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PAGE 17 MEMPHIS MESS-SCIMITAR TUESDAY JULY 20 IMS TV News and Views Fine Hour With Adlai's Friends City May Get I Moore Asks Raises! ANevT-V In City Hospitals Station as some sage once said: lonesomeness is not having a date on Saturday night but loneliness can ruin the date you have inevitably results when a chance to grow and develop presents itself and is refused the report said So if opportunity knocks on your door today open wide Miss Walters began this none too and none too report by lisping that happiness is fleeting love may fade sorrow wears off but loneliness is there to stay and time cure it The psychiatrist said there just aren't any quick cures only a long slow courageous process of re-learning how to relate to the people and conditions that made us feel alone The study continues all this week If the report doesn't get any more probing by Friday we may not be any wiser but I suspect we'll all be sadder Traffic Now Flows Under Mont Blanc CHAMONIX Franc The road tunnel under Mont Blanc was opened for public traffic yesterday and cars began rolling through from both i More than 1000 city hospital employes would benefit from French and iv By LOUSE NOLAN AHRENS Miy boosts proposed today by Commissioner Moore :1 Under the plan all hdl-time 1 km- Plans were revealed tndav permanent personnel would be to get salaries at a minimum tunnel in the world for t-uvi-in- station far elevted to 11 least $1 an hourof $113 an hour" was officially inaugurated Fri- Iorj A resolution appropriating! Marvin said the $113 an day by President De Gaulle of Mem plus 'money to make this possible hour would amount to a mini- France and President Giusen- Arrangements already haveVas on the agenda for this mum salary of $200 a month santM of Italy been made for locating the afternoon's City Commission and make it possible for em- transmitter in the new 100 Commissioners were ployes to qualify for a hospi-1 Main Building it was t-bussing it closed talization plan set up recently nounced session before noon by the city for those making 1 enup in nerve if prinv least that amount The new First steps toward establish- SOME FUNDS ALREADY plan ing the station on the now un-j Oscar Marvin John Gaston better benefits than those in used Channel 24 were taken Hospital administrator said effect now when Gamma Television $150000 appropriation' The City Commission has poration filed an application'would be added to funds al- num)e i it a a oy NAAwi representatives to al Communica-ready set aside for salary all city salaries above tmns Commission in Washing-jboosts the $125 national minimum is a major step in wage City hospitals have more channel in Memphis bringing our salary scale more employes making less than STATION PLANS 'n wto other $125 than any other branch Marvin said hope soon of city government Albert Hartigan of ci TeesdeyWf WMCT WMC-TV 3 WMtQ-TV 13 WKNO-TV Ramsay Evaluates Court Appointees By ALAN BUSSEL hnricUM Staff Witter County Commission Chairman Jack Ramsay set two people to work today evaluating the records of County Court appointees The two are ad- president told The Press-Scimitar today that the station will be independently operated 1 and will offer a balanced program of news public service sports and entertainment Site for a studio has not been chosen but Hartigan will be in Memphis Aug 8 to seek a location and to confer with local men interested in the proposed operation He declined to identity any of the Memphians By MARY ANN LEE THE POWER AND NEED of words are sometimes forgotten in the world today So much is keyed to action to movement to speed That quality is never more appar ent anywhere than on television Yet television itself last night provided a neary-hypnotic hour of words that will I be remembered and repeated for many years to come "The Friends of Adlal Stevenson" a CBS News Special taped late yesterday was a conversation among Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Erie Sevareid in London Vice President Hubert Hum phreys ami Secretary of Labor Willard Wirtz in Washington poet Archibald Mae-Loish and Charles Kuratt in New York i The program was not only a memo- nina nai jt was a surprise So many words have been written and spoken about Adlal Stevenson in the past few days but last program rose above repetition It had remarkable qualities of immediacy frankness and an obvious need of friends to speak At the end of the hour moderator Kuralt asked Mr friends for capsule comments on the legacy he left But they had been giving the answer to that question throughout the hour What they said last night one begins to sense is what the history bookswill say People have said he was ahead of his time but his friends thought not was a pioneer in the vice president said his true memorial is that the people have responded'' He pointed out that much