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Newspaper

Decatur Daily

Location

Decatur, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1968

Page

28

Sing For Dimes Salute on WMSL TV Remembers March of Dimes

A 30th anniversary salute titled The Song is You airs on Channel 23 Saturday at 2 30 p m. Tony Curtis Trini Lopez Michele Lee and the Doodletown Pipers perform with ASCAP produced segments featuring writers introducing classics including Johnny Mercer performing Accentuate the Positive.

Wmsl-Tv Tony Curtis Trini Lopez Michele Lee The Doodletown Pipers Pic American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers ASCAP Johnny Mercer

Steiger Reflects On The Sergeant Film And Sidney Poitier

In a candid interview Paul Steiger discusses The Sergeant set near Paris in 1952. He portrays a WWII veteran who develops a romance with a French girl and confronts loneliness and fear of societal judgement. He defends the character against accusations of homosexuality.

Gillespie Sidney Poitier Philadelphia Mississippi Steiger Poitier Caesar Sidney Hemingway Paris Dennis Murphy France

ABC Sets Daytime Series This Morning With Dick Cavett

ABC announces This Morning a 90 minute daytime series hosted by Dick Cavett. The program targets the young housewife 1968 style featuring color broadcasts from New York weekdays 9 30 to 11 00 a m. It emphasizes topical events and comedy and aims to inform entertain and involve viewers with a different major name guest each day.

ABC Television Network Dick Cavett Edwin Vane ABC New York Cavett Woody Fraser NBC Mike Douglas Willie Vane Gibbon Toy League Yale Jack Paar Johnny Carson iGroucho Marx Jerry Lewis Merv Griffin

Decatur Radio Expands News Talking Up Local Coverage

Radio critic Ray Martin notes WHOS and WORM-FM joining two networks, improving local news by adding network affiliations. He cites WMSL as the sole Mutual affiliate and urges stations to hire full time news staff to better cover Decatur.

Ray Martin Decatur WHOS Worm-Fm American Broadcasting Company Welcome News WMSL Mutual Washington

The National Smoking Test air date on CBS

CBS plans a Tuesday 9 PM program explaining why people smoke and offering quitting tips. Reported figures include tar and nicotine totals from smoking and a Birmingham company bonus program cutting smoking among employees. CBS News correspondents Mike Wallace and Joseph Benti contribute.

CBS Birmingham George Zenger CBS News Mike Wallace Joseph Benti

Memorial notice and lost pets in Hartselle

Personal IAA on Ay on Thursday and Saturday at 8 p m expresses appreciation for support after the burial of Spt Danny Louis Johnson who was killed in Viet Nam December 30 Mr and Mrs J W Johnson and family also note losses and thanks. Lost dogs include a silver female poodle in Hartselle and a black male dachshund near Clearview St S W with a red collar. rewards offered.

Danny Louis Johnson Viet- Nam Clearview St. S.W

Gannon Star Willie Little Sky Leads Colorful Tour of Native Cast

Willie Little Sky, a Navajo interpreter turned actor, discusses universal film A Man Called Gannon with Tony Franciosa and Michael Sarrazin. Cavett and group prep audience appeal while production aims authenticity amid questions of translation and performance.

Willie Little Sky Universal Gannon Tony Franciosa Michael Sarrazin

TV Special Teases New Friday Series Opera: tion Entertainment

A second special announces a guest host role on ABC-TV for a Friday evening program titled Opera: tion Entertainment. The piece mentions a date of January 19 but offers few explicit details beyond the format and network involvement.

Abc-Tv Opera Entertainment

Ambulance Rushes John McIntire Between Gigs in NYC

John McIntire, guest star on NBC TV The Virginian, recalls using an ambulance to speed across town in New York City. He was due at a Radio City serial and a Cavalcade of America schedule after an early 44th Street Theatre appearance, noting even ambulances struggle in heavy traffic.

John McIntire Nbc-Tv New York City Radio City Cavalcade of America 44Th Street New York

High Volume Repeat Product Plus Low Costs Openings

Meredith Lott advertises guitar student openings and offers tutoring in French by a qualified instructor. Contact numbers are 355-1472 for guitar tutoring and 355-1168 for French tutoring.

Meredith Lott

J H Standridge Cleaning Septic Tanks Ad

J H Standridge offers cleaning septic tanks and grease traps. Cal 353 0451. Glenn Drilling Co provides well drilling for residential or commercial, with contact 353 1216.

J. H. Standridge Timates Glenn Drilling CO

Roof Covering Guarantees Life Wrapping Up Over Time

A roofing firm offers liquid roof coating that colors the roof every five years and provides a lifetime guarantee. Payment is by the year. Contact Bill Oakley at 353-2803 or Rural Land Surveying at 353-9418.

Bill Oakley

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