Banner Graphic, Volume 16, Number 229, Greencastle, Putnam County, 6 May 1986 — Page 4

The Putnam County Banner Graphic, May 6,1986

People in the news Liz Taylor wins achievement honor

NEW YORK (AP) A packed Avery Fisher Hall exploded into applause Monday night as Elizabeth Taylor arrived at her box seat to accept a lifetime achievement award for her work in dozens of films. “In an era that seems in the main to devour its heroes ... it is wondrous and remarkable to note the fact that Elizabeth Taylor’s stardom has spanned four decades,” Roddy McDowell, one of her earliest co-stars, told the audience. “She will always survive the shifting passages of time,” said McDowell. “She is one of national treasures, an artist, and for me, a friend to be treasured always.” Miss Taylor, 54, wearing a grey, white and black silk organza gown, waved to a crowd packed with friends and fans and a stageful of photographers and reporters prior to accepting the Special Achievement Award from the Film Society of Lincoln Center. She viewed with the audience clips from 50 of her films, among them her early pictures: “There’s One Born Every Minute” (1942), “Lassie Come Home” (1943), and “National Velvet” (1944). The clips included the famous hair-cutting scene from “National Velvet” with Mickey Rooney and a romantic scene with Montgomery Clift that sent the audience into another spasm of applause. Margaret O’Brien and Jane Powell, two other early costars, reminisced from the stage about their years together as child actresses attending school on a movie studio lot. Miss Powell, a Taylor co-star in “A Date With Judy” (1948), brought down the house by telling the audience, “Elizabeth was a bridesmaid at my first wedding, and I was a bridesmaid at her first wedding. I’m so glad we stopped this bridesmaid stuff. It could get to be a full-time job.” Miss Taylor has been married seven times, including twice to Richard Burton and once to each to Michael Todd and Eddie Fisher. Luminaries attending the tribute included Miss Taylor’s escort, George Hamilton; her mother, Sara Taylor; directors Mike Nichols and Joseph Mankiewicz; and actesses Maureen Stapleton and Lillian Gish. Winners of the award, which has been given since 1972, include Charlie Chaplin; directors Alfred Hitchcock, John Huston, Billy Wilder and Federico Fellini; Bob Hope and actress Claudette Colbert. NEW YORK (AP) Former school headmistress Jean Harris, imprisoned for the slaying of Scarsdale Diet developer Dr. Herman Tarnower, says she’s sorry she didn’t plead innocent by reason of extreme emotional disturbance. Mrs. Harris told the Independent Network News she blamed her lawyers for advising her to plead innocent. "I was told by my lawyers that to plead extreme emotional disturbance I must say I murdered Hy,“she said. “I didn’t murder Hy and nothing in the world would induce me to say it. I’ve since been told that wasn’t true at all. I didn’t have to say I’d murdered someone.” She also said her emotional disturbance was caused by a 10-year addiction to amphetamines prescribed by Tarnower. INN interviewed Mrs. Harris, 63, at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County.

Today's TV programming

6:00 Q 03 CD NEWS (D YOU CAN’T DO THAT Q DIFF’RENT STROKES O ABC NEWS g O CBS NEWS ® BARNEY MILLER © MACNEIL / LEHRER CD THE ROPERS CD 700 CLUB © STAR TREK 6:30 0 CD WHEEL OF FORTUNE (3) DANGER MOUSE O THREE'S COMPANY O ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT Interview with Richard Pryor. O $1,000,000 CHANCE OF A LIFETIME © NEWLYWED GAME © TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 7:00 0 © A-TEAM O MOVIE **'2 "Thief 1 (1981, Drama) James Caan, Tuesday Weld. (2 hrs.) 0 © WHO’S THE BOSS? ® MOVIh *** "Racing With The Moon 1 ' (1984, Romance) Sean Penn, Elizabeth McGovern. (1 hr., 46 min.) O © MORNINGSTAR / EVENINGSTAR A high-school sweetheart sweeps Kathy off her feet: Martin brags about a date with Amy (1 hr.) ® MOVIE *** "El Dorado" ( 1967, Western) John Wayne, Robert Mitchum. (2 hrs., 30 min.) © NOVA © LESTER SUMRALL TEACHING ffl TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT 7:30 Q QD GROWING PAINS Maggie and Jason try to make important career decisions Q 3 TAXI

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8:00 O © HUNTER A prizefighter, framed for the murder of his manager, is released from prison. In stereo. (1 hr.) 0 © NORTH AND SOUTH: BOOK II Billy and Charles meet at the Battle of Antietam; Isabel forges George's name to make it appear that he’s responsible for the defective cannons: Madeline calls upon a family friend to protect the Main family from scandal. Olivia de Havilland and James Stewart guest star. (Part 3 of 6) q (2 hrs.) 0 © MICKEY SPILLANE’S MIKE HAMMER Hammer's reunited with a former love only to discover she may be involved in a blackmail scheme. (R)(1 hr.) © FRONTLINE © MOVIE **** “M'A’S'H" (1970, Comedy) Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould. (2 hrs., 30 min.) 9:00 0 © STINGRAY Stingray attempts to find the madman who stole a mutated strain of smallpox virus. In stereo. (1 hr.) ONEWS ® PAPER CHASE The law students prepare for their time in the spotlight as the annual Law School Follies draw near. O © EQUALIZER A computer technician stumbles onto a government blackmailing scheme. (R)(1 hr.) © COURAGE TO CARE © MANNA FOR MODERN MAN 9:30 ® NEWS © REUNION 10:00 000© © NEWS O SANFORD AND SON ® TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBREAKERS © BUSINESS REPORT © THREE’S COMPANY

