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WILL ROGERS JR. says today's political humor is
destructive.
in flying car
. He recalled that his father, the author and humor-
ist, "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."
fiery crash
Rogers, a lecturer and humorist who was formerly OXNARD tfl - The two
a U.S. congressman and a newspaper publisher, spoke developers of a f l y i n g
Tuesday night to delegates attending the Midwestern automobile have been kill-
Conference of the Council of S t a te Governments m ed in the flaming crash of
Rapid City, S.D. the c r a f t only minutes
a f t e r takeoff, officials re-
port.
"I GUESS I lost my fastball or something," says K n o w n as "the flying
sporlscaster JIM BOUTON. The former New Y o r k Pinto," a combination of
Yankees pitcher told New York television viewers a Ford Pinto a u t o and
Tuesday night he has been dropped from WABC-TV's Cessna a i r p l a n e , the
news team. p r o t o t y p e plunged to
! "To those of you who sent me crank letters, let me earth about a mile from
just say you won't have Jim Bouton to kick around any Ventura County Airport
more," he said. late Tuesday afternoon.
Killed w e r e H e n r y A.
Smolinski, 40, Santa Susa-
Stripper Mill bare in 50 stales na, and Harold Blake, 40,
Los Angeles. They were
WENDY BERLOWITZ, 25, who was arrested earli- the founders and top two
er this summer for taking off the top of her bikini bath- officers of Advanced Vehi-
ing suit at the University of Oklahoma, plans to "take cle Engineers, launched
it off in all 50 states to prove that women's breasts are at Van Nuysin 1968.
not lewd." The "flying Pinto" had
She chose New Mexico as the next place where she been touted for a 40-city.
Will undress to the waist. Mrs. Berlowitz' conviction in nationwide tour as a sales
Oklahoma for indecent exposure was later overturned promotion prelude. With
by a judge who declared the state's law unconstitution- the death of the officials
ally vague. and destructio n of the
Mrs. Berlowitz, accompanied by her h u s b a n d , prototype, the f u t u r e of
invited "Buyers" to be at Yale Park, adjacent to the the v e n t u r e was uncer-
University of New Mexico today, where she said she
Will auction oft her top.
Lockheed
asks loan
of Hughes
BURBANK UP) - Lock- some
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 aero-
federal government pledg- space firms.
ed to guarantee loans of
up to $250 million, hopes
to b o r r o w $100 million
f r o m billionaire Howard
Hughes.
D. .J. Haughton, Lock-
heed c h a i r m a n , an-
nounced Tuesday that the
aircraft firm's b o a r d of
directors had approved a
tain, spokesmen indicat-
ed.
A WITNESS, Sixto M.
R i l l o , 66, of nearby El
Rio, said he heard a plane
engine sputter and jump-
ed out of a pickup truck
and began running. He es-
caped w i t h minor burns . '-" -
when the plane plowed THIS IS THE PINTO, FITTED WITH WINGS, BEFORE CRASH TUESDAY
into his truck and spun
into a nearb y t o m a t o The craft is .shown airobrhe during its initial flight in June
field. jr.;-/- -
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 in-
dication of trouble, how-
ever, officials said.
THE SAME plane had
.been f l o w n successfully
earlier in the d a y , offi-
cials reported.
The craft operated with
a 210 horsepower airplane
engine. It also had a regu-
lar car motor.
The Federal Aviation
Administration conducted
an investigation on the
spot but released no com-
ment. 'Both victims had
been in aerospace . f o r
time. Smolinski, a
native of Cleveland, had
HERE IS WHERE THE 'FLYING PINTO' CRASHED, NEAR OXNARD AIRPORT
Blazing crash killed the two men who developed the land-air vehicle

WENDY BERLOWITZ JAMES B. CAREY

letter of intent for the $100
million loan commitment
f r o m Hughes through'
EIRST-TIME SAVINGS ON AIRELOOM'S
Nude is not lewd Youngest labor boss Hughes' Summa Corp. @
Earlier this y e a r the
Nixon-administration re-
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Electrical union founder Carey dies. ported to Congress that

