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12 XLiUooa Journal Gaie; Ttrsiiy, J- 5, 1J75 Roping becoming exiincf television previews embezilement someclung to do with his old job. JoAnn PHug plays a policewoman who thirls he's a crock. Better than usual for this series. HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -Trick ropL-. an art native to the old west wiuch reached full Cower in rodeos and wild west shows, is becoming extinct Indeed, the lariat twirling cowboy himself is coming to the end of the traiL Among the handful of' sjt-vivors is Moo tie Montana who can still lasso 10 running horses with a single loop of his rope.

But he sadly agrees the days of trick roping are numbered. "It's becoming a lost art ti it r-r By TV SCOUT Best, Bet No selection today. (ABO Rar'npY Miller reprises its premiere episode, which introduced Barney (Hal Linden), his wife Barbara Barrie) and the other kooky cops. In this one, Barney, at work confronts a junkie with a gun. (REPEAT) (NBC) Sunshine is also repeating its opening show in which Jill (Elizabeth Cheshire) hunts for a new mother and thinks she's found a candidate.

Meanwhile, Sam (Cliff De Young) and his friends have problems at an audition. 7-8(CBS)-OnTheWaltons, 4 Beatleniania strikes behind Iron Curtain German actress not stereotyped Elvis the grandparents (Elen Corby and W21 Geer) feel hurt and move outr takicg jobs as caretakers. Ever body misses everbody but they're a3 too proud and stubborn to- apologixe. It takes family psychology to work it out (REPEAT) 7:304 (ABC) -Karen has an effective episode, with some good lines. Karen's boss (Charles Lane) has a fight with his wife and sleeps at Karen's (Valentine) place.

It leads to some problems and some laughs, too. (REPEAT) (NBC) The Bob Crane Show still has a few new ones left and tonight it trots out one more. This has Bob suspected of complicity in an ideas of morality and marriage are still German. I'm not going to get married again. "Marriage ruins a perfectly good relationship.

German girls understand that better than Americans." Heidi leaves for Bavaria soon to tour in "There's a Girl in My Soup." She also appears in Germany, Holland, Austria and Switzerland in "My Fair Lady" and "Annie Get Your Gun," singing German lyrics to the familiar American scores. "I don't want people to forget me over there just because I'm not making German pictures anymore," she explained. "They are angry at me anyway for making my home in the United States. "On my last visit to Munich I was interviewed on television and had difficulty remembering a couple of German words. So I used English instead.

The people didn't care for that at all. "I must make amends. I love my native country. I'm still a German citizen. "But I've become ac-customajLto.

There is a bit of child in all men in this country. They like to have fun. They aren't as serious as German men." Heidi misses kraut and pilsener more than she does Hans and Wolfgang or whomever. She has a favorite butcher and grocer in Hollywood, German of course, who supply her with wurst and other delicacies not easily found in the supermarket. "I miss many things from my past, but not my own Ger-manness," she said.

I'm more relaxed in the United States. "I've become a different person. And, after all, what girl needs to be hard headed?" Hollywood NEW YORK NEA Back In the USSR: Even if they weren't the first as is their wont (or so they often claim). Russia is all aflutter over an album released in Moscow last week called "Hey by four moptops from Liverpool. Russia's biggest record label, Metodiya, has just introduced the first non-bootleg Beatles' album there, a mere 11 years after the rest of the world turned upside-down upon seeing Ed Sullivan's show that fateful February Sunday eve.

Russia's rockers previously have had access to Beatles' albums but it was always via the black market and always at three times the normal cost. But now Melodiya has cornered distribution rights for the former Fab Four's material behind the Iron Curtain and anyone with sufficient rubles can be smitten with Beatlemania. After his contract with Apple Records expired, Paal McCartney returned to the Capitol, label and his next album, which you've probably already had a taste of, "Venus and will be distributed by Capitol. A single from the Lp called, "Listen To What the Man is strangling radio stations' airplay in such classic overkill that listeners are crying "enough already!" only a week after its debut. But it's a certainty for number one anyway.

Joan Baez turned up for an interview over a Los Angeles radio station with her latest love, fella by the name of Marlon Brando. Caveat Empty: If any of those unfortunate friends of yours who sunk several bucks into a quadraphonic rig have not yet told you, avoid quad like the plague, Consumer Reports, magazine of noble, non-profit consumer advocates, has concluded that shelling out over $800 for a roomful of quad clutter is an sensible as staring into a solar eclipse: it may be a great rush initially but in the long run, well, how do you look in dark glasses? After extensive testing of quad equipment, CR determined you'd be better off with a four-channel receiver since quad is too dicey. Apparently the record industry concurs since it's cut produc-tion of quad albums by half in the past year. Dan Hicks (Si His Hot Licks, remember?) will be penning the score to Ralph Bakshi's animated film "Hey, described as the HOLLYWOOD (UPI) -t-Aside from Marlenq Dietrich, Elke Sommer and Maria Schell, German actresses have not really captured the American fancy. German girls usually are stereotyped as apple-cheeked milkmaids or, worse, Qaxenhaired heavyweights in the Brunnehilde mold.

