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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
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includes four or five strip acts
and the comic.
Comic Art Lloyd, who said he
believes burlesque has degener
ated into the "sale of sex."
"It's not like it used to be
when you had to have talent,"
he complained. "Once the fea
ture girl had to know how to
dance."
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.
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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.
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