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By FRANK JENKINS
The mail brings this interesting
letter from Eugene Antley, a read
er of this column in Ashland:
"Unfortunately for the hopes that
you expressed the other day for
a Pax Americana lasting for gen
erations, there is a factor that
didn't exist during the Pax Ro-
mana (the Peace of Romel or the
Pax Brittanica (the Peace of Brit
ain.)
"A relative peace existed while
and because Home and Britain
were supreme one on land and
the other on, the sea. The Pax
Romana and the Pax Brittanica
ended when these two powers
could no longer dominate.
"Today war may come at any
time because there is. not one
great national system in the
world, but two. Neither will give
in to the other and, so far, neither
will turn over enough of its sov
ereignty to a supra-national sys
tern to ensure disarmament and
peace."
True enough.
But, before there could be a
Pax Romana, the struggle be
tween Rome and Carthage for the
mastery of the then-known world
had to be settled. It took the three
Punic Wars to settle it. The first
began in 264 B.C. and the third
ended in 146 B.C., when Rome de
feated and utterly destroyed Car
thage.
The Pax Romana followed.
While it lasted, there was peace.
There was peace because through
out the then-known world no coun
try was strong enough to risk in
curl ing the wrath of Rome.
And
Similarly Before there could be a Pax
Brittanica 'the Peace of Britain)
the Hundred Years War to decide
which should be supreme in the
world of that day Britain
France had to be fought out to
its conclusion.
The Hundred Years war began
in the reign of Britain's Edward
III, supported bv his son, the
great and tragic Black Prince. It
included the decisive battles of
Creey and Poictiers. in which the
yeomen archers definitely cstab
lished their superiority over aristo
cratic knights in steel armor.
It began in 1337 and ended in
1453116 years later. The Pax
Brittannica followed. It endured,
with relatively minor interrup
I inns, until the beginning of World
War 1 a period of approximately
lour and a hurjcenturies.
So-
Give us time.
" There mav be a Pax Americana
yet.
If so-
Lct's hope it comes hy AGREE
MENT and not by the grim arbi
trament of war to the death. Lot's
hope the world has moved far
enough in the direction of com
mon sense to avoid what hap
pened to bring about the so-called
Peace of Rome and the so-called
Peace of Britain.
Maybe the grim awfulncss of
THE BOMB may make that pos
sible. Bandits Burn
Theft Victim
FORT WORTH. Tex. iUPD -Two
bandils ran a hot iron up
and down the leg of a 70-year-old
man Friday night until he handed
over $1,300 in cash and $5.0(10
worth of jewelry.
The two gunmen, posing as pos
tal messengers, forced their way
into (he home of Mr. and Mrs.
Lee Craulord in the fashionable
Wcstridge section of Fort Worth.
They handcuffed the Craw fords
and tied up Mrs. Mary Stephens.
60. a guest at the home. The vic
tims were blindfolded.
' "OK. where's the money and
jewels." one robber shouted.
Crawford would net answer.
An iron was found and plugccd
In. When he would not answer
again, tlie gunmen ran the iron
over his leg (the call' until he
screamed out the location of the
valuables.
State Legislature
SALEM 'LPl-. scandal came
hack to life, a political show wis
marie of the Boardman project,
and an efiort to throttle polilical
differences lo achieve a workable
slate tax program highlighted
Oregon's legislative activities last
week.
Spice was added wlion a Ways
and Means siilKommitlec voted to
kill the stale s present Civ il De
fense agency, and liberty amend
ment proponents urced elimination
of all federal income taxc.
The Camp Witlicombc National
Guard scandal emerged again
when a Ways and Means subcom
mittee was (old the stale may
have to dig up $4n.nf to repay
the federal government for money
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Reds Shun
Test Ban
Discussion
GENEVA (UPP-U. S. disarma
ment negotiator William C. Fos
ter Saturday failed to get the
Soviets to agree to resume the nu
clear test ban talks they broke
off earlier this month, reliable
sources said.
Many diplomats here said
would take action by President
Kennedy and Soviet Premier Ni
kita Khrushchev to get the dead
locked 17-nation disarmament con
ference here moving again.
Foster met with Soviet First
Deputy Foreign Minister Vassili
V. Kuznetsov Saturday to set pro
cedure for this week's sessions of
the disarmament talks, of which
they are co-chairmen. A spokes
man said they agreed the talks
hould continue, with all 17 na
tions taking part.
