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Died. Maria Dabrowska, 75, Poland's grande dame of letters and critic of Communist censorship, who last year joined 33 prominent intellectuals in a forlorn bid for greater freedom, and persisted after others gave up, best known for her sensitive four-volume saga (Nights and Days, 1934) of the rural gentry, and later studies of the landless peasantry; of heart and kidney ailments; near Warsaw, Poland...
...managed to avert disaster each time with an ingenious plan or a daring, last-minute rescue. Last week Bill Zeckendorf, 59, found himself in the worst trouble of his spectacular career. With no rescue in the script this time, the end seemed finally in sight for a saga that has endlessly fascinated and amazed the business world...
...SAGA OF WESTERN MAN (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). The story of the Pilgrims, recreated by John Secondari. Color...
...SAGA OF WESTERN MAN (ABC, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Custer's Last Stand. Color...
...fellow to watch out for is Scott. Only last summer Scott was the dashing, heroic flyer in Leon Uris' sweaty saga about the Berlin airlift. Now here he is again, successfully making the transition to civilian life as an idealistic, heroic young automotive executive. His battles in Detroit, working for Author Gilbert, are as simple as when Uris used him in Berlin. He fights for honest salesmanship and for improvements in the product. He indignantly opposes a loudmouthed supplier who is bribing and blackmailing Tony. At the end it looks very much as though Scott will marry...