o
1
I a
They'll Do It Every Time By Jimmy Hatlo
LUSHWELL CAH GO FOR DftYS WTTV!
OUT A QUALM Am without KKOWlMG
WHEN TO S7DPPO
uy. LUSUWFLL-
f UH-rrs closing-!
n Uk TIME FOR
I THINK YOU D (
BETTER CO
home y
RjT LET MIS LITTLE NEPHEW ELMO
TAKE A SECOND BOTTLE OF BURR4
LISTEN TO LUSHWELL-
w 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 ii i mi i i i i K" ' i i y rviAirvi 4 nuLiwr wrwur .- .- lwtt
you run your? no wonder you dost eat
J DEFMRTMEnT I - P j VOUR MEALS ! AU. YOU EVfcK
. . . .. f I wmm n 1 1 k 1 rr- c trEZT ( n ice '
r SET 'EM UP I V PUT IT HACK .' TmKE A -
m IN THE SAME III K GLASS OF MILK " :
v home ygv ALLEy- II .Q-TV . m
Alan Ludington Is Busiest Cut-Up
Man Working in Television Movies
By WILLIAM EWALD
United Press Correspondent
New York i-ffl The busiest
cut-up working within the state
ly confines of our TV networks
is a fellow named Alan Ludington.
Ludington, who comes equip
ped with scissors, is producer of
"Hollywood Film Theatre," a
90-minute ABC-TV opus devoted
to feature movies. Neither CBS-
TV nor NBC-TV has any such
animal.
Ludington is the networks'
master snipper. He estimates
that during his six-year hitch at
ABC-TV, he has carved up about
ISO English pictures and 26
American flickers.
His principal problem is try
ing to squeeze or stretch every
film to 83 minutes, the amount
of time left after commercials
and station breaks. That, and
S-E-X.
Stretching a movie is an art
peculiar to television. There
have been times when Luding
ton has had to rubberize a 60
minute movie for an hour-and-a-half
show.
How It's Done
"One way to stretch is to use
a longer teaser' the scene you
open the show with," explained
Ludington. "You repeat that
same scene later in the movie,
so the teaser adds to your total.
"Another method is to run a
longer trailer' the coming at
traction that shows what the
next film is going to be. Usually,
when you're padding, you let it'
rgo three or four. There hae beaji
limes wnen i neeaea so mut-ii
padding, I've run two or three
trailers.
"If you're using a host, you
can have nim talk longer to give
you some stretch. And, of course,
it helps if all the commercial
time is sold."
Shrinking a movie calls for
clippers and a1 stopwatch. Lud
ington times each scene, decides
which sequences do not move the
plot and then starts snipping
He cuts out whole scenes first
and if he still needs time, he
starts trimming, a more difficult
process.
Comedies, he pointed out, are
the most difficult to chop be
cause of their pacing. Dramas
with huge chunks of time de
voted to character development
are the easiest.
Ludington's shears also go to
work when too much sex seeps
out of a film. Long, sensuous
kisses, leers and suggestive se
quences get a hacking.
"We had one picture, 'Cara
van', with Stewart Granger and
Jean Kent which showed her
poised on a cilff .and about to
dive into the water. She was
naked, but so far away, you
couldn't see anything," recalled
Ludington. "But the next shot
showed Granger leering. Out
went the whole business.
Whole Picture Eliminated
"One scene in 'King Kong
never made TV either. It showed
Fay Wray in the water. She was
all right until she began swim
ming. Then you could see her
1 dress was down to h-e-r-e. Out it
went.
"We had one Britisrl picture,
'Wicked Lady', we had to throw
out entirely. We didn't know
where to begin cutting. Every
thing seemed to be exposed."
There are other worries in
editing films for TV catching
profanity, racial stereotvDes and
religious slurs. But one of Lud
ington s biggest problems is him
self he can't stand going to the
movies anymore.