But the sources said Kuznetsov
again blocked Foster's attempt to
gel tlie smaller meetings going
again among the three nuclear
powers here the United States,
Britain and Russia.
The West, with the backing of
the neutral nations at the confer
ence, has been pressing (or re
sumption of the nuclear talks, but
the Soviets have been busy side
tracking the test issue since the
conference resumed Tuesday. In
stead, they want to discuss the
larger field of general disarma
ment. Kuznetsov said Friday the Rus
sians were willing to sign a test
ban treaty only on their own
terms, with no further bargaining.
But the present Soviet position on
the number of on-site inspections
and other safeguards is not ac
ceptable to the West, and the
British accused the Russians of
using "take it or leave it" bar
gaining tactics. i
Foster w ill return to Washington
for live days Wednesday and is
expected to report to the Presi
dent. It is not known if he plans
another meeting with Kuznetsov
before then.
The key to the deadlock appear
ed to be the unwillingness of the
Soviets to make concessions and
their attempts to get further con
cessions from the West.
The Soviets claim that by ac
cepting on-site inspections, even
in small numbers, they have come
a long way toward the West's po
sition. But the three inspections allow
ed by the Russians each year are
not considered adequate by the
West to prevent cheating on the
test moratorium. The West insists
on at least eight, and even this
represents a major concession
from the original Western demand
for. 20 inspections a year.
Goldwater Eyes
Veep Position
PORTLAND. Ore. 'UPI'-A Re
publican congressman said Satur
day that Sen. Barry Goldwater,
K-Ariz.. is seriously considering
acceotins the vice presidential
mnmjnatinn in i4
Sen. Jack R. Miller. It-Iowa.
made Ihe statement in a stopover
at Portland International Airport.
Miller said GOP officials be
lieved Goldwater would accept the
second spot on the ticket if it
would strengthen the party's
chances of w inning.
New York Gov. Nelson Rocke
feller generally has been regard
led as the leading contender for
the 14 presidential nomination
misused by the state military de
partment. Gov. Mark Hatfield pleaded tlie
issue should not be exploited for
political purposes, and Atty. Gen.
Robert Y. Thornton was given
conditional authority by tlie gov
ernor to launch an investigation
Tlie condition was tliat tlie probe
should not be for political pur
poses. A siecial joint session of the
lecislature Friday afternoon was
railed so Hatfield and Sen. Wayne
L Morse could say officially what
everyone already knew agree
ment had been reached with the
Army engineers on the Boardman
project.
Rep, Clarence Barton, D Co-
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Honor winner, is shown, left, after his arrest and hospitalization in Arkansas Thursday
while the Army considered charges of desertion At riqht he's shown in 1945 as a Marine
when he won the Medal of Honor. Watson said he "just got tired of it all" and
walked away from his post
Funds For
Office Given Okay
WASHINGTON UPI -The
President's Budget Bureau has
approved funds for construction of
74 federal buildings in 31 states
and the General Services Admin
istration asked Congressional com
mittees Ihursday to approve
$246.2 million for the buildings.
Included in the proposed proj
ects are a new Federal Office
Building for Portland, Ore., and
one (or Vancouver. Wash., and re
modeling of the U.S. Courthouse
in Portland.
More than $I5-million has lieen
Paratroop
Unit Sent
To Panama
WASHINGTON (UPI 'A com
pany of special forces paratroop
ers from Fort Bragg. N. C, has
been sent to the Panama Canal
Zone to form the nucleus of a
new counter-insurgency fighting
unit, tlie Army disclosed Satur
day. It will be maintained there on
a permanent basis.
A company is usually less than
200 men. The Army said the
number w ill be doubled soon and
will gradually be built up In 1.262
men highly trained in commando
and anti-guerrilla tactics.
Their mission will be to form
marauding forces of resistance
behind enemy lines, with the sup-
. - Arn.rjcan cov'ernn1cnt is
under allack and requests as
sistance from the United States.
Tlie Army at Ihe same time
revealed that members of armed
forces from all the Latin coun
tries except Cuba have now been
trained at the U. S. school spe
cializing in unconventional war
fare. The school was established
in mid-1961 at Fort Gulick, in the
Canal Zone.
