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q THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1963 lend of Burlesque , M ' : JP Yf i A 11 I l I 15 PEPPER PAYNE READS While she puts the sirippers and comics wonder if the dying on makeup for her performance at Follies theater burlesque business is worth saving, theater in Kansas City, Mo., Pepper Payne (UPI) reads a book on psychology. Even some of By WILLIAM COOK United Press International KANSAS CITY, Mo. (UPD Theater burlesque is dying and even some of the strippers and comics in the business wonder if it's worth saving. Among the approximately 20 burlesque theaters still peddling bumps and grinds is the huge Follies in downtown Kansas City, which has been operating for more than half a century. Oldtimers remember when a full house was the rule at the Follies. But its 44 shows a week now draw small, usually unre sponsive audiences. Each show Glands May Help Give Exams for Astronauts By DOUGLAS DILTZ United Press International FULLERTON, Calif. (UPD The viands that swell up when you 3t the mumps may help give physical examinations to astronauts on prolonged space flights. This is the prediction of Dr. Thomas B. Weber, a noted bio chemist and former Air Force scientist who has devoted six years' to the study of the parotid (mumps) glands. Weber says the parotids se crete a clear, colorless fluid, free of contaminants, which can be used directly for any type of clinical analysis. He says the pure biological fluid can be an alyzed for about 50 body consti tuentsincluding sugar and salt balance, proteins, enzymes and other indicators of physical well-being. Present Report "Chemical determinations of these fluids may reflect the true metabolism rate of the body and present an accurate, continuous health report," said Weber, now manager of bioas- tronautics for Beckman Instru ments, Inc. "The ability to obtain these measurements will be essential to the well-being of those aboard space flights of more than two weeks duration," Web er said. "During prolonged travel in the unknown environments o( space, it will be necessary to chart a passenger's physical condition on a frequent basis as a means of preventing any unsuspected sudden Illness or physical impairment." Weber said blood chemistrv techniques the standard clini cal means of analyzing biologi cal fluids would be unsatisfac tory during such space flights Advertisement FAT OVERWEIGHT Available to you without a doctor's prescription, our drug called ODRINEX. You must lose ugly fat In 7 days or your money back, No strenuous exercise, laxatives, mas sago or taking of so-called reduc ing candies, crackers or cookies, or chewing gum. ODRINEX Is a tiny tablet and easily swallowed. 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Lloyd, dressed in the custom ary baggy pants, made tms observation in the presence ot Pepper Payne, a shapely, 23-year-old brunette from Dallas and tlie feature for the week. Say Theaters Shabby A theatrical agent here insist because of the difficulty of col lection and risk ot infection. Safe Measurements He said measurements of parotid gland fluids could be ob tained safely without pain or discomfort. The aerospace scientist has disclosed that Beckman has un der development a miniaturized device designed to collect parotid secretions and deposit the pure, biological fluid in tiny vials for analysis during actual space flights. The device is about the sizo and shape of a dime and it caps over a duct inside the cheek leading to the parotid glands. "A person wearing the device can generate ample supplies of parotid fluid by chewing, or placing a drop of saliva-induc ing acid on the tongue," he ex plained. Ho said the space traveler poziJiiiuiuiui jo ios b asn piuoo clinical instruments to analyze the parotid fluid and prepare data received for telemetering to earth (or evaluation by a mcaicai team. Ultimately, Weber said, he believes the technique also could be used for routine clini cal diagnosis. Shrimp Pack Seized On Federal Orders DETROIT (UPI) - Govern- mcnt inspectors seized nearly five tons of frozen shrimp Wednesday on the ground that it was improperly packed. Federal authorities, acting on uiubi-s iiom wasningion, seized 661 cases of 24 packages each a loiai shipment of 9.915 pounds sent about a month ago from Kansas City. There was no botulism poison ing involved, authorities said But they charged the shrimp was packed under unsnniimv conditions and was "contami nated with filth." Prince Charles Now 15 Years Old LONDON (UPI) Prince Charles, the heir to the British mrone, cc:.bratcd his 15th birthday today. Letters and cards from his family and friends were arriv ing at Gordonstoun School in Scotland, where Charles is a student, and his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, was expected to call her son during the day. But (he rules at Gordonstoun apply to both princes and pau pers and no birthday celebra tion was planned beyond a birthday cake to be passed around at tcatime. ed burlesque was "going down the drain." He particularly cri ticized the appearance of bur lesque theaters. "You've got to admit they're usually pretty horrible looking," he said. "People won't go into such places. The night clubs are taking over." Lloyd blamed theater mana gers for "not putting some of the money back in the bus iness." Stripper Diana Hunter, 22, of Dallas agreed. "I can't even do my usual number here because there's no music," she said. The Pharmacy Work At OSU Creates Industry Interest CORVALLIS - Oregon Stale University pharmacy research on use of tree bark and corncobs as tablet