"I've only been out to see two
movies in the past four years,"
he said. After watching these
things over and over all day in
my job, I can't bear the thought
of going to a theater."
be sure...
cane ! HNSL
sugar
Four Attempt Escape
From State Hospital
Salem API Four patients
failed in an escape attempt from
the maximum -security ward of
the state hospital here Tuesday
night. They managed to over
come three attendants but got
stuck in a dumb waiter between
floors.
The four overpowered their
attendants about 8:25 p.m. using
a hammer and two screwdrivers.
They took their keys and locked
the attendants up before starting
down the food elevator from the
third floor ward.
Hospital Superintendent Dean
Brooks said the combined weight
of the men apparently stalled the
elevator between the third and
second floors and the patients
were caught without a struggle.
It was the first attempt to
escape the hospital by violence
since May, 1953, when three in
mates choked a guard and fled
in his car.
Brooks said the patients in last
night's escape attempt were Syl
vester Roberts, Multnomah coun
ty; Rowley Lalo, Klamath coun
ty; Mervin Arnold, Lane county;
and Alexander Cross, Marion
county. All four were committed
by courts, but not for criminal
reasons.
Attendants C. F. Smith, Floyd
Norman and George Barthman
escaped serious injury in the
break for freedom.
The first life insurance com
pany in the United States was
"The Corporation for Relief of
Poor and Distressed Presbyter
ian Ministers and of Poor and
Distressed Widows and Children
of Presbyterian Ministers," es
tablished in 1759 in Philadelphia.
How to shop1
like a professional buyer
You make thousands of buying decisions
a month just shopping for your family.
A professional buyer makes hundreds of
thousands. Yet you both follow the same
sound rule to avoid buying mistakes:
A good brand'
is your best guarantee
You know you can count on a good brand.
Its fciaker stands back of it. And so you
know you're right.
The more good brands you know, the
surer you are. Get to know them in this
newspaper. They'll help you cut buying
mistakes, get more for your money.
BRAND NAMES FOUNDATION
Incorporated
A Non-Profit Educational Foundation
37 West 57th St New York 19. N. Y.
Pickin' Pears
News and Notes
Frcm Camp White
Thursday, August 22, 1957
MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE THREE
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE
By SID HOLLINGSWORTH
Dedication exercises for the
new picnic area adjoining Me
morial Field will be held at the
ball park Sunday afternoon,
Aug. 25.
A large representation of the
VAVS will be on hand with
guests, members and friends.
The event will mark the open
ing of activities arranged for
the coming year.
The annual watermelon bust,
usually held at TouVelle Park,
will initiate this festivity at
Camp White. Special entertain
ment is to be provided by Caesar
Muzzioli and his accordian
group, the Elks Kiltie band of
Ashland and the Darel School
of Dancing, from Grants Pass.
Following the exercises, a per
sonally conducted tour of the
picnic grounds will be made.
Manager E. K. Ricker will
make the dedication address and
present the guests. Assistant
manager Jaffrey will officiate
as MC. Chaplains" Eskay and
Feller will open and close the
exercises with the invocation
and benediction. The Camp
White color guard will perform
the flag ceremony.
Those who remember Frank
"White when he was a sergeant in
Company One several years ago
may recall also his prediction,
in fact, his insistence that at
least two more Eastern teams in
the major leagues should transfer
their charters, and that they
should move to the Pacific
Coast.
"Only in this way can big
league baseball come back into
its own as a major sport," he
said.
Frank White is probably
chuckling today over news that
the New York Giants are on
their way to San Francisco. This,
no doubt, will effect realization
of the other transfer, which
Frank believed was inevitable
bringing the Brooklyn Dodgers
to Los Angeles.
Now that S.F. has the Giants,
those who are familiar with the
intercity rivalry in California
can not expect L.A. to be complacent.
Frank White should be con
sidered an authority on the great
American pastime. He has been
associated with the game all his
life, as a scout and business rep
resentative for Cleveland, and
before that, the Chicago White
Sox.