By Bil Keane

roddy mcdowell, Elizabeth taylor Early co-stars have remained friends

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) “An Early Frost,” an NBC television movie about a victim of AIDS, and “The Tonight Show’ host Johnny Carson were among the 27 winners of the 1985 George Foster Peabody Awards announced today. Also honored for distinguished broadcast programming were “Live Aid” concert organizer Bob Geldof and “Do You Remember Love?” a CBS movie about a college professor and poet afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease. The Peabody awards, administered by the University of Georgia School of Journalism and Mass Communications, will be presented Wednesday in New York. The Peabody judges said Carson’s “Tonight” show for nearly 25 years has “entertained and amused American television viewers as no other program has.” “An Early Frost” was “an honest and tender drama,” the judges said. Geldof, a British rock musician who organized the “Live Aid” concerts broadcast from Philadelphia and London to fund hunger relief, was cited for “his personal commitment to helping alleviate hunger throughout the world.” In other awards, CBS News won for “The Number Man Bach at Three Hundred,” about composer Johann Bach, and for “Whose America Is It,” about conflicts created by immigration. Public TV’s “McNeil-Lehrer News Hour” won for an examination of life in South Africa titled “Apartheid’s People.” Another public television news program, “Frontline,” was honored for the four-part series, “Crisis in Cent al America.” » WINCHESTER, Tenn. (AP) Entertainer Dinah Shore says she’ll never forget the support hometown folks gave her budding singing career when she was growing up here. Miss Shore returned home last weekend as guest of honor as part of the state’s Homecoming 'B6 project, a yearlong celebration of Tennessee’s heritage proclaimed by Gov. Lamar Alexander. She said she remembers sitting on the counter of her father’s store in town and being asked by customers to sing. “Like the old Western song, I don’t remember a discouraging word,” she said. Because of the support, she named her production company “Winchester.”

© PRAISE THE LORD 10:30 O © TONIGHT Host: Johnny Carson. O JEFFERSONS O BARNEY MILLER 0 HOGAN'S HEROES ® TRAPPER JOHN, M.D. © SIMON & SIMON Rick and A.J contend with a smuggler who uses celebrity lookalikes as a cover for his underhanded dealings. (R)(1 hr. 10 min.) © MACNEIL / LEHRER NEWSHOUR © NIGHTLINE © MATT HOUSTON 11:00 O HAWAII FIVE-0 O POLICE WOMAN ® MOVIE ** V? "The Ratings Game" (1984, Comedy) Danny De Vito, Rhea Pertman (2 hrs.) 0 SIMON & SIMON © MOVIE ***'2 "The Petrified Forest" (1936, Drama) Leslie Howard. Bette Davis (1 hr., 30 min.) © PRAISE THE LORD 11:30 O © LATE NIGHT WITH DAVID LETTERMAN Scheduled: Tony Bennett. ® MOVIE *** "The Long Ships” (1964, Adventure) Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier (2 hrs., 30 min.) © THIS OLD HOUSE © HONEYMOONERS 11:40 © MOVIE *** "The Five Of Me (1981, Drama) David Birney, Dee Wallace. (1 hr.. 20 min.) 12:00 O MOVIE **'/2 "The Saint And The Brave Goose" (1981. Adventure) lan Ogilvy, Gayle Hunnicut.(2 hrs.) O NIGHTLINE

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© BENNY HILL 12:10 0 MOVIE ** "Thin Ice” (1981, Drama) Kate Jackson, Gerard Prendergast. (1 hr., 20 min.) 12:30 0 © NEWS O ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT Interview with Richard Pryor. © JIMMY SWAGGART ©COMEDY TONIGHT 1:00 O © NEWS ® MOVIE * "Honey" (1980, Drama) Clio Goldsmith, Fernando Rey (1 hr, 23 min.) © JIMMY SWAGGART © CAROL BURNETT 1:30 0 PRICE IS RIGHT © PAUL YONGGI CHO © IN SEARCH 0F... 2:00 O MOVIE * *!4 "Funeral In Berlin" (1967, Suspense) Michael Caine, Oscar Homolka. (2 hrs) ' 0 NIGHTWATCH ® COMEDY BREAK © JAMES KENNEDY 2:30 ® MOVIE *** "All Of Me" (1984, Comedy) Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin. (1 hr., 33 min ) ® INDEPENDENT NEWS 3:00 ® MOVIE **Vr "Under The Yum Yum Tree" (1963, Comedy) Jack Lemmon, Carol Lynley. (2 hrs., 30 min.) © LESTER SUMRALL TEACHING 3*30 © RENEWED MIND 4:00 O MOVIE **'4 "John Goldfarb, Please Come Home" (1965, Comedy) Peter Ustinov.

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