Corpus Christi Caller-Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 66

211 Corpus Christ i Caller-Times Sun June 28 I AROUND THE DIAL with Dorothy Slanich Program Iwiri used la TV Weekly Log augpliad by fhe afk o4 lacal televiiiea steHans aad ia subject te later changes THE MAKERS OF topless bathing suits and the promoters of the current flood of pornographic literature could learn a lesson or two from a harmless television comedv series called Farmer's Daughter" The many modern-day pitchmen who depend on various forms of romance to sell their products are fast running out of ways to titillate the saturated public fancy In the process lost sight of the old-fashioned formula used with success in Farmer's Show little imply a lot and keep them guessing 4:56 Ctipn Ckrhti Chapel 7:00 Q) laglei Pace a Pace 7:30 0 Spaanb Service! :00 0 Le Vei Del ScglaTce-talice 0:30 Thit li the Lila: A teenage girl mat lata traa-hle bacauia of tea aiach litadaa (lowed by ialul-geat parents ITil Big Tea Cartaaaa 0:00 Faith ia Actmn Lamp Uate Mp-Feat 0:30 Thit te the Aaewet Herald at Truth Leak Up aat Live: A apart ea the work at the Cathalic Church ia Para Part IV at a five-Part aa- art pave Brea THE of the ABC comedy series is Inger Stevens who plays her role of Katv with a Swedish ac-cent and a curious blend of wholesome ness and sophistication (Her father was a gentleman farmer no doubt) Katy is a governess in the home of a handsome widower congressman (William Windom) who has two engaging sons and a worldlv mother (Cathleen Nesbitt) too much fun to be true For local viewers who picked up the series toward the end of the season in May the romance between Katy and the congressman is a mighty strange one In the first episode shown here the couple were left alone in the house an entire weekend From that high point the romance has progressed backwards with the start of the re-run season We have yet to hear the congressman either openly declare himself or lock bis beloved in passionate embrace but quite obvious there's something going on when we're not looking Triinian TV Series Is Sold By VAI ADAMS tvw Yark Timer News Servtca NEW YORK Fonntr President Harry Truman's documentary series in which he discusses major decisions he faced In his White House years from 145 to 1952 will make its television debut in November The series of 26 half-hour programs is titled The Conflicts of Harry Screen Gems Inc producer and distributor of the series announced last week that the initial sale had been made to the seven television stations owned by Metromedia Inc They are WNEW-TV New York: WTTG Washington: KTTV Los Angeles: KMBC TV Kansas City Mo: K0VR Stockton Calif: WTVP Decatur III and WTVH Peoria 111 OTHER STATIONS that have bought the series are WHDH-TV Boston: WMAR -TV Baltimore: WBKB Chicago: KPIX San Francisco WOOD TV Grand Rapids Mich: WTMJ TV Milwaukee WTIC-TV Hartford and WDAU-TV Scranton Pa Screen Gems is attempting to have the series start in key markets across the country on Nov 10 one week after the presidential election Although documentary In form the programs in the series will be presented in a dramatic format In the opening Truman will tell the audience about a specific problem he faced and then go on to re-la ie the details and how it was solved Truman's work on the series was filmed during the last year in New York Washington and the Truman Memorial Library in Independence Mo BEN GRADES who produced and directed the series said It covers manv of the major issues of the Truman administration 1 Most issues are alloted a half-hour but three of the subjects will be presented in two installments They are Legend of Douglas which presents the story of dismissal of the late general of the Army Action" an account of the US and UN involvement In the Korean War and With the Truman's report on bis decision to drop the atom bomb on Japan PATTI PAGE AND JIMMY DEAN pint and host on Dean Show CURRENT RUMOR HAS IT that wedding bells will ring next season for Katy and her congressman This more may satisfy the moral requirements of familv television comedy but It certainly can't do much for series All the provocative questions would be answered leaving little to talk about except crahgrass and the proper rearing of children Furthermore the series would be venturing into dangerous territory unless the congressman resigns his post and goes borne to the family business As every failhful viewer knows the demands of TV situation comedy require that husband-bood be equated with and not sure our elected officials in Washington would take kindly to that frame of reference It could turn out that airing Farmer's will take more courage than producing a documentary about conflicts of interest BA i i 10:00 p) Knew the Trath 19 Neva Weather Camara Three 10:15 MraiT Time "UaiM Depat" Deaglat Fairhaaha aaa Heed at I 10:30 PI Thia la the Life (D Face the Natiea: Rep William Miller at New York chairmea at the Re pahlicaa Natiaaal Camant- tec will ha iatcrviewaA 11:0 I5 Fiaher Faatilv Ti Davey mmd Caliath 11:15 CD 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10:00 Big Movie: "China Gate Gena Barry Angie Dickiaaaa Nh Weather Sparta 0 Mews Weather 10:20 Adventure Theater: "A Maa Alena" Ray Mil-land Mary Murphy 10:30 Nightmare: "The Waif Man" Lea Chaney Jr Claude RainC 11:51 (Q Almanac 11:00 Nawa 11:05 Movie (Coat'd) 11:30 Wee the Sparta Newabriefa 11:56 (Q Almanac WITH PRESIDENT JOHNSON declaring himself a leader in the fight for equal job opportunities for women a few more femmes may yet break through the almost solid male wall in front of the television news cameras There are no doubt many women in network news departments but we've only counted three regulars in front of the cameras in recent times: Pauline Frederick and Nancy Dicker-son at NBC and Lisa Howard at ABC And sad to say few of the women newscasters seen through the years have done much to further their cause The fact that they may be capable is not unfortunately the only test of a TV commentator He or she must also be pleasant (or unobtrusive) to listen to and watch We find it hard to believe there arent more women around who can pass the test IN LOCAL TELEVISION KZTV has had a woman news director since it went on the air in 1956 She is Judy Wright who comes out from behind the camera every now and then for an interview Judy became news director of KSIX Radio in 1950 and now beads the combined KZTV-KSIX news operation KSIX has tost won its fourth award from the state AP Broadcasters Association for best newscast In its population category KZTV won a state AP news award last year TELEVISION STATIONS have long used women as weathercasters mainly to add fillip to all those dull facts about highs and lows and fronts The result has caused many viewers (mostly female we presume) to complain about more fillip than fact A pleasant exception is Ch S's weather girl Connie Miller who manages to smile a lot and still sound like she knows what she's talking about ON THE COVER "Muiic Man" composer Meredith Willson and his wife Rini return with the second of three summertime musical specials Tuesday at 9 pm on Ch 10 Guests on the second "Star Parade" will be Phil Harris Molly Bee Debbie Reynolds the Young Americans the Stoncy Mountain loggers and the Stencman Family PROGRAM PROMOTION announcements are seldom enjoyable even when fresh and far between Seems to us therefore that the least a station could do is keep them up to date Far Into every summer when a program has long since been canceled but not vet buried we still hear the breathless exhortation: this brand new exciting spectacular series! Such a daring format has never before been attempted on television! Don't you dare miss Sure inspires us to try.