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THF GATHERING, PART »l Christmas is reunion time for two members of a troubled family--Tom (Lawrence Pressman) and sister Helen (Veronica Hamel of NBC-TVs "Hill Street Blues")--in "The Gathering, Part II," a poignant drama to be repeated on "NBC Movie of the Week, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 25 Maureen Stapleton returns in the se­ quel to the 1977 Emmy Award-winning holiday drama. Two years after the death of her husband, Kate Thornton receives a handsome offer for his business from industrialist Victor Wain- wright(Efrem Zimbalist, Jr.), but family problems predominate and there is op­ position to Wainwright's offer and his romantic attentions to Kate. Bruce Davison, Gail Strickland and Rebecca Balding co-star. CHECK LISTINGS FOR EXACT TIME. COMPUIOC SI RVICf S INC FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25 CHRISTMAS DAY »1e« Enl I Enterprlee 'The Jet Set' After • dramatic skid in the late aixtiea, Boeing ia again dominating the world aircraft buaineaa. 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