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Blue Suede Shoes Used For
Jump Into Show Business
Memphis. Tenn. U P Young j and then a bakery worker be
Carl Perkins, a "country hov" ! fore organizing a little band at
with a guitar and a dream, used
a pair of blue suede shoes to:
Latest 'Egg Beater' To Be
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w;t!i the niostest.''
Civilians regard this uliiriy
bird wi'h a rurious fascination.
Tlerp is soi-neihmE ahr.ut a lieli-j
ropter its appearance and its
charartorisrir vertiral take-nff ;
and landing that ranf 5 pass
ersbv to stp and stare
But to tile miliary rnind. this:
"snmethmc " i the increased 1
tactical and strategical mobility !
that helicopters in general have j
hroucht to the cround forces.
One Piasecki "flying banana''
is capable of carryinc a one and j
a half ton load and at the tame ;
time, searing 20 soldiers. The
Army said this means they can .
move men and material into '
battie wherever reinforcements'
are needrd and without run
ways or ground improvement.
In the Korean War, the Ma
rines and Army used 'copters to
move up reinforcements and
move out wounded quickly.
For All Purposes
Tiie Pentagon expects in event
of war. Piaseckis would be
launched from aircraft, carriers
o drop shock troops behind ene-im-
shore defenses.
On the home front, cabinet
members and high-level officials
will attest to its worthiness. Of
ficials were shuttled to President
Eisenhower's Gettysburg farm
from, from Washington during
the chief executive's recupera
tive period.
One pihit demnPsfrated a
landing with "auto-rotalion" on
one of these trips. The pilot
showed his high-ranking passen
gers how this device permits the
plane to land safely in case the
engine conks out.
Piaseckis also proved to be
efficient in disaster work. Last
year, when all other transporta
tion hogged down, they were
able to fly supplies in flood
swollen areas of New York.
'Australians Linked
To Global Service I
Sydney (U.R Australia '
I has been linked with a new six-:
I day-round-the-world air service.!
Australia's Overseas Airline,
Qantas. now makes it possible
; for passeneers to leave Sydney
Friday night, circle the globe j
with normal airline connections. ;
and be back in Sydney the fol-
' lowing Thursday afternoon.
The new express service, using ;
Super G Constellations, went
i into effect March 2, and cut the;
! Sydney-London flying time to
1 54'; hours. The previous time
: was 75 hours.
Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Helicopters now use the De
fense Department's special air
port, the Pentagon Helipad, to
fly military leaders and civilian
officials to outlying areas. The
square concrete "pad" measur
ing 100-feel on each side was
built last year.
The armed forces are fast be
coming more attached to the hel.
icopter as a military vehicle.
Each service is convinced that
'copters can move more men and
cargo faster and safer.
jump in'o big-t;me show bui-
ness.
Perkins, who had never made
more thar, :ia a week, finds it i
hard to believe that his record '
nf "Bl'i Suerie Shoes' brought!
him about Sjn.Onil the first j
month it was on the national:
market.
And the money keeps coming
in making tiie 23-year-old Per-,
kins about the ."hottest" thing
around in country and western
music.
It s the same road to success ;
traveled earlier by EKis Presley)
who now is a top recording artist :
for RCA Victor. j
Both Perkins and Presley i
were unknown singers when
they walked into the office of a ;
recording man, Sam Phillips. A !
few records later both were ;
headed for the big money. ;
"I may get a few things I ;
missed out on, such as plenty j
to eat when I want it," Perkins j
said, "but I'm still a plain, coun-i
try boy. Money will have a hard j
time changing my attitude to-
ward life and people.'' j
He gives credit for his success i
to Phillips and "the good people j
who are the ones who make a i
fellow like me sell records.
Writes Songs
Perkins had never been "much
farther than the Memphis rail
road station'' when he headed
for New York for a guest appear
ance on a national television
show.
"I'll need a brace to keep from
breaking my neck looking up at !
those big buildings." he said. j
Perkins writes his own songs
and gets his ideas from "listen
ing to things people say."
The only thing flashy about
Perkins is a pair of "sparkling"
blue suede shoes that shine when
the light hits them. He wears
them on the stage.
Recently, Perkins stepped out
of an "unpaid for" 1D50 model i
auto and into a 1q-t6 Cadillac
that Phillips gave him. The gift
was for Perkins' feat in becom
ing the first country and west
ern star to have a record among
the top in all three categories
listed by the Billboard magazine
popular, country and western,
rhythm and blues.
Naturally the auto was mostly
blue.
Perkins has always done some
singing, but he was a farmer
"We never made more than
S3n or $35 a week," he said.
He often sent recordings of
songs he'd written to record com
panies with no luck. But he still
kept his dream alive.
Company's Success
Then he heard of Phillips and
his Sun Record Co., and got an
audition. The first two records
he made didn't set any houses
afire, but "the third time really
was the charm.''
That was "Blue Suede Shoes"
which sold more than 500.000
copies the first month it was on
the national market.
Perkins figures his success
will enable his wife and two
children to "someday enjoy the
things I never got."
Phillips' knack in helping
young singers get a start has
made the three-year-old Sun
firm one of the top country and
western recording outfits in the
nation.
Presley, whose voice has heen
described as a combination of
"Frankie Laine, Johnny Ray and
University Founded By Stagecoach Meet
Boston (U.Ri Fifty-year-old
Suffolk University was founded
because an injured Maine youth
and a Boston manufacturer met
by chance in a Cape Cod stage
coach on an August morning in
1903.
George A. Frost, a successful
businessman in his forties, felt
sorry for Gleason Archer, 23.
who was on his way to Boston to
have a fractured knee set. He
questioned the youth, liked him,
and decided to finance the poverty-stricken
Archer through
his final three years at Boston
University's law school.
GI HOUSES IN SPAIW
Madrid iU.P) The U. S. gov
ernment has contracted for 1,000
new housing units for American
personnel to be stationed in
Spain, the U. S. Embassy an
nounced Friday night.
Graduating. Archer fulfilled
an ambition to help poor boys
through law school by opening
an evening school in the tinv
living room of his Roxbury flat.
There were nine students in his ! iness administration and a grad
first class. juatc school of law. Archer hap-
Today. Suffolk has a college pily took part in the university's
of liberal arts, journalism, bus-1 golden celebration.
j Tony Martin." was a truck driv
er when he wandered into Phil
lips' office. Now he has two
Cadillacs, and, as a friend said,
"is the only person I know who
makes S65.000 a year and buys
a car on time."
Presley has an intense look,
wears his hair long and often
jumps all over the stage while
singing. Presley also wears
"loud" clothes.
Perkins is an average looking
guy and talks in a quiet, un
assuming way. He wears neat
sports coats and slacks and
those blue suede shoes.
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