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Public Likes TV Reviews
Prior To Viewing Shows
By CHARLES MERCER
NEW YORK (AP)-In a preview
cf "Harvey" last Monday I ex
pressed some reservation over
the wisdom of critics judging a
TV shovy on the basis of a dress
rehearsal before the public has
leen the final version.
Herewith I withdraw that res
nervation. My reason for changing
my mind is basically this: Every
one in the viewing audience with
whom I've discussed the matter
likes the idea of reading a critic's
impressions before viewing an lm
portant TV show.
"You can't positively make up
my mind as to whether a show is
good or bad before I've seen it,"
said one man. "But you can give
me something to think about be-
Oil International
Nixes Tax Boost
LONG BEACH. Calif. (AP) -A
proposal to increase a per capita
tax by $1 was voted down by the
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Work
ers International Union at its con
vention here Wednesday.
The measure, calling for a boost
from $1.50 to $2.5(1 per capita,
involved a constitutional change
and required a roll call vote with
a two-thirds majority for passage.
The 701) delegates, voting ac
cording to the membership each
represents, voted 92.681 for and
68,849 against.
A proposal for increasing month
ly dues from the present $5-to-$H
to $5-to-$8 is expected to be acted
upon at the convention.
fore I see a show. If nothing else
you can make me think how fool
ish your judgment is.
The reason for bringing this case
to public court is ironic. It ap
pears that a majority of TV crit
ics, both in and out of New York,
don't like the idea. And it appears
that their griping is in danger of
causing the overly sensitive net
works to ban further previews of
live television shows.
It now seems probable that last
Sunday's episode, in which the
sponsor of the season's first "du
Pont Show of the Month invited
critics to publish their opinions of
a New York dress rehearsal of
"Harvey," will be called a failure.
Unless more people applaud this
fine experiment, it's not likely to
be repeated.
The basic reason why critics out
of New York don't like previews
seems to be that they feel the
practice gives unfair advantage to
critics in New York. I don't fol
low this. If their newspapers wish,
they can ignore previews or pub
lish the preview of a syndicated
New York critic and follow it up
with the local critics reviews.
But the greatest irony of the pre
view pooh-bah is that the experi
ment may have been destroyed by
an clement of the New York TV
critics the female clement. I
knew positively that there was not
a New York TV critical fraternity,
but until last -weekend I hadn't
realized there was a sorority.
In general the girls attacked the
idea of previews with hatpins and
etched their impressions in blood.
Let's hope that sensitivity does
not run so high at CBS that a
complaint can destroy a signifi
cant innovation in television pro
gramming and reviewing.
Sinatra Likes
Noon To 8
Film Schedule
By BOB THOMAS
AP Motion Picture Writer
(AP) Notes and
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If Frank Sinatra had his way,
he'd revolutionize the working
habits o( the movie industry.
For 50 years, the studios have
operated the same as most busi
nessesfrom 9 in the morning
until 6 at night. Sinatra is now
doing his third film on a noon to
8 schedule, and he thinks it's the
greatest. The picture is "Some
Came Running," and Frank said
it was over four days ahead of
schedule.
'.My system makes sense." he
argued. "Most show people have
learned to perlorm at their best
in the afternoon and evening. Why
should they be required to work
in the morning just to follow the
custom?
'This way, you can get a good
sleep and start work refreshed.
It's especially great for the girls.
who can get up at 9 instead of
5 a.m. to start their makeup and
hairdressing. We have a break for
a meal at 4 and eat right on the
set. Very often we'll finish much
before 8 because we move so fast.
Does he have any trouble con
vincing the studios of his shooting
method? "No, we just tell them,
that's how I like to work, and
that's that."
Frank's next objective: a four-
day shooting week.
That'll be the day!. . . .
Vincent Price has done 80 TV
shows, mostly quizzes, in the past
three years and says no one has
slipped him a fix yet. "It would
have saved me a lot of trouble,"
he says. "I had to memorize an
entire encyclopedia of art." The
prequiz conversations are re
hearsed, he admitted "Otherwise
you might have five minutes of
silence." ....
The social whirl: June Allvson
lighted up her hilltop- estate to
celebrate hubby Dick Powell's
start of a third season with the
Zane Grey Theater on TV. They
have a fabulous SO-acre place
overlooking Mandeville Canvon
complete with private lake. Says
nine: I like it so much I don't
want to leave to make a picture."
Among those sampling anlipasto
on the terrace: Hichard hgan and
his bride. Pat Hardy; the Lloyd
Nolans; Lew Ayres and Joanne
Dru, a promising duo.
