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Dixie Disling New Owners To Jazz Up WLOK 42 The Commercial Appeal Memphis Wednesday Jammy 19 1977 Television Schedule Wednesday jan 19 1977 HEADACHE? No other aspirin gwos fa star more affective relief than ST JOSEPH Adi Aepirin ANNOUNCEMENT OF REVISED APPLICATIONS TITLE VI COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT A TRAININO ACT Tin tawnwr 1 MM 1 TVmm- I HUM IW PmmMimI 4lws mpioyad -tffVMNBaiMiaiOMAfBB ferauw to Subjection MIS Mb last special was the depiction of a near Adventurous modem Hawai-ians created a reproduction of the voyaging rnr of their ancestors and sailed her 3000 miles across open oceen from Hawaii to Tahiti She is called Hokule a or of Gladness" and her epic journey and the human conflicts were ingredients for the often fascinating sometimes tedious story is a 60-foot double-hulled canoe rigged with with two cloth sails The 9-by-40-foot deck atop her hulls eras home for the 17 men who sailed on a month-long voyage The 15-man crew which was accompanied by 2 photographers included 5 non-Hawaiians and 10 Hawaiian! The voyage took 35 days to reach Tahiti using ancient non instrument navigation techniques and 22 days to return with instruments It was a 6000-mile round trip Like the early Polynesians Pius Mau' Pi-ailug navigated by keeping on course observing ocean currents the winds cloud formations and the paths of stars which are known to rise over island chains It was planned by the Polynesian Voyaging Society a nonprofit organization which has researched die customs and sailing feats of the earlv Polynesians Marshall's narration was nice as usual but the sound wu not always good and the noises in the background often obscured much of what participants said Tint Vi i ta4aB7m wfii TV III Will MlNpSHBM lw grant appNcaHonc at tea Tranrita oai A- am or at Wmtmp ay nant and Training locsNan Natad at By LARRY WILLIAMS The Federal Communications Commission has approved the transfer of ownership of radio station WLOK from Starr Broadcasting to Gilliam Communications Inn which will begin officially operating the business on Fetk 14 Art Gilliam Jr president of the company aid that several changes win be made in the operation plan an active editorial policy" he said is a new prooedure for the station We also plan to add jazz to our music format" Accordingly Gilliam has hired probably the best jas disk jockey in town Ferry Allen will add immeasurably to the station" Gilliam said now we aren't sure of his exact schedule but he wiU be on two time dots from Saturday midnight to Sunday morning and then again Sunday afternoon" of course are aiming at a primarily black audience but then again we plan a more varied programming thrust to take in the community as a whole" Gilliam said also plan to expand our news operation We will have five people working in news rather than the one that has formerly been there We also plan to do play and movie reviews One of our biggest new projects will be a continuing thing We will work on a project for the community at a whole and will assign a reporter to give periodic accounts of it on the air" Gilliam said tint Allen will begin his new duties with the station on Feb 14 He said that Michael Hooka nephew of FCC Cnmmiiiiiw Ben Hooks has been hired as account executive for the station Cherri Gale Townsend who has served an the staff of Rep Harold Ford of Memphis will serve as Gilliam's administrative assistant Gilliam said his group paid S725J00 for the station OF THE foe 90-minute National Geographic special last night on Channel 10 was a strange adventure story mixed with equal parts of the scientific and foe human Centuries ago ancient Polynesians sailed thousands of miles across the Pacific in huge double-hulled canoes They displayed incredible feats of navigation as they sailed guided not by instruments but by the stars ocean swells and currents Aboard they carried dried food live plants and animals One by one they settled the far-flung islands of the Pacific and finally Hawaii Right-To-Life Group Plans Walk The date marks the fourth anniversary of the UR Supreme Court decision legalizing (Lagai Nodea) ANNOUNCEMENT OP REVISED APPLICATION SPECIAL ORANT TO GOVERNOR TITLE I COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAININO ACT A Memphia rigbt-to-life group will join a national effort by sponsoring a for Life" Saturday beginning at 10:30 