) That Girl Ann Marie spends the holidays at a deserted boys school with a lonely youngster. 10:00 (3 28) Dean Martin detailed story on front page). -(6-16) Hawk Only a mute girl can testify against a youth who has robbed a store and killed a policeman. Guest star: Kim Hunter.

11:00 (All Channels) News. 11:15 (28) Tonight Show Johnny Carson is host to guests not announced by press time. 11:25 (10 Movie (C "The Brave One" Michael Ray, Joi Lansing. (22) Movie "Target Unknown" Mark Stevens, Gig Young 11:30 (2) Movie (C "All Mine to Give" Cameron Mitchell, Glynis Johns. (3) Tonight Show (see Channel 28 listing at 11:15 p.m.), (6) Movie (C "Temple of the White Elephants" Sean Flvnn.

(12) Movie (C) "The Inspector General" Danny Kaye. (16 1 Movie "Rudy ard Kipling Jungle Book" Sabu. 1:00 (3 22) Late News. (6) Peter Gunn Drama 1:05 (22) Movie "The Gene Krupa Story" Sal Mineo WALKER'S Wall-to-Vall CARPETING OR ANY ROOM SIZE RUGS BEST PRICES IN TOWN UP TO 3 YEARS TO PAY! OPEN EVERY NITE TILL 9 WALKER'S The RegiM's Largest Rag Mart 28th N. Church SL DIAL 455-5879 DECEMBER 21 4:30 (2) Movie (C) "Lady God-iva" Maureen O'Hara, George Nader (3) Merv Griffin Show Guests not announced by press time (10) Movie "Destry Rides Again" James Stewart, Marlene Dietrich (12) Officer Bill (22) Merv Griffin Show Guests: Richard Pryor, Hendra Ullet, Dr.

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