Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-07-29

with an expected interview
with President Glamour OF
Lebanon. but with two OF the
four revolutionary leaders OPP
posing him.
It wasn't the first contact
with them. Of course, but Il
gave interested viewers an OPP
lportunity TO supplement their
reading with q more dramatic
visual look. The treatment Of
what some observers have
termed a comic opera" situa-
ton was candid.
Rebel headquarters. It was
brought out, can be very sim
ply reached by taking any taxi"
In front Of the hotel where
Agronsky and other newsmen
were berthed.
Agronsky, however, Is not
precisely the kind Of name TO
open doors In a Middle East
country. One national news serv-
Ice. we're told. decided against
sending one photographer 10
Lebanon for that reason. As
one Of AgrOnsky's editors said
of him admiringly yesterday
'the man has real mOxie."
The half-hour report, In any
case. provided viewers with a
valuable on-the-spot report
that should dovetail neatly
with next Sundays NBC report
on the American OF in Leb-
anon. Chef Huntley. absent
from Sundays excellent Out
look program dealing with the
gubernatorial campaign in
Arkansas. is in Beirut on this
assignment.
II you're a calendar mark
er, here are tiUo shotDs north
a double-dstertsk::
o Wednesday Ctomorrow)'
night, 1880 to 8 O'Clock
WTOP-9. Prologue to the
Summit The Arab Tide"
CHS correspondents Howard
K. Smith, winston Burdett and
Dan Schorr will trace the fac
tors behind the Arab emery
ence and explain how Russia
is exploiting these new Middle
East forces and how they vital
ly affect America.
o Sunday. $50 to 7:30 O'Clock
-WRC-4. The American CT
in Lebanon" An expanded full
hour report by Chef Huntley
and NBC News staffers.
Note: Agronsky. en- route to
the States, will appear on MICS
Comment Sunday prior to the
Outlook show His half
hour report last Sunday, Incl
dentally. made it only by the
about cooperation of NBC
News editors here, who received
the material at IL pm. Satur-
day and worked all night and
Sunday afternoon to get 1t in
presentable shape for the net
work.
Week-End Notes:
The ham of the weekend
was a pony recruited for the
opening number of the Steve
and Eydie Show Sunday,
NBC-4 The animal be-
haved beautifully until Eddie
Bracken hove into view. then
proceeded to wreck Eddie's
dying" scene by calmly MUNICH
ing on Eydie Gorme's tasty
gown.
Master John DAILY was at his
very best Sunday on What's MY
Line? ). When PaneIist Arlene
Francis wanted to know how
a lady wrestler could wrestle
without tumbling or using any
thing other than her hands,
DAILY had the perfect snapper:
Every politely"
The more see Of those pilots
that didn't make it on Decision
Sundays, NBC-4), the more I
feel for the agency people who
must look at them. Michael
Rennie was the hero of Sum
days ersatz Western; several
weeks ago, a young actor named
Ray Danton played an under
cover agent in a dreadful melo-
drama set in the Far East. i.
Danton camouflaged his activ-
tiles by singing in a night club
and it was smart Of the writer's
to let him kid his own voice.
The only trouble was, he
was ten time worse than he was
indicating.
Kenny Youngman gave the
one-man performance Of the
week-subbing for absent Jack
Paar Friday night on the To-
night Show. The funniest
bits-apart from the cavalcade
of familiar Youngman one
liners-were his introductions
If panelist Louis Nye at station
breaktime. Don't get me
wrong; I like Louis.)
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