am at 1100 Eastmoreland More than 100 participants of foe Tennessee Volunteers for Life Inc are expected to walk a mile in the midtown area and carry a rose as a symbol of life The group has representation on the Nationel Right to life Committee but is not an affiliate of it Brent Pruett co-chairman of the Memphis Walk with his brother Kent Pruett said the walks to be staged in Washington Nashville and other cities are meant to indicate support for an amendment to the Constitution altering the court's 1973 decision -jQavmaraf MwHataa aaa it wbmifting a rouigod oppNco-Nan la the UnHad Mn Ooperimanf at Labor tar a lead Grant pro-vkfad By Indians lltW (Wand MB (c) at the Ad Punuant ta SuMecNon HLIS dm nti'lTditt Fadnrai Register tfta Gevtmor Is publtming tha art nsuncdpwnt in ard ta gravida an opportunity tor tntoraitad parson la review Mo reviled grant appilratian and make apprnpridi 4 fka Pgpartmnnt at Cwgtaywant THE MEMPHIS RADIO DIAL TYw fundi rTtad In Ms Special Grant ta tha Gov mar total Ud-74 brokon don into tha categories tot torth 1) liwitomanld tocettml Educe-Non Sarvieat LdMtt Thaw funds art ta ta goad by tha State Board tor Vocational Education to gravida wood Vocation! training ta Barva approaiwiBhf BDl in all oraao at tha stale 7) Mat BEGIN THE NEW YEAR WITHOUT LAST BILLS! A Bill Consolidation Loan Could Do It Sarvieat Cours Torn ed i Mat fa Prime pmrlw and tha gonoral public at tot torth in faction (b) (ho Ad 1) Stott AAenpowsr Sorvtoto MB- Postal Morale Service Woes Blamed On Communication fa fho Governor and (c) si the Ad as a dfacrotfonary fund to ba mod tor apodal mods! or pilot training ompioymsnt pra- By consolidating all the bills you owe and arranging a loan for the amount to pay them all off possible to reduce your monthly payments 13 to 12 the amount you're paying now Plus you'd have just one convenient monthly payment at one place instead of a mailbox full of bills every month It's a good way tp start the new year Call on us A copy nm grant oppbcatian will be svsilWto tor rwrtow at the Bppro prtate A -OS Clear indna or at tha Tmna aa Manpower larvtcat Caun-cit Nashville between the hours at BP am and 4 a pm daily during City Finance where people end money R0f fOpBtfMT Tennetaee Department of Employ front Security CI-114 Cordell Null BuHding NathvHto Temowee JTUt Tote done- (W74i-7Q Any written eaeenoati adH ba tonaordod ta tbn obeuo nddmso wHton ddety days ddo ashes las ft Popailnutd Labor LOANS TO $50000 sisun ssnussasavs 171-741! 17MIAMMAVS 40S1 SUMMI1 AVI (hmfc VHIW S) 4SS-IIS7 UM suns MS1UV HVO S9S-MI6 JON TIMM 4V0NCUVUAND MN WATKINS 1707 ft TIMM 1171 Peachtree Vrost NE Atlanta Go MW Tune In Tomorrow Initial Makes Gushy Splash As Study Of Haves Vs Have-Nots By JON-MICHAEL REED NEW YORK The new NBC serial Lovers and Friends arrived with a gushy splash of fanfare If the show hu not yet displayed that capable of with life and love as they are the promotional blurbs announced it has proven that it's an' immensely pleasant and interesting sup opera to watch The hype though wu misleading On Lovers ami Friends the central story emphasis concerns class conflicts between foe rich and the not-so-rich the established and the up-and-gnbbing the blue-bloods and the hotheads That's rather a bit old hat and more than The foible of how the other half lives opposed to the old-fashioned homespun folk down the is classic soap opera materials It'a contemporary the beatnik generation Nevertheless the class-clash theme is still an intriguing afternoon fantasy tripi is also an excellently paced and provocative drama penned by Harding Lemay who heads the writing chores for Another World too Lemay is one of the top three scriptwriters in the TV serial drama field His characters rarely fail to grab attention His plot contrivances are usually seamless and psychologically motivated rather thin melodramatically hatched His new serial effort bean thou qualities although it seems a shame he'd allow a line of obvious dialog like are you going to take life seriously?" or an exasperated does everything have to be so complicated?" occur during the premiere week That kind of dialog properly belongs to General Hospital and it doesn't suit Lemay Generally though characterizations and situation are neat and unforced There is some obvious borrowing from The Young and The Restless Even subtitle is story of the young The new show also shares Another World's