A total of 208 graduates, rep
resenting 19 Ijlin American
countries, neve been turned out
by a staff of 40 instructors who
conduct all classes in the Spanish
language. Tlie courses, mostly
for junior oflicers, range from 3
to 12 weeks.
The Canal Zone group will be
the fifth such Secial Forces unit
in tlie regular Army. Two ol
these units are now in Germany,
a third is on Okinawa, and the
fourth is at Fort Bragg, N. ,C.
President Kennedy's budget
now before Congress asks funds
to finance tire fifth and a sixth
Special Forces group. Location of
Ihe sixth group has not yet been
determined
Mulls Boardman Project, Tax Plans
quille. issued a slinjin? reply
early in the week when Rep. Joe
Rogers, R-lndepondcnce, charged
tlie Democratic leadership was
stalling on adoption of tax pro
grams. In a fit of anger Barton threat
ened to call Rogers' sales lax
plan out of committee, but appar
ently changed his mind because
no such action resulted.
When Hatfield returned from
California speech - making swing
he refused to side with Roger.
Tlie governor admitted his pro
posal to hold a during sesion lax
election was dead. He quickly
added that Die tax committee
needed time to study revenue pro
posal because of tlie critical
COXP.
Bocuxrm szv.
Army Sqt.
Jouglas
as mess sergeant at Ft. Kucker,
!CF Post
asked for the Portland building,
to be financed by the $900 million
public works bill passed by Con
gress last year.
More than $1 million was asked
for remodeling of the federal
courthouse.
fn Vancouver, all federal agen
cies are currently renting space
and City Manager John Slayton
said the proposed $717,600 appro
priation would provide a building
for all the agencies under one
roof.
Other projects under the pro
posal included: $1.5 million for
post office and office building in
Baker; $270,300 for one in Enter
prise, and $92.)00 for the same
type of building in Prineville.
Other remodeling projects pro
posed include: $350,000 for the
Klamath Falls Post Office and
$266,000 for the Medford Post Of
fice and Courthouse.
A slate of projects was proposed
for Washington state also: ....
Rail Clerks
Jeer Leaders
' French C
SAN FRANCISCO (tll'II Anl1"' October.
estimated one thousand members
of the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks Union eh r rl 1-viH, ,
night as a loc.il union official be-
rated the national union leader.
shin for its decision to shift talks
with Southern Pacific Railroad to
Chicago.
The mass protest meeting wa
called by the Southern Pacific di
vision of the union after chief fed
eral mediator Frank O'Neill per
suaded the railroad and the union
leadership In recess talks and
shift them from San Francisco to
Chicago, where talks are to re
sume Tuesday.
James Weaver, chairman of the
union's SP division, blasted union
president George Harrison for
agreeing to Ihe njiive. Weaver
called the agreement "shameful"
and said it was "worked out be
hind my back."
Weaver said that he and his
assistant, Charles Coleman, plan
to attend the Chicago talks even
if they have to "kick the damn
door in." He was not invited to
the new round of negotiations.
He advised the clerks to stick
to their demands in the dispute
over automation. The union main
tains that the company should re
train workers displaced by auto
mated machinery.
Weaver questioned the right of
Harrison or union vice president
William McGovern to make an
agreement with Southern Pacilic
lor clerks in seven Western
I states.
money problems faced by the!
state. I
The governor, House Speaker
Clarence Barton, Senate President
Ben Musa, D-The Dalles, and the
House and Senate lax commitlccs
apparently have agreed lo keep
llitics at a minimum as lor as
the tax program is concerned.
A ways and Means subcommit
tee, alter hearing weeks of lesti-
imony critical ol civil defense a
s do-nothing agency, voted S-0 to
kill the asency'i $195,000 budget
'.request: Addition of a CD coordi
nator to Ihe governor s stall was
propn'ed as an alternative.
Hundreds ol people lurnH out
Wednesday night lor a hearing on
Uie proposed liberty amendment
Watson. 41. a Meda r
Ala., last October.
UPI Telephoto
War Hero
Goes AW OL
From Unit
FT. SILL, Okla. UPI -The
Army considered desertion
charges today against Mess Sgt.
Wilson Douglas Watson. 41, a
World War II Medal of Honor
winner who went absent without
leave from his unit four months
ago.
