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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."
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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.
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for the Practice of General Surgery
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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. Weaver, 79, retired
civil engineer and industrial
ist who helped design the
Philadelphia subway system,
died Tuesday.
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