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The Commercial Appeal from Memphis, Tennessee • 19

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Memphis, Tennessee
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19
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R' The Commercial Appeal Memphis Tuesday April 19 19h3 New Guide To Hit City In Fall It also contains stories about the new Disney Channel Lee Bailey's Lie Detector series and the legal suits it has attracted the retirement of Bill Paley Louise Lasser and her post Mary Hartman Mary Hartman life Allen former program first break we sent the crews up and gt into the four-hour movie scheduled for the April 15 debut will be shown May 11 and 12 two hours each night It stars Sam Elliott as America's first Wild West impresario Hugh Cardiff a sharpshooter who vies for fame love and money Also in the movie are Bruce Boxleitner Penny Peyser Timothy Scott Dennis Hopper and Cameron Mitchell CHRIS SCHMIDT carried Charles Brake-field a little fast When the president and general manager of Channel 3 hired the news director about three years ago he told him "When you make us No 1 (in the ratings) give you a And said Braket'ield at the party Sunday night at the Petroleum Club really in this year's budget I had planned it for WREG-TV chartered the club for the night and scores of the staffs in all departments were on hand Some could only stay a minute or two and rush back to work Schmidt who can be mercurial at times especially if some other station has a news item he was a mild-mannered newsman as he thanked his staff for overtaking Channel 5 as the first place news station Meanwhile back at Channel 5 WE'VE HEARD FROM Irate Viewer again: the hell is Channel 30 thing? Here they have Victory Garden which is a good little show informative and helpful on at 3 Saturday afternoon when ail gardeners are out trying to garden lather than learn how to" By JOHN KNOTT TV-Cable week SlOO-million challenge to TV Guide will hit the Memphis market about October The publication is spreading its tentacles gradually last week it entered six markets Pompano Beach and Fort Lauderdale Fla Audubon NJ Peoria Arlington Texas and Springfield Mo Next month it will go to Kansas City' and Independence Mo ana Grand Rapids Mich The publication will eventually blanket the country While some TV Guide officials have said they concerned about competition from the new publicaton whistling past the graveyard And the magazine has added new features and Just this week said it will introduce new graphics and new stronger typeface as well as increased spacing between items to enhance the readability of the charts" TV-Cable Week deals directly with cable systems It give them four pages of the magazine each week to use however they choose sell ads run features stories or whatever In turn the cable systems supply scheduling information to the magazine's vast programming computer The magazine is a lavish production with feature stories about personalities and programming hints and predictions Among the features in the current issue the second are articles that might possibly tell you more than you want to know about Steve and Cyndy Garvey and their ruptured marriage all about his gold from the San Diego Padres and her new boy Mend songwriter Marvin Hamlisch The title will tear your heart out and the Dodgers broke his heart but not his Dixie Dialing called Are You Anybody and latest femme fatale Kathleen Beller There is the inevitable mention of Ted Turner also in TV Guide this week) Introductory subscription prices are 69 cents per issue The magazine has a schedule listing hour by hour the various programming THE STRAIGHT BANGS of Mario Thomas furnished the initial offering of WMKW-TV when it finally overcame the weather gremlins and went on the air at 1 yesterday afternoon Bad weather dogged Channel 30 (Channel 28 on cable) through its planned opening night April IS right up until engineers tied in the last five feet of transmission line letting That Girl go on the air Marty Owens general manager was glad the ordeal was over He recited a litany of frustration: the bad weather delayed us then we were all set to go at 5 pm Sunday when that freak storm hit the city Lightning hit several towers and we just had to pull our crews down Then we were set for earlier this morning but weather still dogged us The Steve Garvey on cover of TV-Cable second issue TV Today- Times Post Top Pulitzer Award List PM Plays Jobless Blues tion in History: Rhys Isaac for "The Tram for- Century Virginia motion of Virginia 1740-1790" which re- Mu'Jc: Ellen Zwilirh tor Move-searched the oral cultural tradition of 1 8th merits lor Orchestra" mbb ws ft change the course of in the state The newspaper had received the Roy Howard Award for Public Service from The Scripps-Howard Foundation for the same entry Other winners were: Special local roportingi Loretta Tofani of The Washington Post Monday for a series of i whidi re revealed inhumane conditions DONAHUE 9 am Channel 5 Michael Morganstern author of to Make Love to a explains what he has learned from his research PM MAGAZINE 6:30 pm Channel 11 The man who recorded Mill the song becoming a rallying cry for the unemployed GUN SHY 7 pm Channel 1 Russell Donovan and Amos Tucker face off to decide the fate of a strong-willed mail-order bride NOW 7:30 pm Channel 3 A comedy starring Lyman Ward Cleavon Little and Paul Carafotes One of three for- mer girl friends jeopardizes the iroles of a trio of ex-cons work-in a diner MEDAL OF HONOR RAG 8 pm Channel 10 This is an American Playhouse production of Tom drama about a black Vietnam veteran who received the Medal of Honor but support his family when he returned home ST ELSEWHERE 9 pm Channel 5 A crazy woman gets into the emergency room and tries to maul one of the nurses Dr Craig Mfca Dr Westphall to tell him why