Page Fourteen True Despite a trying schedule marked by many tough inter- sectional clashes last week, True Grid kept pace with his past successes. Last week’s record reads 55 right—17 wrong for a .763 batting average. This brings the season’s log to 172 right and 55 wrong for a com- bined percentage of .760. I would encourage the reader to contrast this record with the re- cords of the professional prog- nosticators. To date, your own local pigskin previewer has the edge on Major Hoople and the press service predictors. This week’s schedule turns to a number of intra-conference struggles, and a number of close contests—particularly in the Ivy League, Pacific Eight and Mid-American Confer- _ences—should make this the most taxing week on True Grid. The intangible emotional ele- ment involved in these more traditional rivalries should pro- vide the margin of victory in many contests. A semblance of sanity has re- turned to the fortunes of pro football. However, who would have anticipated Washington’s convincing victory over the Cowboys in rain-soaked Dallas or Fran Tarkinton’s continuing mystique over the more power- ful St. Louis Cardinals? In spite of upsets of these proportions, the record for the week read eight right, four wrong and one tie. The week’s pro slate will un- doubtedly witness additional upsets as the contests are more evenly matched. The only con- sistency to date would be to bet on the visiting team. With some hesitancy I forecast the follow- ing: Baltimore over Buffalo, Miami over Cincinnati, New York Jets over New England, Dallas over the New York Giants, Minnesota over Phila- delphia, Atlanta over St. Louis, Washington over Houston, Cleveland over Pittsburgh, De- troit over Green Bay, Oakland ~ over Denver, Kansas City over San Diego, San Francisco over Los Angeles and New Orleans over Chicago. Returning to the college ranks, I will adopt the same format used in previous weeks: The top contests will receive special comment with the names listed in italics. Alabama at Vanderbilt: After a slow start against Mississippi the Crimson Tide rolled to an impressive 40-6 victory. Van- derbilt, with high early season expectations, has been a bitter disappointment. The score: many to few in favor of Bean Bryant’s charges. Army at Penn State: The Cadets have upended Georgia Tech and Missouri in successive weeks. The Nittany Lions edged the Air Force in a lackluster performance. Army will have the emotional edge but State has more ammunition; never- theless, look for a surprisingly close contest. Clemson at Duke: The Blue Devils have combined a stout defense with a consistent ground attack and an outstand- ing field goal kicker to humble four opponents. Clemson’s Tigers will be outclawed by the surprising Devils. Colorado at Iowa State: The Buffalos should stampede to Lake Rod & Gun Plans Fall Schedule The regular monthly meeting of the Harveys Lake Rod & Gun Club, Inc. was held Sept. 27 at the clubhouse. Members were reminded to enter their “‘trophy’’ fish in the fish contest this year. The club’s next turkey shoot will be held Oct. 17, starting at 12 noon. The public is invited A ‘‘sighting-in day’’ is plan- ned for Oct. 10 in cooperation with the National Rifle Associa- tion. The public is also welcome to attend this. The club will hold a tour of the gamelands Oct. 24 starting from the Game Commission Office at 12 noon. This will be approxi- mately a four hour tour. Public is invited. Members are reminded of the ‘“‘deer contest’’ this year. Members interested in entering must register with Ret Nelson! (financial secretary) no later than the November meeting which is the last Monday of the month. Prizes will be awarded for the widest spread, the most | points, and the smallest antlers. Following the meeting, a movie, ‘Cry of the Marsh,” was shown. Grid victory over their lightly re- garded conference opponent. However, Colorado could be looking ahead to their Oct. 16 meeting with Oklahoma. Bar- ring psychological letdown, Co- lorado by a comfortable margin. Georgia at Mississippi: The Bulldogs have won four in a row against mediocre opposition. The Rebels took their first three but were humiliated by Ala- bama 40-6 last week. The Rebels are a proud aggregation and will be up for this one—the Georgia defense should squelch the bid for an upset. Notre Dame at Miami: The Hurricaines