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McHenry Plaindealer (McHenry, IL), 29 Aug 1980, p. 51

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friday importer who is scheduled to testify et the trial of a dangerous narcotics czar. (110 mins.) O Movie -(Science Fic­ tion) "Incredible Shrinking Man" ig58 Grant Williams, Randy Stuart. A man starts to shrink in size sfter being exposed to a radioactive cloud. (2 hrs., 37 mins.) J® Comedy Classics Fridays <S Man From U.N.C.L.E. ® O U.S. Open Tennis Update Highlights of the day'a action of the U.S. Open Tennis Championships. 11:30 S<32> Newstalk Fridays Movie -(Comedy) ** "Hot Stuff" Dom DeLuise, Suzanne Ple- ahette. A true-life caper, where the cops con the crooka into delivering all the stolen goods to a police-operated fencing operation. (Rated PG) (2 hra.) BP ® Fiebre Movie -(Western) "ft Advertise In A $300 Million Dollar Market For Pennies Per Day! "Mohawk" 1056 Scott Brady, Rita Gam. Fanatical landowners incite warring Indian tribes sgainst set­ tlers, but the war drums are silenced by the efforts of a handsome easterner and his loving Indisn maiden. (90 mins.) 11:40 O Friday Night With Jay Levine 11:45 ffl Standing Room Only 'Linda Ronstadt In Concert' Here's Linda Ronstadt, today's queen of rock 'n roll, in her first msjor TV special-a complete perfor­ mance from her 1980 con­ cert tour. 12:00 O Honeymooners © © The Midnight Special © All Night Movies 'Rustlers Hideout' Buster Crabbe. 2) 'Sinklfrg Sands' Charles Starrett. 3) 'Rip Roaring Buckaroo' Tom Tyler. 4) 'Sorrows of Love' Robert Frazer. (6 hrs.) CD ®) Independent News © Top Rank Boxing From Atlantic City © News 12:10 © Movie -(Title Unannounced) 12:25 0) Movie -(Adventure) * Vt "Little Laura and Big John" 1073 Karen Black, Fabian Forte. Story follows the exploits of the small­ time Ashley gang in early 1900'8 Florida. (110 mins.) 12:30 8 Best Of Groucho ABC Captioned News €D <3S Ross Bagley Show 12:40 O Movie -(Mystery) •• "Zombies on Broadway" 1048 Alan Carney, Bela Lugosi. Two press agents try to introduce a genuine zombie into a night club. (86 mins.) 12:50 © Movie -(Drama) •• "Herdcase" 1071 Clint Walker, Stephanie Powers. A soldier of fortune returns to Texas to find his ranch sold and his wife has run sway with a Mexican revolutionary. (2 hrs.) 1:00 O Phil Silvers Show O (2D News © Joe Franklin Show © Prisoner: Cell Block H PAOI SI by Joey Sasso CONFIDENTIAL REPORT l ove Boat' has run a ground ^in West Virginia where thousands of viewers are seething1 over the ABC-TV series Eight thousand West Virginians signed a petition protesting an episode portraying a naive family from the state. "They create the image of West Virginians as a bunch of bumpkins and hillbillies," complained the state's Secretary of State John Manchin who delivered the petition to ABC's New York headquarters If they think that is in good taste, their taste is lousy," he told me The controversial Love Boat' segment first aired in January Despite Manchin's protest, it was rerun in May In the episode. Donny Osmond portrayed a young singer in his first big job performing on the ship His West Virginian family, including sexy blonde Loni Anderson, joined the voyage as a surprise and their country behavior caused him embarrassment "We did not feel this was a negative portrayal," says Julia Hoover, an ABC vice president in charge of television standards and practices The characters came out as having very strong, genuine values as being a very good family," she told me "We were sympathetic to Mr Manchin's view but we did not agrgA with it We felt this episode was a very balanced and fair one." Manchin is not convinced "It was a most dastardly attack upon the sensitivity of the people of West Virginia," he said. "They were indignant that anyone would dare defame the honor and good name of our state We don't need entertainment that will make fun of people " CONSUMER NEWS WIRE You'll be seeing more ol dishy Dukes of Hazard' star Catherine Bach this fall--but it's a hazardous close season for the TV beauty who's getting a bigger share of the hit series She almost wrecked a big chance when she crashed a jeep while racing in a celebrity special for CBS Curvy Cathy overturned the vehicle on a bend and had to be rescued by spectators "Fortunately Cathy only suffered a few cuts and bruises," says a friend "She's a pretty tough lady who does most of her own stunt work in the series " . . Supermodel Cheryl Tiegt has confided that she still loves her director husband Stan Dragoti but cannot live away from ace photographer Pater Beard Friends are predicting that Cheryl will marry Beard the moment her divorce comes through, yet at least one intimate is whispering that the photographer is already getting ready to dump her Burt Young, who co-starred in both 'Rocky' movies, is romancing lovely actress Adrianna LaRussa, formerly of NBC-TV's. 'Days of Our Lives ' TV CLOSEUP Genteel Jaclyn Smith, regarded as the most angelic of Charlie's Angels,' goes for opposites in her men guys with personalities totally different from each other and from hers Twice the result has been heartache And. according to friends of the star, the hurt is sure to be repeated if Jacyln's romantic fling with actor Alex Cord leads to the altar Their names have been linked since she and Dennis Cola separated, though no one in Hollywood seems to know when or how they fell in love Suddenly they were a twosome," says one insider It's the mismatch of all time We only hope she takes a good .look at her past marital mistakes and doesn t make another Ton! Tannllles career now takes a new direction as she is seen daily on her own one hour television variety talk show which airs on stations throughout the USA ' Up to now I ve been best known as a singer, a songwntei and an actress," says Tom, but now I want to be known as the hostess of a variety talk show

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