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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 4, 1 955
Pages 1-6
Well-Balanced Show Family of Eight
Spends Much Time in Big House Trailer
Chicago (U.R) The Vernon
Schwenkes have a well-balanced
family.
Schwenke and his wife and
their six count 'em six chil
dren live for weeks at a time
in a 21-foot trailer. ,
The Schwenkes are show peo
ple. Schwenke, 35, and three
of his youngsters form a novelty
balancing act.
Well-Adjusted Crew
They play fairs, conventions,
sport shows and the like, and
they've appeared with Ed Sulli
van and Bob Hope.
Their living arrangements on
the road might give some people
claustrophobia, but the Sch
wenkes are a well-adjusted crew
and they never seem to get in
each other s way,
The close cooperation in which
they live seems to carry over
into their act. The kids seem
to have the utmost confidence
that their dad will catch and
balance them, no matter how
difficult the feat.
No Privacy in Trailer
The family's compact trailer
has a bunk bed which sleens
four and a studio couch at the
other' end which sleeps three
youngsters. The baby sleeps in
a folding bed in the. "hall."
The $4000 trailer has a bottled
gas stove and a refrigerator com-
-Ml a single unit, all Ull
heater, a six-volt electrical sys
tem with fluorescent lighting,
running water and a special
'wardrobe closet.
Schwenke uses his oldest son.
"Bumpy" 11, Robert, 6, and Su
san, 5, in his act. Sometimes he
uses the baby, 15-month-old
Sandra, "when she's in the
mood." - '
10, and Jon, 8, are prop boys.
Schwenke's wife, Lucille, cooks
and takes care of the children,
and makes the costumes.
Best of Health
"We're all in the best of
health," ' Schwenke said. "1
think it's my wife's cooking.
And in the winter the kids line
up each day for cod liver oil."
The youngsters are enrolled
in a correspondence. ,jiJOQl
which ' furnishes the books, pam
per, pencils and the like. The
classes are taught by Schwenke
and his wife.
Each Sunday the family at-
Civil Defense
Programs Vary
Chicago U.R) Civil defense
budgets in 24 of the nation's
largest cities range from more
than $3,600,000 in New York to
$16,657 in Dallas, Tex.
The American Municipal asso
ciation conducted a survey that
showed civil defense programs
in cties of more than 400,000
population vary greatly.
It said the variety of interest
and concern cannot be laid to
indifference on the part of those
cities whose programs are rela'
tively small. . . .
The strategic location of the
city affects the emphasis given
civil defense, the survey showed.
Other factors are competition
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municipal programs, differences
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measures of leadership and sup
port furnished by state govern
ments.
But in general, defense spend-
ing m 1954 was higher than in
umcago appropriated more
- than $800,000 in 1954, compared
With $142 nnn in- 1053 Oinfin.
nati appropriated nearly $280,'
000 last year, compared with
$13,000 the year before.
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tends church, wherever they
may be. .
Schwenke, former middle
weight national arrfeteur weight
lifting champion, has been in
show business nine years. He
started a Tjalancing act with
the oldest boy.
As the other" children arrived,
the act "just sort of grew" into
its present format.
The Schwenkes pull their
trailer with a four-door Cadil
lac complete with jump seats.
When their busy schedule
gives them a break, they go
home to Milwaukee. There they
really spread out.
Their permanent , home . is a
$9,000, two-story trailer with
four bedrooms, a 14-foot living
room and a 10V foot kitchen.
HOW TO PREVENT WAR
Kansas City, Mo. (U.R) The
Eisenhower administration's For
mosan policy is the one way to
prevent global war, Rep. Walter
Judd (R-Minn.) told Missouri
Republicans at a Lincoln Day
celebration here Saturday night.
TITO ADVISES WEST
Belgrade, Yugoslavia U.R)
Yugoslav President Tito advised
the West Saturday not to give up
attempts to cooperate with Rus
sia because of the government
changes in Moscow. , .
Cigarette Smoking Said To Produce Action on Heart
Chicago (U.R) A report by
four doctors in the Journal of
the American Medical Associa
tion claims cigarette smoking
produces definite and immedi
ate effect on the action of the
heart.
The doctors making the report
were Henry I. Russek, Virgil J.
Dorset, and Burton L. Zohman,
all of the U.S.. Public-Health
Service, and ; Dr. Insidore E.
Buff, Charleston, W. Va. "
Direct Danger Not Proven
They . said evidence did not
prove that smoking presents a
direct danger to heart disease
patients but that smoking is bad
for them because of undesirable
effects on the heart.
The doctors said smokine by
heart disease patients appeared
to show up heart muscle weak
ness by blood vessels through
out,, the body. 5The "tobacco
heart" patient gets a poisonous
effect from nicotine, they . said..
400 ' Persons Tested
Dr. Buff said he tested 400
normal persons and found heart
action changes in 10 per cent.
He said he could not determine
whether those who , showed
changes would ever develop
heart disease from smoking, but
believed they should stop smok
ing. : ' '
Timothy V. Hartnett, chair
man of the Tobacco Industry Re
search Council, : said in N&w
York that $1,000,000 had been
appropriated to help finance in
dependent research. -
He said the committee, estab
lished by large tobacco corpora
tions, was going forward with
research into various phases of
the relationship between tobacco
and human health.
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