His brother was the famous
"Doc" White of the latter team,
who really was entitled to the
handle "Doc" having graduated
in dentistry at Georgetown uni
versity in Washington, D.C.
The writer talked with Frank
at Sawtelle two years ago, and
was invited to attend the annual
dinner of baseball men in Los
Angeles, but circumstances made
it impossible.
The picture of the gathering
which he brought back showed
200 or more players, managers
and writers in attendance.
Needless to say, the burning top
ic of the dinner was the pro
posed move of the majors to the
Pacific Coast.
Frank left for parts unknown
shortly after this. Section Lead
er Claude McGinnis, who is well
acquainted with Frank White,
said he would try to find out
where he is, and he did.
He reports him at Reno at
the present time, and if he can
be persuaded to return to Camp
White next year, he may, with
his familiarity with baseball and
the business of dealing with
players and the public, find a
place with the Rogue Valley
league.
The League needs such a
"trouble shooter" to keep it to
gether all season. He may be
able to persuade his friend Ken
Williams, now living at Grants
Pass, his home town, to help him
out. Williams was with the St.
Louis Browns for 10 years.
McAllister Speaks
To Water Group
Cave Junction Lee McAllis
ter, regional engineer for the
bureau of reclamation, assured
Illinois valley farmers Monday
night that irrigable land now
outside the boundaries of the
proposed Sucker Creek irriga
tion project could in most in
stances be included within the
district.
At the same time a prelimi
nary report by Grange members
showed local farmers interview
ed so far were in favor of the
proposed irrigation project. A
time limit of a week and a half
was established for contacting
about 217 land holders within
the present boundaries, thereby
speeding up the momentum for
an election for an Illinois Valley
irrigation district.
A number of acreages along
the Rockydale road had been
excluded in the map of the
Illinois valley division of the
Rogue River Basin project. This,
McAllister explained by stating
that soil scientists made their
test holes miles apart, allowing
some properties to be, over
looked. In other instances, land
was judged non-irrigable or too
isolated from the rest of the
district.
McAllister urged landholders
not included in the original re
port to immediately sign up with
Monte Heald, secretary of the
Illinois Valley Water Resources
group, giving location of their
property by section, township
and range.
Local Man Promoted .
In Forest Service
William V. Jones, son of Mrs.
Esther Jones, 31 Meyers court,
Medford, has been promoted
from district forest ranger on
the Stonyford district, Stony
ford, Calif., to timber manage
ment officer for the Mendocino
National forest, with headquar
ters at Willows, Calif.
Jones, who has been with the
U. S. Forest Service for eight
years, is married to the former
Miss Patsy Robertson, daughter
of Mrs. Jack King of Medford.
Court Records
MUNICIPAL
Harold Leslie Schmelzer, violation
of basic rule. S10.
Harold Wallace Kenyon, violation of
basic rule. S10.
Bobby Ray Wilson, violation of
basic rule. S10.
Harold Clement Cox, driving on
wrong side of highway, $5; no op
erators license. $10.
Roland Joe Frazier, no Oregon op
erators license. $10.
Dary Myron Johnson, excessive
noise. S5.
George Francis Bell. delecuve
equipment, S5.
Howard William Cox, expired dri
er's license. S5.
Angel Ingle, racing with another
vehicle. $25.
Leland S. McSwan, no driver s lic
ense, $10.
DISTRICT COURT
George E. Trahern, violation baste
rule, $15.
Fred Myers, no operator s ucense,
$10.
Jean Dickey Laymance, no motor
vehicle license. 55.
Marvin William Betts, overlength,
$15.
Charles Howard Walden, over
height. $15.
James A. Downs Jr.. following too
close, S15.
CIRCUIT COURT
Nancv Jeanene Robinson vs. Pearl
Znos Robinson, divorce complaint.
