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G Martin and Lewis 'Give Away' Nearly $75,000 At Las Vegas Baefcack Table Las Vegas, Nev. U.R) Jer ry Lewis and Dean Martin, clowns an and off the screen, took over a blackjack table in a swank resort here and "gave away" almost $75,000 during a 35-minute period, the hotel said today. The money, said a spokesman for the Sands hotel, came from the coffers of the resort's casino. Martin and Lewis did not use their own cash on the give-away spree. "That $75,000 is nothing com pared to the $2,000,000 in good will the boys just made for the Sands with the public," said Jack Entratter, one of the hotel's own ers. ThpJ team recently patched up a feud. They came here Sunday night for a brief vacation. While waiting yesterday for a car to take them to the airport and the return flight to Hollywood, on a plane which had been delayed. Martin and Lewis sat at an un occupied blackjack (21) card table. I "At first they were just play fully dealing cards to kill time," said Entratter. ' Your Deal ! Hotel visitors sDotted them and started crowding around the table. Some joined in the game. Lewis, rubber-faced clown of the act, set himself up as dealer. Martin took over the money tray which contained silver dollars and S25 and S5 chips. Soon it be came apparent that Lewis was running a different sort of game. The customer was always right and always won, no matter what cards he held. Martin and Lewis kept peek ing at cards of players and advis ing if they should stop or draw. Lewis berated players who did not heed his tips. Players who legitimately had better hands than Lewis were paid two to four times the winnigs to which they were entitled. More than 100 persons crowded around the table which seated six. Martin and Lewis kept mak ing players give seats to other persons. "I guess they wanted to spread it around," said hotel press agent Al Freeman. Money Flows For 35 minutes the wheeling and dealing with the players always winning continued. Freeman said the entertainers went through almost five full trays of chips, each tray contain ing $15,000. The exact cost to the casino was $74,895, Freeman said. Entratter watched the game throughout. He was smiling, too, particularly when the com edians' agent, Mack Gray, pull ed them from-the table to take a car to the airport. '"Just think of the goodwill," said Entratter. "Of course, we're awfully lucky the plane final ly arrived. Six hours of this could be almost financially em harassing." . A hotel spokesman, who refus ed to permit use of his name, said that the $75,000 the boys handed out was "nothing" com pared to the amount of business they drew into the hotel merely by being there for three days. S&H Green Stamps All Depts. FRIDAY & SATURDAY SPECIALS WHITE STAR TUNA CHUNK STYLE- 29e 3-79 CAL-TOP ELBERTA Freestone PEACHES "f2 29e-l .FINER All Purpose 4 A-lb. 7flc FLOUR 1U bag OTTERBROOK CUT GREEN BEANS no. 303 lt A3) Tin for Lux Liquid Detergent . 12-oz. Tin 39c Spry Shortening Tin 85c DUNDEE CREAM STYLE WHOLE KERNEL CORN No. 303 tfV tf A3) Tin for Sunshine Krispy Crackers. .......... .1 lb. pkg. 25c Sunshine Hydrox Cookies. '. . ...12 ox. pkg. 39c Sunshine Choc-Covered Cherries ......1 lb. box 65c I rr fresh AW Ground BEEF if I60 Medford's Best GOOD BLACK ANGUS LARGE JUICY FRANKS 3 LBS. POT ROASTS . 45' Shoulder Cuts PORK n ROASTS Ib.S?) Extra Fancy, Locally Grown JONATHAN RED DELICIOUS NEWTOWN 2 lbs. Fancy Jumbo Oranges doz 49 9C REAL JUICY Fancy Green Spinach s19e Locally Grown Brought in Fresh Daily . .. 526 SOUTH RIVERSIDE Thursday. Oetober 20. 195S MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE TlVZ TO GO ON DISPLAY Pictured above is the new 1956 Ponliac Star Chief Custom Catalina hardtop four-door sedan. Built on a 124-inch wheel base, and 212.6 inches long, the new car is powered with a 227 horsepower Strato- Streak V-8 engine and is equipped with Pon tiac's new- Strato-Flight Hydra-Matic trans mission. The 1956 Pontiac automobiles will go on display Friday at Dean and Taylor Pontiac, West Sixth and Grape sts. . In The Day's News BY FRANK JENKINS As mentioned here before, the underlying philosophy of the California State park system is to make more easily available to the people of a state that is growing more rapidly than any ether state of the Union, whose cities are spreading out over the surrounding countryside at a rate that is nothing less than amazing, the majesty and the beauty of the great outdoors. It is an inspiring philosophy. It is a REASONABLE philos ophy. The beauties of nature have an uplifiting quality. They tend to raise man up out of his pettier moods. We can stand beside a rushing, clear river or a placid lake or in the presence of a shining snowpeak or in the awesome shadows of a red wood