The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 13 September 1966 — Page 8

8 Tha Daily Bannar, Graancastla, Indiana Tuesday, Sap* ^.tiber 13, 1966

New TV Shows Are Reviewed In Openings By UPI Writer

By RICK DU BROW HOLLYWOOD UPI—The latest attempt to dislodge television’s top-rated “Bonanza” show is Garry Moore’s new CBS-TV comeback series^which had its premiere opposite the longrunning western hour Sunday night. Last season, even “Perry Mason” was swamped in the ratings by “Bonanza,” and it is difficult to image Mr. Moore’s program doing much better. That wouldn’t be so bad if the new show were exciting, provocative, well done or otherwise worth going to bat for. Unhappily, none of these descriptions apply to the premiere hour, which at times seemed roughly the quality of a high school review in which a middle-aged principal imposed his attitude, however benign, on his young

cast.

I bring up this sort of com parison because, aside from some of the embarrassingly poor material, which can always be* improved in the future, the chief underlying difficulty seemed to be that Mr. Moore and his aide, Durward Kirby, appeared generations distant from the younger comedy regulars they presented. And since Mr. Moore, however benign, is the star, it is his tone that must prevail. His comedians seemed generally confined by this, with a few moments of breakthrough. As for Mr. Kirby, his appeal mystifies me, but I once knew a maiden aunt who thought he was the cat’s meow. The notion of Mr. Moore’s series is commendable, being an attempt — like the old Fred Allen and Steve Allen shows — to set up a group of house comedians whose wares are offered regularly. It is difficult to judge the talents on the opener, since the material was so lackluster. One of the comedians, however, was the very funny Jackie Vernon, and even he seemed too often the victim of strained lines. Nobody, however, had worse material than Mr. Moore himself, unless it was a lady named Christine Nelson who sang a song called “Marvin,” which was supposed to be a funny number about a child, and was quite awful. A more pleasant premiere Sunday night was NBC-TV’s half-hour “Hey Landlord!”, a situation comedy about a young midwesterner who gets involved with the tenants of a New York brownstone he inherits and manages. Will Hutchins is the landlord of the title, and Sandy Baron portrays his New Yorker roommate, and they are an appealing pair as they seek, with distractions, to find their places

in the world.

The producers of the series. Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, are another couple of writers who indicate they learned a good deal from their assignments on the Dick Van Dyke show. Last week, two other former Van Dyke writers, Bill Persky and San Denoff, presented their hopeful new series, “That Girl,” starring Mario Thomas. Danny’s daughter. And yet another Van Dyke graduate. Jerry Paris, will be the chief director of “Hey Landlord!”

In the opening episode, Hutch-. offered the debut of “Shane,” ins tracked down a beautiful an hour entry based on the model whose picture on a poster great western movie. The series,

had smitten him, only to discover she was rather a hard young lady. Michael Constantine, by the way, was very good

as a photographer, who, when give the

slipped a dollar by Baron in ex- time, change for the girl’s address, A j so replied: “What’s that — your aire( j

allowance ?”

Another new comedy series Sunday night was CBS-TV’s half-hour “It’s About Time,” dealing with two astronauts who crack the time barrier and land back in the caveman era. The reigning philosophy, of course, is television’s usual one: Stupid people are smarter than intelligent ones. On Saturday night, ABC-TV

however resembles the film in name only. It is a frontier potboiler, and naturally in the premiere the bad guys tried to

homesteaders a bad

on Saturday, NBC-TV an hour college-themed

musical revue that the network has said might be a future series, “Class of ’67.” It was a very spotty show. Best were host George Hamilton, who was surprisingly good, especially in a spoof of an oldtime football hero musical number; and Nancy Sinatra, who sang nicely “As Time Goes By” and was of all-

around help.

