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Pick of the Week: On Wednesday, March 26 at
7:00 p.m., PBS will air “Henry IV, Part One,” of the
Shakespearean play series. The play takes place
10 years after the fall of Richard II, and the confi
dent, purposeful Bolingbroke has declined into an
ailing, guilt-ridden Henry IV, played by John Finch,
(two hours, 30 minutes)
Sports in America: Friday, March 21,8 p.m. In the
first program of a three-part mini-series, “James
Michener’s World: Sports in America” talks to pro
fessional golfer Lee Elder, who is among a group of
outstanding black athletes interviewed. Entitled
‘The Black Athlete,” Elder responds to the criticism
A blend of politics and history, comedy and
tragedy, “Henry IV, Part One," is among
Shakespeare’s greatest plays. See it on Chan
nel 15, March 26, at 8 p.m. Henry IV is played by
Jon Finch.
that black youths are diverted from their studies by
emulating black sports heroes as role models. But
Elder feels otherwise, even though his own hero
was the late Dodgers ballplayer Jackie Robinson.
(60 minutes)
The American Short Story: Saturday, March 22,9
p.m. In another segment of this short story series,
Mark Twain's “The Man Who Corrupted Had-
leyburg” will be presented. In the story, the town of
Hadleyburg is famous for its honesty and incorrupti
bility, but it has in some way offended a “passing
stranger.” The stranger plots a a revenge on Had
leyburg that will spoil its reputation by corrupting the
entire town. Henry Fonda is the host. (90 minutes)
Monday, March 24, 8 p.m. “Bernice Bobs Her
Hair,” a play by F. Scott Fitzgerald, will be pre
sented in another episode of “The American Short
Story.” It is the humorous account of a young
woman’s social education and is set in the Midwest
in the 1920s. When Bernice gets too friendly with
her cousin’s jilted suitor, Cousin Marjorie counters
by challenging Bernice to “bob” her hair, in the
daring hairstyle of the period. (90 minutes)
Synthesis: Saturday, March 22, 6:30 p.m. “Synth
esis,” a series of documentaries on science in the
public interest, begins its four-week season with
“Closing the Learning Gap,” an examination of
Direct Instruction, or DISTAR, a method used to
teach basic skills to young children from economic
ally disadvantaged neighborhoods. Many U.S edu
cators and administrators are hostile toward DIS
TAR, and this program explains the techniques
used in it and examines its success. (30 minutes)
Austin City Limits: Sunday, March 23, 9 p.m. On
this segent of “Austin City Limits” Joe Ely and Jerry
Jeff Walker will perform. (60 minutes)
On Tuesday, March 25, at 9 p.m., another seg
ment of “Austin City Limits” will be aired entitled
“The Great American Honky Tonk Show,” featuring
Michael Murphey, Hank Thompson, and George
Jones. (90 minutes)
EDITORS NOTE: The local PBS station is KAMU. It
is located on UHF Channel 15, and VHF Channel
12 on the cable.
KAMU starts broadcasting each day at 7:30 a.m.
Anyone wanting a schedule of programs for the
coming month can call 845-5611 and one will be
mailed free of charge.
Policy: Focus will accept any stories, drawings
or photographs that are submitted for publica
tion, although the decision to publish lies solely
with the editor. Pieces submitted, printed or not,
will be returned upon request. Deadline is 5 p.m.
the Thursday before publication.
Contributing to this issue were: Diane Blake,
Brian Blalock, Angelique Copeland, Doug Gra
ham, Geoff Hackett, Kathleen McElroy, and
Dave Tollefson.
On The Cover: Texas A&M University has its
own policeman training school, located at the
Extension Center on Highway 21. Student offic
ers learn techniques of using firearms, tear gas,
handcuffs and other security equipment. For a
story and more photos, turn to pages 4 and 5.
Cover photo by Dave Tollefson. Star by Doug
Graham.
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Fallout damages from above-ground nuclear years,” an exclusive documentary on Neva-
bomb tests conducted during the fifties have da’s victims of nuclear testing on Channel 15,
left Nevadans skeptical of figures reported by Wednesday, March 26 at 9:30 p.m.
the government. See “Nevada Fallout: The Hot
... Long before she was the nation's "First Mother,' she was a
house mother to the Kappa Alphas of Auburn University. And
when Miss Lillian Carter returned to Auburn recently, it was
obvious her school spirit had never dimmed. "My boys were the
sweetest, best behaved — no gambling, no wild women, just
studied all the time and, God bless them, that's the biggest lie I've
ever told," she said to members of the Greater Auburn Kiwanis
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PBS HIGHLIGHTS
... and a chicken in every pot
... Purdue University students turned out in record numbers
recently to elect a local rock musician to head their student
government. Junior Chris Clark is better known as Dow Jones,
leader of the rock group "Dow Jones and the Industrials.” He
admits running for president of the Purdue Student Association
was originally just a promotion for an album that his rock group
cut. The album, called “Hoosier Hysteria,” will be released this
summer. Clark’s campaign platform was aimed at ridiculing stu
dent government and the Purdue Greek community which has
dominated past elections. Clark told students he would change
the school colors to hot pink and green “to make an opposing
team too sick to play,” and would move Purdue's location farther
south for warmer weather. He also favored taxing fraternity and
sorority members and converting the campus music building into
a disco. — Collegiate Medlines
Secret Service questions prof
... The U.S. Secret Service joined in the investigation of a letter to
the editor of the University of Florida student newspaper. The
letter urged students to join in the violent overthrow of the govern
ment and advocated assassination of President Carter and Sen.
Edward Kennedy. The letter carried the name of a USF professor,
but he denied writing it when contacted by the student editor, who
then turned the letter over to the university police. A month later,
says the professor, two Secret Service agents questioned him in
his office and took extensive handwriting samples. — Collegiate
Medlines
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