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Tiny Circus Clown Rescues Acrobat by Blocking Fall Sarasota. Fla. U.R) " A circus clown, hardly bigger than a midget, leaped cat-like into the path of his girl friend Fri day to block her screaming fall from a high wire and save her life. "I saw her foot miss a ring," Alvin Schwartz said Saturday in describing the hair-tingling incident in the winter circus life here. "My first and only thought was to get under her and block her falL" Gladys Rimmer, 23, a pretty lass from Southport, England, was practicing ballet movements 25 feet up. She was a six-year veteran of" tumbling and wire dancing acts three years with Ringling Brothers, Barnum and SPORTS Top Horses Nominated For Santa Anita Run Arcadia, Calif. U.R) Sev enteen stakes winners In the United States and five top win ners in England and France Saturday headed a list of 95 three-year-olds nominated for the 18th running of the $100,000 Santa Anita Derby Feb. 19. Top eastern candidates in cluded Right Down, winner of the William Penn and Tremont Stakes, and Buny's Babe winner of the Babylon Handicap, the New Jersey Futurity and the New Jersey Breeders Stakes. Morgren Named to Head Yakima Baseball Club Yakima (U.R) A. W. Mor gren, Yakima, Friday night was elected president of the Yakima Baseball Club, Inc., succeeding O. E. (Babe) Hollingbery. The club is a member of the newly-formed Northwest league, a class B organization of the rtow-defunct Western Interna tional league. Other officers include Vice- president Frank Cubberley and Secretary-treasurer Floyd Gun ter. PIONEERS BEATEN Portland U.PJ Pacific . Luth eran of the Evergreen Confer ence handed Lewis and Clark of the Northwest Conference an 84 73 basketball defeat here Friday night Phil Nordquist, with 17, and Allan Gubrud from Eu gene's now defunct University high school, with 16, led PLC, while Hal Adrian and Loren Michelson hit 16 each for L&C. OWLS TRIUMPH Susanville, Calif. (U.R) Ore gan Tech of Klamath Falls wal loped Lassen Junior College 80 51 here Friday night. Gordy Fahlgren led the Owls with 16 points. !ii no so "jr f5xj$$gw;&.. " ' ' mim' I KING-SIZE PICTURE -274 sq. in. High Fidelity pictures on the larges 21" tube made! ALUMINIZED TUBE - smoked glass SENSATIONAL ROCKET TUNER Greater power, greater sensitivity and freedom from noise brings in clear, steady pictures in "fringe" areas as well as in "local" reception! READY NOW FOR UHF Easily, economically adjusted for UHF in minutes. No unsightly external adapter! INCOMPARABLE VALUE Brilliantly styled, technically excellent to assure years of thrilling entertainment. Sensationally low price because "Dollar for Dollar Olympic is your Best Buy!" ELECTRONIC SERVICE Authorixed Motorola Factory Service 18 NO. GRAPE PHONE 3-1971 Bailey circus. "It was one of those slip-ups, you know . . . my first dangerous one," she said with a pronounced British accent. Schwartz, a 26-year-old acro batic clown, said he was stand ing nearby looking up. "I quickly threw my back and shoulders forward to break her fall," he said. "Her hips and legs smashed into my back. The blow of her body knocked me unconscious for a minute or two. She glanced off my back and hit the floor." ; Both were taken to a hospital. He suffered two broken ribs but the dimpled brunette suffered only bruises. She was released after spending the night in the hospital under observation "Al almost caught me," the blue-eyed aerialist said in a tone of thanksgiving. Similar Accident Schwartz, only three inches shorter than the five-foot-two ballet performer, said he had never seen any such fall broken before but he recalled that a clown suffered a broken back only two years ago in a similar accident. He said the girl falling was not Injured. Schwartz, who said he was on the Milton Berle television show in New York before joining the circus in 1949, admitted he and Miss Rimmer were "quite good friends "We have gone out -a lot on dates since we met in 1951," he said. "But there's really nothing serious. They plan to leave with part of the circus next Tuesday as scheduled for a four-week stand in Havana, Cuba. IJSce Plans Transfer Of Voting Residence Washington (U.R) Presi dent Eisenhower plans to trans fer his voting residence from New .York to Pennsylvania where he has a farm at historic Gettysburg, it was learned Sat urday. Friends of the chief executive and his wife disclosed the pro posed transfer will come short ly. Although the Eisenhowers will not be able to live in their farmhouse until next spring, the president wants to move his