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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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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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.
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