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MAIL TtMUNI, M., Of. C Tlnm, M.y U. 1M0 t 4l W'vf-U , "via? t 'ilk I 1 GEARED FOB BUSINESS Erie Stanley Gardner is shown in the study of his 3,000 acre ranch near Temecula, Calif. The cre ator of "Perry Mason" has geared the ranch strictly for business and keeps a bed close by the study. Gardner, 70, says he's never had a vacation and has "got to slow down." Only recently, however, he signed a con tract to write another 20 "whodunits" in the next five years. (UPI Telephoto) Light-Weight Nose Cone Secret of Atlas Missile Washington - fUPD -The secret behind America's rec ord 9,000-mile Atlas missile shoot was a light-weight nose cone wnicn van uanj da devastating a nuclear war head as older, heavier models. A standard Atlas Missile, without extra engine thrust or increased fuel load, hurled : the new-type nose cone from Cape Canaveral, Fla., to a point beyond the southern tip of Africa last week. - Still elated over the flight, the Air Force said today it ; planned more of the super distance launches from both the East and West coasts. Farther Yet A top officer said some lest shots of the Atlas and Titan missiles may go even farther , than the one which broke the previous distance record of - some 7,700 miles. That was set by two Russian miiltl- We Give f GREEN STAMPS ELLIS MARKET 820 Crater Lake Avenu. stage rockets fired into the Pacific. The Atlas flight vividly demonstrated that the "nom inal" range of 6,325 statute miles formerly staled for American intercontinen tal missiles is an obsolete sta tistic. The Strategic Air Com mand now rates various ver sions of the Atlas and Titan as having 7,360 to 9,775-mile range. They will be able to sweep the Soviet Union from the most southwesterly bases now being built In the United States. There would be "good coverage" of Russian targets from those bases, even with out the extra range now at tainable, the Air Force officer said. He was certain from on-the- scene visual observations that Friday's flight was "highly accurate," although it will take several days to analyze the mass of tracking data re corded throughout the journey. The officer said there will be some "pretty long" shots from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif, as well as Cana veral but he declined to say whether there will be an ef fort to hit Indian Ocean tar gets from the West Coast base. The nose cone which spel led success Friday is more than 10 feet long and made of ablation materials. These materials absorb the enor mous heal generated on re entering the atmosphere and then throw It off by vaporiz ing, thus protecting the war head. In Friday's shot, about 1,000 pounds of instruments were carried instead of a war head. The new nose cone, made by General Electric Company will be used on combat ver sions of the Atlas. Presently, combat ready Atlas missiles at Vandenberg have blunt, copper nose cones, which set up a shock wave ahead of the re-entering vehicles and dis sipate the heat. Salem -(UPD- Tillamook and Benton counties will each re ceive a $25,000 civil defense emergency hospital next month. This will bring the number stored in Oregon to 20. Creator of 'Perry Mason' Never Wanted to Be Writer Temecula, Calif. -(VrD- "I never wanted to be a writer," said Erie Stanley Gardner. "I just wanted to live like one. Thus, at '70. does the crea tor of "Perry Mason" sum up career that has seen him turn out a virtual one - man library of mystery novels. His 100th tome, "The Case of the Waylaid Wolf," was published this year, and he estimates that more than 110 million copies of his books have been sold in the United States and Canada alone. He quit a brilliant legal practice for full-time writing a quarter of a century ago "so I would have more time for hunting and fishing." Yet it is easy to see his first love is the books, although he constantly grumbles they keep him from doing as much hunting and fishing as he'd like. Working for 50 Years "I'm never on vacation," he said. "I'm 70, and I've been working day and night for 50 years. I've got to slow down." Yet, only recently, he sign ed a contract to write another 20 "whodunits" in the next five years. Why? Because although he Is an expert crafstman who thrives on work, he considers himself mainly a business op eration which "manufactures good salable merchandise." i m not a writer - I m a business man," the stocky, gray-haired bespectacled auth or said in the study of his 3,000-acre ranch on the out skirts of this tiny Southern California town. "I'm a salesman. There's writing - and there's writing. I don't have the time to wail for inspiration - or anything. I never have. For 10 years I practiced law during the day, wrote at night and turned out a novelette for the magazines every third day. "This morning I got up at six, drove to San Diego, came back and dicated 12,000 words of my next book. This after noon, I'm having this inter view, and then I'll dictate some more - until my voice gives out. I'm having trouble with it. "My big problem, though, is correspondence. It's huge. Just about the only things I have time to read are my mail and the latest stuff on legal medicine." One reason for Gardner's deluge of mall is his nationally-known Court of Last Re sort, an organization that works on behalf of men con victed of crimes they didn't commit. Convicts and their relatives send him thousands of letters. "From now on, though," he said, "I'm concentrating on the books. I've spent eight tenths of my time in the last OHMBfll iffflililFal rajs i Mm y y y m mmwm 1U L JIU u uIvU U iL JL JltlM l BORDEN'S MAYONNAISE k WIDE MOUTH JAR FOR ppw 2"" rmr spooning! reusable; FULL QUART "T Creamier! Smootherl Best for salads, sandwiches, dips and dunks! "T Fresher! Made In western communities and sped to your grocer fast! Made with country-fresh eggs. Very big on flavor and Borden quality! LOOK FOR THESE SPECIALLY-MARKED JARS. ..NOW AT YOUR GROCER'S! OFFER LIMITED! 