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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
8
If the Apollo 15 flight remains on schedule a splashdown is expected at 4 46 p m Saturday. NBC and ABC plan 4 to 6 p m coverage while CBS airs 4 30 to 6 30 p m. Additional reports may pre empt or interrupt other programs.
A dense listing shows a Saturday broadcast slate including programs like The Tom Foolery Show, Tennessee Tuxedo, The Bugaloos, The Jetsons, NBC Baseball games, Roller Derby, Wrestling, and family comedies. The schedule features multiple time slots and channel groupings with varied children’s and adult programming.
Program grid detailing shows across multiple networks with times and stations, including WSAZ NBC Huntington WLWC NBC Columbus WTVN ABC Columbus WCHS CBS Charleston and others. Notes the Messenger not responsible for errors and that times are Eastern Daylight.
TV schedule lists films and stars for Friday evening including Fast and Sexy with Gina Lollobrigida and Dole Robertson. Term of Trial with Laurence Olivier and Simone Signoret. Anne Lucaste with Sammy Davis Jr. and Eartha Kitt. Last Man on Earth with Vincent Price. Monster That Challenged the World with Tim Holt. American Guerrilla in the Philippines with Tyrone Power. We're Not Married with Ginger Rogers. X From Outer Space. Touch of Evil with Orson Welles. El Alamein with Scott Brady. Money Women and Guns and Tarantula. Two Lost Worlds. Fire Maidens From Outer Space. The Children's Hour. Billy Budd with Robert Ryan and Peter Ustinov.
NBC documentary Cancer is the Net Frontier examines current cancer research with optimism. Four eminent researchers in chemotherapy virology radiotherapy and administration discuss work via a radio link up and highlight projects at American labs. Sander Vanocur and Jack Perkins report.
Richard Kiley delivers a strong performance as a Ralph Nader like consumer advocate in The Name of the Game. The script earns praise for its sharp focus on consumer rights and public accountability.
TV coverage plans for the Apollo 15 Pacific splashdown with ABC NBC and CBS telecasting the event. Evening and late night schedule include Wide World of Sports features on motorsports and an ensemble of film and series repeats such as Murder in the First and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
The program runs from 8:30 to 9:30 p m with another hour of made in England music. Val Doonican welcomes Anita Harris and Ray Stevens as guests. Stevens performs his own numbers and Harris appears.
The Ohio Valley Summer Theatre presents The Queen and the Rebels set in a Central European country earlier this century. Kristina Wagner as Argia and Michele Frankenberg as Elizabetta receive strong notices for moving performances amid a tale of mistaken identities and political danger. The production runs through August 8 with tickets from the Ohio University box office.
London AP reports actress Elizabeth Taylor has become a grandmother as Mrs. Michael Wilding Jr. gave birth to a 6 pound 2 ounce girl. Wilding 18 described the birth as quick and easy for his 19 year old wife Beth. Taylor and husband Richard Burton are cruising the Mediterranean aboard the Kalizma.
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