"WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 24. 1960
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORE.
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TV Writer Regards Spike
Jones Show Indulgently
By FRED DANZIG
. United Press International
New York - (UPI) - Maybe
it's from being out too long
in the sun, but I've come to
regard "The Spike Jones
Show" on CBS-TV with a
friendly, indulgent spirit.
Spike and his playmates -they
include comedian Len
Weinrib, Bill ("my name is
Hozay Hemayonaise") Dana,
Tioyce Hameson (or is it Joyce
Jameson?) and Jelen Grayco
are trying to break away from
traditional TV comedy looks.
They're hot for satire - the
safe kind, of course - and
dress things up with sophis
ticated sets, songs, clothing
and opening calligraphy.
I've noticed that much of
the humor is reminiscent of
the stuff Steve Allen did and
the reason turned out to be
fairly obvious. Bill Dana, who
now writes and produces the
Jones show, also wrote gags
for Allen. This summer, Dana
is using Weinrib as if he was
Louis Nye, which he isn't, yet,
and I guess that leaves Spike
,Jones with the Steve Allen
part and Miss Jameson as Don
Knottes - Gabe Dell - Dayton
Allen.
Monday night, however, the
highlight of the show was a
vocal group called, "The
Angels." The four children
who comprise the group dis
played an infectious, strong
sense of rhythm and charm.
The chief comedy serving, a
look at a jazz drum-playing
poetry team, studiously avoid
ed the use of the word "beat
nik." I think it's a tribute to
the crew.. Means they're hip
enough to know the "word is
passe.
It takes a certain amount of
assurance to come in with a
TV pilot film called, "The
Trouble with Richard."
One wrong move and the
title gives the viewer a handy
line for an opening brickbat.
Monday night, a show bear
ing that name slipped into
the "New Comedy Showcase"
lot on CBS-TV. Dick Van
Dyke starred as Richard, a
bank teller whose chief trou
ble, aside from being under
weight, was that he just didn't
mesh with what he called
civilization. He was a sort of
Mr. Peppers in hi-fi.
The plot - well, let's forget
the plot. . It was about some
extra zeroes on a check and
added up to a big nothing. But
the script, written by pro
ducer Aaron Ruben, gave Van
Dyke plenty of room in which
to display his angular ami
ability and structural flexibility.
The Channel Swim: Will
TV's "great debates" between
Sen. John Kennedy and Vice
President Richard Nixon be
sponsored, now that Congress
has set the stage for them?
CBS . opposes sponsor ship.
NBC and ABC say they'll
consider sponsorship if the
candidates have no objection.
Hoagy Carmichael has left
the cast of "Laramie," which
begins its second NBC-TV
season on Tuesday, Sept. 20.
John Smith and Robert Fuller
remain as "Laramie" regulars.
"T h e Datchet Diamonds,"
starring Rex Harrison and
Tammy Grimes, opens the
new "Dow Hour of Great
Mysteries" series on NBC-TV
Tuesday, Sept. 20, instead of
Friday, Sept. 9, as originally
announced.
3-Month-0ld Girl
Killed in Crash
Gresham-(UP1)-A one-car ac-
cidenl near here Tuesday
night took the life of a three-month-old
girl and seriously
injured her twin brother.
Multnomah county police
said the car driven by Larry
Franklin Collins, 19, Port
land, struck a tree as he tried
to avoid a rear end collision.
The victim was Elizabeth
Collins.
The surviving twin, Larry
Franklin Collins Jr. suffered
severe head injuries . The
mother, Dorothy Edith Col
lins, 27, suffered minor in
juries.
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LUNCH COUNTER EXIT-Negoes file out of
a white lunch counter at the Greyhound bus
station in Memphis Tuesday after being re
fused service. Whites watched them leave.
(UPI Telephoto)
Rogue River Schools
Plan for Opening
Rogue River Enrollment
in Rogue River schools began
today. All high school students
and new elementary students
were asked to register.
First grade students have
been asked to enroll today
and Thursday in the primary
building. All first grade stu-
Library Fund Bill
Approved By House
Washington - (UPD - A bill,
backed by Rep. Edith Green,
(D-Ore.), to provide funds for
rural libraries, cleared the
House Tuesday.
The bill would extend the
Rural Library Service Act
which Rep. Green was instru
mental in getting passed five
years ago.