have gained force after their opening loss to Florida State and last week’s 41- 15 storm over Baylor was most impressive. The Irish continue to flounder their way to victory, but the men from South Bend will have to jell soon—even the Irish can run out of luck! Michigan at Michigan State: The Wolverines have earned their No. 2 ranking with a great defense and competent offense. The Spartans are two and two but are much better than that" record indicates. The State of Michigan will quake during this titanic struggle, but you can watch Michigan eke out a hard- earned victory. Nebraska at Missouri: In pre- vious years this contest might have had a bearing on the big eight championship or even the national rankings. This year the Cornhuskers are No. One and Missouri has only won one. Forecast: A decisive demon- stration of superiority by Ne- braska. Oklahoma at Texas: The game of the week. The Sooners’ backfield of Pruitt, Mildren, CrossWhite et al, has run through all opposition including a tough So. Cal. team. Texas has its usual powerhouse and a staunch defense. This game will probably be decided on breaks. The experts will probably give Texas the edge because the game will be played in Long- horn country. I'll take the Sooners. _ Stanford at Washington: The outcome of this one should ap- proximate a basketball score. Both teams can score, but give Sonny Sixkiller and the Huskies the ball here. Stanford has the better defense and a victory might mean a trip to the Rose Bowl. Give Washington the home gridiron advantage. In other collegiate contests: Air Force over S.M.U., Gettys- burg over Albright, Arizona over Wyoming, Arizona State over Colorado State, Arkansas over Baylor, Auburn over Southern Mississippi, Boston College over Villanova, Toledo over Bowling Green, Utah State over Brigham Young, Yale over Brown, Davidson over Buck- nell, Oregon State over Califor- nia, Cincinnati over Xavier, UM.I. over The Citadel, Col- gate over Holy Cross, Columbia over Harvard, Temple over Connecticut, Cornell over Princeton, Dartmouth over Pennsylvania, Delaware over Lafayette, Drake over Northern Iowa, Drexel over Kings Point, Richmond over East Carolina, East Stroudsburg over Kutz- town, L.S.U. over Florida, Florida State over Mississippi State. - 3 Also, Ithaca over Fordham, Juniata over Georgetown, Tennessee over Georgia Tech, Grambling over Tennessee A&I, Idaho over Idaho State, Ohio State over Illinois, Wiscon- sin over Indiana, Northwestern over Iowa, Kansas State over Kansas, Western Michigan over Kent State, Ohio University over Kentucky, Rutgers over Lehigh, Maine over New Hampshire, Northern Illinois over Marshall, Purdue over Minnesota, Mor- gan State over Eastern Maryland, Pittsburgh over - Navy, New Mexico over New Mexico State, North Carolina over Tulane, Wake Forest over North Carolina State, Oklahoma State over Texas Christian, Southern California State, Oregon, Rhode Island over Vermont, South Carolina over Velrginia;, Texas Tech over Texas A&M Texas (El Paso) over Utah, Tulsa over Virginia Tech, U.C.L.A. over Washington State, West Virginia over William and Mary, Wilkes over Delaware Valley, Quantico over Springfield, Boston University over Massachusetts, C.W. Post over Cortland, Witenberg over Dennison, Rochester over Union. THE DALLAS POST, OCT. 7, 1971 | John Gary Appears As Warm Human Being by Dottie Beckham . With a well-balanced mixture of savoir-faire, boyishness and great good humor, John Gary strode into an interview room and established himself with various members of the news media as a warm human being—a non-phony. Mr. Gary, singer, recording star and television performer, was in the area for College Mis- ericordia’s Theatre 3 presenta- tion in Irem Temple Auditor- ium, Wilkes-Barre, Tuesday evening. In spite of a prolonged period without sleep, luggage lost by an airline, and having to get to a rehearsal, the versatile star proved to be a gracious host. With expressive hand ges- tures and excited voice, he told of his forthcoming marriage Oct. 18 in Dallas, Texas, and how he had courted his sweet- heart (his old-fashioned term) for the past two years during the time he was appearing in “The Student Prince.” “This is going to be a super colossal wedding,” he ex- claimed, “One of the prettiest weddings in years.” The bride and groom will wéar specially-designed