of what is called The New Frontier and The Great Society are developments of seeds Stevenson planted Prime Minister Wilson ventured the thought that Gov Stevenson would have been better received politically in England than here His former law partner Willard Wirtz replied to that by saying he was more needed here People have said Stevenson was but his friends think just the opposite Archibald MacLeish said he had courage to not just a willingness to see all rides but a specific unwillingness not to see all rides When his mind was satisfied his decision made had moral courage and more vigor fend purpose than some who wore that People have called him an egghead but his friends knew him as an activist not just the meditative thinker As for the word egghead they thought it was expensive politically in 1952 and 1956 but noticed become to be an intellectual even considered a bit exciting And they thanked him for elevating the concept of politics and politicians They also laughed because he said once like a cigarette is all right if you But there was no tone of flattery when the Vice President said always felt 1 ought to do a little better just because I was his It has been said so often in toe past few days that he elevated the political dialogue of the nation For an hour last night he elevated the dialogue of television too There was something fine in hearing these men all important in their own right speaking so earnestly so unashamedly from the heart The power and need of words have not left us yet even in a world that hardly takes time anymore to listen Must it always require a death? Lonely People Unite Lonely people of the world and it do you a bit of good That sorry to report was the crux of opening chapter of a five-day report on loneliness on The somewhat frightening statement was made: steps taken to evade loneliness lead into deeper It was said that loneliness is normal and even children experience it but toe phychiatrist Barbara Walters interviewed balked at defining the term saying everyone knows what it means That in itself is not quite true Some people confuse loneliness with lonesomeness and ministrative assistant i Townsend and Mrs Dorothy Hartigan aaid it could taka I1 dlr'c- two or three years before FCC been unable to agree cm a third commissioner to replace the ousted Bruce Jordan and it seems unlikely that the two will be able to make any decisions regarding appointees regardless of what Ramsay's investigation reveals 71 PHONE FOR FREE INSPECTION Bmcc-Terminii Co 327-3531 ARMXSAS Hlytherllle TO S-7K1 1'irmt City ME S-MH Joambora WE HRS FaragaaM CE S-WnS atiftKissirn Batravilte Kl-STIl t'larkadala 14-3421 OrmiTilla ED 4-IK1 Taprla Slt-OISS Wrat roiat 4S4-S335 MIXMOFKI Kraartt TO -441 TEMXERSEE Dyenharg MS-1851 Hambaldt 11-1114 Jarkaoa 411-111 I'aioa City approval is granted but that it could go through in four or five months The Gamma company is part of a large operation set up by the new group under the overall name of Mercury TV Enterprises BACKGROUND Hartigan 42 is no stranger to broadcasting Upon graduation in 1947 from Syracuse University where he took a course in radio production and programming he went to work for WBZ the Westinghouse station in Boston where he directed a series of plays also built scenery helped make costumes and even swept the he said His background also includes stint as program manager of WPIX owned by the New York Daily News director of program development for United Artists and more recently as program manager of foreign operations for Time-life OTHER CITIES He said the company will operate tv stations in six other cities but the only other one he named today was Orlando Fla Biggest stockholder in the company is Sunstand Inc a real estate investment firm at Secretary Away? ALL TODAY- mwis-mHos-ofnci ami MANPOWER TMK VUV KST TUteOBAItY MCLP 525-7551 Ramsay ordered the study as the result of the Tennessee Supreme Court decision that upgraded the County authority in its power struggle with the Shelby Coun-: ty Court The decision gave the County Commission foe right to make appointments formerly made by the County Court STUDY RECORDS Townsend and Mrs Parks will study the records of the building commissioner plumbing inspector members of the board of electrical examiners and others appointed by the County Court Ramsay said these positions and other appointive posts were vacated by the Supreme Court decision and it is up to foe Commission to evaluate the work of the appointees with a view to either keeping them or announcing new ones have no political ax to Ramsay said just trying to get the best pos-1 sible people for these NO MASS FIRINGS Ramsay emphasized he planned no mass firings of those appointed by the County Court and that many current appointees would probably remain on their jobs Ramsay will also seek advice' from people who come in con-1 tact with