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Makes Debut On Television
By WILLIAM EWALD
United Pre6s International
NEW YORK (UPD ABC-TV's
new Donna Reed Show bowed
in Wednesday night. It's an ortho
dox situation comedy built around
the family of a pediatrician. The
series has one principal asset:
Miss Reed, an actress who hap
pily combines Hollywood sheen
with cornfed wholesomeness.
Like almost all of TV's situa
tion comedies, the new show is
child-centered. Famili comedies
almost always pivot around the
kids and wilh good reason: moth
er and father aren't very inter
esting people. Their world is lim
ited, circumscribed by their
homes and jobs and a tight cir
cle of neighbors who also lead
lives of homes and jobs. It's all
a kind of well-adjusted despera
Hon.
But the trouble with centering
39 plots each season around kids
that they are not that inter
esting. As a result, alter you've
watched h a 1 fa-dozen situation
comedies complete with hack
gags you ve seen them all. The
only lure left is watching the per
sonalities. Jane Wyatt or Robert
oung or Harriet Nelson or Don
na Reed, a form of entertainment
kin to bud-watching, although
not quile as invigorating.
Solon Seeking
Cooperation
PORTLAND (AP) Sen. Rich
ard A. Neubergor Wednesday
called for cooperation between
the l;nited Stales and Tanada on
development of the hydroelectric
resources of the Vpper Columbia
River.
The Senator was the principal,
speaxcr at a Danquet here for
some 2110 engineers from the
Lnitcd Mates and 20 foreign coun
tries, the engineers are in the
Pacific Northwest to study the
region's dam.
"In the upper Columbia Basin,
Canada and the United States
nuaiely lace a choice between
the alternatives of agreement on
a program of development for
maximum mutual benefit or two
purely national programs that
would produce lesser total bene-
tits at greater cost, both in money
and in mutual ill will," Neuber
ger said.
He said a Canadian proposal for
diverting IS million acre feet of
the Upper Columbia in the Fraser
River in Canada "would be dis
astrous, not only to the Pacific
Northwest, but also to the un
matched record of international
harmony and friendship on the
North American continent."
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ABC-TV also unbottled its new
"Patti Page Show." It was, in the
main, a triumph for producer Ted
Mills who managed to surmount
the bland personality of Miss Page
and turn out a charming half
hour. Particularly good was a "Sep
tember Song" number that fea
tured the chanting of Walter Pid
geon and the dancing of Melissa
Hayden. Too often on TV, produc
tion just clutters the delivery of
music. But Wednesday night's
camera and scenic eftects rein
forced the mood, adding another
dimension. It's a show with possi
bilities.
A side note on Wednesday
nignt s surprise tribute to Steve
Allen was when he couldn't under
stand why he was unable to reach
his wife, Jayne, in New York bv
telephone. The reason Jayne had
sneaked into a Hollywood hotel
under the name, "Jane Courtney.
Afraid Allen might get wind of the
tribute, a phony long-distance call
was set up in which Jayne preten
ded she was speaking from Man
hattan. It was quite obvious from
Allen's astonishment Wednesday
nignt tne ruse worked.
Child Custody
Case Pending
Court
SANTA MONICA, Calif. 'UPD
This was to have been the day
of decision for actress Lana Tur
ner's daughter, Cheryl Crane, the
tall, good-looking teenager who fa
tally stabbed Johnny Stompanato
last April.
But it appeared that nothing
would be changed in Cheryl's life
at least for the present. Lana,
Cheryl and Crane were not ex
pected in court.
Superior Judge Allen T. Lynch
was expected to leave her in the
temporary custody of her mater
nal grandmother, Mrs. Mildred
Turner, and continue juvenile
court consideration of the girl's
tuturer
My hands are tied." Judge
Lyncn said Wednesday.
He referred to a case filed bv
Cheryl's father, restaurateur Ste-j
phen Crane, objecting to a ruling
last June making the girl a ward
of the court until the court could
decide on her future.
Judge Lynch said it appeared
inadvisable for him to take any
action in the case until a decision
had been reached in Crane's ap
peal. 1
The restaurant owner, second
husband of the blonde movie star,
objected to Lynch's ward-of-the
court ruling for Cheryl on grounds
tnat sne should not be punished
for the slaying of Stompanato,
found to be "justifiable homicide"
by a coroner's jury.
At the time of the June hearine.
Cheryl was placed with her grand
mother although Crane told friends
he was ready, willing and able
to care for his daughter.
A hot custody battle between
Crane and Miss Turner became a
possibility when the restaurateur
decided to act in the case. Glam
orous Lana was equally as deter
mined to lignt lor Cheryl.
Cheryls life became a matter
of court concern and world head
lines when she walked into the
pink boudoir of her mother's Bev
erly Hills home and interrupted
an argument between Stompanato
and Lana.
The girl told officers she
plunged a butcher knife into hand-l
some Johnny because she was
afraid he would make good a
threat to maim her mother.
