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5th Year October 18. 1976 Number 42

Aerialist Killed In CrashTwo popular circus people died in a plane crash at Las Vegas on Sept. 24th. The accident

occured about 1 p.m. as Ron Lemus and Mike McCardell were doing a bit of stunt flying, when sud-denly their plane went into a nose-dive and plunged into the ground. Both men were killed instantly.

i Ron, who was an excellent stunt flyerwas at the controls. He was the husband of TerryCavaretta and catcher for the Flying Terrells, atrapeze act that was featured at Circus Circus inLas Vegas.

The act included: Ron, Terry, Judi Mc-Cardell, (Terry's sister and wife of Mike), andAlicia Farfan.

Late this month the act was to have ap-peared in a Royal Command Performance for theQueen of England.

Fair ShowThe free show for the Labor Day Fair, at Suring,Wise., was produced by Baker & Ray Talent Pro-motions and featured:

Checkers and Patches, clown warm-up; The La Rayspuppeteers; Miss Mary, contortion; The De Moulins,aerial cradle; Captain Jasper, magic; Checkers andPatches, dogs;

The crew included: Jack De Moulin, property supt.,and Rose Baker, announcer.

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Miscellaneous

The Robert Dover CFA Tent held a dinner-meeting on Oct. 9th at Camp Hill, Pa. CFAPresident Howard Coleman and Robert Dov-"er were on hand, along with guest speakerHoxie Tucker.

The Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago) has filedfor a permit to import a young femaleelephant from Ceylon. They plan to use herfor breeding purposes.

The last World of Mirth wagon is displayedat the Cornell Restaurant just east of Co-lumbia.S.C. on Route 378. Two other showwagons are on a trash heap in back of therestaurant.

The Page-Cavanaugh Circus played to packedhouses at every performance for its NewportNews, Va., stand on Sept. 29-30.

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Italian ShowWhile visiting relatives in Rome this summerI was fortunate in being able to attend a per-formance of the Circus Jumbo, which was ap-pearing in nearby Ostia.

The show was presented in a round tent thatseats some 1200 to 1500 people. They hadone ring, with four spotlights, each mannedby an electrician. The concessions weremuch the same as are sold in this country,except they also rent out pillows, which arepretty good when you figure the seats areall wooden planks.

Their program featured: Horse act (8) allbeautiful animals; Elephants (5) good look-ing animals with colored lights being used;The Oders, Yugoslavian aerialists; Yuma Togli

an Italian sword balancer; Sinoko, Czech ac-robats; Duo Tarvarich, Russian aerialists; Sam-son & Dalia, Italian strongman (bent metalbars, drove nails into wood with his handand won a tug of war against 12 people;The Unrideable Mule, 3 people tried to ridethe animal and failed, then a fourth came infor a surprise ending; The Grand Parade, in-cluding floats; Thierry Franci, tigers (4) andlions (4); Mr. Allen, escape artist; clowns;Ranz Boz, a very good juggler; Contortionact with 2 people; Spanish dancers, with ex-cellent lighting and music; Two men showingacrobatic feats of strength; Farewell, with allperformers entering the ring to greet theaudience. . . . Eugene Mascioli

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Circus DaySome 300 people interested in the circus arebeing invited to participate in a "Day AtThe Circus" at the Dallas (Texas) Fair onOct. 23rd. Displays of models, posters andsuch are also planned.

The "Circus Day" event is being co-sponsoredby the Ed Millette CFA Tent, the Fair andthe Pepsi Cola Circus, produced by Gil Grey.The circus will be presented under a new bigtop and will be featuring a Siberian tigeract. Among those planning to attend the bigevent are Howard Coleman, CFA President,and his wife Edith.

Those interested are urged to contact Dr. Wil-liam Hooper, 500 Kathy Drive, Mesquite,Texas . »__

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Fall and Xmas Dates

Contact

LEE MALONEY

2216 Mayfield Ave.Joliet, 111. - 60435

Phone: (815) 725-8770

Thank YouMARLAN BUTCHER

'of King Bros. Circus for yourpurchase of a Yellowstone foryour wife, SUSAN.

