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Writer Proves Bible Quiz Expert Can Be Stumped; $64,000 Question Tonight By H. D. QUIGG United Prtti Correspondent New York (U.R) Mrs. Cath erine Kreitzer, the Bible quiz whiz who may go for $64,000 to night, can be stumped. I did it, without even trying. The innocent question that she couldn't answer proves that although she has surmounted some memory ticklers she can trip over a familiar quota tion (that is, one that starts out by being familiar.) It was during an interview. Mrs. Kreitzer, a grandmother with quick brown eyes and with a tiny bit of gray creeping into her hair just above her fore head, said she hadn't any idea what she'd do with the prize money she may get on the TV quiz show "$64,000 Question." "We're not bad off financial ly," she said, and indicated she was not overly interested in the prize money. "A good name is rather to be desired than great riches," I said, quoting (I thought) accur ately from the Bible. "You mean ... rather to be chosen than great riches," she said, correcting my quotation. "What is the rest of that pro verb, something about silver and gold, isn't it?" I asked, idly curious rather than trying to test her. ays She Doesn't Know Mrs. Kreitzer frowned in thought for a moment and then said she didn't know. A check of the Bible later showed , that the complete sentence Pro verbs 22:1 goes: "A good , name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather, than silver and gold." Her inability to complete the proverb shows her armor, of learning can be pierced by a type of question that's somewhat commen of quiz shows.. ' Mrs. Kreitzer, who has been exposed to the Bible since she was five, tries to read from it each day. She has won $32,000 by answering nine questions about the Bible during three sessions of the show. Tonight she will say whether she will take' the $32,000 or risk losing it by trying for the 10th, .or $64,000 1 period.' Missing the questions would bring her only a consolation prize of a Cadillac convertible. She and her husband, James, who live with one of. their six grown sons on their eight acre farm one mile south of Harris burg, Pa., already have a 1952 Ford and an International truck. They grow peaches, pears, plums, apricots and have two acres In corn. Not A Church Member Mrs. Kreitzer is not a church member. Her mother, who is dead, and her 82-year-old father, Joseph Bucher, belonged' to the Church of God, she said. Asked about a report that she belong ed to the . United Brethren den omination, she said, rather stern ly: ' ' "My name is on no church roll. You can say that I did be long to the United Brethren Las Vegas Hotel Man Heavy Gambling Loser Las Vegas, Nev. (U.R) Hotel man Jake (Colonel) Freedman admitted today he lost "several thousand dollars" in one of the biggest all-night crap games in the history of this gambling re sort. Freedman, owner of the swank Sands Hotel and former Houston, Tex., hotel and resort owner, dropped the money early yesterday in a crap game during which a million dollars was re portedly on the table at . one time. Hal Hall, manager of Joe W. Brown's downtown Horseshoe club where Freedman suffered his. loss, said that although the hotelman once was "several hundred thousand bucks in the hole he broke even when the 10-hour game ended. Freedman, who would not set an exact figure on his losses, said he stopped at the Horseshoe club because "I can't play in my own place." '. , "I never did get off to a good start," he said. "I was always pulling uphill.' Mrs. Kreitzer, 54, explained why she got a job as a typist five years ago at the Mechanisburg, Pa., naval supply depot: "The kids all grew up. I'd get up in the morning and get the house cleaned in a couple of hours and just sit there. So I went out and got me a job. I didn't have to." , - She makes about $3,000 a year. Her husband makes about $3,500 as a carpenter. If she should de cide to keep the $32,000, their year's income would be around $38,500. If they filed a joint re turn, their tax would be about $12,500, according to . account ants. If she wins the $64,000, their income would be $75,500 and their joint federal tax would be about $31,700. If they wanted to give to char ity the full 20 per cent allowed on the federal income tax return, they could cut their tax to about $8,600 on the lesser iricoaM md to $23,116 on the greater. 4-HCIubllews Antelope Club . Antelope 4-H club will hold their local fair Aug. 3 at the Elbert Bigham ranch starting at 10 a.m. JLunch will be served at noon for' a nominal fee, every one is welcome. Diana Gardner, Linda Malloroy, Judy Bradshaw and Kenneth Bitterling are to work on publicity. Martin Heitkamp, Raymond Bitterling, Fred Jossy, Linda Malloroy and Doreen Bohnert gave reports on 4-H summer school held at Corvallis. Bill Bigham, the dairy leader, being sick and not able to at tend our meeting, Earl Jossy helped with two classes of dairy judging and then talked on the proper way of dairy showman shin, with Linda Malloroy, Jean and Kenneth Bitterling doing the work. Next meeting . will be held Aug. 12 at the Victor Gardner ranch with the Arney, Lucus and Murray families serving re freshments. Boy Hayes, . Reporter. Fire Ball Seen ; Over California Sacramento, Calif. lU.R) Sky watchers in three western states last night reported seeing a "swirling ball of fire" head toward the ground. The Civil Aeronautics Author ity here refused to speculate whether the "burning objects" were meteorites or other, celes tial phenomena. No airplanes were missing. The CAA said it had received reports of the "unusual night sightings" from points such as Cedar City, Utah, Lovelock and Tonopah, Nev., and Riverside, Stockton and Bishop, Calif. 'Red Cylinder' Seen United Air Lines pilots flying over Bakersfield and the Holly wood hills reported they saw a. "red cylinder with a vapor trail." At Sonora, Angels Camp and Clements, skywatchers saw a "bright flash swirling toward the group. with smoke trailing behind." - An' excited, rancher at Tono pah, Nev., reported a "cylinder glowing red that plunged out of the sky and exploded in a show er of. flame." A report that a plane had crashed and exploded near Lodi, Calif., proved false, the CAA said. A meteorite struck California near Mount Hamilton last year. Delay on Colorado River Project Seen , Washington (U.R) Chances appeared to be growing today that House action oh a bill to authorize a $760,000,000 version of the Upper Colorado Project will be delayed until next ses sion. " . The bill ' is awaiting'' Rules Committee clearance after win ning Interior . Committee ap proval. Chairman Howard . W. 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