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IX MIBrORD (OXZGOm MAIL TRIBUHE Monday. July II. 1353 , W Av " T5 P ft, a 0 HEADING TO SEA from Los Angeles Harbor, 53 yachts start 2,225-mile race to Honolulu, longest regularly scheduled race held on globe. Entry list is largest on record. (International) Bible Expert Won't Let Jackpot In TV Quiz Game Change Her Life Harrisburg, Pa (UP) Win or lose, Mrs. Catherine Krietzer has no intention of letting the largest jackpot in television his tory change the even, pleasant flow of her life. The 54-year-old Camp Hill grandmother laughed heartily when asked whether she would quit her job as a clerk-typist at the Mechanicsburg Naval Sup port depot should she try for and win a $64,000 cash bon anza on a nationwide television show Tuesday night. "The Navy was good enough for me when I needed some thing," she said. "If I should . get something now, it will still be good enough." Even if she tries and loses, she has no intention of learning to drive the new Cadillac con vertible which would be her con solation prize. "I have never driven and I'm not going to start at my age," she said. . Mrs. Kreitzer, who has six sons and nine grandchildren, ar rives in New York Tuesday she will have her own cheering sec tion, i "There are at least 14 persons planning to go up with me we may have to take over Central Park," she said. .But she smil ingly declined to identify who would accompany her on the trip. Decision Tuesday Night With the same good humor she said that she will not make her decision on' whether she will accept the $32,000 she has already won or risk it on a "double-or-new-car" basis until she walks out on the stage Tues day night. She said she has been , read ing the Bible regularly and will depend on it for guidance in her big decision. "But then, I have always turned to it for guidance," Mrs. Kreitzer said. "And it has never failed me." "Of course, I read other re ligious books," she continued. "But the Bible is the book the biggest influence in my life." Mrs. Kreitzer appeared little worried about the decision which means a small fortune despite a deluge of advice by mail, telegram and phone. "Yesterday there were 106 letters and the phone never stop ped ringing." ' normal things by the national publicity she has received. The Poor Mailman "The poor mailman is dragged down,!' she said. "Such a bundle as he has to deliver here every day since I've been going to New York. And the way that phone rings." For the most part, however, she has kept her life on the same even keel. For one thing the fact that $21,000 of the $32,000 additional she could win would go for taxes will Her husband, Joseph, a car- j have no effect on her decision. penter, volunteered the informa tion that reporters have been visiting their frame farm house in Possum Hollow day and night. "Last night they were still here as late as 10:30," he said. ; His wife appeared more con cerned about the disruption of 1 1 7 1 A, HOLDING $100 win ticket on My Red Geflen which paid $281.40 at Arlington Park, Mrs. Titus Haifa, Chicago, col lects $14,070. (International) "Uncle Sam must get his share that's only right," she said. And she has made no attempt to do any. additional studying or research on her specialty the Scriptures. "Where could you possibly start cramming for something like that," she said. With one exception, Mrs. Kreitzer was willing to answer freely without hesitation. When she was asked whether she would have a Bible expert ac company her if and when she en ters the glass-enclosed sound proof booth Tuesday, she ' an swered: "I have absolutely no com ment to make on that." PROFESSIONAL TOtiCH Rockville, Conn. U.R) Farmer Myron Green, charged with kindling a fire without a permit, decided to be his own lawyer. He was sentenced to jail for 15 days. Green hired a law yer. The attorney won the far mer a suspension of the sentence after telling the court Green's wife was ill. Chicago American railroads rest on more than one billion cross ties, enough to circle the earth with a 50-foot wide broadwalk. 360 LITTLE CIRCLES! COUNT 'EM! oooooooooopooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo . oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo -oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooooooooooo - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO - -.1.' - ' They all look alike, don't they? Yet there's a world of difference the way we figure at Mercy Flights. Those 360 circles represent 360 patients we've flown to either save their lives or spare them pain, and 120 of the circles represent pre-paid subscribers who were flown free of charge. The others had to pay, if they were able. Actually, we wish that all of the patients had been subscribers and flown free of charge. That would mean that everyone in Jackson County was subscriber, plus a few more out of the county. Both the patients and ourselves would be better off financially. Right now, whether you're a subscriber or not, you enjoy the com fort of knowing that a Mercy Flights crew and at least one of our two planes is standing by day or night to rush you or someone in your family to specialized medical centers in the larger cities. As subscriber, you pay-only $4.00 a year for your entire family, and for get about the high costs of operating airplanes.- Otherwise, a 50c per mile charge is made for non-subscribers. Which do you think would be easier to pay? Mercy Flights is a non-profit, public service organization which is vital and necessary for the safety and health of everyone in the com munity. It can exist only with your support as a subscriber. Ifs so simple to join, so do it NOW. Send your name, address, number in family, and $4.00 to MERCY FLIGHTS, INC. NEW MERIT BADGE New York (U.R) The Boy Scouts of America have added a merit badge for "railroading" to their list of awards. To win this badge Scouts must fulfill eight requirements which include giv ing a description of the growth and development of railroads in the United States, naming rail roads that serve their commun ity, explaining how locomotives develop power and identifying examples, models or pictures of different kinds of rolling stock and different locomotive types. Lincoln, Neb. (U.R) An inmate of the men's reformatory here wrapped himself in a sheet to blend with the snow, sneak ed out of his quarters and climb ed a fence to escape. He then thumbed a ride. The - motorist was a state safety patrolman. Around Hollywood revue on Hollywood (U.R) Judy Garland is spurning movies temporarily to take her own stage 1 tour, and her opening to night is turn ing into one of filmland's big events of the year. .. Judy, one of the most cele brated Oscar losers in his tory, says she Aline Mosby couldn't find a movie script to top her "A Star Is Born." So the pg-nosed entertainer gathered her own troupe of 50 for a nation-wide, tour a feat By ALINE MOSBY United Pru Correspondent I V . V? I Ks A Ll few movie stars would attempt. The celebrities who turned out to cheer Judy's "A Star Is Born" premiere a year ago are" hauling out the black tie and mink again for the opening of her stage revue at nearby Long Beach.. Wants to Travel . Lana Turner, Lex Barker, Dean Martain, Jimmy Stewart, David Niven, Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall are a few of the big names who've bought $10 tickets. Frank Sinatra is chartering a bus to take his friends to the Long Beach event Even Debbie and Eddie will be in the audience as proof they still speak to each other. Judy has been rehearsing until 2 a.m. for two months. Friends, the press and various advisers dropped in to watch her in ac tion at one of the last reheasals this week. "I had such a long haul on 'A Star Is Born' and then a long va cation. I thought this tour would do me good and snap me to," gasped Judy after a. strenuous routine with . a line of chorus boys. . "I want to go all over the country, to places I've never seen. I've never gone on the road for one nighters. My other stage show played only at the Palace in New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles. This time I'll get to other cities." Sid Luft, her husband and producer who helped the one time unhappy singer back to stardom, sat in the darkened re hearsal auditorium to watch his wife at work. . "She could have done movies,' he said. 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