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Show NotesVirginia CFA member W. H. Foster spent a"dream week" traveling with the Hoxie Br.Circus last month.

All Maryland dates, he writes, were sponsor-ed and Bel Air (Sept. 26) was truly a real"straw House" day. The show tears down atnight but moves in the early morning, plan-ning a daybreak arrival in the new town.

Two of the elephants gained their freedomat Bel Air, says Foster, but were finally lo-cated by local police. Bobby, Leo and Tedf i n a l l y brought them back to the lot.

John Lewis, whose own show closed early inthe season is back with Hoxie Bros, servingas superintendent. David Mobb, a former RBBB man has joined Hoxie Bros, to handlepromotions and work with the shoppingcenters.

Recent visitors included Col. E. B. Smith, Jr.(retired), Herbie Weber and Billy Barton.

MiscellaneousRingling-Barnum's Circus World Park has an-nounced special admission prices will be ineffect for Senior Citizens for Nov. 1-21.

Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo has two ele-phants - Bamboo, 8 yrs old (Indian) andWatoto, 7 yrs old (African).

^V^IN I information on the location of thethe G-M lion act which made shows in Peruand was last seen in La Paz.

Would also like to hear from acts that made the

Peru dates regarding their treatment, pay. if any,and other pertinent data.

Contact: GEORGE KELLNER, P. 0. Box 187.Lafayet te . Calif. 94549

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Harry Thomasand his

Royal Bengal Tigers

Currently Appearing At

Enchanted Village

Until May 1977

P. O. Box 2192

Bueria Pnrak, California - 9O(521

BILLY BARTONTHE PUBLIC VIEWS the circus performer as one-dimensional. It would boggle their minds to discoverthe infinite variety of occupations at which he orshe is adept, over and above respective performingskills. Some, armed with PHds, a Masters in this, adegree in that; while others, self-taught, step intothese occupations often during their performingyears and full-time once they've wearied of theGypsy lift. The Lure of the Circus calls to each ofin from the Horn of a Mythical Pan whose face isthe white painttd mask of a clown and whose mus-ic we follow by choice.

DAVID ZOPPE writes that the black Celebese Apethey are featuring in the Rhesus Monkey revue is asensation with audiencps everywhere. In the eventyou know little about simians, the Celebese is •very rare creature. The troupe, with their packageof acts including Susan's Afghans, Princess Sonia,ladder balancing and the above mentioned monks,jumped into Canada and back to New England fora series of fair dates following their Crescent Parkclosing on Labor Day. "Rain followed us every-where!" David told me. This fall will find the familyplaying dates for GEORGE HUBLER'

Didyaknow that ARTHUR GROTEFENT had a ma-jor hand in helping to build the famous LOU JA-COBS tiny clown car? A promoter for a mediumsized tenter (now closed) got an overdose of TVpublicity in the East when he found himself jailedas a "receiver of stolen goods" with bail set at •mere ten grand! Seems, a group of teenagers brokeinto a motel-restaurant late one night, stole foodand booze, and then proceeded to picnic on themotel lawn with the promoter as their "mascot"The "Most Unhappy Fella" has since been sprung.

GUESSING GAMES: What circus hired an unusualfemme novelty act who was fired before the weekwas out when it was discovered "she" was a man indrag? I'll never tell - except to my most intimatefriends or after a bribe of two Martinis!

JIM SWAFFORD mailed me clippings involvingthe late Brenda Jones Cuttin's tragic accident. Itnow seems certain our beloved Brenda had aheart seizure. I've been told that Brenda's body wasshipped back to England for burial following ser-vices in Sarasota.

The G-M elephants were sold to the Rmgling showand are now at Circus World. It is my understand-ing that not all the G-M equipment is stored at theAscot Speedway in Akron - the light plant and of-

fice semi were moved to California Orange (Cal.)will now be the home base of two shows: Gatti-Charles and EARL TEGGE's TNT & Royal Olympic, which will make its headquarters there A vet-eran elephant handler was badly mauled by an out-raged elephant at the Central Park ZOO (NYC) Heis in fair condition.

