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women by buying a citrus
farm. —
BEVERLY HILLS,

Calif. (AP) — Actress
Mackenzie Phillips, 18,
who plays the older
da . on television's
One Day at a Time series,

Singer-composer Paul Simon, one
of the most highly esteemed figures
in contemporary American music, will
Star in a vatiety special on NBC-TV
Thursday, Dec. 8.

feature Simon In musical and comedy
segments with his guests Chevy
Chase, the Jesse Dixon Singers, Art
Garlunkel, Charles Grodin and Lily
Tomlin.

A total of 13 Grammy Awards and
the sale of millions of his records
altest to Simon’s stature as one ol the
most influential and enduring of
popular music personalities. His
albums (seven of which he recorded

. while part of the Simon and Garfunkel
duo} and singles have earned an
impressive 16gold records. ,

Never a frequent perfofmer on
television even earlier in his career,
Simon has been even more selective
about his TV appearances in recent
years; The notable exception. has

een ‘NBC's Saturday Night Live.’

SPECIAL

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misdemeanor chrge of
public drunkenness..

Miss . Phillips’ was
scheduled to appear for a
peeliminry hearing Jan.
10 before Municipal Court
Judge Jacqueline Weiss.
The teen-age actress has
released on $500 bail.

A Los Angeles County
sheriff’s deputy said he
arrested Miss Phillips
shortly after midnight
last Wednesday after he
found her sprawled on a

West Hollywood street. |

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Freddy Weller, Alan Sues.
@ MACNEIL

7:30
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WONDER WOMAN Andros
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terplanetary Council to grant
him an extension of the brief
time they have given him to
come to earth to daal with the

Logan's memory of the past’

year and his rele as a Runner

vanishes with the memory

warp administered by an allen

seciety, he can't understand

Franics' hostility. (60 min.)
10:30

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DENVER (AP) —
World . allaround rodeo
champion Tom Ferguson,
movie actor James Caan,
fori.2 pro football
player Walt Garrison and

teve Ford, son of the
former president are
among the cowboys
chosen in the draft of
players for Major League

Ferguson was chose by
the Denver Stars, and
Caan and Ford were
picked by the Los Angeles
Outlaws during player
selection by the league's
six professional teams
Monday. .

Each 14-player team in
the fledgling circuit will
play a 28@match schedule

.~ Starting next April.

The teams drafted their
first five players Mon-
day. Anothr draft round
is set for early January.

SOVIET ACTOR DIES

MOSCOW (Reuter) —
Veteran Soviet actor
Alexei Gribov, a member
of Moscow's famed Arts
Theatre for more than 50
years, has died here at
the age of 75, Tass news _
agency reported’

lay.
Gribov played character
roles in numerous films
but made his name in
Arts Theatre productions
of Chekhov and Gorky

plays.

THE TOWNSMAN, Friday. December 2, 1977, PAGE ?

JOHNNY CARSON’S
QUOTABLES

“Fillbusters are the same as a lelethon—only the
senators donate OUR money.”

"Fve always felt that you can have a hit country.
record if you include three words—jall, railroad and
coffee!" vs

. “We have a surprise quest tonight. Police Chief
Ed Davis will. come out and frisk a nun for bingo
cards." ;

“Joe Namath has been selected the Best

Dressed Ahtlete—it's hard-to select a tie that goes
with your pantykose."'

with

Cliff Barrows

and the Crusade
Choir...

Gospel Singer,
Geo. Beverly Shea

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SPECIAL GUEST

NORMA ZIMMER

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