the appointees Ramsay said he had informed County Commissioner Dan Mitchell of his decision to investigate County Court appointees Mitchell and Ramsay have TERMINDpJ Nationwide Term'd and Pot Control Redistricting OK By Shelby Court Memphis attorney John Heiskell said today he will advise Federal Court in Nashville Friday that the Shelby County Court approves the congressional redistricting act passed by the 1965 Legislature The new law slices Shelby DJMM TO IMPROVE YOUR HOME NO DOWN PAYMENT REQUIRED LOW BANK RATES YOUR OWN CONVENIENT PAYMENT PLAN ARRANGED NO ENDORSERS REQUIRED JIM BICKERS CONTINENTAL INVESTMENT CORP 120 SOUTH THIRD STREET U7-4511 board to succeed Dow-dle whose term expires Sept 1 Mrs Ellen Davies Rodgers as chairman of the County Historical Society William Farris Jr as an assistant county attorney Court members also voted $103000 as the county share for buying more land for Le Bonheur Hospital from Memphis Housing Authority The Court appropriated $500000 for the Shelby County Board of Public Group Lawyer Ethics Orlando which holds 2068 per cent of the stock Secretary-treasurer is Warren Eaton of Norwich Other stockholders are Frank Merk-lein of South Huntington NY I Richer Mitchell New Berlin NY Robert of South Norwalk Conn Thomas A Flanagan William Smith Jr both of Norwich NY Joseph TYoy and Anthony Widemann both of Darien Conn and Elise Allen of Cincinnati BEFORE FCC Other applications filed: Collierville Tenn sale of construction permit for station WSHC by Collierville Broadcasting Co to Piper Broadcasting Co Florence Ala Educational Television Commission for construction for new educational t-v station on Channel 57 Little Rock Ark Victor Broadcasting Co construction permit for new t-v station on Channel 16 Alabama (: Cannonball WHBQ-TV Iron little life hangs in the balance The power has failed in the iron lung that keeps her alive Mike and Jerry make a des- perate journey hoping against hope that they can reach the EighthDis hospital in time trict another portion con- Combat WHBQ Cry in the on Combat another victory for the senes The heroes are writers Edward Lakso and A Martin Zweiback who have captured an arresting portrait of a desperate woman searching for her lost child Also credit Vic Morrow who plays SgL Saunders in the series and has tautly directed the episode and Lisa Pera who turns in a haunting performance as a mother who tries to stop the guns of war so she can find her baby in the ruins of a French village (Repeat) Mr Novak WMCT the Plowshare Edge the Sword' is one of Mr more interesting episodes Concerning an ex-hoodlum who plays father to four orphaned senior high boys the script is highly reminiscent erf the old End movies with sassy tough dialogs and down-to-earth philosophy Harold Stone is fine as the (Repeat) 7: Hollywood Talent Scouts WREC-TV has a hefty cast of top Ethel Merman Fabian Dale Robertson and Rose but they perform Instead they introduce a flock of youngsters who do Among the newcomers are Tom Carlyle trumpet player Robert Montecello the Baytown Folk Singers and comics Bill Skiles and Peter Henderson Navy WHBQ-TV One of those wonderfully nutty plots sends the men of Navy into an elaborate grhpnp to see that poor neglected POW Fuji gets some mail So he writes a letter to his girl but the letter wiRds up being dropped on Japanese territory as a propaganda leaflet (Re- PCatMoment of Fear WMCT has a gruesome chiller Farewell which concerns remaining in the heavily urban section of Shelby as the Ninth District will file an amended complaint stating that we regard this act as equitable for the entire Heiskell said the new law the differences in population in the nine congressional districts are nearly co-equal The Shelby County Court yesterday instructed Heiskell to support the 1965 act The Court had originally retainediT1 Heiskell and Walter Chandler to challenge the 1951 congressional redistricting act but the legislature passed the later act while the challenge was still in court A three-judge federal panel will hold a hearing on the case Friday ATTACK State Sen Hobart Atkins Knoxville is seeking to have m'the 1965 act declared Stamp Savsr By United FrtielatenuUaeil DUNFERMLINE Scotland Sheila Lyon kwght Sir Winston Churchill memorial stamp and discovered the right side of his chin is missing She has placed the stamp in a bank vault until its value can be established Last year a stamp with a similar flaw sold for $1120 of need be make every tree a Vital Statistics By Aveoclatod Prate NASHVILLE Tenn The State Supreme Court is issuing an order creating a 27-mem- her commission to rule on questions of the unethical' practice of law The order was requested by Tennessee Bar Association which asked for more adequate means for investigation of complaints involving im-roper or unethical conduct of awyers The commission will serve without pay It will be com-j