6ET YOURS TODAY! SAVE 90 AT SPECIAL LOW PRICE! 10 years working- for the Court. 'i ll still be active, but I won't do any more writing or investigating for it." Geared for Business The Gardner acreage, nam ed Rancho del Paisano, is geared strictly for business. The author has a bed close by his study. His family lives in Oakland, Calif., hundreds of miles away. The ranch, adjoining an In dian reservation, has a few horses, a few tenants, a little hay, about 10 houses and 15 employes, the busiest of whom are six secretaries who tran scribe Gardner's dictation and keep his financial dealings in order. "Many people take mystery novels instead of sleeping pills, and they're more bene ficial - at least to the writ ers." he laughed. "Seriously, though, the mystery book has a very in teresting psychological impor tance to people. The average man is ever in a state of su preme suspense because life is all complications with no conclusions. That's the trouble with life. "So the reader has prob lems and can't sleep. He picks up a mystery story which has substituted a hypothetical problem for a real one, He solves it, is happy there is a conclusion, turns out the lights and goes to bed. We call it 'escape fiction,' and it's a good word. "Another thing. It's not low level reading, as some critics think, Our biggest readers are doctors, bankers, big business men - people with important problems." The late President Franklin D. Roosevelt was an avid Gardner fan, as is former President Harry S. Truman. Iruman and I still cor respond." said Gardner. The author's shrewd grasp of his profession guided his career from its beginning. He explained: Started 37 Years Ago "I started writing stories 37 years ago, when I was 34 and still a lawyer. I knew I didn't know anything about writing, so for the first 12 or 13 years I never wrote any thing with a legal background - I just learned my craft. I wrote westerns, waterfront stories, that sort of stuff. "That's why I say I'm a businessman. Most writers do their best stuff first for the low-paying publications and run out of material by the time they've earned their way into the big time. I sold my worst stuff first and had my best in reserve - the mysteries with legal backgrounds-when I got to the high paying field." Many noted attorneys, ln- PATrtWCE KZWAftCCD ,be pleased ibouf eating rierifcer tree about tJ yer ago San Jose. Calif . fllTO Mrs. own home-g r o w n bananas, but didn't get eround to ripen George H. West had a right to I They first began appearing on ling until recently. eluding his old friend Jerry Giesler, believe Gardner would have been a great trial lawyer if he had not given up the bar. Gardner is well versed in the dramatics and tricks of the court room. One of his favorite stories concerns a colleague who broke Gard ner's pencil when he saw him scribbling notes during a trial, The writer recalled: Got Legal Bug Early "He told me, 'For heaven's sake, the jury is the only thing that counts, and never let them see you taking notes when the opposition scores a point. You should lean back, stretch, look at the clock and glance at the opposing attor ney as if to say: I wonder when that damned liar is going to shut up'." Gardner got the legal bug early. Born in Maiden, Mass., the son of a mining expert, he acquired his early education following his father from gold field to gold field. In 1906, he spent several months on the Klondike. Later, at Oroville, Calif., he became the boxing protege of pioneer stunt aviator "S w e d e" Meyerhoffer. He was hailed before the assistant district attorney because the law forbade the sale of tickets for boxing. It was during the deputy D.A.'s scolding that he decided to become a lawyer. In high school, living in the home of the principal in ralo Alto, Calif., he is said to have read Blackstone for two or three hours before breakfast, attended school, typed legal papers until 9:30 p.m. and then completed his homework before going to bed. "I've been working that way ever since," he said. The future? He once told a reporter, "I thought I'd like to have a gravestone reading: "Here lies Erie Stanley Gardner - guy who could sure pick women." RIGHT NUMBER. One 6-pak of Bud is good, but two's even better., Ducbveiser. is the King of Beers and no party should be without it. Where there's Life . . . there's Bud ANHEUSER-BUSCH, INC. ST. LOUIS NEWARK LOS ANGELES MIAMI TAB PA COLGATE-PALMOLIVE'S II 1 III MM III r - At Your Grocer's NOW! Hurry! Supply Limited! 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