Watson, who "just got tired ol
it all." was hospitalized "for a
rest." The hospital may report on
his condition today.
He won the Medal of Honor
leading an attack on two Japa
nese bunkers at Iwo Jima during
World War II. He killed 60 Jap
anese soldiers firing a machine
gun from the hip.
Six times in battles on Guam
and Iwo Jima enemy bullets hit
him. He has been in and out of
hospitals in his 21 years of serv
ice to the United States in the
Army, Air' Force and Marines.
Viatson is without a doubt
"e0-
Watson was arrested Thursday
on the lOOlh anniversary ot me
founding of the Medal of Honor
award at Marked Tree. Ark.,
where his wife and nine-year-old
son were staying.
He had been absent without
leave from Ft. Ruckcr, Ala., since
l,e ls not undt'r arrcst nr de"
,,ntion-" an A,m' spokesman
said Friday alter Watson was
"''ought to rt. hill. No cnarges
nhv: u-'i'n '" W'
lnc sidesman said no luillicr
action will be taken until an in
vestigatinn into tlie circumstances
is completed.
Nation Hit
By Asian Flu
Ry United Press International
A month-long outbreak of Asian
flu today kept thousands of Amer
icans in bed and reached epidem
ic proportions in some cities.
I he flu struck student and sing
ing star alike. Schools closed.
hospitals swelled lo capacity and
factories reported rising absentee
ism.
Federal health officials Friday
reported that influenza and pneu
monia deaths rose sharply last
week as the flu bug spread to
at least 13 slates.
Hardest hit were Ihe Middle
and South Atlantic slates.
The federal Communicable Dis
ease Center (CDC at Atlanta re
ported Friday that 705 influenza
or pneumonia deaths were report
ed in lint key cities about 23 per
cent above expectations.
which would repeal tlie federal in
come tax.
It was the largest turnout lor
a committee hearing so lar wis
session. Frustrated taxpayers lis
tened happily as Willis E. Stone,
author of tlie plan, outlined it in
detail. 1
II AnnnarMt riniililfill however
that tlie House Stale and Federal
Allairs Committee would take any
act Kin on tlie measure,
Education continued lo al tract
attention. A program to freeze
community college construction
uac tnlroHiKd. Plans (or oner-
aling schools and colleges on a
year -around basis were proposed.
And committee continued lo
Plot To Murder
PARIS (UPI)-A French count
ess w ho once served as interpreter
for Gen. Dvvight D. Eisenhower,
has admitted plotting with
France's most-wanted terrorist to
kill President Charles dc Gaulle,
police said Saturday.
She was identified as Countess
Paule Housselet de Liffiac. 55. a
greying, pipe-smoking English
teacher at the military school in
Paris.
She told police after nearly 24
hours of intensive questioning at
Surcte Nationale headquarters
that she met with and discussed
the planned assassination attempt
wilh bull-necked Georges (The
Limp) Walin, suspected by police
as having been the ringleader of
the murder plot.
The countess also told police the
attempt against De Gaulle's life
originally was to have been made
when he paid an official visit to
the military school Friday.
But she said it had been post
poned until a later date.
Police said her admissions were
confirmed by Army Capt. Iinbcrl
poinarcl, 37. one ot live persons
arrested and held or questioning
in the plot.
Poinard's young wife, originally
Bond Bill
Awaits Ink
By Hatfield
SALEM i UPI) A bill authoriz
ing $10.5 million in bonds for col
lege dormitories passed the Sen-
a day despite objections from one
Isenatnr that married people
should be out working, not going
to school.
Sen. Walter Pearson, D Port
land, said Oregon and Oregon
State do not need to issue addi
tional bonds for self - liquidating
buildings.
He said the bill turns over a
blank check to the Board of High
er Education without any legisla-
tive say on how the money will
be siciil.
The bill has been sped through
both houses so that construction
can start on buildings wanted by
the fall term of 19114.
Sen. Glen Stadler, D - Eugene,
urged passage of the bill.
As for married students, he said
Ihcy arc primarily studying at
the graduate level and their tal
ents are needed.
The hill increases higher educa
tion's bond ceiling lor sell-liquia-ating
buildinus such as dormito
ries from $.14 million to $44 5 mil
lion.
