Tuesday, September B, 1955
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New York Team Exponents Of 'Break-It Yourself Props for Programs on TV
New York (U.PJ When your
favorite TV comedian is conk
4 with a dinner platter or your
favorite actor buried in a mine
cavein, relax.
Guys like Eddie Greenstein
end Fred McAliece are working
behind the scenes to make sure
that stars emerge ass unbattered
as TV wrestlers.
Greenstein and McAliece, two
hitherto unsung heroes of the
networks, are prime exponents
of a hammer-and-saw school
known as "break-it-yourself."
They build . such knick-knacks
for NBC-TV as vases that shat
ter, Qthairs that splatter and pi
anos that splinter.
When Imogene Coca sat on a
sofa on a TV show not so long
ago and nonchalanty picked at
the plugs and wadding until
the arm fell off, that was one
of the masterworks of Green
stein. Balsa Wood Facade
And when Sid Caesar punched
his fist through a wall on anoth
er show and 500 bricks came
tumbling down around him, that
balsa wood facade came from
the workshop of McAliece.
The principal concern of
Greenstein, McAliece and other
master un-builders at -the net
works is the safety of the stars.
That, and the assurance that the
bric-a-brac they turn out will
fall apart on cue.
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"Take a chair," said Geen
stein. , "Let's say somebody is
going to hit somebody else over
the head with it. What we do is
cut the chair a certain way so
that it's weakened at key points.
We call that 'scoring.'
Another happy method of de
s t r o y in g furniture, revealed
Greenstein-, was through the use
of trick lines and a trip mechan
ism. "The actor just pulls the
trip wire the audience can't
see it and everything just falls
apart," said Greenstein.
Greenstein and McAliece ad
mitted they got a fair amount
of pleasure out of their wreck
activities. "One of the most interesting
assignments we ever had," said
Greenstein, "was taking part a
piano for the Jimmy Durante
show. We fixed it so the keys
dropped off, the top fell to the
floor and the strings snapped
in a dozen directions."
It isn't all havoc, however,
Eisenhower Ends Work; Gets Back to Holiday
Denver (U.R) President
Eisenhower cleaned up a brief
work session quickly Saturday
and lost no time in getting back
to a carefree Labor Day week
end golfing reunion with a group
of old friends.
The chief executive spent less
than an hour at his summer
white house desk at Lowry Air
Force base before rejoining his
golfing companions at the Cher
ry Hills Country Club course.
His golfing campions included
wealthy eastern businessmen and
fellow members of the Augusta,
Ga., National Country club.
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are concerned. Occasionally,
they build something meant to
hold together.
"I made a totem pole with
movable jaws for Paul Winchell
and a man-eating plant complete
with man for Imogene Coca.
Tenderness of Meat
Now Being Studied
Davis, Calif. (U.R) At last
they're going o do something
about what makes one piece of
meat tough and another tender.
The University of California
laboratories here are making it
a research project, but it may
take .them a time to work up to
beefsteak.
The scientists have picked
chickens for a starter. If taste
panels and laboratory tests show
that heredity has anything to do
with tenderness of poultry
breasts and thighs home eco
nomics Prof. Pauline C. Paul
hopes to extend the study to
sheep and eventually to beef
animals. .
Chickens were chosen for the
first studies because they are
cheaper and quicker to raise
than larger meat animals.
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Manchester, Mass. (U.R) A
shark with three sets of teeth
was netted by Patrick Noon an.
The shark was 5Ji feet long and
weighed 150 pounds..
For another show, I had to
carve a 14-inch wooden egg."
Reflectorized Street
Signs Aid Searchers
Chicago (U.R) Motorists
will have less trouble in the fu
ture while searching for un
familiar streets, according to a
report of the National Safety
Council.
Reflectorized street signs are
used in numerous cities so motor
ists can find a particular street
easier.
. St. Paul, Minn, converted to
the glowing street signs as an
added safety factor and for con
venience. St. Paul Commissioner
Frank Marzitelli said not only do
the signs .create added safety by
eliminating traffic tie-ups and
possible resultant accidents, be
cause motorists must stop to see
the old style sign, but the new
signs also save time for firemen
and police.