people stand him to help you decide which investments you shcxiid choose and avc iJ njm ilv Change brings opportunities The past year can be summed up one word chang-1 The wav to i rnifiLt be stocks one lay Treasury iV1- the next (Jr an investment tactic you've never head ft hetxv But this flurry of i lunge has a brought new opportunities For hifh in'eret (Trowll Sreulv income And invcsinrs panic mate in iiaJ never before beer them to lx? sure you attend 'ViMi rev rvn! vats 'Vs it now tKries a pM-ie for you Phone for reservations to the Merrill lynch Seminar: "How to Manage Your Money inlbday's Changing Economy" it's free but seating is limited so at today Not just another lecture This Seminar is your chance to learn better ways to invest your money Irorn professionals Absoluitty fnr Some topics we'll cover: What to do with money you want to keep How to get high interest without tying up your money An investment you should avoid if you're in a high tax bracket And more You'll also receive a free copy of Imwlmmls Fora Changing Economy a 16-page booklet with facts and figures NEW YORK (UPI) The Washington Post and The New York Times each won two Pulitzer Prizes Monday The awards to the Times and Post included one they shared for their individual coverage of the war in Lebanon The award for public service went to the Jackson (Miss) Clarion-Ledger New York Times columnist Russell Baker a 1979 prize winner in newspaper commentary won this biography award for his autobiographical "Growing Up" The Boston Globe won the prize for national reporting its ninth Pulitzer for a 56-page Sunday Ine supplement titled "War Peace the Nuclear Two Knight-Ridder newspapers The Fort Wayne (Ind) News-Sentinel and the Miami Herald also won awards The Fort Wayne newspaper received the general local reporting for coverage of the worst in that city in nearly 70 years The Miami Herald won the editorial writing award for its campaign against the Reagan policy of detaining illegal Haitian immigrants In awarding the public service award to the Jackson Clarion Ledger the Pulitzer board said the 24-day series of news stories analysis and editorials last November on public educa TV Movies in a suburban correctional institution Feature writing: Nan Robertson of The New York Times for a personal account of how the was struck down by toxic shock syndrome Editorial cartooning: Richard Locher of the Chicago Tribune for subjects inckidng President Reagan the Middle East and home computers Spot newt photography: Bill Foley of The Associated Press for his series of pictures of the massacre at the Sabra refugee camp in West Beirut Feature photography: James Dick man of The Dallas Times Herald for a special report on El Salvador Commentary: Ciouda Sitton of The Newt and Observer of Raleigh NC for hit weekly column on national and international issues and regional politics Criticism: Manuela Hoeherhoff of The Wall Street Journal for critiques of diverse subjects ranging from a television teriet to opera in New York Fiction: Afice Walker for her novel Color a story of a teenage bride in the rural American South Drama: Marsha Norman for her play Night Mother" which deals with an efder-ly woman and her daughter who calmly announces she Is going to kill herself General nonfiction: Susan Sheehan for "Is There No Pkice an Earth for Me?" a story of a paranoid schizophrenic who spent 17 La ywOil SI WflWiiOffS Poetry: Galway Kinnefl for "Selected a distillation of 35 years of his poetry 20th LYNCH MANAGE ECONOMY I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I Ma( to: Mem Lynch WOOIXyAr wvuir MeriCi IS IMN I Come hear Mmis lynch rrl I wur mv h-a-lnf lmt for small markets that available lo Herr's how this irniroitiint f82-l 5tI for and be sure WEDNESDAY APRIL HEAR MERRILL TELL HOW TO YOUR MONEY IN CHANGING Date: Wednesday April 20th Time: Place: Quality Inn IVsptar Avc 1-240 Conducted by Allen Kiel Asst Vice fl 2 I I i I 3 5 1 I 3 fl 3 1 I 8 fl I I 730 pm Memphis President upon fact tells of a crime syndicate working out of New York Midnight (1962) Channel 3 Gregory Peck Robert Mitchum A revengeseeking convict preys upon the lawyer who sent him to prison 2 am (1964) Channel 3 Ernest Borg-nine Tim Conway Joe Flynn Feature version of the once-popular TV series Man Gets 3 Years For Tax Charges JACKSON Miss (UP1) Joseph Daniel Lanham a former Jackson resident has been sentenced to three years in prison for filing false federal Income tax returns authorities said Monday The Internal Revenue Service said Lanham who lives in Little Rock entered a plea of no contest to a two-count indictment before UB Dist Judge Harold Cox In addition to the prison sentence he was fined $10000 The IRS said Lanham was charged with omitting gross receipts from his federal tax returns for the years 1974 10 am (1969) Channel 30 Leslie Caron Dirk Bogarde Robert Morley A devoted wife consults a number of physicians regarding her husband's failing health in a delightful comedy by George Bernard Shaw 8 pm MIRACLE OF KATHY (1981) Channel 3 Sharon Gless Frank Converse Moving engrossing drama tells of an Arizona recovery after being struck by a car 8 pm ENFORCER" (1951) Channel 24 Humphrey Bogart Zero Mostel Everett Sloane Bogart plays a district attorney who's running down the mob 8 pm "THE MISSOURI (1976) Channel 30 Marlon Brando Jack Nicholson This disappointing muddled Western is set in Montana during the 1880a an outlaw an eccentric bounty hunter 11:30 pjn "NEW YORK CONFIDENTIAL" (1955) Channel 24 Broderick Crawford Anne Bancroft Richard Conte Exciting expose supposedly has'1 II 1 1 Please crwive aifclftvviHirttMiit I DNalcannutadcwJ IB Name-Addrrv City Sue laugh at the household chaos with Erma Bombeck every Tuesday in Diabetes WWEE 1430 Health Talk Wednesday 2-3 pm Questions Invited Wcphonc Merrill lynch rustomm please 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