Fortunately, Heidi Bruhl, who stars with Clint Eastwood in "The Eiger Sanction," is neither. She is feminine in the universal interpretation of the word and could as easily be American or Estonian. Heidi is blonde all right. She has blue eyes. Her figure is generous only where it should be.

Although she is a native of Munich, the fraulein speaks slangy American English. And now that she has moved to Hollywood the Americanization of Heidi is almost complete. She was as Teutonic as an oom-pah-pah band a dozen years ago. She starred in 40 German movies and some 300 television shows for Ger-manspeaking nations. Her world was sauerkraut and pilsener.

"I was a hard-headed German girl," Heidi said the other day, as if there were no other kind of fraulein. "But I married an American who taught me about American humor and a different kind of man-woman relationship. "When I got too stubborn he talked to me until I could see another side to things." This genius is actor-writer Brett Halsey, from whom Heidi was recently separated in a fit of hard-headed pique. "After years of marriage I think in English and find English easier to speak than German," Heidi said. "But my fj because no jour.g people are takr it up," said Mxtie.

"Roping takes too much tme and practice and it doesn't pay off big anymore." Montana is 65 years old, hawk nosed, trim and without a speck of gray in his black hair. He's still nimble with a lariat and in celebration of his 50th year as a western star July 10-13 have been set aside as Moctie Montana Days in his native state: "The old rodeo trick rider and 4 NEWEST companion of singer Joaa Baez is Marlon Brando who turned up with her at a Los Angeles radio station where she was interviewed over the air. ultimate putdown to all nostalgia films. Bakshi also produced Fritz the Cat and Heavy Traffic. Johnny Cash was-named honorary chairman of the National Society of Autistic Children.

It looks like Woodstock will continue to haunt every promoter in the world looking for that same magic. Now Britain's Merlins have booked Elton John and The Beach Boys in Wembly Stadium, the Misty Isles' biggest, for a June 21 concert expected to sell out 100,000 tickets at $8.50 a hit. the vsubjecjLoLmad dogs and Englishmen, tile people who brought you Pink Floyd, Bonzo Dog Band and Monty Python shall now unveil their most bizarre cult hero by far-Frankie taine. Rawhide has been lining 'em up outside every bistro he appears at in London and is currently considered among the hottest attractions in Britain. Mike Jagger received' 20 stitches in his hand at a New York hospital last week after accidentally putting it through a plate glass door.

The Robert Stigwood Organization (RSO) which manages Eric Clapton, the BeeGees and owns the rights to THE rock opera, Tommy, is next on the Warner Communications' conglomerate list ot acquisitions. For a hefty $11 million pricetag, the moguls who oversee the Atlantic-Warner-Elektra labels are hoping to add RSO to their stable OTHER FRIED OPEN FRI. AND SAT." 10-10 -AM I iiiiiiirtniO roper has worked every major rodeo in the United Sates and Canada and has ridden in 12 consecutive Rose BowU Parades. He worked in movies with Will Rogers, Bill "Hepalong Cassidv" Boyd and JoelMcCrea. "Mostly it was my roping people were interested in," he said "I never rode any bucking horses." Montie did his trick riding on horses on his 20 acre San Fernando, Valley ranch.

These days he works with a 25-yearold horse who is Rex No. I. No drugstore cowboy and mercifully not a singing one, Montie loves the outdoor life. He rides on roundups on various ranches owned by bis friarua TTaisTlv Iwi takes along a pinto colt to break In. "Joel McCrea has a ranch and when it branding tune run on up there and help with the irons," Montie said, grinning.

"And Ben Johnson now there's a real cowboy -he goes along too. "I still make about a hundred personal appearances a And I show up at the big rodeos. But there isnt much money in it anymore. "There are more rodeos than ever but there are fewer acts like mine because the cowboys are demanding too much money for purses. But Lord knows they earn it riding the bulls and broncs.

"'Course, it isn't as tough as it used to be back in the 1920s and 30s. In those days they had the wild horse races, chariot races and Roman races where a cowboy rode a team bareback with a foot on each horse." Montie is the best trick roper alive today, but he cheerfully admits his friend Will Rogers was the greatest of them all. "We worked the Santa Monica rodeo together in 1931," Montie recalled. "He saw a guy do a trick he'd never seen before. Right away he paid him to learn how to do it himself.