Has Solution

For U.S. Poverty WASHINGTON UPI—Econ-

At The Voncastle The Voncastle Theatre plays

one of the outstanding pictures of the year starting Wednesday. Richard Burton and Elizabeth

Taylor are the stars in “Who. - J omist John Kenneth Galbraith

AJ-aid of Virginia Woolf.” The picture deals with a col-

lege professor and his wife, a mismated and mismatched pair, who invite a new college colleague to his apartment for a

Monday called for a federally financed minimum personal income as "the one prompt and effective solution for poverty.” He said a guaranteed income would overcome a “major de-

welcome party. The party turns ; ^ ect ” * n American fiscal

Senate depends largely on GOP leader Everett M. Dirksen. Though he expressed hope for its passage, the Chief Executive conceded Monday that the measure had run into “some problems in the Senate that appear to be very serious.” Johnson made the assessment during an impromptu news conference in his White House office. “I would hope,” the President added, “that we could find some way to get his (Dirksen’s) support because I think whether it passes or fails will depend largely upon what the minority leader does about it.” A vote to cut off the filibuster is scheduled for late Wednesday afternoon, both sides expect it to fail. Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield is expected to drop the bill before the end of the week. Dirksen’s principal opposition is aimed at the provision calling for a partial ban on discrimination in the sale and rental of housing. But he also has called the two sections which would eliminate bias in the selection of federal and state juries

“bad.”

Other sections of the Housepassed bill would give the attorney general new power to initiate civil rights suits; strengthen federal laws protecting civil rights workers and Negroes; and provide criminal penalties for persons crossing state lines to incite riots.

foreign News Commentary

By K. C. THALER

LONDON UPI — Grudgingly j but realistically, Britons have begun to envisage the possibility

Those who consider the loose alignment a substitute for a lost empire which provides Britain with World-wide stature

of a collapse of the British Com-1 are trembling at the thought of monwealth. |its possible disintegration and

Seeks To Cut Rights Debate WASHINGTON UPI—Senate Democratic leader Mike Mansfield Monday filed a petition to cut off debate on the controversial “open housing’’ civil ! rights bill. A vote will come Wednesday. Before a vote can be taken, such a petition must be filed at least 48 hours in advance. Mansfield all but conceded there was little chance he would succeed in winning cloture, which requires two-thirds approval. Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen, whom Mansfield publicly admits holds the key to success or failure of the bill, said he still “could not support any bill as controversial as

this.”

BUSINESS

HIGHLIGHTS By United Press International WASHINGTON—The various agencies will have to do their borrowing through the Treasury the rest of this year instead of directly in the money market Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler said this should reduce upward pressure in interest rates i even if it increased the treas-

!ury’s borrowings.

OTTOWa — Finance Minister Mitchell Sharp warned Canadians of impending tax increases and said public spending will be cut sharply as an anti- inflation measure.

WASHINGTON — Total retail sales in August were up 1.5 per cent from July and almost 10 per cent from a year ago, the i Commerce Department reports.

want it averted, even at high cost. But others who consider the commonwealth a wholly inadequate empire-substitute are getting ready to accept its disappearance. The end of the commonwealth would be a pity, they argue, but by no means a disaster: it may even prove salutory to Britain’s problems in the long run. The issue was spotlighted by a commonwealth leaders conference in London and the rumblings that preceded it. The tensions within the commonwealth, which have been raised to a dangerous pitch by the Rhodesia crisis, have progressively weakened the eroding alignment. The links w-hich tied it more closely at its inception have been progressively loosened. Experts predict a further decay because of the increasing difficulty to satisfy the conflicting interests of all its members — white, Asian and African. Self-interest has been, in the view of close observers, one of the major criteria which has helped to hold it together so far. But this, they contend, is not enough to save it. Two influential voices have just offered persuasive arguments that the collapse of the one-time great institution would, in effect, not matter all that much: it might even help Britain. One of Britain's leading magazines, the Economist, contends

that in the past decade the commonwealth probably has done Britain more harm than good. It would be a great pity if it were lost, but “it is arguable that not very much would be lost now if the commonwealth were to disintegrate,” it said. The Economist holds that bilateral relations would not cease, in such event. Functional organizations would continue; valuable curiosities from cricket matches to the low commonwealth press rate could go on. A stronger argument still has come from the conservative Spectator which is close to some key members of the Conservative shadow cabinet. In its view Britain has everything to gain by allowing the commonwealth to break up. Britain would no longer be singled out for Afro-Asian abuse; it would not feel obliged to bribe recalcitrant members with open-ended offers of aid, or to break sterling’s back with a crippling system of international financial arrangements. Britain’s relations with the third world might even improve. The left wing New Statesman, on the other hand, considers the commonwealth still as an institution that continues to provide, “potentially at least,” a world role for Britain. Whatever the final outcome, British opinion is that the commonwealth, to survive, will have to change even considerably and adapt itself to a changing world and its varying needs.

