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Around Hollywood By ALINE MOSBY United Press Correspondent Hollywood 0J.R) Huh O'Bri an, the "Wyatt Earp' 'of tele vision, drew a bead on other western heroes today: Most are too slow on the draw. TV viewers who are well saturated with Westerns may have noticed some sage brush her o e s Aline Mosby would never live through a real gun fight. But O'Brian is proud that fans have congratulated him on his hand-to-holster speed. Challenges Others "I'll challenge any of the other western actors to a contest Gary Cooper, John Wayne, Roy Rogers," the star of the ABC-TV program announced. "I can draw in two-fifths of a second. In a lot of Westerns they have to slow down the cam eraqyvhich makes the film go faster so it looks as if the man is drawing faster." How to be quick on the draw is one talent O'Brian worked before he parted the TV se ries about tne famed Kansas marshal last fall. He used to mow lawns for a living, and when he finally broke into pic tures he was the heavy in many a Western at Universal-International studio. "It didn't matter then if I drew quickly because I was the villain and I always got shot, anyway," he explaQied. "But after I started playing Earp, a hero, I had to learn to draw first. I think I can draw quicker than anybody else in the business. Kirk Douglas and Burt Lancaster are very good on the draw." Ability Demonstrated At this point in our interview Hugh demonstrated his ability with a .45. He left the set of the filmed show (a dangerous mov"e because in TV they can film an entire show while your back is turned) and loaded his gun out side the stage. Whil secretaries ran out of their offices in alarm, O'Brian shot up the old back lot at two fifths of a second by a stop watch. "The technique includes never looking at the other fellow's eyes or his gun," Hugh went on. "Actually I'm not as good or accu9ate as the real Earp. I've read a lot about him. Out of 200 fights he only killed four men in self-defense. He was quick on the draw but slow on the temper." Earp Outfits Now The TV series is holding 'its own against such stiff competi tion as Milton Berle and Phil Silvers on Tuesday nights. Soon children can buy Earp outfits string tie, fancy vest, striped pants a dressier change from coonskin caps. "There are a lot of jokes about Earp's name now, too," added O'Brian. "The greatest sign of success is when the public starts kidding the name." New Plastic Plane Wing Being Tested Buffalo, N. Y. (U.R) A newly developed plastic wing that eventually may have wide spread use in the aircraft in dustry is being tested at the Cor nell Aeronautical Laboratory here. Research scientists at the lab came up with a fabricating tech nique for reinforced plastics. Its use is being turned to guided missile production. The Glenn L. Martin Aircraft Co. is now experimenting with the CAL-developed eight- foot plastic wing in place of an alum inum structure in its KDMI guided missile. The wing, ac cording to CAL, weighs six per cent less than its aluminum counterpart and requires about 30 per cent fewer man-hours of fabricftion. Favorable tests have led the armed services to request fur ther research on the unique wing, said to retain its strength well at temperatures up to 400 degrees. Most foamed plastics lose their strength at half that temperature. The CAL process consists of foaming a low-density, high strength plastic core inside a mold, then applying a skin of glass fabric impregnated with resin in a "sandwich" pressing treatment. W& - ; DOWN BEFORE IT'S BUILT A 150-foot temporary sec tion of the new International Bridge near Eagle Pass, Tex., lays in the dry Rio Grande River bed after collapsing while under construction. At least 35 workmen were injured, two of them critically. Osaka Police Looking For Dropper of Leaflets Hokyo (U.R) Police in the I promised "free Chinese beer and industrial city of Osaka are noodles" which the Red Chinese looking for members of an anti- didn't have. Communist league who have been using a helicopter to show er leaflets on Osaka, site of the current Chinese Communist trade fair. The Japanese press reported today that one set of leaflets caused pedestrians to stampede the fair grounds. The leaflets LOWEST PAY OFFERED Odin, 111. U.R) The Odin village board has offered to give the job of village marshal to whatever local resident is will ing to work for the lowest sal ary. So far, nobody has asked for the job. Sherry Fong Trial Postponed Portland (U.R) Circuit Judge Alfred P. Dobson late yester day recessed the Sherry Fong murder trial indefinitely while he studied points of law after citing Deputy District Attorney Howard , Lonergan for. contempt of court. . ' The judge, who tangled with Lonergan over the nature of hearsay evidence and other le gal questions, imposed no pen alty but said he would consider it later. Three witnesses were called by the court in' an effort to establish the reliability of testi mony by Sally Irwin and Carol Thompson, who testified they saw the victim, Diane Hank, in Portland after she was allegedly murdered. Sherry is accused with her husband, Wey Him Fong, of the death of 16-year-old Diane. Judge Dobson questioned Lois Grierson, Lewis and Clark Col lege instructor, William H. Bea- vert and Howard Lowry, both executives of Iron Fireman Man ufacturing Company, over the objection of Prosecutor Lon ergan. The defense rested its case with the reading of Dr. Howard L. Richardson's test i m o n y. Richardson, a Seattle patholo gist, presented testimony at the first trial of the Fongs which did not substantiate the state's claim that Diane Hank died of barbitu rate poisoning. Austria Avalanche Kills 10 Persons Salzburg, Austria (U.R) The first serious avalanche of the winter killed at least 10 per sons and injured several others at the Kaprun hydro-electric plant near Salzburg Monday. An avalanche of snow crashed into a party of workmen at the project shortly after dark, bury ing 17 of them. Six of the work men were believed trapped un der the mass of snow. Tuesday, December 6, 1955 MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE Cuban Women Held For Demonstration Havana, Cuba U.R) Police today held 21 women for trying to stage an anti - government demonstration and government officials openly expressed fear of an armed revolt. Police moved in when some 80 women gathered on a down town street corner to stage the demonstration. Interior Minister Santiago Rey said the government was frank ly worried over the activities of groups who are "raising the flag of armed subversion country wide." Pro-government Sen. 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