1973 Sept 12 Press-telegram - Long Beach Ca Paleo-future

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"VVHO'S 11ST WILL ROGERS JR. says today's political humor is destructive. . He recalled that his father, the author and humorist, "used his voice and philosophy to try to unite the country." He a d d e d : "My f a t h e r was critical of PRESIDENT HOOVER, but he did not blame him for all the country's problems." Rogers, a lecturer and humorist who was formerly a U.S. congressman and a newspaper publisher, spoke Tuesday night to delegates attending the Midwestern Conference of the Council of S t a te Governments m Rapid City, S.D.

Inventors die in flying car fiery crash

"I GUESS I lost my fastball or something," says sporlscaster JIM BOUTON. The former New Y o r k Yankees pitcher told New York television viewers Tuesday night he has been dropped from WABC-TV's news team. ! "To those of you who sent me crank letters, let me just say you won't have Jim Bouton to kick around any more," he said.

Stripper Mill bare in 50 stales WENDY BERLOWITZ, 25, who was arrested earlier this summer for taking off the top of her bikini bathing suit at the University of Oklahoma, plans to "take it off in all 50 states to prove that women's breasts are not lewd." She chose New Mexico as the next place where she Will undress to the waist. Mrs. Berlowitz' conviction in Oklahoma for indecent exposure was later overturned by a judge who declared the state's law unconstitutionally vague. Mrs. Berlowitz, accompanied by her h u s b a n d , invited "Buyers" to be at Yale Park, adjacent to the University of New Mexico today, where she said she Will auction oft her top.

WENDY BERLOWITZ

JAMES B. CAREY Youngest labor boss

Nude is not lewd

Electrical union founder Carey dies. JAMES B. CAREY, who became president of a national labor organization at age 25 and later founded the International Union of Electrical Workers, died Tuesday of a heart attack at his home in Silver Spring, Md. He was 62. ; Much of his career was marked by stormy confrontations with other labor leaders and sometimes with the government. ! Carey was beaten for re-election as president of the 285,000 member union in 1965 by PAUL JENNINGS, who mourned his death as "a loss to working people everywhere." ' Carey, a native of Philadelphia, spent 40 years of his life as an officer in the labor movement. He b e c a m e president of the United Electrical Workers Union in 1936 and was the youngest head of a national l a b o r organization in the nation. He late r fought many junsdictional battles with United Electrical after forming the International as a rival union. He served in high offices in the AFL-CIO. The REV. RICHARD E. COULTER, 57, a former dean of Shelton College in Cape May, N.J., and a longtime associate of Dr. Carl Mclntirc, head of the Bible Presbyterian Church, died Tuesday.

Police boss tops Detroit mayor vote 1 Police Commissioner JOHN NICHOLS topped a field of five candidates in Detroit's mayoral primary election Tuesday and will face a black state senator, COLEMAN YOUNG, in a November runoff. Nichols had 96,655 voles and Young 63,075. Next in line was Common Council President MEL RAVITZ, with 52,527, and university professor JOHN MOCK, with 35,458. Black candidate EDWARD BELL, a former judge, bowed out of the race early in the evening, conceding to Nichols and Young and pledging to support the state senator in his bid for the mayor's post. Bell received 25,753 votes.

Tycoon must pay §650,000 alimony A New Britain, Conn., millionaire has been ordered to pay $650,000 in alimony and lawyers' fees to his wife, a $ll,300-a-year school teacher. FREDERICK B. KRIEBLE was ordered in Hartford County Superior Court Tuesday to pay a $600,000 lump sum in alimony, $1,000 monthly alimony and $51,009 in attorney's fees. The Kriebles, married six years, have no children. . Krieble's wife, CYNTHIA C. KRIEBLE, is an English teacher in Wethersfield. JUDGE JAY E. RUBINOW advised Kricble, director of Loctite Corp., (hat he could pay the $600,000 settlement over a three-year period to avoid excess taxation. Rubinow said Krieble is worth $3.7 million, not counting his half share of family trusts valued at $35 million.

Sen. Percy shuns vice presidency ! SEN CHARLES PERCY, R-I11., has no interest in being vice president and plans to run for the presidenfy or no office at all in 1976, he said Tuesday in Cleveland. ' Percy compared himself with other potential candidates such as Vice President SPIRO T. AGNEW, California Gov. RONALD REAGAN, and New York Gov. NELSON ROCKEFELLER, and s a i d , "it would be much rougher for me to win the Republican nomination fhan to be elected president. With the other contenders, it's the other way around." ; On the vice presidency, Percy said, "I wasn't interested in that before, and I doubt that I would be in 1976. I would want to be my own man, and no vice president can be."