vot ing residence from New York to Adams county, Pennsylvania, in the near future. ESCAPEE CAPTURED Hollywood U.R) Hal Grayson, once among the na tion's top band leaders, was cap tured Saturday after escaping from a state hospital where he was confined as an alcoholic. Grayson, 46, was arrested after he refused to pay an $8 cab fare, sheriff's deputies said. He es caped from Camarilla State hos pital Thursday. Including Warranty and Federal Excise Tax ft1 , i DEFIANTLY GAZING at cameraman, Conchlta Lopez, known as "The Mambo Queen," sits amid loot valued at more than $100,000 found In New York apartment she occupied with husband, Nor man Nusser, 30, sought as ''gentleman burglar." (International) Carnival Wrestler Admits Slaying of 'Too Pious' Woman Everett, Wash. U.R) A part-time carnival wrestler and dishwasher Friday told police he strangled-a comely young Sun day school teacher because she was "too pious." Earl C. Runyon, 35, said he killed Mrs. Violet Mae Williams, 26, a divorcee, shortly after she had kissed her children, a six-year-old boy and seven-year-old girl, and sent them off to Bible school. ... ' - He said the woman, whom he had been courting, 'refused to join him in a . scheme to steal welfare checks from the mails. "Too Pious" "She was too pious," he told police and a score of newsmen. He said he choked her to death while she prayed for mercy. She tried to talk me out of the idea of stealing the checks," he said. Runyon said he also planned to kill the woman's mother, Mrs. Betty Orr, and Mrs. Williams' former husband, Harland Wil liams. But he got to drinking and "just never got around" to the other two killings. Surrender Accident His surrender " to Detective Capt. Jack Johnson was some thing of 'an accident, Runyon said. He thought he was wanted for a parole violation and blurt ed out the story of the slaying while talking to Johnson. Last Saturday he said the motive was jealousy. Runyon, a former convict who had served time in Washington's and Oregon's state penitentiar ies, and in. the Washington state reformatory, said he boxed and wrestled in carnivals between prison terms . Northwest's Wheat Quality Said Low Spokane (U.R) - Northwest wheat farmers are raising too much wheat that is not of good quality - because it yields more bushels per acre than does better quality wheat, a state farm leader said Friday. Archie M. Camp, chairman of the , state agricultural stabiliza tion and conservation committee, said raising poor quality wheat was one of the factors account ing for a decline in foreign de mand for U. S. wheat. He also suggested a lower support price , on wheat might force some marginal land out of production. That, he added, would "give " farmers a better price without such extensive use of subsidies. ' Camp, , who is also president FANCY FOOD BASKETS .'AND , ' CHEESE GIFT PACKAGES ' Domestic and Imported Cheese We Have a Complete Assortment of Cheese and Cocktail Snacks for Holiday Entertaining , BELL'S BEVERAGE State's Circuit Judges Draw Up Rules for Court Portland (U.R) Oregon Cir cuit Judges drew up 20 "stand ards of conduct" for the state's judges and lawyers at the close of their annual, meeting here Saturday. Despite some opposition from jurists one of whom thought the Standards were "rules for a bunch of school kids," the judges voted them in. . '. Setting a new precedent, the Judges association decided that robes should be worn "in the circuit court to add dignity. They said they will also demand that lawyers and court officers wear suit coats. Impressive Ceremony , Swearing in witnesses shall be an impressive ceremony, they said. They decided not to call upon a witness to repeat the oath while being sworn in. Use of the Bible was also ruled out because the judges felt that some witnesses might not be christians or might be athiests. Opening of the court shall be strictly formal, with at least the rapping of the gavel by the bail iff when the judge enters the courtroom, the association de cided. Another Innovation will be the display of the United States and Oregon state' flags close to the judge's bench. Lawyers Must Stand Examining the cpnduct of law yers, the judges voted' they should rise and remain standing when addressing the court of the jury. They shall not lean on the judge's bench or be confiden tial with him. Lawyers from now on must remain at the. counsel table when examining witnesses. Guest speaker at the conclu sion of the association's meeting was Chief Justice Earl C. Latour ette of the State Supreme court. He told judges that the new system of