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o o O O 0 o 53rd Year' Price 10 Cents MEDFORD iv H A IT araWTBIBUNE 2n.i SECTION MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 10 1958 Pages 1 to 12 Kirk Douglas Risked Fortune To Make "Vikings1; Plans Bigger Show By -VERNON SCOXT United Press International Hollywood (UPI) Kirk Douglas is a plunger in the grand tradition of gimbler Nick the Greek. Actor Douglas put more than $4 million on the line to produce his new movie and stood to loose everv, dim owned plus several million borrowed dimes. A few weeks before the film, "The Vikings Prints Reveal Exhibit Popularity Chicago (UPI) Dr. Aus tin L.Rand, chief curator of zoology at Chicago's Natural History Museum, says visitors leaveQtelltale marks of their preferences all over the place. "The nose prints and the fingerprints that visitors leave inr the museum are the best clues we have to the popular ity of our exhibits," he ex plained. He illustrated the point by a comparison of the number of prints found on the case housing the stuffed figure of the famed gorilla, Bushman, and its neighbor which con tains a family- of hyraxes timid, rabbit -like creatures from Abyssinia. , The glass around Bushman fills up with prints pretty quickly, while there is "rare ly a print" on the hyraxes' case, he said. Four Haif-Sizers was released, movietown wise ' , . i i j guys were Dewing ne wuuiu lose his shirt, socks and money belt when the picture hit the screen. "This kind of gamble makes Las Vegas seem like child's play," Douglas claims, still somewhat shaken by the or deal "All the chips were rid ing on my belief that we had a hit on our hands." "And we have." i Few independent producers have undertaken as vast a pro ject os the Norse saga, 'and Douglas was advised by studio bigwigs to scotch the pro ject or risk catastrophe. But Kirk was a man with a mis sion. "I've always been entranced by the Vikings," he says, "and I was determined to go ahead with it. - A Shocker "I'd counted on a $3 million budget to begin with, but costs got out of hand. We could have cut corners, but I decided we'd do it right, or not at all." To charges that his film con tains an over abundance of gore and brutality, Douglas re plied his picture was produced as a fable, added that it was meant to be a shocker. "However, it's not as shock ing as the teen-age switchblade pictures being made these SENIOR OFFICER DIES . Brockville, Ont. (UPI) Maj. Gen. H. O. N. Brown field, 63, senior artillery offi cer of the First Canadian Army during World War II, died Tuesday after a long ill ness. A native of Englewood, N.9., he retired in 1947 after 33 years of service. days," he went on. "I abhor violence that can be imitated. No teen-agers will rush out after seeing my picture to buy a sword to cut off his brother's hand, or an eagle to pluck out the eye of an enemy. "And the kids love the violence. All children are brought up on brutality from their earliest story books. "Grimms Fairy Tales, Mo ther Goose and even Walt Dis ney capitalized on this. In 'Peter Pan' the hero cuts off Captain Hook's hand and feeds it to a crocodile. Goosey Go sey Gander threw a girl down the stairs. And remember 'Jack and JiT when Jack falls down and breaks his crown? Careers at Slake ' "So far the film is making money at a fantastic rate. It's broken records in 11 theaters, running between 30 and 40 per cent better than 'Trapeze,' which was United Artists big gest hit. We could dead $12 million in the United States alone. "Sure, I was scared for a while If "The Vikings' had bombed I would mave given up the ghost of independent production. It could have ruin ed my whole career." ' Would Kirk gamble for such high stakes again? "You're' darn right I will," he concluded. "At the end of this year I'm starting pro duction on 'Sparticus' about the uprising of the Roman slaves. It will be bigger and more expensive than The Vik ings. "If you aren't going ahead in this business you're sliding back. And I'm willing to gam ble rather than slide." 45 JUMBO PAK cm 1 li miff ' Ph Driver Distraction Can Result in Car Accident Chicago Everyone knows you can't stop a car on a dime. But do you realize just ex actly how far your car does travel before it can be stop ped? "It's a lot further than you may think," the National Sa fety Council says. Tests show it takes the av erage driver, under most con ditions, about three-fourths of a second to react to an emer gency and hit his brakes. At 15 mp.h., in the time it takes to react, you've already traveled at least 17 feet theoretically, over three six feet-tall men. It takes another 14 feet about two more six footers - to bring your car to Parents' Orders Terminate Venture Traverse City, Mich. (UPI) Dick Lievense's unusual busi ness venture was thriving un til orders from his parents ended the swapping. ""Dickj 11, son of a state con servation department fisher ies supervisor, was trading garter snakes to his friends. During a week-end visit near Jackson, Mich., Dick found the nest of 30 garter snakes which he took back to his Traverse City home. Until his parents called a halt to the snake-swapping, Dick had acquired a bicycle light, ball of silicon putty, roll of tape, marbles, marble bag, tape measure, magnet, bottle of glue, balloons and 35 cents in cash. a halt. That's a total of five six-footers you've run over and at only 15 m.p.h.! Pretty Reasonable Speed Most motorists, though, don't drive quite that slow. Let's assume you usually whiz along at, say 60 m.p.h. A pretty reasonable speed, you'd say. Keep your eyes on the road and reach for a cigarette light er. Put the cigarette in your mouth, glance down and flick the lighter. That flick and ini tial puff on the cigarette took about two seconds. During that time, you traveled at least 176 feet more than half the dis tance of a football field. , If you saw an accident situ ation ahead after looking up and hit the brakes immediate ly, before you could stop your car would have traveled 366 feet further equal to another football field, and then some. Everyone Distracted ' ' Your trouble may not be lighting cigarettes. But every one's distracted sometime or other by something in the car. Best protection is to be alert, and to hold down your speed so if you do face a situation, you'll have time to stop safely. If you do find yourself fac ing an emergency, you'll be better able to stop in time if your tires and brakes are in good condition. An emergency is no time for added problems. If, despite all your precau tions, you find yourself in an emergency, remember this tip: Better that you head for .the ditch than ram an oncoming car. "Stay alert stay alive," the Council says, and "Think ahead." . REUNION Paul Hearn, 14, dying of leukemia in a San Francisco hospital, wanted more than anything else in the world to have his two dogs, Dawn and Dusk, who had been left behind at his family's home in Staten Island, N. Y. Nurse Mary Herscuth got various kennel clubs in the Bay Area to pool enough money to have the dogs flown out here, and here Paul is shown with Dusk and Mrs. Herscuth at the reunion. Ralph D. Odell, M.D. v Announces the Reopening of ' his offices in the MEDICAL CENTER BLDG. Room 205 for the Practice of General Surgery Hours by Appointment Phone SP 3-6515 Semo Man Enters Plea In Circuit Court R. W. Akers Jr.,' Selma, pleaded guilty in circuit court Tuesday to a grand jury in dictment on uttering and pub lishing a false che-":. A pre-sentence report has been ordered and bail reduced to $500, according to the dis trict attorney.'s office. CIVIL ENGINEER DIES Philadelphia (UPI) Frank M. 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