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About Herald and news. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1942-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 15, 1961)
Sun., Jan. IS, mi New Emphasis Placed On Light Disc Success A Lonely Trail r DICK KLEINER Newspopar Enterprise Attn. HERALD AND NEW, KUmattt Fitlf, Or. I k fam fa V W D . 1 NEW YORK NEA) Suceessj ciin be a lonely thing. A young singer can be the toast of the town, surrounded by constant crowds, and yet be v very alone. That is the case with Johnny Tillotson. His last few records, cli maxed by the big-selling "Poeti-y in Motion," have made him one of the darlings of the bobby-sox a dream come true But the dream never talked about the loneliness of it all. Another aspect of this same' problem is tuuehed on by Bobby Rydell. Like Johunv, Bobby is a hot young linger, the idol of dewy-eyed young girls. Bobby is on the road a lot. and battalion. His new one "Jimmy's he snys a boy &m has t'0 Girl," should solidify his position. "It's a lonely life," Johnny says. "I've moved up to New York from home iPalatka, Fla.) and have s very carciul with his girl fans. "Once I was playing in Peoria,' he says, "and there was this cute 14-year-old girl who came back to nice apartment. But, of course, I'm : see me. She was a real knockout on like road a lot. I go bow ling she's going to be a heartbreaker. and I go on dates, but there are Well, slie wanted me to smuggle lots ol lonely limes." her on the bus to the next slop He has given somo-thought toll could really have been in trou- marriage, as a means of combat-; We. iL&xS r- j.:..Ai j I I, ' f- in i .IP ing the loneliness. But he doesn't really want to get married at least, there's no specific girl in mind. "1 believe in the old saying, 'He WW Bobby BvdeJI Johnny Tillotson travels farthest who travels alone,' " Johnny sayf. "My career it the most important thing in the world to me -r it takes up 95 per cent of my time, with 5 per cent for other things. I just don't want the responsibility of a wife right now. "Look at it this way. If I should have a bad month right now, OK. I could gel along on coffee, pea nut butter sandw iches, cereal and milk. Well, I couldn't ask a wife to do that, could I? I'd have to get some money somewhere. So there's no wife. There's no one to come home to. He admits that he has all but given up his family, back in Palatka, because it's so hard to get to see them and he's not much of a leller writ er. He snys they find out more about him from newspapers and the radio than they do from him. He s a hard worker, practicing his singing and writing some songs himself. He has wanted to be a singer as long as he can remem ber. And tow he has arrived. It's He says he soon learned to be on guard when he's in his hotel room on the road. The girl auto graph seekers hunt him down and knock on the door. "I alwavs step out into the hall," he savs, "and close the door be hind nie. A fellow can get into a bad jam if he isn't careful." Dick's Picks: Dinah Shore does great job with "I Ain't Down Yet," from "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," on Capitol. Others: "1 Iove to Dance" Eydie Gomie, UAI; "Milk Cow Blues" ( Ricky Nelson, Imperial) "The Song of the Skier" (Vaughn Monroe. MGMi; "Cold, Cold Heart" (Ron ! nie Hawkins Roulette'; "Count Every Star" (Tommy DeNoble, Dot l; "If I Knew" (Nat King Cole, Capitol); "Johnny, Wait for Me" Lynn Roberts, Roulette); Broadway on LPs Columbia has "Camclot," the new Lerner and Loewe show, which has a pleasant score and good voices to sing it; Capitol has "The Unsink able Molly Brown," a bit more imaginative than "Camelot" and the unique voice of Tammy Grimes to lend spice; MGM has an in strumental version of the "Camc lot" score, done by Ornadel and The Starlight Symphony Orches tra Columbia has the "Camelot" score play ed by Percy Faith and The Lnsinkable Molly Brown" by Andre Kos'.elanetz, both rich anil well orchestrated; on Audio Fidel ity, "Palachou Sings Hit Songs from Hit Broadway Shows French and English"; on Time, the lovely voice of Felicia Sanders sings "Songs of Kurt Weill" De sign has "The Tw in String Orches tras 1'iaying (jcorge uersnwin, a compatible stereo release. NEW POINT OF VIEW . . . Decorator Ethyl Alper. A.I.D., uses arches of compressed wood covered in Mediterranean blue silk, draperies of white silk shantung over chic window shades trimmed with blue picot-edged ribbon to highlight these large