preoccupation with the doings of the haves and the have-nots If you clou your eyes click your heels three times and reput no place like home there's no place like you a viewer will think you've landed in Another World's Bay City or at lust a physical facsimile thereof The seta for both shows are structurally related and the same basic color schemes (browns and earth tones) dominate a class act no doubt about it One wouldn't expect anything less from set designer wiz Otis Riggs who also designs AW One might expect something more though or at lust different for locale Port Claire The costumes are lovely the musical score may be the best on the air and the acting company is generally quite superb the sublimely talented trio of Steven Joyce (George Kimball) Ron Randell and Nancy Marchand (Rich and Edith Cushing) Patricia Englund and John Heffeman (Josie and Lester Saxton) possess foe commendable ability to express sentiment without being gooey Richard Backus (Jason Saxton) and Christine Jones (Amy Gifford) bring a sparkling vitality to their roles that is warm and affecting without being mushy or affected Some of the young actresses however were nearly indistinguishable foam each other in appears nee mannerisms and vocal tones And Bob Purvey as Rhett Saxton has the jaw of a matinee idol but hasn't been required to display anything more than hii considerable personal charm so far Undoubtedly the weaker performen will graduate in skill after a few weeks in front of the video cameras And so will Lovers and Friends Send your questions about soap operas to la Tomorrow in care of The Commercial Appeal 495 Union Memphis 38101 Questions csonot be answered personally but those of greet interest will be answered in future columns Ifyonrdirection is northwestern go Southern and Eastern and qualifications" and that the best-qualified people are picked In response to another criticism that Ms McNair made about the large amount of overtime employes have worked lately Fortner aaid new people are being trained to alleviate foe problem Ms McNair told foe commission that she feels an amount of overtime was foe fault of frontline But Fortner laid the increase was due to a United ftrcel Service strike the Christmas holiday period and an increase in mail volume Several other witnesses alio appeared before the commission which wu appointed by President Ford and congres-aional leaders and is charged with coming up with recommendations by March 15 in the area of postal rates federal subsidies leveta of service future costs and revenues and electronic mail Carter Plans Action On Fuel The Nm York TWnai NoaaSanrfaa WASHINGTON The Carter administration wu authoritatively reported Tuesday to be preparing a number of early actions to deal with foe deep and worsening fowls shortage particularly the shortage of natural gas In a related development foe Federal Power Commission voted Tuesday to send telegrams to pipelines Hying that there could be interruptions to natural gas deliveries to houses and reminding the pipelines foot they could redirect supplies on their own initiative to protect life and property The pipelines also were told that they should maintain deliveries to hospitals that lacked equipment to bum oil or another alternate fuel Officials said that they did not anticipate any imminent interruption of residential natural gas However with the weather forecast calling for more temperature far below normal foe officials said event! later in foe winter were hard to predict With natural gu supplies getting tight- er from day to day the new administration wu expected to announce that it wu asking Congress for emergency legislation to permit ollocotion of natural gu among pipelines and to broaden foe legal authority for temporary purchasu of natural gaa at prices above federal ceilings A Memphis UR Postal Service employe told a federal commission in Atlanta yesterday there is a communication gap between management end employes in the Memphis poet office that is contributing to deteriorating morale end service Julia McNair a distribution clerk wu one of oeveral witnesses to testify at a day-long hearing held by the Commission an Pootal Service 1 of 18 ouch hearings being held around the country better procedure is needed in the Memphis post office to get people supervisor who have better communication with said Mi McNair who charged that supervisors were frequently on and used their