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J7 V JT OUR WAY By J. R. Willi.mi 'l WAIT TILL (WATER") HkUMMiHM aaaHIBMai I I I ' ' .. II OUR BOARDING HOUSE u-ij... ; With Major HoopU TELEVISION IN REVIEW: I ALV.AV5 5AV Tr-E5"S U:u F'z NCTHlNjS A L TT.S v. -r e. E: WOO' EXR:'SE T5 K5 ?A WAN f-J v.mPiCS.', lf.tr mnjK A NEW THAT FJJTKACeWE KAN I pjo T WITH THE -gEAR-.CED H5P-510P- ,-rr rt rw "7 WI7 J AvD1 n& A:D TrtfUSHT OP A gAS; PP5ALED To THE IN Hl.lt.' TEASELED LIKE A f HOT RCOy 1 1 0AFS&JT f X WARN YOU NOT TO 60 TOO FAR OS YOJ'LL WRATH OP A HOOPLE 7 TV ' 1 -l t If .yawls -J' mi -v S rr rr n UAvn.' '- HAPPENED T3 THE STORY OF MARTHA WAYNE By Wilton Scruggs tmf"rl iATrTfilTtulUfi,iriWliZE'U'All. III' I'UE MUE TO M - L I I I 11 111 17 J nw !LJ Sie,MVIHLPyrtAW?.PO(fTEe.I 1 TAKE mvafel..-i il ' Ml N hum. nimitHinir "(9 ATMAfTHAi! I "OU? y" UNtERSTAWD MY v rrTT- SBBHS II k L A . rl WJ-YNE'S I V -jA. (fuNJWAY DAU6HTEJ!) " CV, .-..,, II X K (tT El J lM m m m jy FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS ' ' ' ' . By Merrill Bloster 1 0ONT ul( "1 WHAlilHETHATs APPARENTLY SHe'S QUITC XTwAr VALERIE MAKES DIFF, AS JUSF . SIGHTED j ' (,t:F:l-J ' '', s t Captain easy ' By Lsii Tum I T YWk Y 13 OUT, R! WE I I MOW WHO 1 Htttt. VOU MBr- AVIUr-, J I v. upg PruiTgiT nicTm i Wue I ARB TOLP VOU REACH J COULP B6 HBR COUSIN GCOFfREY l utilJ HAPPENEP IN CMILPHOOP THAT GAVE HER. MMl'HEKAT6R.V CALLINS I POWN FROM OXFORP TO A GUILT C0WPLEX..PLAYIKI6 HC8 1 WITH HER IJJ 71 P"N.!MELP MWN. CA5E-. 5U6-C0N6O0U51 BUT HE CAN'T LEARN WHAT ALLEY OOP By V. f. Hamlin L. I I . AW( I I ...PADiiUM I 4X-ttU--' .N- so to I stupid, tin . --WttW1 K-Xri ynrSWrDf BLA7ES! 5v SCARECROW.' J XTSS , (If,., r. qM I I I I lilMtfW hm. T.H. fc U.t- l J y - BOOTS AND HfcK BUDOI6S By Edgar Martin VOO WERE TU- NO WOTO SS felpq r ,v j rA PRISCILLA'S POP By Al Vrm r M VI INCOME ON. NOWlS I I T" I WHY DON'T I MINO , Xwnx (fly away before) rK JS'r z mt own business J f BUTTERFLY VX1 VYOU GET-y H(j,J iS? " VjTVT IT S NOT SAFE TO) iC- 7r- - i , ' VlW L.SIT ON the;. J ) f 7 7 it ' VVJ- i ifOv (SlDEWALK'r . , T I.tVVA 1 V t V IH V-.' L f?- O Kvy BUGS BUNNY r Polka-Go-Round Is Making Some Progress Along Way By FRED DANZIG UPI Sff Writir NKW YORK UTIi Consider this a progress report on Polka-Go-Kound, a show I rememher poking last summer in this space. It's making progress. While the sets still fall short of the mark, improved lighting and an itchy camera have hoped up the pro ceedings considerably. Now, if the producers could unclutter the stage and tone down those glis tening "Three Musketeer'' type costumes the men wear, they'd be in the big league with their show. The music on this ABC-TV dan sant included happy samples from I'oland, Germany, The I'kraine, Bohemia, Krance, Aus tria, Kumania. South America and the United Slates. This wild determinedly international flavor is guided by emcee Bob Lewan dow.ski, a Polish version of Dick Clark, and a smiling, stomping aray of singing quartets, banjo and guitar players, organ play ers, accordion players, pretty girls and, of course, polka danc ers. To me, one polka resembles an other, but I thought the chain dancers performed a Polish krak owiak with unusual style. And 1 also was stirred by a dance in tcrprctation of Enesco's Rumani an Rhapsody "even though the cameras lost some of the move ments on the crowded dance area i. There is a great effort made to keep the show informal. The audience is on-camera frequently and one number Includes audi' ence participation. But the most informal touch Monday night came when Lewandowski intro duced a song and band leader Lou Prohut who shouted, loudly, "it would be nice if they brought out the idiot sheet (prompter cards) because we don't know all the lyrics." Everyone smiled. The show went on. Incidentally, next Monday's guest dancers will be the Pearls of the Pacific, a Tahitian troupe. Me, if you missed them last month on this show, don't make the