Phoenix, Ariz., and Kansas
City, Mo., also have reflectorized
street signs. Kansas City officials
said car headlights pick up the
signs more than a block away,
giving the driver plenty of time
to make his decision and increas
ing to 'ai'fic safety.
White Lake, Mich. (U.R)
Mrs. Lorna Bayne of Whitehall,
mother of two children, was
chosen "Miss White Lake" in a
beauty contest. . .
Long-Lastiny Turtle
Carvings Said Doubtful
Los Angeles (U.R) Writing
on ice is just as satisfactory as
carving your initials on a live
turtoise shelL
Dr. Loye Holmes Miller, zoo
logy professor on the University
of California campus here, takes
with a grain of salt those tales
of tortoises that have survived
for a century or so as evidenced
by such initials and dates carved
on their shells.
Miller has been observing des
ert tortoises for years and has
found that such carvings disap
pear within a year because of
the regeneration characteristics
of the reptile. It simply grows
a new house.
ANCIENT FRUIT CAKE
Warren, Me. (U.R) Mr. and
Mrs. Charles Dillaway cele
brated their 55th wedding anni
versary by eating some fruit
cake that was baked for their
wedding in 1900.
University's Popular
Course Is In Angling
Pittsburgh U.R) -One of the
University of Pittsburgh's most
popular courses is a class for
anglers taught by Prof. Edwin
L". Peterson, a professor of Eng
lish composition.
Peterson, an expert in fly
tying as W;ll as literature, syn
tax and punctuation, lectures and
demonstrates the art of fashion
ing wet flies, dry flies, and other
devices used in trout fishing.
The course, offered free to the
public for the past eight years
by the university, 'meets from
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. every day for
a week in a classroom at Pitt's
Cathedral of Learning during
summer school. Tlie university
furnishes all necessary equip
ment thread, tinsel, hooks, and
feathers from the peacock, part
tridge, pheasant, gamecock, and
wild duck.
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1. 3,000,000 boxes of pears are predicted to
be the total 1 955 crop for the Rogue Valley
2. Public Utility Corporations in Jackson Coun
ty have a total valuation of $100,000,000
3. Donald Campbell, of England, has just brok
en the sound barrier in a jet speed boat
4. Mrs. Tatzumble De Pea, of Los Angeles has
just celebrated her 1 1 0th birthday
5. Joe DiMaggio, former Yankee great, has
just been elected to the baseball hall of fame
6. Tamara Rees, former paratrooper and father,
has recently turned housewife
7. July 24, 1 955 saw the first snow of the
season at Resolute Bay
8. Hot weather, as usual, plagued the Rogue
Valley during the latter half of July -
9. On July 26, Medford was presented the
A.AA award for having the most traffic
fatalities in the state during 1 954
10. I. A. Mirick is the director of the summer
swimming program in Medford
11. Marion B. Folsom is the new Secretary of
the Interior, replacing Oveta Culp Hobby
12. The most recent use given to electrons,
which affects us all each day is a process
by which foods and drugs are sterilized
13. A "Pony Express" race which took place be
tween Eugene and Roseburg with the South
ern Pacific train was won by the Pony
Express
14. The most gratifying news to come out of
the Geneva Convention was that no secrets
or private papers were accumulated
15. Hillevi Jtombin of Sweden has iust won the
"Miss Universe" title at Long Beach
1 6. Roy Huson of Medford has just been ap
pointed head of the American Legion
1 7. "M" day in Britain is the day designated for
for Princess Margaret to select a mate
1 8. Harold Talbott, Air Force secretary has been
exonerated for using the government to fur
ther his private business
19. Dick Applegate's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Applegate have recently celebrated
their golden wedding anniversary
20. Ashland is celebrating the twentieth year of
its annual Shakespearean Festival
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Please find my answers to the Mail Tribune Current Events Quiz.
... 1955
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