Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jun. 25, 1965

TELEVISION

Wednesday, June 23 ABC SCOPE (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.).* "U.N. at 20: What Peace Does It Keep?"

An examination of the U.N.'s five major crises — Iran, Suez, Korea, Cuba and the Congo — including interviews with Trygve Lie, U Thant, Adlai Stevenson, Henry Cabot Lodge and others.

Friday, June 25 FDR (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). The historic friendship between Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.

BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). "Out on the Outskirts of Town," a drama by William Inge starring Anne Bancroft and Jack Warden. Repeat.

VACATION PLAYHOUSE (CBS, 9:30-10 p.m.). A summer anthology series made up of pilot films and tapes for new TV shows that didn't make it. The first episode stars Suzy Parker as a wood nymph sentenced (for vanity) to performing 100 good deeds among mortals. Première.

PEYTON PLACE III (ABC, 9:30-10 p.m.).

So successful has this soaper been in prime time, that it's spreading itself to a third night a week.

THE JACK PAAR PROGRAM (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Paar pauses for one last farewell before firing his retrorockets and plunging from network TV to a recovery area in backwoods Maine. This final show, minus audience and guests, will feature Paar replaying old tapes of his past three years on prime time and reminiscing about his eight-year orbit across the NBC air waves.

Saturday, June 26 IRISH SWEEPSTAKES DERBY (ABC, 9:45-10:15 a.m.). Live from Dublin via Early Bird.

SPORTSMAN'S HOLIDAY (NBC, 5:45-6 p.m.). A new 15-minute series, in color, featuring exciting experiences in hunting and fishing. Premieère.

FANFARE (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). A new live musical-variety show, hosted by Al Hirt. The first installment features Ballet Dancers Edward Villella and Patricia McBride, Opera Singer Anna Moffo and Rock 'n' Roller Dionne Warwick. Premiere.

1965 COACHES' ALL-AMERICA FOOTBALL GAME (ABC, 9:30 p.m. to conclusion).

East v. West, live from Buffalo.

Sunday, June 27 DIRECTIONS '65 (ABC, 1-1:30 p.m.).

Sculptor George Segal, Art Critic Brian O'Doherty, and New York Jewish Museum Board Chairman Mrs. Albert List discuss "Contemporary Art."

WHERE THE ACTION IS (ABC, 2-2:30 p.m.). A summer musical-variety show for school-agers out of school. Première.

GENERAL FOODS SUMMER PLAYHOUSE (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.). Another summer series made up of pilots that never got off the ground, in this case situation comedies.

The first show is about a struggling New York artist who inherits a small town in California. Premiere.

ALL-STAR SPECIAL (CBS, 9:30-11 p.m.). "It's What's Happening, Baby," a top-talent rock 'n' roll show with Disk Jockey "Murray the K." soft-selling economic opportunities to the nation's high school dropouts and jobless teenagers. Time and talent are being donated free by the network, the singers, and M. the K.

THEATER

On Broadway

THE GLASS MENAGERIE. This revival of Tennessee Williams' 20-year-old masterpiece, while miscast, is a jewel in Broadway's currently tarnished crown.

HALF A SIXPENCE is a pleasant showcase for Tommy Steele, an ingratiating pre-Beatle Beatle. Bright tunes and dances seem brighter when brushed with the Steele charm.