using pro-tem judges has helped clean up a backlog of cases and has cost the state $40, 000. . Judge Howard K. Zimmer man of Astoria was elected new president of the association. The three first U.S. patent examiners were listed on the records as Thomas Jefferson, Henry Knox," and Edmond Ran dolph the records show. of the North Pacific Grain Grow ers association, said a new law governing export sales may re sult in more sales of northwest wheat to the Orient. He made his statements Friday to the agri culture bureau of the Chamber of Commerce. Sea Our Assortment of Lundeberg Bolts Meeting Following Refusal of Demands San Francisco (U.R) Harry Lundeberg, head of the West Coast sailors, bolted a meeting Friday after officials of the Pa cific Maritime Association re fused to accept his demands for ending the 44-day-old dispute over unloading the freighter Pa cificus at San Pedro. Lundeberg demanded that PMA demonstrate its "good faith" by agreeing to all the sail ors to work any hatch except No. 3 the next time the Paci ficus pulls into San Pedro Har bor. - PMA called the demand unac ceptable, pointing out that it would mean the sailors, instead of the ship operators, would be running the Pacificus.' "The show is on," Lundeberg answered, and stalked out of the meeting. PMA interpreted this as notice the tieup of unloading operations would continue aboard the Pac ificus, which arrived in San Pedro Harbor Oct. 28 and still has her cargo in her holds. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's Union here said a longshore crew would be on hand when the Paci ficus came out of drydock. Her release from drydock, originally scheduled for yesterday, was de ferred until Monday. Objected to Unloading The dispute began when long shoremen objected to the sailors' unloading the No. 4 hold, which the ILWU claimed was theirs un der the "status quo", in San Pedro. v Longshoremen have unloaded all Pacificus holds in San Pedro Harbor except No. 3 since 1950. However, ship operators assigned No. 4 to the sailors Oct. 28 since No. 3 contained cargo that was not to be unloaded. The longshbremen objected and refused to work. When they were reassigned No. 3, the sail ors then refused to work and ordered the ship's firemen -to shut off the steam. If .", YOU. A NEW and WONDERFUL HOLIDAY 1 1 BOY , ,:?S lb '4J Sunday December 12, 1SS4 Sailors Trade Wrappers for New York - (U.R) Three sailors who traded 60,000 ice cream bar wrappers for a , trailer full of toys for Texas orphans said Saturday they felt like a "triple threat San ta Claus." " The sailors drove here from Corpus Christi Naval . Air station with their cargo of wrappers. An ice. cream com pany gave them more than 200 toys and games as premiums for the wrappers, which sail-, on at the base had hoarded for months. Then the sailors appeared on the "Strike It Rich" tele vision show Friday and won: $200 worth of toys, $140 in: cash and the trailer in which they are going to cart their "loot" back to Texas. "We've had one heck of a big time," said Airman Mach- Yakima Indians Okay $15,019,640 Payment Toppenish, Wash. (U.R) The Yakima General Tribal Council Friday night voted, 226-18 in favor of accepting the U. S. Army engineer's offer of $15, 019,640 in payment for loss of fishing Tights at Celilo falls on the Columbia river because of construction of The Dalles dam. ' The vote, taken in the long shore here, ended a three-year-old controversy over Indian rights at the traditional fishing grounds. , The' Indians' attorney, Paul Neibell, told the council, "you have done the right thing." Accompanying the acceptance papers will be a resolution ask ing for the right to seek addi tional funds if the council finds it necessary.; ,; Forest fires in ' the United States each year, most of them man-made, destroy enough tim ber to build 186,000 average pri vate homes, according to feder al estimates.- BRING TREAT! J mm y &jt MM m s HOLIDAY DESSERT Vanilla ice cream cortred with Inscions macarooa cocoefiot copped with holly leaves end berries end burning red candle. Ice Cream Holiday Toys Inist Mate M. D. Beck, Sunny- side, Wash. With him were Harry T.' Mitchell, Nashville, Term., and R. M. Crabb, New York, both machinists mates, and Lt. (jg) Thomas Francis a jet pilot from Erie, Pa. They planned to leave for Corpus . Christi give more than just cr Christmas HEARING AID So' often n a person will put off cettinsr a hearincr m'H as lnnr 0 " ROSSI nip inmnvpniMrinir nthaiv and frequently endangering his own happiness and well-being! 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