Television: Apr. 26, 1968

Wednesday, April 24

KRAFT MUSIC HALL (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).* Eddy Arnold hosts the first of six variety shows entitled Country Fair. His guests this week: Al Hirt, Joanie Sommers and John Byner.

Friday, April 26

CBS FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). Sidney Poitier and Tony Curtis as two refugees from a chain gang in Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones (1958)

BELL TELEPHONE HOUR (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). "Jazz: The Intimate Art" focuses on the trumpets of Louis Armstrong and Dizzy Gillespie, the flute of Charles Lloyd and the piano of Dave Brubeck.

Saturday, April 27

NORTH AMERICAN SOCCER LEAGUE (CBS, 3-5 p.m.). The St. Louis Stars v. the Kansas City Spurs, at Kansas City, Mo., in the first of the season's professional soccer telecasts.

ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). The North American Gymnastic Championships, from Vancouver, B.C.; the Trenton "150" Auto Race, from Trenton, N.J.; and a background look at the Jimmy Ellis-Jerry Quarry Heavyweight Championship fight, to be telecast live on ABC from 9:30 to 11 p.m.

Sunday, April 28

NBC EXPERIMENT IN TELEVISION (NBC, 4:30-5:30 p.m.). Artist and Jazz Saxophonist Larry Rivers and Oscar-winning Film Maker Pierre Gaisseau in "Africa and I"—a record of their journey through Africa last fall and winter.

ABC SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11:30 p.m.). George Segal is the chief rodent in King Rat (1965).

H. ANDREW WILLIAMS' KALEIDOSCOPE COMPANY (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Andy Williams takes a musical trip by blending psychedelic lights and today's sound with the help of Guest Stars Ray Charles, The Raelets, Burt Bacharach, Simon and Garfunkel, and Mama Cass Elliott.

Tuesday, April 30

CBS NEWS SPECIAL: THE TRIAL LAWYER (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Four of America's most successful attorneys for the defense—. Lee Bailey, Edward Bennett Williams, Melvin Belli and Percy Foreman—discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the trial-by-jury system.

Check local listings for dates and times of these NET programs:

NET JOURNAL (shown on Mondays). "Still a Brother: Inside the Negro Middle Class" is a documentary about the Negro and his two-way odyssey—into the white middle class and back to his own people.

MEN WHO TEACH. Abraham Kaplan, professor of philosophy at the University of Michigan, illustrates how he works "to shape a man's temper of mind" rather than merely impart "textbook facts "

NET FESTIVAL. "Chopin: A Question of Stature" examines the romantic legends surrounding Chopin's life and music. Hungarian Pianist Tamas Vasary plays excerpts from the master's works.

IN FASHION. The many facets of American fashion—from the mass-production workrooms of Seventh Avenue to the haute couture designs of Norman Norell and Donald Brooks.

THEATER

On Broadway

THE EDUCATION OF H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N. If nostalgia is defined as that which tells the past the way it really wasn't, then this musical version of Leo Rosten's story of an endearing and spunky immigrant tailor is nostalgic. Tom Bosley and Barbara Minkus are performers who make more lyrical music together than the score does.