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I Staralecjram 1 TUESDAY MORNING MARCH 5 1985 :1 Nt TV station's buy-out logical and inevitable tV '4- leFs: 1' '4 'i: 1-: 1 f7v -1 ''t-: i i' :4 '4 4: 4 4- 4 4: i''4 ''4 t-'4 -'i' 'Ai 'l''' 4 I 'I '4 it I 0' li -i' o)- 4: 14'il i dtu4: t' i- I 4:" 1 rl 4 Ael'')i ::41 42- tA1c! k) 7 'tk ti 0 24? 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That query can mean one of two things: You are roller-skating with the Bay City Bombers or you are attending the 28th annual Book Fair of the National Council of Jewish Women There is a subtle tension here in the Small Exhibits Building at Will Rogers as hundreds of people thumb through thousands of books At the end of the fair they will be dog-eared and worn their spines cracked their covers creased And that's just the people For these are hard-core bibliophiles And bibliophiles are quiet polite people quiet polite people who would arm-wrestle your uvula for that last copy of Miss Manners' Guide to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior During the Stock Show this building houses the poultry exhibits But it has become through Sunday a warehouse of words If every sentence every sentiment within these walls were stacked end-onend they would stretch from the depth of humanity's understanding to the height of its achievement Or from the Rhode Island Reds to the Leghorns whichever comes first But not a feather will you find at the fair In this new location you will find better display the ngs: )ers ir of books are on tables or shelves not on the floor and better lighting skylights and fluorescent fixtures No more will you stoop (or squint) to conquer Here are books with beginnings that foretell endings: Of Mice and Men's "A few miles south of Soledad the Salinas River drops in close to the hillside bank and runs deep and green" and Dr Strangelove's "Aesthetically the exterior shape of the airplane was pleasing" And books with endings that foretell beginnings: Catch-22'i "The knife came down missing him by inches and he took off" and Seventeen's "His bride-to-be was gone" Used books are the most omfortable kind the edges of their words have already been worn smooth by the rhythm of another pair of eyes But enough Each year much is written about the fair's books But what of the fair's book-lovers? Please see All on Page 3 Carol Allen of Hurst contemplates a purchase Paintings show US art's diversity 12ZZII EZEM "This acquisition offour works painted within 50 years of one another makes an eloquent statement about the diversity of American art as it moved from illusibnism to abstraction" Keene Mu Wert museum director 7 4'71 ''1- f'' 4 4: ::) 4 ir '4: fi' i J6 4 14' 14' 411 4--ta 4-: tf :4 't 7k '1: -s': f- -iAl I''' fp' rcc krdiri i 'i 41" 1 si' 4e'-''' ''''i i p-- g'11 4- Pw: h110441 4: y- P'''' 1- to31: Isr ik: S1 4' A tos 1 tit 1AZ''''''''A'4''e-Att) MIPDPICFON: O'r41i4' Sr4A14'11 l'S' -1 0 4 By CAROL SEWELL Star-Telegram Art Writer our paintings spanning 50 years of American art including an abstract pastel by first-generation modernist Arthur Dove have been bought by the Amon Carter Museum The paintings are Eagle Cliff Franconia Notch New Hampshire (1864) by David Johnson Can You Break a Five? (circa 1883) by John Haber le DOVE'S Team of Horses (1911-12) and Figure (Geometrical Patterns) (1913) by Morton Livingston Schamberg In announcing the purchase museum Director Jan Keene Muhlert siid "This acquisition of four works painted within 50 years of one another makes an eloquent statement about tile diversity of American art as it mthred from illusionism to Noting the museum's commitment to 19th- and early 20th-century American art Assistant Curator Jane Myers said the four acquisitions "underline and strengthen areas we are already known for" particularly the Haber le trompe l'oeil painting which joins trompe l'oeit works by John Frederick Peto and William Michael Harnett in the museum collection Carter officials in accordance to museum policy declined to release details concerning purchase of the four works but a spokesman said at least one of the paintings was acquired through a New York gallery Because museums rarely reveal acquisition prices auction records are one guide But such records are only a rough guide because no two objects are equal in value For example a painting that has historical Please see Paintings on Page 3 Special to the Star-TeleoramAhiON CARTER MUSEUM Amon Carter Museum has acquired Eagle Cliff Franconia Notch New Hampshire by David Johnson EI Mancini to perform with FW Symphony Pops INSIDE IRrEkNM HENRY MANCINI DATE: Friday and Saturday 8 pm PLACE: Tarrant County Convention Canter Theater DETAILS: Mancini will appear In concert with the Fort Worth Symphony "Pops" Tickets ranging In price from 810 to $18 may be purchased by calling Central Ticket Agency 335-9000 or Metro 429-1181 '4N0- :4 Iv It4ilef-e1A' tf tl: A 8 5::1: Bear hugs For the past 50 years Vona Bates has nursed fed and sheltered dozens of animals but her favorites remain the bears 2B By ROGER KAYE Star-Telegram Pop Music Writer Sept 22 1958 a trend-setting detective series titled Peter Gunn debuted on the NBC television network and quickly blazed a new trail in TV programming Putting a detective series on the small screen was no breakthrough in itself there already had been many of those on'the tube even as early as the late 1950s What made Peter Gunn unusualwas its music It was the coolest of jazz sc6res that even the hippest hipster could appreciate Original jazz music punctuated the action and classical conductor Sir Georg Solti's 23 on the alltime list) seven gold albums the Hollywood Foreign Press Association's Golden Globe and numerous other accolades But it was that all-important Peter' Gunn music that started the awards rolling Mancini's way Portrayed by Craig Stevens the series' title character was the first of the suave romantic private eyes to be seen on television Blake Edwards director of the show had assigned Mancini to supply a score that would match the mood created by the new-breed title Please sie Mancini on Page 3 earned an Emmy nomination a gold record and two Grammy awards For Henry Mancini the author of the score it was the first of many awards the composerarranger conductor would capture during a spectacular career that is flourishing Mancini who will appear in concert with the Fort Worth Symphony "Pops" at the Tarrant County Convention Center Theater on Friday and Saturday nights is one of the most honored performers in musical history Ile has earned 16 Academy Award nominations leading to four Oscars 20 Grammys (second to Terror triptych In the latest of terror films A Nightmare on Elm Street is good scary fun Chou lies has frighteningly real little critters and Certain Foryis a horror of a movie 58 veyed the mood in the series setting a musical pattern that was followed by numerous detectiveadventure shows that aired in the late '50s and early '60s The music from Peter Gunn Henry Mancini ME 4.