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JAMES B. CAREY, who became president of a na- there appeared to be no
tional labor organization at age 25 and later founded further need for govern-
the International Union of Electrical Workers, died ment guarantee of loans Originally 229.50. Twin set
Tuesday of a heart attack at his home in Silver Spring, to Lockheed because of
Md. He was 62. L o c k h e e d ' s successful
; Much of his career was marked by stormy confron- L1011 jet transport.
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the government. came after Lockheed, a
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285,000 member union in 1965 by PAUL JENNINGS, tractor, appeared on the
verge of collapse due to tion-built mattress sets. We have been exclusively authorized Twin rnattrcss and box spring. Originally 229.50, now $199
who mourned his death as "a loss to working people
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' Carey, a native of Philadelphia, spent 40 years of Royce engine for the
LI Oil. for Yitagenic's new model. Sec the scroll quilted cushioning Queen mattress and box spring. Originally 339.50, now $299
his life as an officer in the labor movement.
He b e c a m e president of the United Electrical H a u g h t o n said the with hand-stitched sidewalls that prevent sagging and the hand- King mattress and box spring. Originally 449.50, now §399
Workers Union in 1936 and was the youngest head of a Hughes loan would be
national l a b o r organization in the nation. He late r 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
fought many junsdictional battles with United Electri- long-range version of the
cal after forming the International as a rival union. He L10H TriStar.
served in high offices in the AFL-CIO. U n d e r terms of the
agreement H u g h e s has
the option to buy an un-
The REV. RICHARD E. COULTER, 57, a former s p e c i f i e d n u m b e r of
dean of Shelton College in Cape May, N.J., and a long- LlOlls. His Summa Corp.
time associate of Dr. Carl Mclntirc, head of the Bible owns all of the stock of
Presbyterian Church, died Tuesday. Hughes Airwest, a region-
al carrier.
H a u g h t o n said the
Police boss tops Detroit mayor vote agreement with Hughes
"does not constitute a go-
1 Police Commissioner JOHN NICHOLS topped a a h e a d for the extended
field of five candidates in Detroit's mayoral primary range T r i S t a r program
election Tuesday and will face a black state senator, ... such a go-ahead is de-
COLEMAN YOUNG, in a November runoff. pendent upon final review
Nichols had 96,655 voles and Young 63,075. Next in by the Lockheed board of
line was Common Council President MEL RAVITZ, directors and receipt of
with 52,527, and university professor JOHN MOCK, sufficient airline orders."
with 35,458. He said the loan also
Black candidate EDWARD BELL, a former judge, would h a v e to be ap-
bowed out of the race early in the evening, conceding proved by an emergency
to Nichols and Young and pledging to support the state loan g u a r a n t e e b o a rd
senator in his bid for the mayor's post. Bell received created at the time of the
25,753 votes. federal backing.

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,
Trash fire
a $ll,300-a-year school teacher.
FREDERICK B. KRIEBLE was ordered in Hart-
runs amok;
ford County Superior Court Tuesday to pay a $600,000
lump sum in alimony, $1,000 monthly alimony and $51,- homes lost
009 in attorney's fees. The Kriebles, married six years, SALMON ARM, B.C. UP)
have no children. — A fire set to burn log-
. Krieble's wife, CYNTHIA C. KRIEBLE, is an Eng- ging debris raged out of
lish teacher in Wethersfield. JUDGE JAY E. RUBI- control t o d a y as flames
NOW advised Kricble, director of Loctite Corp., (hat he whipped by winds of up to
could pay the $600,000 settlement over a three-year 50 miles per hour destroy-
period to avoid excess taxation. Rubinow said Krieble ed at least 15 area homes
is worth $3.7 million, not counting his half share of and farms.
family trusts valued at $35 million. D i s t r i c t Fire Chief
G r a h a m R e d m a n said
Sen. Percy shuns vice presidency today t h a t at least 15
houses and as. many as 30
! SEN CHARLES PERCY, R-I11., has no interest in had been lost to the fire
being vice president and plans to run for the presiden- which started in this cen-
fy or no office at all in 1976, he said Tuesday in Cleve- tral British Columbia
land. town Tuesday night.
' Percy compared himself with other potential candi- There were no reports
dates such as Vice President SPIRO T. AGNEW, Cali- of deaths or injuries.
fornia Gov. RONALD REAGAN, and New York Gov. "We're just beat right
NELSON ROCKEFELLER, and s a i d , "it would be now," Graham said. "The .
much rougher for me to win the Republican nomination wind is so strong that no
fhan to be elected president. With the other contenders, one can get near it. We're
it's the other way around." just trying to keep it from
;
On the vice presidency, Percy said, "I wasn't inter- spreading.
ested in that before, and I doubt that I would be in 1976. "It'll be two or three
I would want to be my own man, and no vice president days before we know what
can be." we've lost." 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<i-5lll