"Will loved cowboys and rodeos. I still have a rope he knotted for me. "Maybe I wouldn't have stayed with roping if I hadn't been so poor and needed to work. When I was a boy roping was part of life on my father's ranch in Montana. It still is on cattle ranches.

"But there aren any more wild west shows and the movies aren't interested in cowboys anymore. Television burned up too fast "But cowboy pictures will come back because they show right from wrong and the good guy always wins. "If you ask me, that's the way it should be," Montie Montana concluded. NOW SHOWING SHOWN 9 P.M. AUMVERSAL PCTURE TKHOTR'FWVISIOr SKYWAY DRIVE IN NOW SHOWING -ALSiD HELLS BELLES -PG 0 P09 (ABC) The Streets of San Francisco baa a good one, a mystery with some thought-' fulness.

When a Vietnam deserter is killed, Steve (Michael Douglas) goes undercover to contact a group of deserters. He solves the crime and hears some arguments about the deserters' plight (REPEAT) (PBS) In Performance At Wolf Trap features a colorful collection of authentic American Indian music -and dance performed by American Indians at the 36th annual National Folk Festival (REPEAT) (CBS) The Thursday Night Moves has which is pretty good suspense. Richard Crenna sees a sniper from his window but cop. Vic Morrow isnt too concerned. Crenna's girl friend (Patty Duke Astin) helps him play detective, which leads them into danger.

(REPEAT) 8- 10 (NBC) Thursday Night at the Moves dredges up a 70 release, "Ehis That's the Way It Is." This one is for Presley fans only, as it follows Elvis around and sees him performing his act in Las Vegas, Phoenix, Los Angeles and even overseas in tiny Luxembourg. 9- 10 (ABC)-Harry tells a mixed-up story about a blind girl (Stefanie Powers) who "sees" coming murders. Next, she says is her own death. Is she for real? And, as a matter of fact, is she really blind? Harry (David Janssen) is intrigued with both case and girl. (REPEAT) HO Television QU Schedule THURSDAY, JUNE 5 6:00 p.m.

VS.BNews 15 Bewitched 17 Bonanza 38 Mission Impossible 6:30 p.m. 2 Jimmy Dean 3 Let's Make a Deal 10, 15, 20 To Tell the Truth 16 Sportempo 7:00 p.m. 2, 15, 20 Sunshine 3, 10 The Waltons 16 Foreign Report 17, 38 Barney Miller 7:30 p.m. 2, 15, 20 Bob Crane 38 Mark of a Champion 8:00 p.mi 2Skywarn75 3, 10 CBS Movie 15, 20 Movie 16 In Performance 17, 38 Streets of S.F. 8:30 p.m.

2 American Lifestyle 9:00 p.m. 2 Billy Graham 16 Mystery 17, 38 Harry 9:30 p.m. 3, 10 Republican National Committee 16 Special 10:00 p.m. 2, 3, 10, 15, 20 News 16 Silver Screen 38 Reed Farrell 10:30 p.m. 2, 15, 20 Tonight Show 3 Ironside 10 CBS Late Show 17Nightwatch 38 Wide World Special 11:30 p.m.

3 Name of the Game Midnight 2, 15, 20 Tomorrow Show 1:00 a.m'. 15, 20 News Thursday TV Movies Following- are tonight's television movies: "Nightmare," 8 p.m., Channel 10. -Thats-the- Way It Is, starring Elvis Presley, 8 p.m., Channels 15 and 20. "Three Bullets for a Long Gun," 10:30 p.m., Channel "The Savage Season," 10:30, p.m., Channel 17. 'Oldest tree' title challenged An ancient juniper found on Taiwan is believed to be more than 8,000 years old.

1 Until (the discovery, the title of "oldest trees in the world'! Was held by the, bristlecone pine, some in the United States having stood for more than 4,000 years. By JQN LANDAU Elvis Today, Elvis Presley (RCA APL 1-1039): In the brilliant new rock book "Mystery cultural commentator Greil Marcus argues that Elvis Presley was the most symbolic and influential of all rock stars. He is the closest thing we have to American royalty. He made such an impact on society at large that he no longer has to take out insurance on his positon he. merely has to -suggest the existence of his unused ability.

And sure enough, Presley has been issuing throwaway records for as long as anyone can remember. His audience is incapable of demanding anything from him; those of us who love to hear him sing must be content with the bits and pieces he releases that only start to fulfill the promise of his incredible talent. On Today, the King offers us one unmistakable triumph, "T-R-O-U-B-L-E," his hardest and most dazzling cut since the classic, "Burning Love." But after the album opener, he goes wandering through the usual assortment of Las Vegas-styled interpretations of country music and half-hearted rock including a luke-warm, hack rendition of the classic, "Shake a Hand." We hear him in good form again only on a routine arrangement of Billy Swan's great hit of last year, "I Can Help." Presley obviously gets off on this song's best line, "If your child needs a daddy, can help." But he changes the lyric once to, Have a laugh on me, I can help." Presley, is a great one for undercutting himself. He is also incredibly arrogant. Here we have him asking us to laugh at him, almost hoping that we could, but khoWing that nobody will.