The legislature will consider a
request for an additional $18 mil
lion later in tlie session.
There were only three votes
against Ihe hill.
16 Pound Baby
Born' In Texas
LA MAItQL'E, Tex. d'PU
Mrs. Edward M. Carr of Hitch
cock. Tex., cave birth to a 16-
pound, four-ounce son Wednesday,
the Galveston County Memorial
Hospital disclosed Saturday.
The baby measured 24 inches
at birth. Both mother and child
were in good condition. The Carrs
have four olhcr children, aged 5
lo lfi.
study the biggest exjensc item in
tlie state general fund budget.
Tlie Ways and Means Commit
tee's budget - slashing attempts
were battered Friday when the
House voted 32-27 lo nend live
slate engineer's budget back In
committee so special inlerests
groups could testify against the
cuts.
Tie committee na'l .slashed
$100,000 from tlie budget. Two
other budget measures were re
turned to committee at tlie same
time.
Tlie action was fignificant.
It pointed up that economy is
easier to talk about than to
achieve.
ouniess
arrested with him, was released
today after questioning.
The 72-year-old Dc Gaulle, as
in past assassination attempts or
plots, emerged unscathed and ap
pnrently unshaken.
Police sources said Saturday an
officer loyal to De Gaulle tipped
off authorilies about the plot. They
said he called earlv this month
Hijacked Venezuelan Freighter
Sighted Sailing Toward Brazil
CARACAS, Venezuela (UPIl -
A U. S. Navy patrol plane Satur
day sighted Ihe Communist-hi
jacked Venezuelan freighter An-
zoategui north of Surinam (for
merly Dutch Guiana i cruising
toward tlie northeast shoulder of
Brazil.
Three Venezuelan destroyers
were ordered in pursuit at fiul
steam. A Venezuelan govern
ment spokesman predicted inter
ception by noon Sunday. U. S.
aircraft were granted permission
by the .Surinam government to
land and refuel at Surinam to
keep track of the elusive vessel,
formally declared a "pirate" by
Venezuela.
An authorized sixikesman for
the terrorist armed forces of na
tional liberation iFALN) said
here tlie pirate crew has offered
lo dock the ship il the Venezuelan
government promises them am
nesty and dispatches independent
Senator Arturo Uslar Pictn to an
undisclosed port of disembarca-
tion to assure protection of the
hijackers.
But Interior Minister Carlos
Andres Perez Iihs declared that
tlie ship must be surrendered and
tlie hijackers face trials which
could net them 15 lo 30 years.
Anonymous Caller
The anonymous woman tele
phone caller who has been the
FALN contact with press organi
zations here for several weeks
said earlier Ihe hijackers have
mined tlie hold of Ihe (reighter
with dynamite and will blow it
up, with the crew, il warsnips
of any nation" attempt to detain
it.
The ship was captured at gun
point Wednesday, apparently by
stowaways in collusion with a
segment of the crew headed by
second mate Wisncr Medina Ro-
jas. It was en route lo Houston
Tex.
The soft-voiced woman tele
phone spokesman who reported
tlie hijacking hours before the
government conlirmed il. said
the action was lo "call Die
world's attention lo our struggle
against our executioners," mean
ing the anti-Communist govern
ment of President Romulo Bctan-
court
A Communist terrorist cam
paign has sought lo force cancel
latinn of the President's Feb. 18
trin to live United SUilcs.
It was earlier believed the ship
was heading toward Cuba, where
the government of Premier ridel
Castro has offered the pirates
asylum and promised to deliver
the oricinal crew safe lo tlie
United Nations secretariat.
The Navy patrol plane, out of
Jacksonville. Fla., located the An
zoategui at a.m. EST Saturday
Test Rocket
Blows Apart
vandenbeik; air force
BASE. Calif. 'UPI - A Titan 2
missile launched for the lirst
lime Irom an underground silo.
failed to complete its mission Sat
urday when it exploded in a
sneilacular disnlav of fireworks
over this coastal Pacific missile
range base.
The 103-lool rocket, weighing
150 Ions, zoomed wilh a roar
from its underground hiding place
but disintegrated within less than
minute, showering the neacn
with debris.
No one was injured.
An Air Force suokesman said
there wa an "apparent malfunc
tion in Ihe operation and
afelv deviie in Ihe rocket auto
matically blew it up.