same mistake again. And these gals don't even polka. day, Sept. 22, from 4:30 to 5 p.m e.d.t. Nat Hiken's musical com' e1y. "The Ballad of Louis the Louise," will be Phil Silver' ve hide in a CBS-TV special set for Saturday night. Oct. 17, Producer Robert i Omnibus) sauuen is m Europe to arrange tor taping of at least four con certs by Leonard Bernstein and the New Y6rk Philharmonic in Moscow, Venice and London. The taped shows would be part of the Ford-sponsored series that will be a monthly TV feature next sea son. Bob Cummings has landed the host-emcee role in the M-minute NBC-TV special, "A Toast to Jerome Kern," airing on Tues day. Sept. 22. "Milton Berle Hides Out at the Kicardos" is the title of the opening Lucille Ball Desi Arnaz show on CBS-TV Kri day. Sept. 25. The Channel Swim: Alec Guin ness and James Stewart . have been lined up by Hubbell Robin son, producer of the Ford series on NBC-TV that debuts Tuesday, Oct. 6. Guinness will star in "The Sin of Gebel Dekes," based on the John Hess story. No air date has been set, but taping is ex pected to take place in late Sep tember or early October. Stewart and George Gobel will star in a western-comedy adaptation of the "Cinderella" story, "Cindy's Fel la." At the same time, it was learned that Robinson has shelved plans to star Tony Curtis in "The Russ Colombo Story." The annual Pillsbury bakeoff will be carried on NBC-TV Tues- Mighty Atlas May Be First Operational LOS ANGELES (UPI) - The mighty Atlas Intercontinental Bal listic Missile capable of pack ing a destructive hydrogen war head is on the brink of becom ing America's ' first operational continent-spanning missile, ac cording to the Air Force. Joseph V. Charyk, assistant secretary of the Air Force for re search and development, made the announcement Monday at the ballistic missile and space sym posium. "We are on the brink" of de claring the 6,000-mile Atlas mis sile operational, said Charyk. This means, he said, putting At las missiles in the "hands of troops who can fire with a high degree of reliability." Atlas missiles now at Vanden berg Air Force, Calif., are oper ational models," said Charyk. "Difficulties which we have had have been largely overcome." 'The time when the first op erational-type Atlas will be fired from Vandenberg is now at hand," he said. One of the huge 80-foot, 100-ton missiles was static fired Sunday at the missile facility. Such tests usually are considered prepara tory to actual firing. ATTEND VALETINO SERVICE HOLLYWOOD (UPD About SO persons attended memorial ser vices Monday for silent screen star Rudolph Valentino who- died 33 years ago. Silent film star James Kirkwood read the eulogy at the annual services. Missing from the gathering was the "lady in black" who for 28 years made an annual pilgrimage to Valenti no's crypt. Obsorvor, La Grande, 0r., Tue., Aug. 25, 1959 Paga 8 Side Glances till ' iJISf- B-2i T.tt. Raf U I- A Off- f 1M fcj HI tWwta. IM, Tv got t good Idea for next summer, Hon. Let1 turn this whole thing into a wildlife sanctuary!" Suspect In Widow's Murder Captured Without Struggle ATLANTA I UPI) Larry Url I Thursday wnen oierra county. Calif., Dist. Atty. uoraon I. &mun charged him with the murder of Mrs. Putney, of Washington, D.C. The elderly widow's bonei were found on a lonely logging road in the California mountains Sunday, Aug. 16. The FBI Aug. 20 filed charges against Motherwell in San Francisco for unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for the crime DAILY XV LOG 2KREM A KXLi r KHQ TV TV O TV TUESDAY C:00 Newabeat Newa A Sporta Gray Ghoat fi:15 John Daly Dougr Edwarda - " 6:30 Bronco Sportftman'a Club. Front Page :45 " Wheel-Eatate Show " 7;00 jj December Bride lo School 7:J0 Wyatt Earp To Tell the Truth 2 J 00 nifleman Adventure Showcaae Fanfare 8:30 Naked City Spotlight Playhouae Me".f 9:00 Alcoa Preaenta Andy Wllliama Playhouae Six 9-1S " 8how 9:S0 Twenty Six Men ' 9:45 " - 10:00 NlKhtbeat NlKht Edition lo ir, jack I'aar- 4 Host Feature - 10 ,5 Late Movie 11:00 ' - m 11:15 ." . 