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: 04f &sv "J-, WALKING INTO HONG KONG from Red China, the Rev. Harold W. Rigney (right), Chicago and Walter A. Rickett, Seattle, are welcomed by American officials after four years of imprisonment, brainwashing by Communists(International) WEEK-END SPREE Owensboro, Ky. (U.R) Ken tucky state police arrested a 15-year-old boy here on a Sunday afternoon on charges of breaking into six cars, stealing three and wrecking two of them after two wild police chases. The boy was home on a week-end leave from the Kentucky Village detention home for juveniles. He received the leave as a reward for good conduct. Boston (U.R) The Massachu setts Division of the American Auto mobile Association esti mates Hhere will be 81,000,000 cars on the road by 1965. Placed bumper to bumper, they would stretch around the earth 10 times at the equator. Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Hollywood (U.R) TV viewers seldom hear about the shows that don't get on the air. One producer told of a program that's branded "too hot" for t e 1 e v i sion. Worthing ton Miner, who produces "Medic" and "Frontier" and even intro duced Ed Sul- Aline Mosby ' livan to unsuspecting citizens, has created a new show called "Challenge." But this program is so contro versial that networks and spon sors have run in the other di rection. Present Both Sides "Challenge" would dramatize various widely-argued subjects of the day about the rights of Americans. The story would pre sent both sides of the question, and the viewer would have to make up his own mind. The "pilot" film of "Chal lenge," for example, tells about a school bus driver who was fired for refusing to sign a loy alty oath. The program ended with the unanswered question: Should he get his job back? Minter started the show after a subsidiary of the Ford Foun dation, the Fund for the Repub lic, asked him to make a pro gram about civil rights. After extensive research into law, he produced the pilot film in New York last April. s It', gathered dust in his office ever since. He admits it's difficult to un derstand why sponsors would be leary as the show never takes a stand. "But I suppose you merely mention the subject of loyalty osths and the lunatic fringe vould complain before even see ing the show and finding out we don't editorialize,'' he said. NBC thought the show was "dynamite," he said, but made no offer to carry it without a sponsor. CBS and ABS said nothing. "It was under option to NBC but that's over now, and I'll take it any place," Miner said. "I think it has tremendous impact." Other chapters of "Challenge" would deal with freedom of the press, the Fifth Amendment, freedom of speech, segregation and unions. Still Hopeful Miner has not lost hope. "We worked a year to sell 'Medic,' he said. "Any provavative show is hard to sell,", he said. "Everybody in town turned down 'Medic' Three agencies turned down 'Frontier' so I took it to sponsors directly New Balfery Converis Sun to Electricity Portland (U.R) -Pacific Tele phone and Telegraph company yesterday unveiled a solar bat tery that will power a telephone circuit or run a transistor radio. Consisting of eight expensive silicon wafers the size of half dollars, the battery converts sunlight directly into electricity. Telephone officials said the battery could generate enough power to operate eight tele phones. 'It generates up to 10 watts of electricity while the sun shines . "and, as the eight phone circuit requires only one watt, the surplus is stored in battery for use after Wednesday, September 21, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FIVE a storage sunset. Charles formation Seavey, company in officer, said the sili con wafers convert 11 per cent of the total light falling on them directly into electric energy, at the rate of 100 watts per square yard. In other words, he said, it would take a square yard of ultra-refined silicon to light a 100-watt bulb. and sold it right away. "CBS said no when I first sug gested a variety show with the worst emcee in the country, Ed Sullivan. I figured he couldn't possibly be entertaining himself so he'd have to find good talent. Well, he's still going." Packers Pay Penalty For Safety Violation Portland (U.R) Columbia River Packers Association yes terday paid the government $950 plus $87 court costs for violating Coast Guard safety regulations and the government said it would move to close the cases The government sued the As toria firm and two of its fisher men in Federal Court when they failed to pay penalties levied by the coast guard. Still pending were two actions demanding $200 from R. D. Voile, Warrenton, for failing to pay two $100 coast guard penal ties. . The coast guard levies the pen alties under authority of the 1940 motorboat act. ROBERTSON School of Business 40-42 N. 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