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The Telltale Clue The best thing about CBS-TV’s Thursday night summer mystery show, The Telltale Clue, is its title. There is an aura of Edgar Allan Poe about it, but the writers, having purloined the better part of a Poe title, have let it go at that. The rest is pure routine. The switch here is the introduction ◄ Hale of Homicide: Anthony Ross. somewhere of a fairly obvious clue, which the viewer is invited to dig out for himself during the commercial before the denouement. The body in the lake was well preserved because a paper mill had been dumping for¬ maldehyde into the water all these years; or the car actually chased the poor pedestrian, since the tire tracks zigzagged; or the detective himself comes down with poison ivy. The sleuth is Capt. Richard Hale of Homicide, played with an almost burning intensity by Anthony Ross. Ross bears down on his lines to the point where it begins to create a cer¬ tain amount of sympathy for the vil¬ lain. Sympathy for the villain, of course, is prohibited by law. All in all. The Telltale Clue is un¬ inspired stuff, filling one of those half hours that might be better spent read¬ ing a good book. One, say, by Poe.— D.J. FINE TUNING By OLLIE CRAWFORD Television argues right to cover Con¬ gressional hearings. A watched pot never boils—over. • TV is used to covering all kinds of trouble—look at the soap operas! • If Congress is going to look into things, it shouldn’t mind the public looking in. The average guy ought to be able to watch his government at work, just to make sure it is. He wants to see what’s doing, and who’s doing him. He wants to put his eyes and ears where his money is. • There’s nothing like a few camera angles to check up on other angles. • Television would like to cover the hearings without using a keyhole¬ shaped camera. The average guy wants to keep his eye on his elected rep¬ resentative, and he doesn’t mean “Howdy Doody.” The slogan, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you,” doesn’t apply to Congress. • In the case of Congress, you might say that seeing is relieving. • There’s an old rule about Washing¬ ton—the more it’s covered, the more it’s uncovered. 14