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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 29, 1963
Page
5
United Press International reports Jerry Lewis hit a 40 million dollar jackpot and has a five year contract with an American TV network worth 400 million dollars. The deal pays 200 thousand dollars per week for 40 weeks each year, with Lewis covering production costs.
Prime time features include Faraway Look and Whacko! plus Kindergarten Playtime with The Three Bears. Afternoon cricket from Sydney and a Pride and Prejudice BBC adaptation lead into Why Is It So and Elsa the Lioness. Celebrity recital at 9:40, then fourth test coverage and a musical encore.
David Attenborough introduces Elsa the Lioness in a BBC film for ABC tonight at 4.30. Elsa rose to fame in Born Free and Living Free by Joy Adamson, wife of game warden George Adamson.
The page lists a TV lineup with Dennis the Menace at a 7.4 slot where the Wilsones invite Dennis to be ring bearer for their niece’s wedding at home. Other items include Red Skelton with Janis Paige, Perry Mason case, and historical segments like Today in Canberra and Air Power to close the schedule.
The High Commissioner for Pakistan Mr K M Kaiser will be interviewed tonight on channel C1C-7 by Ken Canham in the Teeday oon Canberra series. He will discuss relations between India and Pakistan the Kashmir problem and the border dispute with China.
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