posed of three members fromj each of the grand divi-'j sions Officials said it will be given! authority to subpoena wit-j nesses conduct investigations take testimony under oath and! to compel the presentation of documents Robert Kirk Walker of Chattanooga president of Tennessee Bar Association said the "lawyer who violates our Code Marriage Licenses of Ethics or engages in im-i Willie Drnwr Ggnn If ind Janet proper professional conduct is Perkins 22 and Blit he Sflid it is CSSen-j aid rfaplt Hlitine Jnvce ftotMVeinhcrg 22 ind Anngjtial to mOVC Swiftly tO (foal On the Record Births uncon- strange ventriloquist who shute up fas Ut Smithi timing talkative editor of the Knoxville Jour- Hoyt and Joan Shawlee are the unhappy couple (Repeat) Mystery WMCT has a sci-ence fiction tale "The 13th which has never been shown on television before It is a gloomy maddening story of an astronaut who disappears in space only to return to earth with some strange habits David Opathshu Alex Viespi Karl Held and Jeremy Slate head the nal has filed a petition with the court to intervene on the side of Atkins County Court squires voted to pay Heiskell 'and Chandler $25000 for their work half now and half when the case is concluded In its unusually long session AT BAPTIST HOSPITAL Mr u4 Mn Utllowiy Mr HA Billy Draa driving while ktoxicaled $200 fine DIVOBCES FILED CbteK Coart! Morvyo Prtreo Poyitaarr 42 Vi Jo-eph Caiey Poyiinaer 3S Carmen Jean Hatchett llam Reeve Hatchett 40 Nadine Walker Burrow Aubrey Wayne Burrow 7f Oiarlei Roy Dai etja Davie 22 in Ji Bet ly Ann Jenea Richard inn If SHINDLKR JL 744Frayitr Drivt "rfr'S: ft tILhon? Buffiam Tenn a boy ily If Wnt Mrmuhii a boy David Lawrence Kichi 1 yesterday the County tj also named the accounting! Jfirm of Frazee Thomas ate as county auditor for 1965-66 The Court also continued the present county property tax rate of $221 per $100 of assessed value APPROPRIATIONS -1 AU43M 8idnty a boy it 'SlfilP'farii Of Cecilia Drive a hoy k' Tyronia Ark Xnlahiwoy Mo a 11:18 am July 20 Minister of Education made this hold statement of an ambitious program in 19S8 In Mexico where lumber is scarce and trees are protected with stringent modem forestry programs the statement has even more meaning And Mexico has put that meaning into action Our modem neighbor spends a quarter of its national budget on education Mexico is in the middle of a program to build 39000 new classrooms and train 67000 new teachers by 1970 and well ahead of schedule From 3000 years of civilized traditions Mexico has built a strong present and teaching the youngsters how to build a strong future Knowledge of our modem neighbor is important in world Add to your knowledge send for the free booklet Box 1900 New York 10019 iKerlM Smart 24 and Beta With SUCh a problem if it Jgnelle ind Ny Roger arises AT METHODIST HOSPITAL To Mr end 1S11 Gaither a boy if MUIbraoch Road Aik a Branch Wayeriy a Whitehead 17 ind Mtr-MimrtqjedeU niton 32 and Clara is the duty of our profession to police our own ranks in order to protect the public against an unscrupulous Hullabaloo WMCT (Color) gives Michael Landon Joe of Bonanza a chance to swing and sing tunes like a Long Time Man Feel and "Moonshine It is a nimble noisy session with Ian and Sylvia Dionne Warwick Linda Bennett Peter and Gordon the Vibrations Joe Brown and His Browers and the Headhunters (Repeat) Doctors and Nurses WREC-TV "A Couple of Dozen Tiny Pills" on "The Doctors and is an overdrawn affair concerning a neglected wife who turns to thoughts of suicide when her husband goes on a hanky-panky spree Pure soap opera from start to finish it does have some good performances by Lee Grant and Douglas Watson in the leads (Repeat) Hie Fugitive WHBQ-TV for a stars Janis Paige as a singer with emotional and physical problems According to the script she looks like David dead wife Viewers with long memories will remember when the wife appeared in a show last year she was played by Dianne Brewster to whom Miss Paige bears no resemblance (Repeat) CruU Lynne Hury Tf Jimeg Ronnle Bym gam-at Ray Sneed If and Gina Black Jamra Kenneth Glav II and Brenda iSf DeOraote 72 and Jr 2f and and Maty and Jeaaie erd Roland IS and Glen lr' SS and Zeb imeg uguiea 21 and It and Sandra Jewood Bryant If and Sheta MaAiin JnSuSk The County Court approved number of appropriations including: $608625 for the County Conservation Board $8981000 for the County Commission $2919000 for county roads and bridges JOBS FILLED The Court made the following appointments: A McCalla of near Millington to the conservation AT ST JOSEPH HOSPITAL Ta Mr and Riae- jHI Monaco a bey jfl Huelwood a girl djot Helena Road a jrrywa Given boy at In the Courts CRIMINAL COUBTS GUILTY PLEASl Henry sffir drhrlnawhlta bitakb UN (laa and It (ADVERTISEMENT) Worry of FALSE TEETH Slipping or Irritating? 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