disintegrating agents has created great interest in the pharmacy industry, according to Dr. Robert W. Sager, pro fessor of pharmacy. Three OSU researchers, Tag hi Fakouhi, Norman Billups and Sager, cooperated in the study. Their findings are reported in a recent article in the Journal of Pharmaceutical Science. Pharmacists want a tablet that will break apart within a certain period of time so that the medication can be absorbed, Sager said. To do this, a sub stance must be added to the medication which will cause the tablet to break apart when brought into contact with fluids. This substance is called a dis integrating agent. Designed To Test The experiments of Fakouhi, Billups and Sager were designed to test powdered corncob pow dered Redwood bark and pow dered Douglas fir bark as pos sible disintegrating agents f o r tablets. The researchers discovered that the corncob mixture caused (ha tablet to break up about twice as fast as cornstarch considered to be the best dis integrating substance in tablets and was over three times as fast as Redwood bark. It was seven limes as fast as wood flour and about eight times as fast as powdered Douglas fir bark. In certain concentrations, the powdered Redwood bark was found to be as good as starch. After analyzing the results ot the powdered corncob, the OSU pharmacists subjected this ma terial to more intensive study. They found that the disintegra ting action of corncob was su perior to that of starch in tab lets containing soluble, partial ly soluble and insoluble mete rial. Montreal To Build New Transit Network MONTREAL (UPI)-This city has awarded contracts for a 21.4 mile rapid transit network to cost $150 million. Montreal's rapid transit sys tem, like the Paris Metro, will use rubber-tired subway cars. FALLOUT SIIKLTKUS SACRAMENTO (UPI)-Thore are about seven and one-halt million fallout shelter spaces in California, one for about every two and one half people, ac cording to civil defense officials. MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, MKPFOHD, UKKUUW Predicted by Strippers Follies "orchestra" consists of "Greek Moon Goddess and Vir- (Bare bosoms are permitted in circuit. The various stage man- la piano player and a drummer, gin Huntress." Her usual act Kansas City, but pasties are re- agers brief the girls on the PeDDer and Diana are new- includes a bow and arrow and quired at many theaters on the ground rules.) . Pepper and Diana are new comers to the business, but the other two exotics are 11 year veterans. They are Bubbles Champagne, 26, of Miami, Fla., and Marilyn Fae, wife of Lloyd Has Steady Job Even though burlesque may be dying, the death wiggle is quite strong. "I haven't been out of work in all my 11 years in the business," chirped Bub bles. "But it's not like it used to be," insisted Lloyd. "Twelve years ago there were 13 bur lesque theaters in New York City. Now, they're all gone." There are an estimated 2,500 strippers bumping and grinding across the United States, and according to Pepper, Diana, Bubbles and Marilyn, most of them lead lonely lives. They all agreed they got into the business because of the gla mour and good pay. The gla mour, they said, has worn thin, but the $150 per week minimum remains enticing. "I was a sec retary for a brokerage firm in Dallas," Pepper said, "and I couldn't support myself and two children on the pay. That's why I went into burlesque." As long as the sparse crowds buy enough $1.90 tickets to see nearly nude girls gyrate on the dusty, old follies stage, mana ger Perlsteln said, there will be jobs for four or five strippers each week in Kansas City. "Burlesque isn't like it used to be, what with no vaudeville acts or chorus lines, but we're still the poor man's musical comedy," Lloyd concluded. Diana bills herself as the There's a Fuller gin Huntress." Her usual act includes a bow and arrow and a stuffed bobcat. She emerges from a fight with the bobcat in various stages of undress, de pending upon local ordinances. Oregon Professor Contributes to Book EUGENE Dr. Albert R. Kitzhaber, professor of English at the University of Oregon, is one of 35 college professors and public school teachers who have contributed to a new volume, "The Education of Teachers of English for American Schools and Colleges." The book, puolished by Apple-ton-Ccntury-Crofts, New York, is the fifth volume in a series on English curriculum sponsor ed by the National Council of Teachers of English. The new book will be released Dec. 1, with advanced copies to go on sale at the Council's 53rd annual convention in San Francisco during Thanksgiving week. Dr. Kitzhaber is slated to become the next president of the council at this meeting. The Oregon professor contrib uted to the section of the book dealing with "The Doctoral Pro gram for the Teacher of College English." Dr. Kitzhaber is director of the university "Project Eng lish," the five-year program supported by the U. S. Office of Education aimed at reassessing and rewriting the English cur riculum for grades 7 through 12. Painl Store near you FUUJER PAIHTS PRE-flOOU M MIRROR SEE MEDFORD ALWAYS LOTS FOOD BUYS AT Big savings on Watch Susie twinkle when she gets her full-length brass-finished Pole Mirror. Adjustable floor-to-ceiling pole fits anywhere, any room. ..sets up irt seconds! Large 16x56 in. viewing area. We've sold it for $16.95 . . . but it's on sale J?rQCT this Christmas for only JJsll tJO Save $700 u Dad will prin from ear to ear when he sees , his own illuminated shaving mirror. It reflects handsomely on one side, magnifies on the other. 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