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Richmond Times-Dispatch Wed- May 1967 C-1S WcdncsiLv a I TV Net Makes Bow With 2-Hour Show 9 9 a Tubmans Run in Lil)eria i MONROVIA Liberia By Jack Gould iand much brisker pace are the like eight hours of Interconnect or even two thirds for new- president William Tubman ran New York Times Service immediate needs jtion but apparently it is not pos- comers to the field could makeunopposed Tuesday tor election NEW YORK In the eco But the advent of the United ble for both to pool their a vast difference to his sixth term His son Wil- strength and perhaps add the forwanj progress be it Bill Earn Jr ran for the senate independent sports network to Dana monologue from! die group to lower their over- Us Vegassor McGeore Bundy nea1 'extolling Cicero in Harvard It is not hard to understand yard die reluctance of which' BARKSDALE THEATRE TEIMESSfE WILLIAMS TONIGHT ERIN FARLEY and THE OVATIONS nomics of the 1960s the crea- Network is not to be lightly dis-tion of a new network is missed because Treyz at least news in itself The United Net-1 has gone further with the idea work made its bow Monday a new chain than any other night with Bill twohour(entrepreneur and necessarily variety offering that can be had to begin with a box-office slipped into the schedules of af- attraction to lay the ground-filiated stations at their con-jwork for other endeavors venience Whether a fourth commercial Under the guidance of Oliver network can gain a foothold is OF THE Each Wad thru Sat AIC Oa Pfcaa 790-6547 I I paMa mu Mm fMMjaaaw pOOJ lopteMilf important in a medium now so dearly dominated by the big three HIGH SCHOOL AT HOMI Quality conaipandnnco court tine 1197 Naw fait Study fuidai If yaa left 'school to toon writ tor FREE BULLETIN IHDICM SCI00L IICIMONI OFFICE IN laoiMwaad RMaa Stake it Vo twf does have to think of its stock-' holders to introduce what might be called a party line network Further the principle of discount for extensive use is fairly rooted in the American economy But somewhere there I would seem a bona fide public issue that a beginning network! whether commercial or noncom- mercial should not be asked to buy more facilities than it can use or failing that not allowed to recruit other entities that might share in payment of a minimum fee Cutting network line charges by a half HOMEOWNERS WE PROVIDE SECOND MORTGAGE FINANCING FOR ANY WORTHWHILE PURPOSE AT STATE REGULATED-BANK RATES TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE In this connection the United Network raises a point of vital public concern Here is a free enterprise venture which at the moment only needs two hours a day five days a week of interconnected network fadlides Yet under the tariffs of the American Telephone and Telegraph Company the United Network finds itself committed to a sum for which the other commercial chains receive interconnection eight hours a day seven days a week But the rules specify that the United Network cannot sublease its unused hours to such a deserving venture for example! as educational television By a pooling of their resources both commercial and noncommercial TV in this instance might! achieve major savings and materially advance the cause of greater diversity on the home screen Neither the United Network nor educational television at this juncture needs anything We Urge Comparison Consumer Finance Division Cameron-Brown Co DINE DANCE AT THE TONIGHT JAMAICA MIGHT TWO BIG BANDS PAUSADES 1st Appearance Richmond aad DEADBEATS Adm $150 till kffmm Bnli Hwy 27S-I4AS MEMBER Treyz former president of American Broadcasting TV network the United chain came into being against assorted financial odds and its growth beyond two hours a night still is not planned until next fall How program fares in the interim could have an important bearing on future prospects for the hookup of 125 stations Las Vegas Show The Dana program originates in Las Vegas and contains a strong element of promotion for the gambling capital The anticipation of coast-to-coast exposure prompted most of the Las Vegas hotels to cooperate in making their artists available to the United Network two hours is not intended obviously to be bracketed with Johnny Carson Joey Bishop and Merv Griffin He is a stand-up master of ceremonies and his chief function is to introduce a succession of performers some of whom make the trek to his stage while others are taped in the course of their performances at adjacent hostelries I The debut was thin and strained a sas sorted celebrities came and left with great rapidity and lack of a commanding personality did not very effectively bridge the lapses inherent in the format To come up with 10 hours of variety a week is a staggering assignment that will require far more imagination preparation and probably greater financial expenditure than was evident in the premiere There were names galore but the whole had the stamp of somewhat old-fashioned vaudeville Giving the show a stronger character is clearly going to take time More incisive