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SANTA FE, N. M. (UPD A
meeting of Upper Colorado River
Basin states broke up Wednesday
wiinouc common agreement
wnat pians to laKe m onnncino
California on controversial filling
procedure for the Glen Canvon
neservoir.
Representatives from New Mex
ico, Utah and Wyoming decided
to postpone action on a strongly
worded Colorado resolution which
Urges quick filling of the reservoir
on the Colorado River in Northern
Arizona.
The resolution was nrenarpH kvl
Hunter voioraoo oov. dwin C.
Johnson. He admitted the proposal
might set off a legal battle with
California.
California officials have Indira.
ted they would attempt to get an
injunction against Interior Serre.
tary Fred Seaton if he went ahead
with plans for filling the reservoir,
oeginning in 1362.
Representatives left here uiih
plans of meeting again in March.
They did not say that they ex
pected to reach agreement by that
time.
California contends that parlv
filling of the reservoir would jeo
pardize its ability to meet power
commitments in connection with
Hoover Dam. downstream n ih
Colorado River.
The 'Voice Of Firestone"
Abandons 30-Year Policy
. By FRED DANZIG
United Press International
NEW YORK (UPI) "Next
they'll hold a hula-hoop contest
on the Senate floor!" .
That was how one devoted fol
lower of TV's "Voice of Firestone'
series reacted to the announce
ment that Abbe Lane, animated
disciole of Latin rhythms, will ap
pear on the celebrated ABC-TV
Droeram next Monday night.
The program, which this season
abandoned a 30-year tradition of
classical and semi-classical mu-i
sic. booked Abbe and her band
leader hubby. Xavier Cugat, for
its "Latin American Night" pro-
eram of Sept. 29.
Now the sponsor has his fingers
crossed.
Thus far. reaction to the jazzed-
up version of the program has
brought forth mail from unhappy
viewers. The majority 01 letters,
said one program aide, "are from
people who are upset. They want
the program kept pure, ine spon
sor expected repercussions of this
sort and he's getting it. But it's
still too early to tell what the
show's future will be.
Miss Lane, realizing whats at
stake, says she'll be careful.
"A Rise Stevens can do an op
eratic bit with a dress slit up to
the hip, practically, and nobody
bats an eye. But Abbe Lane nas
to be careful. Really, they should
Fear 5 Dead
In Tragedy
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) -
One man drowned and four oth
ers were missing and presumed
lost when a 40-foot fishing vessel1
sank late Wednesday in Clarence
Strait, 30 miles southwest of here.
A late report Thursday revised
earlier figures which said three
bad drowned.
The sole survivor. Howard Wil
liams, son of the owner of the
vessel Maxine M, was picked up by
the fishing boat Homer. He was
found clinging to floating wreck
age on which he had placed the
body of his father, James Wil
liams, 63.
Missing and feared drowned
were crewmen Alfred Dundas, Bil
ly Dundas, Fred Fawcett and Hen
ry Brendible. All the men were
from Metlakatla.
The wreckage, the boat's turn
table, was found about 25 miles
north of the point the Maxine M
rammed rocks and sank on Point
McCarthy, Gravina Island.
The search for the missing men
was resumed at daybreak Thurs
day by the Coast Guard.
The lone survivor was hospital
ized here, suffering shock and ex
posure.
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Water Power
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PORTLAND (AP) There Is
enouch water in the Pari'tir
Northwest's reservoirs to meet
the region's power needs this win
ter, the Columbia Rasin Tntor.
agency Committee was told
Wednesday.
A. F. Darland. a Bureau of Re
clamation official, also reported
the Cnllimhia Racin'c nnuii,, t-
put is down. He said an hourly
Miowau peaic was estimated at
10 million kilowatts earlier thic
year. Since then the estimate has
been reduced to nine million.
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SAYREVILLE. N. J. UTIt
Madison Township officials
Wednesday ordered children to
leave their hjila hoops home when
ihey go to school.
School bus drivers and motorist
complained the youngsters kept
the hoops spinning while boarding
buses and crossing streets.
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n't worry so much about me.
I've never done anything that
wasn't in good taste," said Abbe,
now a honey blonde, but still
measuring 38-23-36. ;
She said all her past TV ap
pearances have involved special
gowns.
"I've always had to tone down
my costumes on TV, but I don't
believe in changing my act or my
personality. After all, I have a
certain responsibility to my fans,
too. '
"The people on this show have
expressed concern about what I'll
wear and I told them not to
worry. I'll be all covered up. You
know how it is. If you want to be
on TV, you can't be too sexy.
And I have to conform. Let's face
it Abbe Lane is just too much for
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wear a sacx dress, flooe said:
"Please! Let s not do away with
my career on one program!
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