win dows in an apartment furnished in Italian style. By VIVIAN BROWN AP Xewsfealures Writer "Let There Be Light" is t h e aim of the average home seeker and builder. But with the greater use of glass in Ihe home, more emphasis must be placed on the decorative i aspects of these areas for eve-1 ning drama as well as daytime harm. New treatments were given to! enormous windows of model apart-! ments in a new building at Kips Bay in New York. Members of the American Institute of Decora tors tackled the problem and de signed windows so that any de gree of light could be had. And when the light was closed off the window treatments enhanced the room decor. Homemakers who look for new ideas for glass expanse or pic ture windows should avoid either leaving them too bare or treating them too heavily with cornices or fabrics, it would seem. Ethyl Alper, who believes "large windows are treated less heavily today, decorated ar apartment for an Italian bachelor one in the series of international room schemes. The enormous windows are highlighted by a se ries of arches linked together placed in front of them. The arch es go to the ceiling, making the room look larger and giving the illusion of a Roman vista. The arches were made of com pressed wood, about one-half inch wide, covered by Mediterranean blue silk. The large windows are draped handsomely in white silk shantung, over chic window (Continued oa Page 11) Fiberglass Boat Building Materials The Gun Store 714 Main Ph. TU 4-3863 All Work Guaranteed To Satisfy! BROWN'S Plumbing & Heating 2244 S. 6th TU 2-6156 NEW! CONVENIENT! -, one handle dot i the work of Iwo G. C. MOTLEY. 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A 4-point discount on a $10,000 mortgage, for example, would amount to $400. This means that, while the face of the loan is $10,000, the amount actually ad vanced is $9,600. Since the interest rates on FHA or VA-guaranleed loans are fixed by law, the discount can not be charged to the purchaser and so must be paid by the sell er. Why is there a discount? Ap parently to make the yield from la loan as attractive as it would be if the money were invested in some other area in the current market. Or to compensate Ihe lender for Ihe lower yield he re ceives from an FHA or VA mort- conventional gage than from The lending institutions say the discount is economically necessa ry. But they aren't entirely happy with the system. It's often diffi cult to explain to a good indi vidual customer what it's all about. The seller doesn't see why the discount should come out of his pocket. And there is no doubt that, in some cases, the difference is added to the price of the house and thus is indirectly paid by the! purchaser. The National Assn. of Real Es tate Boards has urged Congress to put on end to fixed interest rates, which it says are respon sible for the discounts. The Na tional Assn. of Home Builders has been fighting excessive discounts !and says they conceal the true cost of money. The president of; the American Bankers Assn., Carl A. Bimson, snys steep discounts have forced builders to shrink 'room and lot sizes to make up 'for the extra cost of financing. Some slates have taken action to declare excessive discounts usurious. Congress has twice set limits on discounts but later had to rescind them because they were not solving the problem. Various suggestions have been advanced before a congressional committee studying the subject, but there is no unanimous agreement on a so lution. Some experts sec mortgage dis counts making a gradual dis appearance in the months ahead it money continues to get eas ier," that is, easier to borrow. Reports from all sections of the country indicate that fewer points are being charged on FHA and VA mortgages than earlier in the year. But some mortgage author ities say that, as soon as busi ness conditions show an improve ment and the demand for houses picks up, discounts will return to former levels or, at the very least, remain where they arc now. There can be no doubt that the discounting ol mortgage loans is generally unpopular. It will be surprising if some legislative ac tion isn't taken in 1) to elimin ate them or. keep them under control. REMODELING ? Shop Calhoun's For LINOLEUM Over 100 rolls to choose from . . , oil colors and grades. Vinyls inloids . marbleixed or embossed. TILE Vinyls, Asphalt. Linoleum, vinyl-asbestos ... oil in stock in lorge quontittes. 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