forest, with the sunshine filtering down through the mighty trees without thinking better thoughts and planning better deeds? Few of us. indeed. TOUT Man is a strange animal. For example: TN THE heart of the" lovely Humbolt Redwoods state park, there is a new and shiny plaque 'Commemorating the gift of a million dollars by John D. Rock efeller to the Save the Redwoods League, whose efforts have been responsible in a large way for the preservation of so many I thousands of acres of these mag-! nificent trees for the enjoyment ! of future generations. ! The reason for the new and , shiny plaque is that a year or j so ago some character with a ; high-powered rifle stood in front j of the old plaque, there in the shadow of these spirit-uplifiting giants, and shot it so full of holes that it looked more like a colander than a commemor ative inscriotion. The pattern of the bullet holes indicated that he wasn't even using it for a target to sharpen up his marksmanship. He was just DESTROYING something. . TJERE'S another one for the "book: Not too long ago, a' party of people camped for the night in one of these parks in the heart of the great outdoors. Thev bought a standard package of fuel at the park headquarters and with it they cooked their evening meal. As the shades of night fell, they wanted the cheering light of a fire as who does'nt, out in the big woods. But they didn't want to buy any more fuel. So they took axes and went to the building that houses the shower baths for the use of public and chopped down a couple of the partitions and used the wreckage to replenish their fire. It takes all kinds of people to make a world. TN MENDOCINO county, south of the heavier growths of red woods, there is a tiny creek be side Highway 101. It is a pleas ant little trickle running between green banks. Beside it is a soda spring. . People bring lemons there to make lemonade with this nature's bounty of sparkling water. For all I know, they may bring firewater to make highballs, but that is be side the point. I The point is that between the creek and the . road there is a little . flat beneath a spreading tree an ideal wayside stopping place. The rubbish and litter in the - little flat are bad enough, but when you look over the bank, down toward the creek, you get the full Jolt. . , It is a mass of discarded paper. melon rinds, paper cartons chicken bones, and . everything that people throw away. PEOPLE, taken as a whole, r are WONDERFUL. but there are strange and in comprehensible individuals among us. Bar Harbor, Me. (U.R) Resi dents of this community would have become increasingly irri tated over the delayed maiden voyage of Canada's sea going ferry which is part of a $10,000, 000 project to connect Bar Har bor with Yarmouth, N. S. Now they have dubbed it the "Calvin Coolidge I do not choose to run." : . Boxcar Shortage Idles Westfir Mill Eugene U.R) The boxcar -shortage has forced the layoff of about 75 men at the Edward Hines Lumber company at West fir and mill spokesmen said they would not be rehired until more cars are received. , - The spokesman said the com pany was receiving only about 30 per cent of the cars needed to handle shipments. The Hines mill, which em ploys about 320 men, said log ging operations were not affect ed by the car shortage. Only three students achieved perfect scores in the first selec tive service eollege qualifica tion tests. WEEK-END BAKERY mm Apple "jl Ec Strudel.. for II. 2) Cinnamon ) Ec Rolls . . . . Pan A3) Sweet Rolls ... . Doz. ' Breads Rolls Pies Cookies Cakes for all occasions PATTY CAKE BAKERY 11 Almond St. Around the' Corner from Hawthorne Mkt. Plenty of Parking Space Phone 2-5736 , DR.SP0CK now talks with Journal mothers! This month, this famous child-care authority tells how to keep the first child from becoming upset when the second child is born, and how to make each child feel comfortable in his fam ily. Be sure to read Dr. Spock on "A Child's Posi tion in the Family," in the November Ladies' Home Journal. Out today on all newsstands. ' PENNEY'S DOES IT I TTYVtt-11 TO TTrm 7-V( I pMEm Ad a UN' mmmm vyjl Jl JL l o j ip 4 POUNDS OF r . j BEAUTIFUL fJl ALL WOOL (' ' fc BLANKET ' ' gstjv unheard - rfss. , SEE IT! FEEL IT! COMPARE! EVEN FOR PENNEY'S THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING OFFER! Come in and gaze at the superb colors! Then feel the cloud-soft, thick texture! Quality like this is rare at a mere 10.00. We had it' made up to our specifications by a top-flight blanket mill. We had it lab-tested for warmth, strength, washability. We pared the price down to the lowest we've ever seen for a blanket of this kind, especially for our Birthday Party Event. 72x90 inches, 4 pounds. Bound in acetate satin. 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