Television: Jul. 1, 1966

Wednesday, June 29

BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).*Playing chemin de fer, U.S. Businessman Cliff Robertson gets the inside straight from Maurice Evans, the chief steward of a casino royale in "The Game." Filling out the green baize table are Dina Merrill and Nehemiah Persoff. Repeat.

Thursday, June 30

CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). Richard Burton, in his pre-Liz days, and Barbara Rush play it for bathos in The Bramble Bush, about a doctor who returns to his small home town to treat an incurably ill friend.

Friday, July 1

WAYNE AND SHUSTER TAKE AN AFFECTIONATE LOOK AT W. C. FIELDS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Third in a series of film-clip profiles of outstanding 20th century comedians.

Saturday, July 2

ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The finals of the National A.A.U. Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship, and the Langhorne (Pa.) 100, a race for Indianapolis-type cars.

THE HOLLYWOOD PALACE (ABC, 9:30-10:30 p.m.). Dr. Vincent Edwards Casey is operating host, with Guest Stars Bette Davis, Liza Minnelli, Joan Rivers and Liliane Montevecchi. Repeat.

ABC SCOPE (ABC, 10:30-11 p.m.). Viet Nam's effect on a small town is studied in "War Comes to Main Street." In Dodge City, Kans. (pop. 13,704), draft cards are not for burning. Among those voicing the community's almost unanimous support for President Johnson's policy: the president of a local Catholic college, an Episcopal minister, the editor of the town paper, a bank president, a county agent and some students.

Sunday, July 3

MEET THE PRESS (NBC, 12:30-1:30 p.m.). A special multiguest edition from the 1966 Governors' Conference in Los Angeles. Governors being interviewed: California's Edmund G. ("Pat") Brown, Colorado's John A. Love, Illinois' Otto Kerner, Maine's John H. Reed, Pennsylvania's William Scranton, and Texas' John Connally.

SPORTSMAN'S HOLIDAY (NBC, 5:30-6 p.m.). Get your tips from the experts on salmon fishing in Norway, hunting ring-necked pheasants in Nebraska, and canoe-tripping in Vancouver, B.C. Now outdoors, everyone.

THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Integration in the Military." Air Force Lieut. General Benjamin O. Davis Jr., 53, the only Negro general currently on active duty, talks about the progress—or lack of it—since President Truman ordered the services integrated in 1948. Repeat.

Monday, July 4

THE AVENGERS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). Top-notch Spies John Steed (Patrick Macnee) and Emma Peel (Diana Rigg) successfully infiltrate a secret society dedicated to the encouragement of suicidal stunts. They earn a spot in the "Danger Society" but miss their just reward—a place in ABC's fall lineup.

Tuesday, July 5

TUESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Bob Hope and Hedy Lamarr in My Favorite Spy.

CBS REPORTS (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). In "LSD: The Spring Grove Experiment," two patients are followed through a successful course of treatment (including an LSD "experience") at Spring Grove State Hospital, Md. Repeat.

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