11:30 Channel i Theatre 11:48 " - . WEDNESDAY 8:00 On The Oo . . pouch Be U 8:U - , " 8:30 " Sam Levenson 1 Treasure Runt Hi " . , 9:00 ' I lrfv Lucy . . . Price la Rlht 9:1J " 9:30 Top Dollar .Concentration 9:48 " to.. 10 00 Love Ot Lit - Tlo Tao Doufh 10:18 " ' . 10:39 Search for Tomorrow It Could Be Toil 10:41 Ouldlnc Light 11:00 Krema Kamora Coffee Club Theatre Queen For a Day , 11:15 " ... 1130 rantomlme Quls " Blondla 11:48 " 13 09 Muilc Olnso U'e A Great Life Young Dr. Malone 11 15 - " . 13:31 Romper Room Aa the World Turna From Tueae Root 11:48 " " 100 Day In Court For Uetter or Wore Truth or Conaeq. . lit " - 139 Gale Storm Show Houaeparty County Fair 1:48 " " - t dO Heat The Clock Big Payoff Xlat'.nee on Six J:U " " , , I II Who Do Tou Truat Verdict Is Tour . - 9 48 " - S 00 Am. Handstand Brighter Day - , 915 " Secret Storm - 9:30 - Edge of Night " " fhir Gang 4 00 Popeye , VUftCaxJ Shew i Led Three Live 4:15 - m 4 S0 TeaJTTme Uatlne Four Thirty Movie 5 00 Joe Palooka I " 515 i , 190 Mlck'-T aloaee Ctek 1 - - e , 8:48 I Huntley-Brlnkley Motherwell, 43, charged with the murder of a 72-year-old promt' nent Washington. D.C, widow, was captured without a struggle early today by the FBI at Atlan ta Airport just as he was about to board a plane for Cleveland J. Edgar Hoover, director of the FBI, announced in Washing ton that Motherwell, sought for four days in a nation-wide search J of murder. was captured. The FBI in Atlan ta said Motherwell was unarmed and offered no resistance. ' Motherwell was living in Atlan ta under the alias, Craig D. Fos ter, the FBI said. Motherwell is wanted in connec tion with the death of Mrs. Pearl Ada Putney, 72. FBI officials said Motherwell only admitted to his identity when apprehended by two FBI agents who arrested him at 1:15 a.m. es t. Bound Fr Cleveland The FBI said' Motherwell was with an unidentified man at the airport. The FBI refused to iden tify the other man, saying only that the man was not implicated with Motherwell. Motherwell was dressed in a conservative business suit, the FBI said. Motherwell claimed he had been residing In Atlanta since mid-July in rooming houses and was unemployed. The construction engineer said he was going to Cleveland to seek a job as a salesman with an automotive parts firm. Motherwell was transferred to the Fulton County (Atlanta) Jail early today. The FBI said he will be arraigned before U. S. Com missioner Frank A. Holden. Appeal For Aid Motherwell, of Washing ton, D.C. was reported by the FBI Monday night to be living in Atlanta until 10 days ago. The FBI appealed Monday night to the public to help them locate him. ., i Motherwell became the object of a nation-wide search last Inmates Die From Drinking Lab Alcohol MENARD, III. (UPI) Author ities are investigating the deaths of two Menard state prison in mates who died after drinking laboratory alcohol. Coroner Lester Walker said the victims, Donald E. Griffie, 33, of Portland, Ore., and Dewey Mills, 25, of Centralia. 111., died Satur day about 10 hours after they drank the alcohol. Walker said the alcohol was used as a disinfectant in the hospital laboratory and was be lieved to have had an acid base. Walker, who is awaiting a chem ical analysis of the liquid, said about a quart of the alcohol was missing. Both men worked In the hos pital laboratories and became groggy in their cells.. Prison of ficials said apparently no one else had drank the liquid. Griffie, who formerly lived in East St. Louis and Springfield, 111., was serving a one-to-three year sentence for burglary and larceny. APPROVES PAYMENTS WASHINGTON (UPI) Presi dent Eisenhower Monday signed into law a bill authorizing the pay ment of $5,387.98 to the govern ment of Iceland in full settlement of claims arising from accidental damages while U. S. troops were stationed there. 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