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The Bulletin, Wednesday, August 28, 1963 7 She was bent on murder-suicide Togetherness has come to ancien t and honorable game of billiards Actor George Montgomery wins fight for life after being confronted by love-struck ex-maid VAN NUYS, Calif. (UPI)-Ac-tor George Montgomery won a struggle (or his life Tuesday when he returned home and was con fronted by a love-struck former maid with a gun. Montgomery had to dodge one bullet that passed only inches from his ear, detectives said. Ruth Wenzel, 37, who Mont gomery said was employed by him and his former wife, singer Dinah Shore, about five years ago, was bent on murder-suicide, ac cording to Sgt. J. D. Barton. "I am extremely sorry for her and evidently she should be under medical care," Montgomery, 47, said. He added that Miss Wenzel had been dismissed after working for him about eight months be cause of her "erratic behavior." Police said Miss Wenzel had been in the home for two days awaiting Montgomery's return from a .six-week trip. The actor said he saw her when he first entered his home In this San Fernando Valley com munity and ran after her into a bedroom. There Miss Wenzel pulled a 38 caliber revolver from under a pillow, police said. Montgomery and the woman struggled for sev eral moments and the gun fired INCREASE VOTED WASHINGTON (UW) - The Senate Commerce Committee voted Tuesday to increase federal subsidies for construction of fish ing vessels by $10 million a year. The bill, approved during a closed door session, would ex pand the existing program by making more builders eligible for matching aid, and increase the subsidies from $2 5 to $12.5 million a year for the next five years. The subsidies would range up to 55 per cent of the Cost of building fishing vessels, similar to the present program of federal subsidies for commercial cargo and passenger ship construction once before he was able to sub due her. Detectives said they found a note which Miss Wenzel had ap parently wntten which said she didn't want Montgomery "fooling around with celebrity girls and ruining his reputation. The former maid, who came to this country from Dusseldorf, Germany, about seven years ago, also indicated in the note that she had Intended to kill Montgomery and then herself. Miss Wenzel was charged with assault with a deadly weapon. WIND-UP DUE FORT LEWIS, Wash. (UPI) -Washington and Oregon national guardmen conclude their two week summer encampment Fri day here and at the Yakima Fir ing Center. The guardsmen, about 6,500 of them, leave for home the same day in military convoys to beat the rush of expected Labor Day traffic. NEW YORK (UPD-Together- ness has come to the game of billiards. Increasingly, tho ancient game is played at home apparently on the theory that families who play together, stay together. Even the New York Department of State spelled out what a bil liards game should be In a ruling recently when it suspended the license of an Elmira, N.Y., oper ator of a parlor for obstructing from clear view the lower third of the parlor's windows. This, the Department said, was a violation of the State Law, which in licensing billiard estab lishments follows the "legislative intent" that the game should be a "good, clean, family fun" activ ity. One industry source says that every state has some sort of legis lation controlling billiards estab lishments and In addition there are municipal ordinances. These decide opening and closing hours, age limits, zoning and license fees. This same industry source, the Brunswick Corp., which makes billiard and bowling equipment, reports that growth of billiards has increased more than 50 per cent in a two-year period. It es timates that nationally, 10.3 per cent of the population, represent ing more than 18 million persons, participates in the sport. By 1964. the total will be more than 24 mil-; lion, the firm predicts. In a study, the researchers found home billiards popular with 43.8 per cent of the males and 69 per cent of the females play ing the game, either in their own or a friend's home. The study also showed the teen age market represented 37 per cent of players at away-from home centers, either billiard rooms or combination billiard and and bowling establishments. In the combination centers, the teen ager comes close to Wing 50 per cent of the operator's business; in establishments for billiards alone, only 23 per cent because of legal restrictions. The origin of billiards dates to ancient times. One chronicler writing of his travels through Greece in 400 B.C. reported he saw the game being played. Cat kire, King of Ireland who died in 14 A.D., left behind "fifty-five billiard balls of brass, and pools and cues." Researchers for the firm said that George Washington had a table in his Mount Vernon home where he played the game with Thomas Jefferson, Alexander March termed Very foolish' Hamilton, and the french states man and general, the Marquis De Lafayette. One of the great billiard players of modern times was William F. Hoppe, who won 51 titles in his long career. He died in 1959 at the agw of 71. Rejuvenation of the game for the whole family began about two years ago when the dimly lighted "pool hall" began to get its face lifted. As New York's Department of State remarked in that announce ment of suspension of one pro prietor's license, "manufacturers have encouraged prospective pro prietors to erase the old pool hall' Image of smoke-filled rooms and hulling shady characters for one of pine paneling, plush carpet ing, air-conditioned halls and modern equipment." The traditional green table sur face has given way to other col ors, partly because manufacturers want to lure Mom and the kids as well as Dad. Tables now are available In deep blue, gold, tangerine or clas-" sic white, with cloths offered In' blue, beige, deep tangerine, gold" or green. "Mix or match colors of tables and cloths," said a spokesman for, Brunswick, "and you come up . with more than 20 combinations available." PORTLAND (UPI)-A leader of the 1932 bonus march on Wash ington, D.C. termed today's civil rights march on the nation's capital as "very foolish." George Kleinholz, Portland, said ho was sympathetic with the aims and objectives of today's march. But he said civil rights problems would be worked out eventually through legislation and that a one-day march would do little good. Kleinholz in 1932 was named second in command of the bonus expeditionary force of some 20, 000 persons which was broken up by the Army. He said he had been making a living as a salesman but de cided to enter the 1932 march after hearing the plight of un employed veterans. The group moved to Uniontown, Pa., and later gradually disbanded. KEATING BURIAL DUE HOLLYWOOD (UPD Veteran actor Larry Keating, 64, will be buried Friday in Portland, Ore., his boyhood home town, follow ing a rosary and requiem mass. Keating, who gained his greatest fame playing the role of t h e grouchy neighbor, died Monday of leukemia. CUSTOM MADE PICTURE FRAMES We carry a complete line of picture frame stock. Prompt service custom made to fit your needs. LOTS 166 E. 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