‘man shepherd who chased a ‘residence, has been chosen Oddities DALLAS (AP) — Meat-. ball, a black and tan Ger-’ prowler from his master’s as the Dog Hero of the Year. For his efforts, Meatball will be awarded 2 $1,000 U.S. savings bond, a gold medal, a@ goidplated collar and. Jeash and a year’s supply of dog food at a banquet _ Wednesday. His owners are o Mr, and Mrs. Robert Keith of Morris, Ala. Meatball is the 24th winner in the contest, sponsored by a dog food company. A spokeswoman for the company said the award is given annually to a dog showing extreme loyalty and courage to its owner in an _ incident “leading to the safety of life or property.” . Keith said she was home alone one night last January when Meatball chased a prowler irom the property into a waiting car and was dragged along the pavement for about 30 feet until the man kicked him out. — The man was not appre- hended. BIRMINGHAM, England (Reuter) — A Sikh who killed his 17-year-old daughter because she rejected an arranged marriage was jailed for life for murder by a court here Tuesday. y : : ._ The prosecution said Jaginder Singh Gill, 48, strangled his daughter Charrangjit while she was sleeping with a younger sister and dumped her body in a river: He had denied murdering her. His defence sought a verdict of manslaughter. The prosecution said Gill and his wife, who live in the nearbytownof . Wolverhampton, came to England from India about 10 years ago. The daughter had recently switched her af- fections from a Sikh to a West Indian. The judge, Sir Ralph Cusack, said: “It must understood by members of every community that however disobedient . their daughters are, however much they break away from the standards of their own particular faith, their lives are sacred.” FIVE STAR MOVIE "The Seventh Dawn”. An American owner of a huge plantation in Malaya, goes into the jungle to meet the leader of a Communist group ralding the slantations. Stars William Holden. visions ‘Alambrists’. The drama follows the odyssey of a young Mexclan Illegal allen from the back streats of Tijuana through the Callfornia argicultura} belt. THE BIG EVENT “79 Park Avenue”. Part one of 8 three-part six-hour felevision adaptation of Harold Robbins’ best selling novel. Forceably subjected fo ghe brutal at- tentions of her no-good step father. Marja defends herself with a knife and‘ is sent ot reform school. Stars Lesley Ann Warren, John Saxon, Polly Bergen, Raymond Burr. PAGE 4, THE TOWNSMAN, Thursday, October 13, 1977 oe oor Or &. | saving Steamex way: Clean both your carpets and upholstery with Steamex: Do-It Yourself and Save! Steamex Carpet Cleaner Rental machine, with six power jets, gets the dirt others dont. And now we've added a new upholstery attachment and its own specially-formulated solution...so you can clean your carpets and upholstery the easy, money- WORL SERIES BASEBALL Fifth game If necessary. Times and teams to be confirmed. CONF. ON CANADA Ahalf-hour special presentation highlighting the three-day cenference at the University of Toronto, during which the country’s jop adademics will discuss: the future of Con- federation,along with a number of top provincial politicians. NEWSSPECIAL tive coverage of the State Dinner at Rideav Halli, the official residence of the Governor-General and Madame Leger who are the official hosts. CFLFOOTBALL Edmonton Eskimes face the Saskatchewan Roughriders in Regina. SUNDAY 2 civ REPORTS Tonight a special 90-minute editton beginning with an ad- dress by Queen Elizabeth live -fromi Rideau Hall, Of- fawa,where she Is expected to fouch upon the Issue of Canadian unity. IMAGES OF AGE . “What, are old people for”. Is the theme of this elght part anthology. series which examines ‘attitudes toward the aging process and the aged themselves with senior citizens imparting thelr fellings to this question on this first program. SEABROOK Focuses on the nuclear. power plant at Seabrook, New Hampshire as as vehicle to explain how much power do we need and how are we going to get It. . 386 3229