out to be a classic brawl. The picture is a controversial masterpiece and limited to adults

system—the situation in which he said the federal government gets the larger income from

only. No one under 18 years of econom ic growth and cities get

age will be admitted. 016 P roblems -

Galbraith was speaker at the opening session of a three-day meeting of Urban America, a non-profit organization concerned with the problems of

cities.

, „ . ,. . . “We can easily afford a floor J. W. Earnshaw, prudent of t0 incom( , „ h( , ^ would

New Warranty For Ford Cars

King Morrison Foster Co., Greencastle today announced that all purchasers of 1967 model Ford cars and light trucks will receive a 24-month or 24.000- mile basic vehicle warranty along with a 5-year or 50.000- mile warranty on the power train components, which include the engine, transmission, drive line and rear axle. The new warranty, Mr. Eamshaw said, is the best the industry has to offer and will be an important factor in backing up the superior performance which customers have come to expect from Ford cars and

trucks.

The 24,000-mile warranty was pioneered by Ford Motor Company on the Lincoln Continental and was later extended to the entire vehicle line. “Extension of this warranty on the power train components for 1967,” Mr. Earnshaw said, “is possible because of continued progress toward quality and reliability goals that year after year have enabled Ford dealers to be the leader in providing products requiring less and less

maintenance.”

Terms of the new’ warranty provide that for 24 months or for 24,000 miles on the entire vehicle, whichever comes first, i and for 5 years or 50.000 miles 1 on the power train, whichever comes first, free replacement, including related labor, will be made by authorized dealers of any part with a defect in work-

manship or materials.

Tires and tubes are not cov- 1 ered by the warranty; appropriate adjustments will continue to be made by the tire people. Owmers will remain respon-! sible for normal power train and other maintenance operations, such as wheel, brake and | clutch adjustments and engine j tune-ups, and for routine replacement of such items as fil-! ters, spark plugs, ignition^ points, wiper blades, and brake and clutch linings. To maintain j the power train warranty protection the owner need only

Treasury Secretary Henry H. present evidence to a Ford deal- j Fowler reported that the high er and obtain his certification,

cost about $20 billion to bring everyone up to what the Department of Health, Education and Welfare considers & rea-

sonable minimum.”

Dirksen Blocks Open Housing WASHINGTON UPI—Presi-

dent Johnson has made it official—if there was ever any doubt—the fate of his “open housing” civil rights bill In the

Promise Cuts In Federal Spending WASHINGTON UPI _ Top administration spokesmen told a congressional committee Monday that stringent cuts in government spending would accompany President Johnson’s proposed anti-inflationary suspension of a special tax break for

business.

Appearing before the House Ways & Means Committee,

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cost of the Viet Nam w’ar had “cut ruthlessly” across other

federal planning.

Budget Director Charles L. Schultz disclosed that the President had issued an order today that overtime for all federal workers not involved in Viet Nam activities be chopped by 25

per cent.

Schultz noted in his testimony that in the first six months of the year such overtime had risen sharply. He said some of it—such as establishing Medicare and special Viet Nam projects—was necessary but the rest would undergo special

scrutiny.

The House group opened hearing on Johnson’s overall anti-inflation moves, including suspension for 16 months of the 7 per cent investment tax credit for business.

once every twelve months, that the minimum services required every six months or 6.000 miles have been performed. This means that the engine oil and oil filter have been replaced and the carburetor air cleaner and filter, crankcase oil filter breather cap, automatic transmi s s i o n front intermediate band, emission control system, lubricants and engine coolant have been serviced according to the recommended maintenance schedule of the vehicle in question. The new warranty covers both the original owner and subsequent owners during the specified mileage and time periods. Mr. Earnshaw said that his dealership w r ould introduce their new 1967 models to the public on Friday, September 30.

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