Television: Oct. 9, 1964

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Wednesday, October 7

CBS REPORTS (CBS, 7:30-8 p.m.).* The story of Clarence Gideon, the Florida convict whose appeal to the Supreme Court resulted in new trials for himself and hundreds of other petty criminals, based on New York Times Reporter Anthony Lewis' excellent book, Gideon's Trumpet.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT THE MOVIES (NBC, 9-11 p.m.). Late Show addicts should not panic if they don't recognize this film: it is not a rerun. Universal Pictures has embarked on the production of feature-length films made for TV only, on the theory that if TV addicts could not be brought to the movies, it would bring the movies to them. This, the first of two films to be shown this season, is a story of an international conspiracy involving a crooked cartel and three orphaned children who possess evidence that could destroy it. Called "See How They Run," it stars Austrian Beauty Senta Berger, John Forsythe and Franchot Tone. Color.

Thursday, October 8

KRAFT SUSPENSE THEATER (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). Robert Goulet stars in a World War II drama as a goldbricking soldier accused of being a Nazi infiltrator. Color.

Friday, October 9

BOB HOPE PRESENTS THE CHRYSLER THEATER (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). A young law student has the know-how to take his murder conviction to the Supreme Court on the grounds that his confession of guilt was coerced from him. With Bobby Darin and Janet Leigh. Color.

Saturday, October 10

THE LAWRENCE WELK SHOW (ABC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). 1955 was hardly a vintage year for this strictly domestic champagne, but bubbly Lawrence Welk is already celebrating his "tenth anniversary" — quick, before it goes flat!

SUMMER OLYMPICS (NBC, 1-3 a.m.).

Opening ceremonies of the XVIII Olympics, telecast live via the new Syncom III satellite.

Sunday, October 11

DIRECTIONS '65 (ABC, 1-1:30 p.m.). The life of Chaim Weizmann, the scientist and pioneering Zionist who became Israel's first President.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE TELECAST (CBS, approx. 1 p.m. -conclusion). Vari ous N.F.L. games across the country.

BRITISH ELECTION SPECIAL (NBC, 5-5:30 p.m.). Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Harold Wilson campaign on the hustings.

THE SUNDAY NIGHT MOVIE (ABC, 9-11 p.m.). Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke in their Academy Award-winning roles in The Miracle Worker.

Monday, October 12

OLYMPICS 1964 (NBC, 11:15-11:30 p.m.). Taped finals of the men's 100-meter freestyle, women's 200-meter breaststroke and women's springboard diving.

Tuesday, October 13

COMBAT (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Mickey Rooney plays a loudmouth know-it-all G.I. forced to live up to his bragging when he is trapped behind German lines.

WORLD WAR I (CBS, 8-8:30 p.m.). Myths and facts surrounding the legendary "atrocities" of the 1914 German occupation of Belgium.

THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E. (NBC, 8:30-9:30 p.m.). Secret Agent Robert Vaughn investigates the kidnaping of a group of leading intellectuals by a mad sea captain who thinks he is saving them from nuclear destruction.

THE CAMPAIGN AND THE CANDIDATES (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). The presidential campaign as it unfolds in California.

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