He is still Elvis Presley, and nothing he ever does can change that. Quiet Storm, Smokey Robinson (Motown 337S1): Smokey Robinson made his mark as the driving force behind one of the greatest Motown groups of the Sixties, the Miracles. Had he never done anything but write and sing "Shop Around," "Ooh, Baby, Baby" and "Tracks of My Tears," his place in the history of pop music would be Presley REVIEW secure. Since heading out on his own a few years ago, his records have not taken hold with a large audience, despite their high quality. Now comes Quiet Storm, a record so good that his solo efforts can no longer be ignored.

He already has the makings of a hit single, "Baby That's Backatcha," but the album also includes one of his greatest records ever, "Love That one is filled with the kind of controlled frenzy that made Robinson a legend in his time. And the rest of the1 record lives up to that standard, with Smokey showing growth on the slow material, where his grace and elegance sound like they are virtually without peer. Lost Generation, Elliot Murphy (RCA APL-1-0916): Elliot Murphy's first album was over-publicized. He posSd as a mysterious, Gatsby-like figure, and sang sophisciated and, sometimes, ethereal lyrics. But his performances-were thin and unadventurous and his music too narrowly reminiscent of Bob Dylan's.

Now he's switched labels and on Lost Generation he's come across with something more substantial. In this case, he was helped enormously by producer Paul Rothchild a man who contributed mightily to the success of the Doors and Janis Joplin. Rothchild shows the admirable ability to use session men to punch up the sound without ever letting them get in the way. The album remains Murphy's show, however, and it remains an idiosyncratic one. While he's too self-consciously arty for my taste, this time around he sounds good enough to start winning a good-sized audience for himself.

And if his writng and performing continue improving, he may naturally stop sounding like he TONIGHT AT 8:00 WI4 witkl thru )un 29 Good hfoH Availablt i'si ROSE- gSti MARY prinz JUNE 6th. Tuscola mm mm mm I INN- No Laughing Matter HOLLYWOOD (KFS) -Usually my bouts with the flu are well-programmed to attack over a weekend, on my own time, and concurrent with all sorts of 'good TV viewing, baseball, basketball games, horse races, special events and tennis, goodies like that. But this week, I was felled on a working day during which the telephone still rang (even at home) and daytime TV shows were on for some reason people laugh at the mention of these shows. I don't know why. I liked what I saw; in some ways, it beat prime-time viewing.

I didn't know Art Carney could play the piano until I caught him on Dinah Shore's afternoon program. Art was beating away at the 88s with as much gusto as Uberace, if with somewhat less artistry. What's more, our most recent Academy Award-winning actor lifted out his hearing aid and deposited it with a flourish atop the piano, something he's never done on prime time. A very human side of Diana Rigg cropped up accidentally on the Mike Douglas Show. The camera panned over to Diana more quickly than she had expected, catching her in the' out a cigarette.

"That's aU 'right, you can smoke on the show," said host Douglas. I don't want to be seen smoking. I'm too ashamed for it to be known I have so little will power. If I get sufficiently ashamed, I'll be forced to give it Ddbrfcrddlar there are no better dinner deals than cur dinner deals. Straw Man" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), particularly interesting to me because the author is a former senior editor of Harper's Bazaar.

Her novel is a devastating and chilling look at the milieu of the super-rich and the great hanky-panky that goes on in thejwarld of art and art museums. Miss Goldsmith takes dead, aim at the arrogant custodians of the art culture while plotting suspenseful drama invwhat has heretofore been an unexpected setting. Well worth a reading for both enjoyment and for film material. Telephone rings with an immediate release that "Black Sunday," high on the bestseller list, will be scripted by Ernest Lehman from the Thomas Harris novel about a plot to blow up the'Super Bowl. Believe it or not, football's holy-of-holies event is part of a plot dealing with an Arab radical's group to bring on a cutoff of United States support of Israel, My telephone tipster suggests I contact Paramount to see if Mike Connors is under consideration for a top role.

Another caller reveals that 7 the Diana Anderson, who was married to producer Ivan Tors in Africa several months ago, is Joan Bennett's daughter: "She has five children and he has three sons by his former wife, the late Constance Dowling. The newlyweds have moved into a large mansion in swanky Hancock Park. Tors has been filming away from Hollywood for four years. Thought you might be interested in what current plans he has here." I will be when I stop sneezing. That's it for today.

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