European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1973, Darmstadt, Hesse Dbl Magazine by Mai Hub Bhom looking fora new Bonanza by Jerry Buck associated press whatever possessed lome Greene after 14 years As the father figure Ben Cartwright on Bonanza to accept Abc s offer to join the tube s most crowded profession detective i asked my agent the same thing said Greene Star of the new series As a matter of fact i was approached with two different detective series. I said to my agent a detective series there s got to be 35 detective shows on the air.1 " Well not quite but he s close. To be exact there Are 26 this sea son. That s counting All the rotating shows but not counting such crime solvers As Hawkins Perry Mason or Doc Elliot. My agent said when Bonanza started in 1959 there were exactly 35 westerns on the air Greene said. When it went off last january that figure had been narrowed Down to two Bonanza and Greene said Well try to develop a style As we did with Bonanza it developed and became a different kind of show after a while. It All depends on whether you enjoy it and Are comfortable. Whether you get the right scripts and the right actors to play a Low will Griff be differ ent Greene shrugged and said How the hell do i know the barrel chested White haired Canadian has a voice As deep As a cello and a face that looks like it was carved out of mount Rushmore s Granite. He smiled and added you do the Best Job actor Greene sees a similarity in Ben and Griff. Abc you can. People tune in to see the Best shows possible and if we re Good they la tune us As to any relationship Between Bonanza and Griff which is seen saturday nights on Abc Greene said hopefully there will be if people see similarities it Means i m using myself As an instrument As i should. Even though you interpret a script using yourself As an instrument a lot of the actor goes into the part. Like Ben Griff should be a figure of authority. He s a retired police chief. The conviction of his own abilities gives him author viewers also will find the unmistakable stamp of executive producer David Victor. Like other Victor shows Marcus Welby m.d.," and Owen mar Shal Counselor at Law there is the older experienced Veteran. And the Young subordinate. In this Case Ben Murphy. Ireene 58, plunged right Back into television almost As soon As Bonanza was cancelled by Abc. He signed for Griff even before the last episode of the Western had run on the air. Is one supposed to retire and not do anything else he asked. That s one thing i could never do. I might Cut Down but if i Stop Ped i d just go right out of my Greene said he has been very fortunate in his career. I be always had Long runs he said. Every actor every human being looks for Security. For 14 years i had that run in Canada As a newscaster. When i decided to quit in 1953 i was Mak ing More Money than the prime minister. Then i was a free Lance actor for six years in Canada the . And England. Then Bonanza came along and i had an other 14-year-run." As for the run of Griff Well it s much too Early to say if it will last for 14 years. Or even 14 weeks. Are you out of your mind Spring for kids not senior citizens11 is by Danial q. Haney associated press droughts and tornadoes heavy Hail and a late Spring Are in store for America in 1974, according to the old Farmer s Al manac. But Overall next year will be gentler than 1973, says the Skinny yellow Book which has fearlessly predicted the weather since 1792. It is the oldest almanac still publishing in the United states. We take our predictions seriously said Judson d. Hale 12th editor of the Folksy publication. We average out Between 70 and 80 per cent accuracy. That s bet Ter than flipping a among its predictions for 1974 most of the Central and Northern sections of the United states can expect a warmer than usual Winter particularly the greater Ohio Valley and upstate new York. Elsewhere it will be Normal. A drought will Start in the Spring in the lower great Plains extend Over most of the South Central Region by Midsummer and the rest of the country by Early fall. Many More tornadoes than Normal Are expected particularly from april through july. And severe Hail storms Are expected the second week of july. Spring will be late in the farm Belt in the Central and Southern parts of the country and in the far West. August will be the Best month for vacations. There will be a Rainy thanks giving Day and Green Christmas on the East coast but Christmas will be snowy in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain states. Florida will be cooler than usual in december and january but comfortable in february and March. The pocket size almanac also contains Star charts cooking hints and Pithy sayings. But its Centrepiece is the forecasts Bro Ken Down into three or four Day periods for 16 regions of the coun try. Just How the almanac staff makes the predictions is secret. But Hale will say that they use a formula developed by the first almanac editor based on a Complex series of cycles among them Are Sun spots phases of the Moon and currents of the Atlantic Ocean off Labrador. First you have to predict the weather on the Sun then correlate it with the Moon and the Earth. We Haven t perfected it yet but we re working on tuesday november 20, 1973 the stars and stripes Page 11