positions harass and intimidate employes" Harold Fortner public information officer with the postal service here said he wu not aware that an employe hod volunteered to testify He defended Memphis supervisors saying they are chosen for promotion on TVMoviesToday Today's TV movies listed for all Memphis stations with foe year foe film wu released and rated from one star (poor) to four stars (excellent)by the TV Key staff: 9 am "TEXAS LADY" (19S5) Channel 13 Claudette Colbert Barry Sullivan Miss Colbert always a lady to her fingertips on the screen finds herself miscast a crusading newspaper lady of the old West 3piL- "THE STORY OF ESTHER COSTELLO" (1957) Charnel 3 Joan Crawford Rosanno Brum Silly melodrama about a group of greedy promoters who exploit a mute girl a fount for a swindle The script is clicked and reverts to outrageous melodramatics 8-JO pm AND BARNEY LAS VEGAS (1977) Channel 5 Terry Kiser Timothy Thomer-son Benny and Barney are two ex-cop performing singers in a duo known The Aristocrats and that should give you in idea of what to expect A routine copo-and-kidnapers yam 11 pm UPON A TIME" (1944) Vi Channel A Caiy Grant Janet Blair Theatrical producer forma a with a boy who has a dancing caterpillar Mild comedy never quite hita the mark intended 1:30 am (1958) 4 Channel 3 Anita Ekberg Phil Carey Inept mystery yam with Ekberg a bonus for male viewers She's a dancer who thinks she's committed murder Come to think of it foe script is murder lUiSM (Acreu Iram OOTtarflaWs) (Partuna at Krntfit AmsM) Wfoconw Stnf AccounH Gl oallUYnr LEASE hHJ yon chnckwith mprrthilfy MADISON CADILLAC 341 (Mm Aw 5263933 serves 399 cities from Memphis TV Key Previews Special Details Mine Safety Southern and Eastern Airiines together makeiteasyfbryoutogettoSeattleTacoma and Portland All you do is purchase your Seattle Tacoma or Portland ticket from Southern and take one of our conveniently scheduled flights to St Louis From St Louis Eastern will take you the rest of the way to the Northwest area And Southern checks your baggage all the way to your final destination So if your plans call for travel to the Northwest get the most out of your visit Take time to enjoy the beautiful mountains rivers and forests Southern and Eastern do everything to make it all possible When you fly with us convenience and your comlort are our main concerns And remember youT save with our discount airfares So if you're taking a business or pleasure trip to the Northwest Southern and Eastern are the way to 1 aa I I agent lung by Metropolitan soprano Judith Blegen Chevy Chau satirizing foe new and foe outgoing presidents Clamma Dale and Donnie Ray Albert atari of the Houston Opera's production of "Porgy and Bess" tinging and You la My Woman Now" author James Dickey reading a poem he wrote for foe occaoion open star Beverly Sills performing an aria still to be selected Paul Simon tinging a work he composed for foe event and Stevie Wonder doing (elections from his new album in the Key of CHARLIE'S ANGELA 9 pm Channel 13 on a While vacationing at a mountain resort with Jill and Kelly Sabrina becomes friendly with a famous European social critic whose life is apparently in danger despite the presence of security men Theodore Bikel guest stars TOMORROW Midnight Channel 5 Hie subject of the show tonight will be the increasing use of the drug cocaine by affluent members of our aodety and the effect it has on its users Today'i top television showi as previewed and selected by TV staff GOOD TLMES 7 pm Channel 3 Florida is concerned because Thelma's involvement with a handsome African exchange student hu gone beyond foe cultural exchange level NOVA 7 pm Channel ML "What Price Coal?" A documentary which details the price America pay in human terms for gold" energy including an examination of the Coal Mine Health and Safety Act and the problem that remain INAUGURAL EVE ENTERTAINMENT SPECIAL 8 pm Channel 3 Star-studded personalities galore are scheduled to honor President-elect Jimmy Carter and Vice President-elect Walter Mondale in this special Among foe hosts are Bette Davis Shirley MacLMne Paul Newman Sidney tatier John Wayne Joanne Woodward Jean Stapleton and Hank Aaron As for foe performing luminaries they include foe Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancing a segment from Leonard Bernstein conducting ty National Symphony OreRestra in a work dedicated to Roaalyna Carter Southern.