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MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. OREGON On Jthe Air By ELEANOR WIESE SUNDAY, MAY 27, 1962 No TV show this week or ior weeks to come can match the excitement and suspense of the flight of Aurora 7 to its harrowing climax which radio and television networks fallowed for nearly 10 hours last Thursday. - - However, another dramatic story of the age-old conflict between man and a phenom enon of nature will be shown today at 9 p.m. on KMED-TV when the Du Pont Show tells the story of the devastating sweep of Hurricane Carla, one of the greatest storms of the ceniury. Carla was born as a small patch of squalls in the West ern Caribbean on the Labor Day week end of 1961. As It moved to the Northwest, it gathered strength. It was at full height of its fury when it struck the Gulf Coast of Texas at 150 miles an hour. Before it died as a local storm in Greenland, it had taken 43 lives and in the Texas coastal area alone had caused dam age of more than one-half bil . lion dollars. In addition to U. S. Wea ther Bureau aerial rcconnais ance films following Carla's progress, the main events of "Hurricane!" take place in Galveston, the city battered by the storm for three days. Evacuation and rescue oper ations are shown as water swept over the 17-foot sea , wall into the city's streets. To make matters worse, three tornadoes - by-products of Carla - cut swaths of destruc. tion through the city. MEET THE PRESS, 5 p.m. Sunday, KMED-TV. Dr. Ed ward R. Annis, official spokes man for the American Medi cal association, will be Inter viewed. Dr. Annis has been in the forefront of the AMA's fight against President Ken nedy's medical care program under Social Security. TWENTIETH CENTURY, 5 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "D Day: Buildup" first of two part series on the Allied In vasion of Europe, covers peri od to pre-dawn hours on June 6, 1944, when 3,000 ships car rying more than a quarter of a million men were poised to strike the Nazi-occupied coast of France. 1, 2, 3, GO! 5:30 p.m. Sun day KMED-TV. A visit to Col onial Williamsburg, which has . been restored to its Revolu tionary War -appearance. ., , ULOBAL ZOUEL, p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "Joust of the Saracen," the spectacle of "Knights" jousting in Italy. . WALT DISNEY'S WORLD, 6:30 Sunday KMED-TV. "The Wetback Hound," Includes two dog stories. The first story, filmed in Quebec, stars Walter Pidgeon and an Irish setter. The second story stars a Mexican hound dog who en ters the U. S. illegally to try Its luck in America. ED SULLIVAN, 7 p.m. Sun day KBES-TV. Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris will offer tips to young baseball players. ConnieFraneis, Red Buttons, Wayne and Shuster, and Jackie Wilson also appear. . STARLIGHT CONCERT, 8 p.m. Sunday KBOY-FM radio. featured selections include Beethoven's "Violin Concerto in D" with violinist Jascha Heitfetz; Saint-Saens' "Sym phony in C Minor conducted by Arturo Toscanini; and pi anist Van Cliburn playing Chopin selections. HOLLYWOOD SPECIAL, 10:15 p.m. Sunday KBES-TV. "Man of the West" with Gary Cooper and Julie London. CHECKMATE, 7:30 p. m. Wednesday KBES-TV. "Por trait of a Man Running." Guest stars Ralph Bellamy and Chester Morris portray politicians embroiled In a tur bulent campaign. FIFTY FACES OF 'NT, 9 p.m. Wednesday KBES-TV. Political contests of special in terest and Importance in this offycar election and the dom inate issues are considered by CBS newsmen Eric Sevar rid, Walter Cronkitc, David Schocnbrun and Charles Col lingwood. DAVID BRINKLEY'S JOURNAL. 9:30 p.m. Wed nesday KMED-TV. Brinkley interviews the honor guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery and studies the way Americans spend their leisure time. DINAH SHORE SHOW, 8:30 p.m. Friday KMED-TV. Spe cial guest Robert Preston will sing "Trouble" from the "Mu sic Man." in which he starred on Broadway. Other guests are Rita Moreno and Vic Da-mone. WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS 2 p.m. Saturday KBES-TV. From Wembley Stadium In London professional soccer teams battle for th British championship. I2J ( ff fB 3 f F" Sm iO . O GO I ' . 1111 to j2 go5 C f S 3 JO V i- V 1 a ?55 si a 90 o o T5 79 1 3 15 w ' o a s rs S 2 2 ! "00 3 a s s 2 : :cifri: : g 5 3 s v S rf - i 5 !T m ' ft m m n GO GO GO mmt gC"' 35S ' J JjJ 22 p o p r m r 533 pa m r" go m co Esa m O iS " w g wn 00 1 ;. ,lrnl g 4 -3 lllJ CO u. H ? 2 2 r 1 ft O HI w r H g m O 13. a, EJpP fe.:i'..'rt'y-v..v'i!: ' '' J' 122) A 0 5 I 2 z Song I" c I- r f0 "S X yi ! ?i s CO H 0 o -Pi I z -a S : 3 ; ? r CO g MBHRMBMn c n . co m m H K m 11 ? O Tl ft w i r-;r- , Z w ' z my o tj n w 5 o z 73 ? m to (St s mm 09 H D n z - o m ui - A 5 " 0 in H o I o o 5 CD S 3 z a 2 0 r . : M CD CO CD 1 00 CO w 0 J23 Ok o s o in 1 o 11 m CD 5" m . C3 O 0 m Zz J Z 1 -X m SfJ n 2 M T 2! r- z CO 3.TS o o re a CD 2 Q O f$ w S3 n o CO &3 CO w r 95 n St ?0 m J 3 TJ a CO CO 00 ?co 223 CTQ i CO " tirm (i H 2 GO C O - CO 23 - 1 m m o cd GO CO 15 g i J CO 5 MM 30 so S n z u m o h 2 li.S Ote iSp w CO O Inrl 1 J' - . O 1 . Q o 0 0