wed- ding clothes, based on the prince and princess characters in “The Student Prince.” Wedding invitations are en- graved in old German-type script, and among the noted guests will be Vic Damone, Dorothy Malone, and many others. The celebrated jockey, Willie Shoemaker, is to be best man. “There will be a German band with ‘oom-pah-pah’ at the reception in a large garden. Af- terwards we will leave in a car- riage, drawn by matched black stallions,” the singer recounts. The bride-to-be, a beautiful blonde according to a_ picture which Mr. Gary displays with Laning Harvey Jr. Receives 33rd Degree The highest honor of Scottish Rite Freemasonry was con- ferred on Laning Harvey Jr., RD 4, Dallas, Sept. 29, at Philadelphia’s Academy of Music. The degree conferral climaxed the annual sessions of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite for the 15 northeastern and midwestern states, comprising the Northern Jurisdiction of the United States. A total of 198 Teceived the degree in the 1971 Class. The 33rd Degree is awarded for ‘‘outstanding service to Freemasonry or for significant contribution to humanity, reflecting credit to the Fraternity.” Photo by J. Kozemchak Sr. pride, is a widow with four chil- dren. She and her groom-elect have known each other seven years. Chuckling deeply, Mr. Gary told how the wedding date was set first for Oct. 11. “But the Dallas Cowboys are playing a home football game and we couldn’t get anyone to come to the wedding—also hotel rooms for our out-of-town guests were at a premium.” So—the wedding date was changed to the 18th. Familiar to everyone as a singer, Mr. Gary may not be as well-known as the poet he is. He has a brand-new book called “A Fragment of Time,”” which in- cludes one of his most famous poems, ‘One Red Rose.” Set to music by Tommie Leonetti, the poem was recorded as a song in his latest album—‘‘Holding Your Mind.” The book’s edition is limited to 4,000 copies and each is num- bered. They will not be sold in bookstores. However, John Gary fans may purchase a copy from his recently-formed pub- lishing firm, Briarwood Pub- lishing Company, 7 Briarwood Circle, Richardson, Texas 75080. Having written his just-pub- lished book over a span of ten years, Mr. Gary promised his finacee he would begin immedi- ately on a new one. This one will be ‘Have You Got A Minute?”’, and will be filled with anec- dotes, humor and ‘the people I've known.” The entertainer recalled that the most exciting event in his life, careerwise, was when he sang at President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s birthday party in Washington. He has sung also for a Tricia Nixon affair. Born in Tarrytown, N.Y. John Gary Strader (his real name) began his singing career at nine as a boy soprano. In his “Paul Lynde” voice, he admits he was a ‘has-been’ at age 14— when his voice changed. During the interval when he was not pursuing a professional singing career, he served in the U.S. Marines for three years. He worked later as a salvage diver in the Gulf of Mexico. “I never really did singing. I'taught myself to play a guitar and used to sing to the roughnecks on the oil rigs in the Gulf.” In late 1962, he decided to give his career one more try—for six months. He drove from New Orleans to New York—starting a out with $125 and arriving with $9. “The car I was driving was repossessed,” he recounts with a smile. He owed the YMCA for room rent, but sang at every opportunity, and was discovered by an attorney at a private party. He made a demonstration record, which was played for an RCA executive, and the rest is history. He has been under contract to RCA for nine years and has recorded 24 albums. ‘Good music is coming back,” he believes, ‘“‘A softer sound.”” He likes a song that says love. “My favorite song in all the world is ‘Beautiful’, written by Bobby Doyle, whois blind. It’s a very special song to me.” Dressed: in coffee-brown slacks, striped shirt and suede jacket, Mr. Gary has a ‘‘now’’ look, both in his casual attire and the addition of a beard and longer hair. He emphasizes he doesn’t have a ‘serious bone in my body when I'm on stage. I just have fun.” And part of the fun seems to be his impressions of Elvis Presley, Paul Lynde, Henry Fonda and others. When the conversation takes a serious turn, however, he states simply, “I believe in God.” He and