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Bob Butera doesn’t need
on-the-job training.
He’s the only Republican
who’s prepared to be a
good Governor.
Only Bob Butera has the experience and the
know-how needed to immediately change our state
government for the better.
Bob Butera was the Republican Majority Leader
of the State House of Representatives in 1973-74 and
helped get us our only tax cut in more than two
decades. He’s been the leader of the fight to get state
spending under control and to root out corruption.
Bob Butera has worked hard for fifteen years
learning what’s wrong with state government . . .
what must be changed . . . and he knows how to
change it. The last new, fresh-face Pennsylvania had
for Governor... was Milton Shapp. That’s enough.
Bob Butera... he’s ready to be a good Governor.
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Nixnutz’s Corral
"All the news that’s unimportant,
but still interesting.”
The chopper strikes again
Haris Hubschrauber, the flying
spaghetti farmer who was pictured
on page 1 of the April 1 issue of this
newspaper, created laughs, con
versations, and even arguments in
many homes and places of business.
This week Lancaster Farming
learned that the now famous Penn
sylvania farmer even became a prime
topic of interest at an Eastern
military reservation.
Now, the center, we’re told, is a
major helicopter base and the facility
is filled with aviation experts.
Some really energetic discussions
were underway up there about a
month ago when one of the men on
duty there brought in a newspaper
clipping of Hans Hubschrauber and
pinned it on the bulletin board.
According to our source of in
formation, who is himself a helicopter
expert, the picture attracted at
tention like magnet draws iron
filings. "It can’t be -- it’s got to be a
hoax,’’ most of the men reportedly
said. But the picture bewildered
them. Maybe it was real.
The experts went as far as getting
their calculators out and making
calculations. “They really tore that
picture apart," says our informer.
“For example," he continued, “we
, knew that the pictured helicopter
with a standard engine could only
develop about 900 horsepower. We
didn’t think that was enough to lift a
manure spreader, but then we didn’t
know how much that loaded
spreader would weigh."
Arguments continued
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hours straight. Some said it just
couldn't be. Others argued it had to
be ... it was right in front of them in
black and white. The experts con
tinued to proceed with the issue at
hand a step at a time, going into such
details as structural limitations, lift
capacities, costs of operation, and
“why in the world does the guy need
a radar dome and artillery for field
work?” The answer, of course, was
for better deer hunting.
It wasn’t until this week that our
informer accidentally learned about
the background of the controversial
picture.
“Man, have you made my day!" he
told the editor excitedly when he saw
an April 1 issue of Lancaster Far
ming, and it was revealed to him that
the picture and story were a hoax.
Back at the military base, the men
had only had a chance to see the
picture and caption.
’ The way our informer recollects
the conversations and arguments up
there last month, the majority of the
group finally agreed that the picture
had to be real -- despite their
calculations and helicopter expertise
which instinctively told them it
couldn’t be.
Before the National Guardsman
and the editor parted company on
Wednesday night, the guardsman
asked for a copy of the paper in
which Hans Hubschrauber made his
debut. "I’m going to have more fun
with this tomorrow than you can
imagine," he said while laughing and
shaking his head, “You didn’t just
fool the farmers, you fooled the
helicopter experts at the base!
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