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PAGE tA HERALD AND NEWS, Klamath Falli, Oregon Wednesday, November 20. 1961 'Yes, Virginia, There Is A Santa Claus And His Zip Code Number Is 99701 CHATHAM. NY. UP1 "Ycs. Virpinia, there is a Santa Claus," but Uiis year he may not answer your Christmas let ter unless you know his zip code number. Zip code for Santa Claus? "What a ridiculous ideal" said Mrs. Virginia Douglas, the 74-year-old grandmother who was the original Santa Claus 'girl. Mrs. Douglas was 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon when she wrote New York Run editor Francis Church in 1897: "Some of my friends say there is no Santa Claus. Please tell me tin truth." Church in his famous Christ mas editorial replied: "He ex ists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist. How dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus." Mrs. Douglas said today she was shocked that the U.S. Post Office could demand not one, but two zip code numbers on letters written to Santa Clans at the North Pole. Hard To Remember The letter writer not only has to know Santa's number but also his own which may le even more difficult to remem ber. The general New York City Post Office announced recently that children writing to Santa must know the zip code fur the North Pole 99701 and their own neighborhood zip codes in order to receive an answer. "The North Pole has been Wellendas Slate Final 'Human Pyramid' FORT WORTH. Te.x. (UPI The Flying Wallendas, haunted by a possible "jinx" and mem . ories of death on die high wire, -; today opened what may be Hie last performances of their fa; mous "human pyramid." ;. This time it will be done with a net. '. Today's performance, for tin . derprivileged children at the 21st annual Fort Worth Shrine Circus, was to be the first pub lic performance since the pyra mid collapsed in Detroit Jan. 30. 1962, killing two members of the troupe and paralyzing an other. Karl Wallenda. 58, who origi- 3 nated the act in Germany in 1934. said Tuesday he did not want to talk about the Detroit accident. "It was bad, very bad," he said. "After the show, then I will talk about it." Karl said as leader of the act, the decision to use a net for the Fort Worth performance was his. "This time f am for the net," he said. "Should I be responsi ble for what happened in De troit happening again people would sit in my face on the streets." Karl saved himself in the De troit accident by scissoring his legs around the wire as he fell. He also grabbed the hand of his niece. Jana Shcpp as she fell. Jana has since retired. Her hus band. Diter, 2.1. died in the fall. Herman Wallenda. Karl's brother and at 02 the eldest member of tlie troupe, an nounced he will retire at the end of the circus in Fort Worth. He said he felt fit as ever but "if anything should happen to the act in the future 1 might be blamed." Karl scoffed at the idea the troupe was accident prone and said one reason they would try the human pyramid again was "to show that we still can do it." found for generations without a zip code." Mrs. Douglas said. "Mr. Church wouldn't approve of such a thing ( the zip code. "It's such a heart - u arming feeling to hear from Santa Claus." said Mrs. Douglas. "What will children think if he doesn't answer? It will only fortify disbelief in him. "1 realize they (the post of fice i have a difficult job, but some things should he beyond impersonal automation." said the retired New York City pub lic school teacher. Sorry For Children "What a thing to do." she said. "Those sincere letters will probably end up in the dead let ter office. I would have felt ter rible if my letter had not been answered." Mrs. Douglas now lives in this Columbia County village with her daughter who has seven children. A spokesman for New York Postmaster Robert K. Christen berry explained that the re quirement for zip codes on let ters to Santa was part of an educational campaign to get the public to make more general use of the five digit codes. The spokesman said the same sort of thing was going on all over the country. Chill Hifs Montana And Idaho Hy L'nilrd Press International Frigid Arctic air sent temper atures falling below zero in the highlands of Idaho and Mon tana today. Heavy snow warn ings were posted and motorists ueic ordered to use chains while crossing mountain passes. Heavy rains, meanwhile, drenched parts of Texas and the Northwest coast. Wide spread rainfall all but ended the fire threat in Oklahoma's drought-dry fields and woods. The Weatlier Bureau dropped cold wave warnings from Min nesota and Dakota forecasts but said it would be much colder in those states with cold wave temperatures in sume sections. Cold wave warnings remained in effect for Montana today and tonight and for northern Wyo ming tonight. 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"When lie is introduced he will stand putting his hands behind his back as though deep in thought." Disney said tlie Lincoln pres entation would appear to audi ences "as life-like as I am standing before you perhaps more so." He Mid the figure even would tap its fingers on its chair while waiting to be in troduced. Disney's statements to news men were in answer to criti cism the Lincoln figure would be "grotesque" and would re semble a carnival sideshow. "It's almost as ghoulish as tlie idea to play a mock record ing of the voices of the four presidents enshrined at Mt. Rushmore," one person said. "Tlie next thing they'll have Mousketcers giving guided tours of the White House," said another. Tlie Lincoln figure will be in a 12-minute presentation called "Great Moments with .Mr. Lin- Wl'liH'M Haijley's in a whirl ! tm Hayley's Breezing Through , , Her Big Summer Romance! coin," held in a 500-seat audi torium in the Illinois pavilion. An estimated 25.000 persons will see the show daily. "I have more at stake in this than tlie state of Illinois," said Disney, a Chicago native, "I am staking my reputation on this my integrity, I am not a carnival operator." Disney and other Illinois offi cials did not elaborate on some of the details. In this day of suave looks and sonorous tones a politi cian's television tools would lliey autlientically reproduce Lincoln's craggy appearance and squeaky voice? I rA 11.1 --H By Special Arrangement with the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios ANOTHER GREAT MOVIE MASTERPIECE! NOW! No. 4 in our WORLD HERITAGE Series! MAGNIFICENT . . . UNFORGETABLE ENTERTAINMENT! TODAY ONLY! 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