Salem, Oregon, Thursday, February 21, 1957
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Presley Tops
List of Worst
Garbed on TV
What's My Line' Gtiven
Accolade for Poorest
Dressed Show
By WILLIAM EWALD
United Presa Stall Correspondent
NEW YORK (UP)-Elvis Pres
ley, who soon may bo doing a
right dress in the Army, is juilty
of a wrong dross in TV.
Like Abou Ben Adherri, Pres
ley's name led all the rest today
as Irving Heller, Manhattan tailor
and sartorial - handicappcr, com
piled his list of the 10 worst tele
vision, "Presley is one of the most de
plorable cases of bad dress I ve
ever seen," said Heller. "Without
a doubt, he is the worst dressed
man ever to appear before the
TV cameras.
"I am not knocking his talpnt
but I feel he is doing a disservice
to the cause of dressing among
teen agers by his example. He
does not look neat, dignified and
clean cut the way a young man
should."
A Wet Teabag
Heller, who gained a measure
of distinction a few years back
when he referred to Arthur God
frey as "a wet teabag with legs
also picked the worst dressed
show on TV, "What's My Line "
"The men on 'What's My Line'
look like pallbearers," said
Heller. "The women are dressed
beautifully, but the guys look like
they're getting ready for a
funeral." .
As a result of this questionable
distinction, "What's My Line"
contributed two candidates to
Heller's list, John Daly and Ben
nett Cerf.
"You would also have to rate
high on any worst dressed list
Sis Caesar and Joh Cameron
Swqyze," said Heller. "Caesar
has massive shoulders and those
suits he wears' just acentuate
Them. Swayze probably owns
more clothes than any man on
TV, but doesn't seem to know
what to do with them.
Looks Too Busy
"I've seen Swayze wear a plaid
suit with colorfully patterned tic
and a flow in his lapel," moaned
Heller. "Ho just looks too busy."
Wallyy Cox ("Terrible") and
Dave Garroway ("Puffy") also
make the roster. "You can add
onto that list Jimmy Durante.
Libcrace and Steve Allen," said
Heller.
"Durante, awful. And Liberacc.
Gaudy. As for Steve Allen, he
looks like a man who's . been
sleeping all bight in his suit."
Heller confessed he'd be hard
put to round up a 10 bes tdressed
list in video.
"Nobody Is rcall youtstanding."
said Heller. "I would say Hal
March is about the best dressed.
Perry Como is good, too. And you
can add on Jerry Lewis and Jack
Webb. sThey wear what looks
good on them. They don't worry
about trends.
Best Dressed Fat Man
"Generally, the quizmasters
come off the best, March, Jack
Barry, Mike Wallace and Ralph
Story. Ed Sullivan and Ed Mur
low are well-dressed, too. And
I'd pick Jackie Gleason as the
best drjesscd fat man in TV.
However, Heller is pretty un
enthusiastic about the sartorial
state of the male animal on TV.
"Not a single fashion leader has
been produced in the medium.
And nobody seems to care," he
said.
"They're getting away with bad
dressing now because thcyrc
mostly in black and white. But
when full color comes in, every
body's going to be in trouble.
Forest Service
Buys Bombers
To Fight Fires
WASHINGTON (UP)-The For
est Service recently bought seven
Navy torpedo bombers to fight for
est fires, it was disclosed today.
The planes will be used to bomb,
and strafe forest fires with special
ly treated water bombs and
sprays.
The Forest Service, which pro
tects millions of acres of wood
lands, has already experimented
successfully with water bombs
dropped from smaller planes. The
service also may soon start using
helicopters in fighting forest fires.
The agency's new techniques in
fighting fires were disclosed in
testimony before a House Appro
priations Subcommittee by itich-
ard E. McArdle, chief of the For'
est Service, and his two assistants,
Edward P. Cliff and V. L. Harper.
Harper said the use of torpedo
bombers allows fire fichtors to
strike the very heart of big fires,
spots they could never reach from
the ground. The planes also can be
used to strike quickly against
small fires before they get
chance to spread.
Cliff said the bombers can carry
6IM gallons of water, compared
with 100 gallons of the borrowed or
rented crop-dusting planes used in
experimental bombing.
None of the officials gave the
price they paid for the planes. They
would cost from $100,000 or $150.
000 new, but have been declared
surplus by the Navy.
OFFICIAL FISH
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (IT)
Alambama boasted today that it
is the only state in the union to
have an official fish.
Geoffrey Birt, state publicity di
rector, announced the selection of
the tarpon, fighting sport fish
found along the Gulf Coast.
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