The spokesman said the
launching "met partial test oh-
iertives" in view of Ihe fact that
it did leave tlie tilo intact.
and said he had been asked to
take part in an attempt to kill the
president.
"I refused to take any part in
the plot beiause I did not believe
De Gaulle was responsible for the
loss of Algeria but rather
thought he had saved what could
be saved in Algeria." they quoted
him.
ubout 130 miles off Surinam pro
ceeding in a south-southeasterly
airccuon.
Toward Brazil
This would take it toward the
northeastern hump of Brazil,
which is dotted by small ports
which could accommodate the
3, 130-ton craft. The Portuguese
luxury liner Santa Maria, which
was hijacked in tlie same area
by anti-Salazar Portuguese exile
Capt. Henrique Galvao in 1961,
put Into Recife in northeast Bra
zil, and his hijack crew was
granted political asylum.
Adm. Robert L. Dcnnison, com-l
mandcr of the U. S. Atlantic
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LONG PLUNGE Acrobat Larry Ruhl holds the ropes
for Mary Lou Lawrence, 25, shortly before she slipped
and fell somme 30 feet to the concrete floor of the fair
grounds at Madison, Wis., Friday. The aerialist is
hospitalized in critical condition. UP Telephoto
Trapeze Performer
Plunges To Cement
MADISON. Wis. (UPl'-An at
tractive high-wire performer who
worked without a safely net be
cause it "adds to the excitement"
plunged 30 feet to a concrete
lloor Friday and was critically
injured.
Mary Lou Lawrence. 23, billed
i the "Hollywood Skyrocket"
with the William Kay Circus, was
swinging on trapeze when she
tried to switch hands and fell to
the floor before a stunned capac
ity audience at tlie Dane County
lair grounds.
She was only seconds from fin
ishing her solo art.
Miss Lawrence remained in cri
tical condition today with an ap
parent skull fracture, possible in
ternal Injuries and a broken left
collarbone.
There were no screams when
she fell but the audience at the
Shrine-sponsored show. Including
many children, moaned as Miss
Lawrence lay crumpled on the
concrete.
It looked like it was part of
Ihe act at first," one spectator
said.
Al Carter, drummer In the
band, said he had just started a
Weather
Klamath Falls, Tulelake and
Laftevlew Variable cloudiness
through Monday with light rain
or snow showers this morning
and possibly again early Monday.
Generally light winds. Highs to
day and Monday near 40. Lowf
tonight 23.
Confesses
Pe Sauli
The assassination was to have
taken place Friday when De
Gaulle visited a military school
here. Authorities said a sniper us
ing a high-powered rifle, with a
telescopic sight was to have shot
the president from the rooftop of
a building adjacent to the mili
tary academy.
had scanned 750.000 square miles
of ocean In tlie search, broadcast
repeatedly to the. Anzoategui:
"Set course for San Juan, Puerto
Rico. Report your course and
speed. Further instructions will
follow."
But tlie Communist crew ig
nored the mandate.
In a message radioed to a
news agency hi Puerto Rico and
monitored ty the If. S. Defense
Department, tlie pirates said:
"Captain, officers, crew are as
usual stop (garble) will the U. S..
offer asylum to members of the
national liberation armed forces
the' same as Cuba stop we are
awaiting answer."
drum roll for Miss Lawrence'
finale when the fell.
"I was so shocked I couldn't
move, he said.
Bandleader Al Vernon Imme
diately ordered music for the
next act. Trained dogs walked on
their hind legs as Miss Lawrence
was removed from the ring.
"We all played in tlie spirit that
tlie show must go on," Vernon
said. "We played loud and happy
to keep the crowd from getting
excited."
Acrobat Larry Ruhle wa. hold
ing tlie ropes for Mis Lawrence
when the accident happened. He
covered hi eyes when she started
her plunge to the ground but wa
the first to reach her side.
Ruhle, Ironically, was present
al Detroit when the "Flying Wal
lendas" fell -last year.
Miss Lawrence, a native of
Crown Point, lnd joined the Kay
Circus last August with a solo
act after her partner on the high
wire died of a heart attack.
Mrs. William Kay said that like
most circus performer Mis Law
rence worked without a safety net
because "that adds to the excitement."