other influential people are organizing a com- munity center in Dallas for drug abusers. "To be known as The Workshop the center will be for “helping young people to help themselves.” “It’s in the formative stage now, but it will happen” is said with conviction. As an expert diver, he holds two underwater endurance records (fresh water, 78 hours, 45 minutes; salt water, 41 hours, 1 minute), and has helped the Navy develop closed circuit underwater television. He has Blood Drive Representative of the large number of people who gave blood were J. T. Morgan, Linda Wheeler, George Barski, for Commonwealth; Mrs. Edward Wilson, Mrs. James Regan, Joe Gerchak, for Gate of Heaven PTG; Albert Bowman, a Plymouth resident, for Natona Mills; Mary Shively, Mrs. William Dierolf, Rosemary Coolbaugh, for Back Mountain PTA; Robert Stalnick, for Centermoreland; Anthony Marchakitus and the Rev. Fred Whipple, for Lake-Lehman PTA. For many, it was not the first time they had given blood. Mrs. Wilson, who has given six pints, said, “I give blood because it may save someone else’s life— but it’s good insurance also. I get credit for the blood I've given, in case a member of my family should ever need blood.” In explaining the procedures in giving blood, Mrs. Swingle pointed out the several centers or stations through which each volunteer donor moves in sequence. At the first one, registration takes place for general information about the donor. Then there is the hemo- globin center (where a drop of blood for testing is taken from an ear lobe), temperature. and pulse center, medical history center, and the donation center, where 15 persons can be processed at the same time. From the latter, the donor goes to the canteen for juice, coffee and cookies. The one station the donor does not have to enter is the packaging center, where the plastic containers of blood are readied for their trip to the blood. center in Wilkes-Barre.. There are six tests performed on all donated blood before it is used for a patient. Dr. Gordan D. Bell, physician in charge, explained that one donation of blood can serve up to three persons or more— depending on how it is proces- sed. In one instance, the red cells may be used for a transfusion. Platelets may be used for a patient who takes cancer- control drugs, which destroy bone marrow including cells that produce platelets. Plasma, which is kept frozen, may be stop | ¥ John Gary also designed a ballast unit for a Navy camera and two un- derwater propulsion devices. As anarcher, he received the Award of Merit from the National Field Archery Association for aiding in popularizing the sport. He has been named to the Los Angeles 1976 Olympic Committee. As a sculptor, he does his inventions in clay first. At age 21 he studied sculpture for three years. He is in the process of doing a full figure of his “sweetheart.” But it was as a singer and a performer that John Gary came to Wilkes-Barre. The com- bination was great. Driver Directed To Pay for Bike Jack Keller pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to properly identify himself before leaving the scene of an accident at a hearing Sept. 29 before District Magistrate Frederick. W.' An- ‘derson. Keller admitted .that he had been the operator of a blue Ford which had demolished a child’s tricycle owned by Melvin Derhammer of RD 3, Wyoming, on Aug. 28. At that time, the defendant had not identified himself correctly; he was traced through the registration plates on his automobile. Magistrate Anderson directed Keller to pay Derhammer $14.95 for the wrecked (tricycle; the defendant also paid $11 in court costs. ; Keller resides at 52 Main St., Luzerne. (continued from PAGE ONE) used for a coagulation defect. Some plasma may be sent to a pharmaceutical company, where it goes through a frac- tionation program. The plasma can be separated into albumin, gamma globulin (used to protect against measles), and fibrinogen (sometimes used for mothers in childbirth and for chest surgery). “There are more than 70 identifiable factors in blood,” Dr. Bell said. The large number of factors explains why no transfusion is ever a complete match. The Wilkes-Barre blood center keeps a rare donor file, Dr. Bell reported, “We have one man whose rare type may be used in cases anywhere in the States.” Dr. Bell predicted that .kidney transplants will be