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Guinness limits weirder categories NEW YORK (AP) - For a quarter century, people have eaten fire, swallowed swords, slept between beds of nails, even devoured a bicycle and a tree, just to get into the world's most famous record book Now the Guinness Book of World Records is "closing the book" on some of its records, declaring some winners for eternity in categories the editors consider life-threatening or particularly dangerous No more sword-swallowing No more bike-eating No more bodies sandwiched between beds of nails ■ There is sufficient planned lunacy on television without our having to add to it." says Norris McWhirter, the book's co founder and editor in London Something eventually reaches a point that we don't want to include it," McWhirter says. ‘ People can do what they like, but we’re not going to chronicle it Maybe the obituary columns will, but we won’t " The 1982 American edition of the book is being released Thursday Since it was first published in 1955. it has been the superlative book of superla tives But there are a few things it's never been, namely a place for what the editors call ’ gratui tously dangerous" feats like the lowest height from which a handcuffed parachutist has dived or the thinnest burning rope ever to suspend a man in a straitjacket from a flying helicoDter "We are 3 or 4 percent zany, 25 percent sports achievements and the rest almost academic — the sciences and the like ’ McWhirter. 56. says Among the new zany entries • M Lotito of Evrey France BE THE LIFE OF YOUR NEXT PARTY! WITH COSTUMES FROM ST. VINCENT DE PAUL Go to St. Vincent De Paul at 110 E. 11th for all your party props and costume needs Lampshades available too! s' Duck Lunch Box lunches Choice of standard <Lr? for the game ^10^ vy — ;V / r^\r 'si 1 US sandwich (up to $2 50) plus pickle slice, salad (four bean, potato, cole slaw, or tomato & cucumber), cookie or lemon bar, and chips or small soft drink $3.85 rJ' S Fine domestic and imported beer Fine wines On premises or to go Open 10-8 Mon. thru Sat. 12-8 Sunday I860 E. 13th Ave. 484-9867 Between William’s Bakery & Hiron s Page 16 who ate a bicycle during a 15-day period in 1977 He ate the frame in the form of metal filings; the tires were cut into strips and “stewed " • Joe Swaltney. I9, who ate an 11-foot birch sapling — branches, leaves and a 4 7-tnch diameter trunk — in 89 hours to win a Chicago radio station's "most outrageous" contest • Count Desmond, of Binghamton, N Y , who swallowed 13 23-inch-long sword blades Desmond's sword-swallowing feats are the final word in that category “We don't want him trying any more saying he cut his guts out for Guinness says David Boehm, 67, American editor of the book The bike-eating category, which the book calls “the ul timate act of stupidity," was recorded because "it is unlikely to attract competition " No other entries will be considered in that catego-y This year the fire-eating category is followed by a warning “Fire-eating is poten tially a highly dangerous activi ty." Among eating records, McWhirter says the book will not list records for potentially dangerous items such as live ants, goldfish, chewing gum or raw eggs in shells The “Iron Maiden" category is another being stopped Ver non Craig of Wooster. Ohio, set the record in 1977 by lying between beds of nails with 1,642'h pounds of weight on top “It's quite extraordinary, but I think if they go up much higher there's a great danger someone will be -impaled We feel that's something we shouldn't en courage " Other new entries include • Picasso was a prolific painter, but Morris Katz. 49. of New York City made the new book after finishing his 82.000th saleable painting Katz says he sells his paintings cheap and often • Walter Cavanagh of Santa Clara. Calif . has the world s largest credit card collection — 1.098 cards with a combined line of credit of $1 25 million • The world s most prolific liv ing mother is Leontina Albina, 57, of San Antonio, Chile, who has produced 44 children and was pregnant when the book went to press One record holder is the book itself, the “all-time copyrighted best-seller and world's fastest selling title,” with 44 million copies in print increasing by 60,000 to 80.000 a week It’s published in 23 languages, and a Chinese edition will come out this year McWhirter and his twin brother Ross, were 29 when Arthur Guinness Son & Co Ltd — brewers of Guinness stout — hired them to compile a book of facts that would help settle arguments in pubs The McWhirters already were run ning a research bureau that fed newspapers with obscure sports records Boehm became the book s American publisher and editor in 1957 When Ross was killed by Irish terrorists in 1975 Norris took over their firm, Guinness Superlatives Ltd Classifieds Duffy’s FRIDAY AT FOUR PITCHER SALE LIVE MUSIC by ROCK BAND No Cover 279 10-16 Fiesta-Pachagna Hispanos, Latinos, Chicanos. 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Maang you abaady1 I icaa ya...Spank jy? 10-16 ALPHA CHI OMEGA FALL PLEDGES There is no doubt we ire got the BEST it's you tall PLEDGES over the rest With your spirit and gleam this term and be great1 We It lead you through piedgesnip the initiation awaits Gel pumped lor this Homecoming weekend because there's more to come"1 Yeeooww1 l ove your sisters 26? 10 16 TO THE MEN OF SIGMA ALPHA EPSILON Looking to'ward to tailgating tun Because SAE "S and AX Os are number one We ll party at Autzer rain or stune Come Saturday rugtit we M have a great time t a* s ROCK Love the Alpha Chi s 26? 10-16 STIL1 AWAITING WORD Iron CB democrats wrien to begin campaign for ERA Mol_,__ 10-16 FAGGOTS. DYKES AND FRIENDS unite Show your pride weat a pink triangle 10 <6 LESBIANS AND GAYS UNITE Ne are not invisible Be blatant 10 16 KAREN t s bee i bad week er yet together tonight lor tiappy hour Meet at my plane a> 4 00 ove you Me and Herman 10-16 CHEERLEADER TRYOUTS! Interested - Contact Ai a' '45-6112 10 20 ALPHA PHI’S: i m going to be so G Q So don t bogue and go vogue Get oayched for all the party girls' Bob Lally, Accounting Major UM6 Looken for a great room-to room Friday night...The way they did H in the go’s. SIGMA NU 10-16 Phi Gamma Delta PRESENTS AN INCREDIBLE COURT: Liz Berry Anne Wearnerwan Jane Norcroas Maria t indgren Anne Tomlinson Mary Maguigan Renee Pense Julie Gerlenrich Valene Welch Jana Hielmseth Susan Gramchor Meghan Mahoney Courtney Alexander Susan Basham Wendy Wells 10 16 CHUMPERS Love is lot those who love you deserve all I can give GYMEE 10 16 DAN: The day has come you lurn 21 so go out and party and have a lot of lun Eat drink and be merry cause in the morning you II be looking sfiakey1 Happy Birthday to you I fiope you. I trope it 8 the best aspirin, Bloody Mary and me is what the Or suggests Happy 21st I love you . FRAN 10-16 Friday, October 16,1981
