Television: Feb. 23, 1968

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TELEVISION Wednesday, February 21 KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).-.ohn Davidson, Tom Jones, Buffy Sainte-Vlarie and the Fifth Dimension make music "The Class of '68" likes to hear.

Thursday, February 22 CINDERELLA (CBS, 7:30-9 p.m.). Rodgers and Hammerstein's only original TV musical with Lesley Ann Warren as Cinderella, and Ginger Rogers, Walter Pidgeon, "Celeste Holm and Jo Van Fleet. Repeat.

CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). Part 1 of The Great Escape (1963), starring Steve McQueen, James Garner, fames Coburn and Richard Attenborough. Part 2 Friday night, same time. Repeat.

Friday, February 23

TOMORROW'S WORLD: FEEDING THE BILLIONS (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). A land-clearing project in the Amazon jungles, an Idaho fish farm, and large-scale production of protein-rich algae in California are some of the experiments under way to expand the world's food supply.

Saturday, February 24

ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Winternational Drag Racing championships from Pomona, Calif., and the International Surfing championships from Makaha Beach, Hawaii.

PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE: THE VIENNA CHOIR BOYS (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Alfred Drake narrates this look at the life and training of the young Austrian choristers.

Sunday, February 25

DISCOVERY '68 (ABC, 11:30 a.m. to noon). "The Ghosts of the Old West" walk again when Discovery visits Tombstone, Ariz., and reminisces about Bat Masterson, Doc Holliday and Wyatt Earp.

ISSUES AND ANSWERS (ABC, 1:30-2 p.m.). Senator William Fulbright is the guest.

FRONTIERS OF FAITH (NBC, 1:30-2 p.m.). In the last of four sessions on the question "Is Peace Possible?" NBC Correspondent Pauline Frederick discusses the social and political aspects of order, disorder and violence with Dr. Arthur Was-kow of Washington, D.C.'s Institute for Policy Studies.

NBC EXPERIMENT IN TELEVISION (NBC, 3-4 p.m.). The Hamster of Happiness, starring Mildred Dunnock, presents a new actress (Susan Tyrrell) and a new playwright (Charles Eastman) with a story about a cantankerous woman and her frightened daughter-in-law.

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE (CBS, 2-4:30 p.m.). Toronto Maple Leafs v. the New York Rangers at New York.

THE CBS CHILDREN'S FILM FESTIVAL (CBS, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). Skinny and Fatty is the story of a poor, skinny kid who helps his fat, rich chum learn the ropes in and out of school. Repeat.

THE 21st CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "From Cradle to Classroom," Part 2, examines two projects that work intensively with economically and culturally deprived children almost from birth until they enter school: Syracuse University's day-care center for babies of working mothers, and the University of Illinois' nursery school, where there is a teacher for every five children.

Tuesday, February 27 THE RED SKELTON HOUR (CBS, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). As a sequel to his 1960 award-winning performance, Red presents another hour of pantomime, "Laughter—the Universal Language," before an audience of U.N. diplomats from 46 countries.