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.
Smith (D-Va.) told a reporter
the rules committee has not
made a "final determination"
whether to have a hearing or a
vote on the measure.
But he added that '.'my com
mittee is reluctant to act on
any more of these big projects
with congress trying to adjburn
shortly."
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