PAGE 4, THE TOWNSMAN, Friday, December 2, 1977

Karl Malden (center), Ricardo Montalban (extreme
Doran (left foreground) and Jonathan Kahn (right foreground) will
star in the television auaptation of the Rudyard Kipling classic
‘CAPTAINS COURAGEGUS,’ airing as a two-hour special Sunday,
Dec. 4.

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left), Johnny

TEACHERS PROTEST
CLEVELAND, Ohio
(Reuter) — Thousands of
school children were
turned away from classes
here Tuesday when their
teachers refused to
report for work in a
protest over the city’s in-
ability to pay them.
About onefifth of the
schol system’s 5,500
teacners reported they
were sick and forced

pen of 14 schools.

THE GATHERING

The traditional coming-tagether of
Christmas provides a broken family

a with one last chance to rediscover the
a tove they have misplaced—but never

lost—in ‘The Gathering,’ anew drama

by Oscar-winner James Poe airing on.

Sunday, Dec. 4.

Asner stars as a successful
businesman making an 11th-hour
effort to pull together the family he
shattered by allowing them to
become second to his work. Maureen
Stapleton portrays Asner's wife.

{tis Christmas In New England and

a Adam Thorton (Asner) knows that

this Christmas—his §8ih—will be his
last. His doctor's report has given a
number to his days and the crusty
industrialist is determined to make

f one last effort at bringing together
§ the family he left years ago.

The family consists of wife Kate;
daughter Julie, who now has children

1 of her own; son Tom, a cynical young

man; daughter Peggy, a successtul
Career woman in her own right, and

Me son Bud, an expatriate who fled to
a Canada during the Vietnam War.

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@ STAR TREK "Whom Gods
Destroy" (60 min.)
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2:30 .

NATIONAL FILM BOARD
©) MOVIE "Prince of Central
Park” 1977 T.J. Hargrave,
Ruth Gorden. Story of a 12-
year-old boy and his sister
who run from thelr foster
home and take refuge in a
trae house in Central Park.

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BEST OF MAN ALIVE
"Torture, One of the Last
Things Done in the Bark"
@ GREAT PERFORMANCES

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MONEYMAKERS

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MUSIC TO SEE

HORST KCEHLER SHOW
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COUNTRY CANADA
QUESTION PERIOD
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THE NEWS

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MEET THE PRESS
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"African Eagles” .
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MANY . .

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@ WONDERFUL WORLD OF
DISNEY "The Castaway
Cowboy" Shanghaied aboard
a sailing vessel, Texas
cowboy jumps ship and is
dragged fromthe surf by a 12-
year-old boy. The boy's
widower: mother persuades
the Texan to turn her potato
farm Into a cattle ranch. Stars:
James Garner, Vera Miles.
(Part 1.) (80 min.)

@ NEWS

@) CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
"Emmett Otter's Jugband
Christmas” (69 min.)
SPECIAL “Captains
Courageous” A spolled rich
kid, rescued at sea, grows up
fast under the care of a crusty
séa captain who has no time
for pampering and special

’ privilege. Stars: Kari Maiden,

Ricardo Montalban. (2 hrs.)

8:00
@ THE 'ANNIE’ CHRISTMAS
SHOW

KING OF KENSINGTON
"Glayds' Restaurant" Gladys
decides to turn her tatent for
cooklng Into fun profit and a
chance for Independence by
opening a restaurant in back
of a variety store. vat,
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THE BIG EVENT .
SIDESTREET “Once A
Haro" A retired and now ag-
ing sports hero turns to Nick
for help when his son, an
aspiring hockey star, turns to
crime [n order to further his
career. (60 min.) .
@ SPECIAL "The Gathering”
When a wealthy New England
businessman learns he is dy-
Ing, he makes a final attamp
to unite his estranged family
for a final gathering at
Christmas. Stars: Edward
Asner, Mauraan Stapleton. (2

hrs.)
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Peter" 1955 Richard Todd,
Jean Peters. (2 hrs., 30 min.)

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