School Man Travels
To Delaware Meeting
Jim McDonald, director of audio-visual
aids and public in
formation in the Jackson county
school superintendent's office,
left Wednesday for Rehobeth
Beach, Del., to attend a meeting
of the National Commission on
Teacher's Education and Pro
fessional Standards. ; .
McDonald, president of the
Student National Education as
sociation, has been invited to
attend the week-long meeting as
a consultant to the commission,
representing the student NEA.
While at the meeting, he will
give an evaluation report of
student participation at the re
cent NEA centennial convention
in Philadelphia and the com
mission's annual meeting in
Washington, D. O, which he at
tended early in July.
McDonald will return to Med
ford Aug. 26.
All New Drivers Face Learner's Regulation
Starting last Tuesday, all be
ginning drivers in Oregon with
a beginner's permit, must be ac
companied by a licensed driver
of 18 years old or older accord
ing to city police chief Charles
P. Champlin.
Chief Champlin said that a
bill passed by the 1957 state
legislature, which took effect
last Tuesday, will no longer al
low anyone under 18 to teach
another how to drive a car.
City police officers have been,
instructed by the chief to begin
checking for possible violations
of the new law and he plans
to issue warnings only until he
feels the public has had time to
become familiar with the law.
DRAMATIC
SAVINGS
SUNDAY
Watch Sunday's Tribune
Manager Ricker is impressed
with the response of the mem
bers as well as the public to the
program of games played at Me
morial Field during its first sea
son. He is considering the changes
and improvements suggested,
and with the outfield sodded
next year, Camp White will have
as fine a park as is to be found
in this region.
The matter of admission and
seating is a factor that will af
fect future patronage. At pres
ent, the public turnout is not
only regular but enthusiastic,
especially in support of the
Dairy Maids, who have made
softball more popular than hard
ball, at least for the home members.
CHUCK'S MARKET
838 W. McAndrews Rd. Store Hours-8. a.m. to 7 p.m.
PHONE SP 3-1666 Thurs., Fri., Sat.-8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Special Thurs. 3 p.m. to Sat. 8 p.m. CLOSED SUNDAY
Quart
Size
Frozen Foods
Vapocans
10 79'
VA Pint 1 zest
IV for U7
Size
SKIPPY
DOG FOOD
6 cans 49c
TIP TOP
COFFEE
69c lb.
BISQUICK
20-oz. Size
4 for 99c
BETTY CROCKER
CAKE MIX
3 pkgs. 89c
JIM'S m
EATS
GOVERNMENT INSPECTED MEATS
MONEY BACK GUARANTEE
WE GIVE NORTHERN STAMPS
BEEF
ROASTS
39
Lb.
FRESH GROUND
BEEF
3
lbs.
$400
I
STEAK SALE
T-BONES
RIBS
SIRLOINS
59 Ib.
BEEF
or Whole
41' ib.
Hind
Quarter
SI'
Ib.
Front
Quarter
FAMILY BUDGET ORDER
37 . 24 lbs. $10.00
WE GIVE NORTHERN STAMPS ON LOCKER BEEF, TOO!
f ' -JJjJ'Jn : ' I
You get a CLEANER WASH with CLOROX-...
whiter. . . brighter. . . sanitary, too!
Xartt pretty! That's the way even the
simplest cotton looks when it's laundered
with gentle Clorox. And Clorox more than
"pretties" your cottons... makes fast colors
brighter, whites whiter, even removing scorch
and mildew... it deodorizes for Summer
daintiness and disinfects for added health
protection, too. So do as millions of women
do. Use Clorox every time on white and color
fast cotton and linen . . . and on white 100
nylon, rayon, Dacron, Orion and DyneL
Every time you use CLOROX you protect family health!
A sign of good housekeeping is a hom
that s Clorox-clean! The label directions tell yoo
how to make your latches sparkle, bathrooms
gleam with Clorox. ..America's favorite bleach
and household disinfectant
I "" tan I
G