Television: Jul. 7, 1967

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Wednesday, July 5

THE LOYAL OPPOSITION (NBC, 9-10 p.m.).*Frank McGee analyzes the Republican Party one year before the 1968 nominating convention.

Thursday, July 6

SUMMER FOCUS (ABC, 10-11 p.m.). "Southern Accents in Northern Ghettos" compares Negro family life on Chicago's West Side with that in the rural South.

Friday, July 7

CBS FRIDAY NIGHT MOVIES (CBS, 9-11 p.m.). The film version of James Gould Cozzens' bestselling novel, By Love Possessed (1961), starring Lana Turner, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. and Jason Robards Jr.

Saturday, July 8

THE LOS ANGELES INTERNATIONAL GAMES (CBS, 4-6 p.m.). The U.S. track and field team meets the British Commonwealth team at the Los Angeles Colisseum. Continued Sunday from 4-6 p.m.

ABC'S WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS (ABC, 5-6:30 p.m.). Prince Philip wields a mallet in the Queen's Cup polo match from London; plus the Firecracker "400" automobile race from Daytona Beach, Fla.

COACHES ALL AMERICA GAME (ABC, 9:30 p.m. to conclusion). Top collegiate football players of 1966 clash when East meets West at Atlanta Stadium.

Sunday, July 9

THE 215T CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "Mars and Beyond" takes a look at what is likely to be discovered by man in outer space. Repeat.

Monday, July 10

CORONET BLUE (CBS, 10-11 p.m.). Not playing Mark Twain for once, Hal Holbrook stars as a newspaper editor who helps amnesiac Michael Alden search for his past.

NBC NEWS SPECIAL (NBC, 10-11 p.m.). "Khrushchev in Exile—His Opinions and Revelations Today," produced by a special NBC team, features the first full-length interview since the downfall of the Russian leader in 1964. The recent study includes Khrushchev's recollections of his career and his remarks about world figures he has known.

NET PLAYHOUSE (shown on Fridays). The Victorians: Society. British Character Actress Lally Bowers is featured in a Victorian version of the eternal triangle.

NET JOURNAL (shown on Mondays). "A Few Castles in Spain" focuses on the current Duchess of Alba, her husband, her children and her castles. Along the way, she also mounts a defense of her notorious ancestor, the "Naked Maya" of Goya.

THEATER On Broadway YOU KNOW I CAN'T HEAR YOU WHEN THE WATER'S RUNNING. Robert Anderson writes of men in pursuit of love who are, in turn, pursued by it. Sometimes sharply incisive in social comment, sometimes poignant in perception, most often baldly amusing, these four playlets demonstrate that in matters of sex, the line between the sublime and ridiculous is thin indeed.

BLACK COMEDY, by Peter Shaffer, looks at the light side of a dark evening in the flat of a London sculptor (Jordan Christopher) when neighbors, customers, fiancee and mistress collide during a power blackout.

THE HOMECOMING, winner of this season's Drama Critics' Circle and Tony awards, is the latest of British Playwright Harold Pinter's laconic, spare dramas. Members of the Royal Shakespeare Company give a nightly lesson in precision and grace in ensemble acting.

Off Broadway

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