routining of the action MVWV4- CHARLES BICE Manager MISS FULCHER Secretary FITZHUGH PLAZA BUILDING 490A FITZHUGH AYE IN WILLOW LAWN 359-3546 VIRGINIA MUSEUM THEATRE uaiHs StadMtiiuaiui For ReterveHea Phene Sea Office Ml Mill Sat U1 Alw Miller A Rhiedt and Thalhhnen top television shows as previewed and selected by TV staff of experts who watch screenings attend rehearsals and analyze scripts in New York did Hollywood In (repeat) The planet inhabited by the Robin-sonl family and Dr Smith is rocjced by earthquakes in this adventure Though it turns out a prospector is causing all the ruckus the space family decides to blast off for a new land and their preparations that will intrigue the youngsters (color) 7:30 pm CBS mm Curse of (repeat) One of the bet-teuvillains of the series turns up- a demented scholar who King Tut destined to rule Gotham City Jerry Sioitton's Jeaked moiraey a sieve RADIO-AM warn (9ioCBS) Devotions Cobb Newt Sound Woman1 Pooe Service Betebeli 10:00 Arthur Godfrey Banter 11:00 Home Parly 4:35 Cronklt 11:30 Dlmenelen 1:00 Newt: an Health Nlahtbeat 11:00 Newt Neva 11:30 Tony Spot 10:35 Dance Bondi 1:30 Betty Fumes 11:11 Nlqhf Watch 1:30 Kirby's Comer 1:00 Sign Off 1:00 Newii Ed WRVA (1740-NBC) 5:30 News Auroo 7:00 Nests 7:15 Aaroe 0:00 News i-ic Aurae 10:00 Music Room) Newt 12:00 Newt Bradley 1:00 Open for Opinion 4:30 Brinkley: Contact 4:15 Sports 7:00 Newt Gaslight Music Roam 10:00 Nows 10:30 Back to Bible 11:00 News 11:30 Bible 12:00 Music Victor Buono plays Tut with nice elegant flair and assisted by his moll Nefertitti lady with bracelets that been tricky weapons A color-fr episode capped by a grand flying-into-space ending (color) 7:30 pm ABC "Green (repeat) A bit of romance with appropriate chuckles replaces the usual farm fare as flashbacks show dashing flier Eddie Albert meeting Hungarian Eva Gabor during World War II Despite telltale wrinkles the two carry off their first meeting 23 years earlier in a jaunty manner and all their series fans really care about (color) I pm CBS "Danny Thomas "The Road to -(repeat) Thanks to an irreverent script that has Danny Thomas and Bing Crosby being held prisoner by relatives in Lebanon the show has lots of laughs Crosby and Thomas sing as well as joke sexy Clau-dine Auger dances Sheldon Leonard appears as a storyteller and Bob Hope turns up in time to' rescue his pals The cast is dandy but the script by the Dyke writers sparks the show (color) pm NBC "Wednesday Night (1961) (repeat) A superb drama and an incisive story about a pool shark whose drive and ambition to be number one causes tragedy in his personal life Paul Newman is excellent in the role and there's a brilliant portrait of a veteran pool champ played by Jackie Gleason Newman and Gleason are given outstanding support by Piper Laurie and George Scott and writer-director Robert Rossen captures the seamy atmosphere to perfection I pm ABC "Danny (repeat) Ella Fitzgerald headlines the hour singing oldies like "Body and and harmonizing with Danny and guest Buddy Greco Buddy also sings Sergio Mendes and his Brasil 68 return for bossa nova tunes and Danny narrates a fairy tale and plays an old man wooing a young lady in a comedy segment (color) 10 pm CBS WLEE (1480-MBS) Hall ef Hite 7:00 Newt 7: IS Music Alter Hour Barksdale Gets Rights To Comedies Barksdale 1 Theater has announced two recent hit comedies that will follow the cup rectly playing Night of the in June July and Au-gust The rights to in the Park" have been given to Barksdale by the New York publishing firm and been put into the Hanover Tavern schedule fortnid July This is one of the alFtime comedy hits of recent years and just closed its record-breaking Broadway run a few weeks ago Beginning June 8 Barksdale will offer the spicy hit "The Owl and the the rollicking tale of two odd-balls who finally come back to the reality of life through their stormy relationship to each other Night of the Iguana" directed by Jay Lundy and featuring Burt Edwards Marjorie Arenstein and Lala Rolfe in the top roles will continue at Hanover Tavern Wednesdays through Saturdays through June 3 4:004:30 New Music 4:304:00 Hudson Mailbox 12:00 Ladles Hall ef Hits 4:00 Suppertime 12:00 Music 5:00 Grand Ole Opry WTVR (1380-ABC) 4:00 Paul Harvey 4:15 Reverie 4 30 Alex Orlar 7:00 Ed Morgan 7:15 Schankel 7:30 World 1:00 New: Holt 10:00 Neva 10:25 Snerti 11:00 News 12:00 Holiday Night WIVE (1410) WANT fft) WROM (1540) 5:45 Agriculture 4:15 Bill Mete 7:00 News Sports 10:00 Breakfast Club 11:05 Steve ScNff 12:00 Paul Harvey 1:00 New 2:00 Steve Schlff 3:00 News: Mills 12S Sleek WXGI (Ml WEET (1321 RAD10-FM WRVA (M5) 5:30 am te 7:10 pm Same at AM 7:00 P-m ta 12:30 Country Music WTVR (N1) Papular Favorite bAnlAiJ 1:15 Sound Stone: 12:00 Adventure In Good Listening 4:15 Candlelight and WMVIIMT) 10 Srn 4 ajri te 1 am4 lassies music in wifcrvs 4:00 pm to 11:10 pm Clastic dinner music lecturts devotion Until The Man from State-Planters "sealed it up with a Home Improvement 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