, What Is TV Doing About Children's Shows? -See Page 18 LOCAL PROGRAM L.ISTINGS WEEK OF DECEMBER 10-16 TV GUIDE PREVIEWS Shows This Week Days specified (Ire fo/' original network showing. Program s (Lre seen latcr on some stations. Christmas Carolers. Holiday spirit is captured in this scene from film version. of Dickens' classic 'Christmas Carol,' receiving encore performance on CBS Thursday. Singer Vivian Blaine switches to a 'straight' role a s star of Maurice Evans ' production of ' Dream Girl ' on NBC Sunday. $64,000 Question's Hal March plays big role . Santa & Friend. Sandy Descher is all ears as Thomas Mitchell promises Christmas delights in 'The Miracle on 34th St.' Film is on Twentieth-Cen tury-Fox Hour, CBS, Wednesday. Dreamer. Ballet Spectacular. Prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn pirou- ael Somes in scene from Sadler's Wells Ballet production of 'The tale will be narrated by David Wayne during 90-minute dance ettes prettily before MichSleeping Beauty.' Fairy program, NBC, Monday. 9 ~ WEDNESDAY 4:55 fJ NEWS 5:00 8 MOVIE-Western 9 Pinky Lee-Variety MOVIE-Western Mouse Club I. Newsreel : pine needle skiing; they wear well; little britches rodeo; inside a toy factory; girl of the week. 2. Mouse· keteers Present Anything Can Happen Day: "Mousekeriddle." 3. Foreign Cor· respondent episode: "Japanese Amu.e· ment." 4. Cartoon: "The Shindig." fJ Teen Bandstand-Steele leonia, New Jeroey, High School. 5:25 mFilm Short I COLOR I Buffalo Bob tokes off in a jet to find honey from the spelling bee. There's also a cartoon. mCartoon Comics mSuper Serial-Adventure "Space Soldiero Conquer the Universe," port 1. Buster Crabbe. 9 e fJ Gene Autry-Western " Gold Dust Charlie." Gene is accused of murdering a prospector for hi. gold . 8-Drama "The Copper Ring." A tyrannical father comes to realize that, by listening, one learns many things. Charles Bickford. _ fJ Merry Maillllan-Kids m Clubhouse Gang Comedies mMOVIE-Western "Rio Grande Raidero," Sunset Caroon. ~ Film Shorts . 6:05 8 Feature-Bill Leonard 6:108 SPORTS-Jim McKay 6:158 MOVIE-Western Tele-comics-Kids 6:30 WEEK'S SPORTS-Wisme~ 9 Looney Tunes-Cartoons fJ Cisco Kid-Western e 6:35 ~ Film Shorts 6:40 00 Weather-St. George 6:45 Weather-Tex Antoine 00 NEWS-Joe Burns g Family Rosary 6:50 NEWS-Kenneth Banghart 6:55 fJ Weather-Janet Tyler . 7:00 PLAYHOUSE 4-Drama e e e 9 NEWS-Mike Wallace fJ KUKLA, .FRAN AND OLLII 00 CAPT. GALLANT-Adv'ture 7:30 0 @ "Davy Crockett and the River Pirates" m Ramar of the Jungle "Curse of the Devil Doll." Ramar proves his courage and knowledge when deadly TV GUID E CHANNEL m Guest: movie director Otto Preminger. fJ NEWS-John 4 Daly mNEWS-John Tillman ~ 7:25 9 FILM SHORTS LES PAUL, MARY FORD "Goodbye My love," " Brazil." (Film) 7:30 fJ BRAVE EAGLE-Drama "Volley of Decision." A stubborn white Cast Davy CrocketL .... : .. .... .... ..................... Fess Parker Mike Fink .................. .............................. Jeff- York George Russel.. ......................... .... ... Buddy Ebsen Jacko ... ......... .......... ............ ...... .... Kenneth Tobey Moose .................... .........._ ........ Irvin A.hkenazy Sam Ma. on ......................................... ... Mori Mills Big Harpe ......................... .... ........ ... Paul Newlan lillie Harpe ................. ................. Frank Richards The Fiddler ........... .... .... .. ............ ... Hank Worden Col. Plug ................. .......... ........... ..Walter Callell fJ MOVIE-Western WEDNESDAYS AT 6 :30 P. M. WRCA-TV ~ TELE-COMICS-Kids 7:108 WEATHER-Carol Reed WEATHER-Joe Bolton 7:158 NEWS-Douglas Edward. 9 TEX McCRARY'S M.I.P. For loday's one-hour film Ihe men who wrote "The Ballad of Davy .Crockett " have composed t he new song " Yaller Yaller Gold." "Nevada City." NY TV debut. Western . railroads are the prey 01 unscrupulous financiero in the 1860's. Roy Rogers. THE SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK mNEWS-Kevin Kennedy mMOVIE-Adventure "Girlfrom Havana. "See Tues., J I P.M. m. DISNEYLAND - Frontier Legend 00 SPORTSCOPE-Syd Jaffe NEWS-Robert Trout Wild Bill Hickok-Western 14 difficulty delivering the Caid's son to his father. Buster Crabbe. (Film) '(Bundle a t Wells Forgo." Two old pros· pectors, who strike it rich, compete for a moil-order bride. John Qualen. (Film) Sent to pri.on by the combined efforts of Cisco and Poncho, lorry Martin serves his time and emerges bent on revenge. ~'Spin.ter Mayor." A vigoroui lady mayor A·54 jungle superstition comes into conflict with modern science. Jon Hall. ~NEWS " lost Caravan." Copt. Gallant has great 9 Commercial Film EVENING 6:00 8 Rocky Jones-Adventure "The Man from Tumbleweed." NY TV debut. Bill Elliott, Iris Meredith., Dub Ta~lor. S:30-EJ -Howdy -Doociy-K-1cIs 5:45 o "Inferno in Space," chapter 3, port 2. 00 Stage "Tumbleweed Trails," Eddie Dean. fJ 00 Mickey DECEMBER 14 teams up with Bill and Jingle. to solve a murder. Guy Madison, Renia Riano. "lawless Range." Mysterious raids are conducted against ranches in on isolated volley. John Wayne, Sheila Mannors. e DECEMBER 11ike Fink is back. Says Mike, " If you can 't lick 'em, ji ne 'em ." So instead of working against Dovy Crockell, Mike works hand in hand with him. The ir enem ies-the band of Ohio Rive r buccan eers that uses Cove· ln Rock in Illinois as a hideout. Davy, Mike and George Russel are determi ned to clear out the cove, which has been infested by river pirates for nearly two centuries. Among the men they must contend with are the two Harpe brothers, outlaw Sam Mason and the wily Col. Plug. TV GU IDE Mike and Davy exam ine an arrow, A·55