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OXNARD tfl - The two developers of a f l y i n g automobile have been killed in the flaming crash of the c r a f t only minutes a f t e r takeoff, officials report. K n o w n as "the flying Pinto," a combination of a Ford Pinto a u t o and Cessna a i r p l a n e , the p r o t o t y p e plunged to earth about a mile from Ventura County Airport late Tuesday afternoon. Killed w e r e H e n r y A. Smolinski, 40, Santa Susana, and Harold Blake, 40, Los Angeles. They were the founders and top two officers of Advanced Vehicle Engineers, launched at Van Nuysin 1968. The "flying Pinto" had been touted for a 40-city. nationwide tour as a sales promotion prelude. With the death of the officials and destructio n of the prototype, the f u t u r e of the v e n t u r e was uncer-

tain, spokesmen indicated. A WITNESS, Sixto M. R i l l o , 66, of nearby El Rio, said he heard a plane engine sputter and jumped out of a pickup truck and began running. He escaped w i t h minor burns when the plane plowed into his truck and spun into a nearb y t o m a t o field. Other witnesses said they saw the right wing collapse or fold back. The craft had been in the air only about two minutes and had begun to swing over the ocean when the pilot, company president Smolinski, radioed he was returning. He'gave no indication of trouble, however, officials said.

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THIS IS THE PINTO, FITTED WITH WINGS, BEFORE CRASH TUESDAY The craft is .shown airobrhe during its initial flight in June jr.;-/- -

THE SAME plane had .been f l o w n successfully earlier in the d a y , officials reported. The craft operated with a 210 horsepower airplane engine. It also had a regular car motor. The Federal Aviation Administration conducted an investigation on the spot but released no comment. 'Both victims had been in aerospace . f o r time. Smolinski, a BURBANK UP) - Lock- some native of Cleveland, had heed A i r c r a f t Corp., been in the field nearly saved f r o m financial col- half his life with various lapse in 1971 w h e n the Southern California aeroHERE IS WHERE THE 'FLYING PINTO' CRASHED, NEAR OXNARD AIRPORT federal government pledg- space firms. ed to guarantee loans of Blazing crash killed the two men who developed the land-air vehicle up to $250 million, hopes to b o r r o w $100 million f r o m billionaire Howard Hughes. D. .J. Haughton, Lockheed c h a i r m a n , announced Tuesday that the aircraft firm's b o a r d of directors had approved a letter of intent for the $100 million loan commitment f r o m Hughes through' Hughes' Summa Corp. @ Earlier this y e a r the Nixon-administration reported to Congress that there appeared to be no further need for government guarantee of loans Originally 229.50. Twin set to Lockheed because of L o c k h e e d ' s successful L1011 jet transport. The federal guarantee Vitagenic® on sale? Yes, for the first time. Now you can enjoy Thousands of these exceptional mattress sets have been sold came after Lockheed, a all the handcrafted features in Aireloom's extra firm prescripm a j o r government conat higher prices. Now we offer them to you at fine savings! tractor, appeared on the tion-built mattress sets. We have been exclusively authorized Twin rnattrcss and box spring. Originally 229.50, now $199 verge of collapse due to the rising cost of the Rolls to close out the remaining Vitagenic® stock to make way Full mattress and box spring. Originally 249.50, now $219 Royce engine for the for Yitagenic's new model. Sec the scroll quilted cushioning Queen mattress and box spring. Originally 339.50, now $299 LI Oil. H a u g h t o n said the with hand-stitched sidewalls that prevent sagging and the handKing mattress and box spring. Originally 449.50, now §399 Hughes loan would be used to b u i l d a larger, tied box springs that give excellent support and buoyancy. Purchase on a convenient. Tetmway Account. Sleep Shop long-range version of the L10H TriStar. U n d e r terms of the agreement H u g h e s has the option to buy an uns p e c i f i e d n u m b e r of LlOlls. His Summa Corp. owns all of the stock of Hughes Airwest, a regional carrier. H a u g h t o n said the agreement with Hughes "does not constitute a goa h e a d for the extended range T r i S t a r program ... such a go-ahead is dependent upon final review by the Lockheed board of directors and receipt of sufficient airline orders." He said the loan also would h a v e to be approved by an emergency loan g u a r a n t e e b o a rd created at the time of the federal backing.

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Trash fire runs amok; homes lost SALMON ARM, B.C. UP) — A fire set to burn logging debris raged out of control t o d a y as flames whipped by winds of up to 50 miles per hour destroyed at least 15 area homes and farms. D i s t r i c t Fire Chief G r a h a m R e d m a n said today t h a t at least 15 houses and as. many as 30 had been lost to the fire which started in this central British Columbia town Tuesday night. There were no reports of deaths or injuries. "We're just beat right now," Graham said. "The . wind is so strong that no one can get near it. We're just trying to keep it from spreading. "It'll be two or three days before we know what Bullock's Lakcwood, Monday ihrougti Friday 10:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., 5005 Clurk Avenue, !.;\kcr,-o.od, Telephone: 63