possible in Wilkes-Barre in the future. The predicted transplants and the many other medical situa- tions where blood is used are made possible because a volunteer cared enough to share his blood. A segment of volunteer blood doners are shown as they await their turn at the American Red Cross bloodmobile set up at Dallas Intermediate School Friday afternoon. Those in the process of giving blood are lying in the background. A Greenstreet News Co. Publication | ba Wilson Evans was also interested in learning whether or not the jurors knew any of the defense staff, or the defendant. Fre- quently he asked: “If the Com- monwealth proves the defen- dant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, would you have any hes- itation in judging him guilty?” Most indicated that they would be able to render such a verdict if the circumstances of the case warranted it. The problem of ‘‘reasonable doubt” cropped up time and again in Atty. Krohn’s question- ing, and often proved confusing to the jurors. Tuesday morning, Judge Aston directed Krohn to phrase the question in a more direct manner: ‘If after all the evidence is in and you have heard the closing comments and charge by the court and’ after due deliberation, there re- mains in your mind a reason- able doubt as to the guilt of the defendant, could you and would you give the benefit of that doubt to the defendant and acquit him?’’ Phrased in this manner, the question provided a stumbling block for only one juror—Regina Butler of 174 Boland Ave., Hanover Town- ship—who was excused for cause. Krohn customarily asked . each juror if he were opposed to the use of alcohol and if he hunted or had ever had exper- ience with firearms. He was in- terested in knowing, too, if the jurors thought people “always tell the truth” (most answered without hesitation that people are not always truthful), or they thought that the police always arrested the right person (this question usually provoked more reflection than the first). By 4:30 Tuesday afternoon, only three jurors had been chosen from 39 interviewed. Another, Ruth Benninger of Drums, had been the first juror questioned and had been accepted readily by both the defense and prosecution, but had later been excused when she explained that family con- (continued from PAGE ONE) siderations would make it very difficult to serve ‘‘with a tranquil mind.” Those selected were John D. Check of 315 Madison St., Stella Sukaloski of Hanover Township and Geraldine Yonick of 40 N. Gates Ave., Kingston. The length of time it is taking to choose a jury could indicate that everyone is digging in for the duration, and there have been estimates by knowledge- able sources that this ‘‘dura- tion” could take three to four weeks. The defendant always has the option of changing his plea of not guilty, of course, in which case the trial could take considerably less time. Judge Aston has announced— to the apparent surprise of both defense and prosecution attor- neys—that evening and Satur- day sessions may be held to expedite matters. So far, there have been relatively few objec- tions by either the pr@secution or defense, and a ce®tain con- geniality exists between the at- torneys and the judge. This, bonhomie may very well change as nerves become frayed and tempers grow brit- tle—it has been known to happen before. Jury (continued from PAGE ONE) ‘slowly. Still, there » little chance that there will be any radical reforms in the method of choosing jurors, ig for no other reason tha¥ that “reform” in this instance might mean a return to a less civilized time—say, England circa 1300, when a jury frequently was comprised of the very men who were the defendant’s accusers. 10% off Personalized Christmas Cards order now THE HUT THANKS Mrs. Peter Kulvinski wishes to thank her rela- tives, friends, and neighbors who so kindly offered their services, sent flowers, and mass cards, lent cars and in any other way helpedgher in her recent ny A special thank to the Lake HEN RY’S Jewelry SHAVERTOWN, PA. in the It’s Not Too Early To Order And Lay-Away D’AMARIO’S FABRIC dallas shopping center sewing and knitting needs at low low Lily Wintuk Yarn and Susan Bates Accessories Polyester Double Knits Crushed Velvet Acrylics,Wools Velour Stop by today or call 675-1605 OPEN THURS. & FRI. 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