Rep. Green called the meas
ure, which passed the Senate
earlier this summer, an "in
vestment in a better educa
tion for American people."
Not all crows are black
The Clark's crow is gray and
white with black trimmings
It was named after the ex
plorer of the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
dents must bring a birth cer
tificate or other evidence of
age showing that they are six
years old. They are also asked
to bring a doctor's certificate
of health.
Elementary students who
did not attend Rogue River at
the close of school are asked
to register in the grade school
office in the primary building.
High school students will re
gister at the high school.
Registration . .
Hours for registration
Thursday are 1 to 4 and 6 to
9 p.m. On Friday they are 9
a.m. until noon.
Since state law forbids the
purchase of high school text
books by the district, certain
fees will be collected at the
time of registration. These in
clude a $6 book rental fee.
$1.25 towel fee and a $4 stu
dent body card fee.
The schedule for the start of
school includes an organiza
tional meeting for teachers,
Sept. 1, at the high school li
brary: a work day for teach-
ers Sept. 2, and school open
ing, Sept. 6. The cafeteria will
be open and busses will be
running on a regular schedule
I on opening day.
U. S.r Lebanese
Ships Collide;
Three Missing
London - (UPI) - An Ameri
can tanker and Lebanese
steamer collided in dense fog
in the western Mediterranean
early today. All but three
crewmen of the small freight
er were saved by a nearby
U. S. troop transport.
Only the bow of the Halcy
on Med, a 1,948-ton freighter
from Beirut, remained afloat
after the mishap with the new
tanker Esso Switzerland 120
miles east of Gibraltar.
The military transport Le-
roy Eltinge rescued 26 crew
men after a dash to the scene.
Three were missing.
The Esso Switzerland, oper
ated for Standard Oil compa
ny of New Jersey with Pana
manian registry, remained
afloat.
The Leroy Eltinge, en route
from Izmir, Turkey, to New
York, picked up a distress
signal, changed course and
nrrivprl nt thp scene within
two hours, the Navy said.
Two Persons Are
Cited Following
Accidents in Area
State police yesterday re
ported several accidents.
Norman E. Bubb, 23, Shady
Cove, was informed by state
police that a complaint would
be filed against him in district
court charging him with fail
ure to drive on the right side
of the road as a result of
two-car collision Monday
morning on Crater Lake high
way north of Eagle Point.
Bubb lost control of his car
after passing another vehicle ,
and hit a pickup truck driven
by Floyd Melvin Yost, 43, of
1598 South Stage rd., Med
ford. Bubb suffered minor in
juries, police said.
Douglas Jesse Smith, 18, of
435'i South B. St., Eagle
Point, was informed by state
police that he would be
charged with failure to stop
at a stop sign as a result of an
accident Monday morning at
Agate rd. and Avenue G.
Smith failed to slop at a stop
sign at Agate rd., police said,
and his car struck the rear
fender of a car driven by
Cecil Ray Wood, 36, of 1948
Myers lane, Medford.
Escapes Injury
Edmond Garfield Bailed,
32, of 478 Ray lane, Ashland,
escaped injury when his truck
went out of control on a curve
on Highway 99 south of Phoe
nix Monday morning, state
police said. The vehicle rolled
over on its side in the center
of two northbound lanes, po
lice reported.
Monday afternoon a car
driven by Frances Harold
Mitchell, 35, of Tacoma,
Wash., and a truck and trail
er operated by Dick Lawrence
Daniels, route 2, Central
Point, sideswiped as they met
on a curve in the Cascade
Gorge area on Crater Lake
highway, state police said.
A man, his wife and four-
months-old daughter escaped
from their car as flames ap
peared from under the seat at
the California - Oregon state
line, state police reported.
Richard Snider, Centralia,
Wash., said the car's transmis
sion was not operating
smoothly, so he pulled off the
road. As he opened the car
door, flames came from under
the seat. Ashland police noti
fied state police and the stats
forest patrol which stood by
in case of danger to the dry
grass in the area.
Brannock To Return
To Office Monday
The contact office at White
City Domiciliary was open
two days last week and will
be open two days this week.
This schedule has been
made due to S. T. Brannock's
annual leave. In his place,
Clifford C. Fields, contact of
ficer from VA hospital, Rose-
burg, has been at White City
on the two days.
Brannock will return Aug
29. and his office hours are
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the
benefit of veterans and their
families in this area not living
at the Domiciliary.
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