Heard that New England officials gave CHARLESGERMAINE a hard time over his Big Top at aConnecticut stand so he put the show on outside,next to it Russian aerial beauty MARINA RADU-LESCU is now living and working in the New Jer-sey area and adjusting to private life.

TED and LISA STEWART, who had been on G M,then went to play fairs, returned to the show inOmaha in late Sept, to find NO show. They hadnot been informed of the show's change in planseven though two phone numbers had been left. As

a result they drove from North Carolina to Omahaand are they upset? A little!

JOHNNY HERRIOTT tells me he had the "easiest"season he has ever had Spies tell me that CIRCUS

BARGAS (seen in Mexico across from El Paso)is really CIRCO UNION - Guess they heard CircusVargas was coming to Mexico and wanted to beatthe competition. They don't have to worry aboutthat now. CV is NOT coming!

NBC NIGHTLY NEWS reported that theme parksgrossed the most money and logged the heftiest at-tendance in the history of American AmusementParks. GEORGE HUBLER says theme parks aredefinitely cutting into the fairs and circuses dur-ing the summer months LU ANN JACOBS has re-turned to Florida to build new aerial rigging...MidgetClown JUNE DEWSBURY is upset over the IRSwho won't allow her road expenses even thoughshe maintains a residence in New Jersey the yearround. She writes that if she doesn't win thebattle she'll have to go off the road.

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/W*ournMichelangeo Paint Company (Mike

Naughton, Michael Wade and P. J. Bissonette)recently worked some Royal Hanneford dates

Phil and Linda Chandler will soon wind upthe season on Hoxie Bros. Circus then jumpover to George Hubler's winter dates.

Anita Keppo is no longer trouping with theRoyal Hanneford Circus.

Clown dwarf June Dewsbury was the Guestof Honor at the Felix Adler Tent (CFA)meeting in September.

Stage Show."The Magic Show" an independent promo-tion drew an almost full house at the Oak-land (Calif.) Auditorium Theatre on Oct. 9th.The show was sponsored by the Jaycee's forone performance at 3 p.m.

Featured on the program were: Betty Wen-dany, MC; Toby Twist, clown juggler andstilt walker; Sam Skinner, fire eater and bedof nails, and Les Arnold & Co., magic andillusions.

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New BookBook stores everywhere are expected to havea supply of a brand new circus book in timefor their holiday sales campaign. Published byBrooke House, Inc., the book is titled "TheWorld of Clowns."

Author George Bishop worked closely withBobby Kaye to produce this big volumevolume which covers clowns from Dan Riceto our present day funsters. The book in-cludes 150 photos, with 40 color plates andsells for $20.00.

Oct. DatesActs working a Southern California "Pumpkin Fes-tival" each weekend of October include:

Fay Snyder, horses and Critter Act: Richard, jug-gler and unsupported ladder; Great Valentino, highwire plus clowns. Ken Miller and Harold Hall.

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News ReportHe made a mistake, he admitted it, and he'llnever be pulled into such a project again. ""From now on," says Sandy Dobritch, son ofof the late, famed circus producer, Al; "themoney has got to be there before I evenmake a move."

Tampa, the last "promoted date for the Su-per Circus tour did not go well. The perform-ance was great but there was no money forthe acts. Sandy's only alternative was topressure the sponsors with an ultimatum:"No money, no show." The acts stood insupport and he managed to get them halftheir salaries.

Following Tampa, Vincent Pace (of Vynn &Wynn, musicians) convinced Sandy to take achance on the Union City (NJ) date played"cold" in late September. Sandy and Vincentinexperienced, but making up for that defi-ciency with enthusiasm coordinated the datesuccessfully. "We had an unusual agreementwith the performers. The first money thatcame in went directly to them." Enoughmoney was made to pay all the performersin full. "Boy! What a great feeling!" re-marks Sandy. "I would like to add that all

YEARS AGOThe Walter L. Main Circus of 1926 was

traveling on a train of 14 cars, carrying 42baggage horses, 14 ponies, 3 donkeys, 6 ele-*phants, 3 camels, 4 zebras, a llama and 6animal cages.The show used 12 tents, and had 12 bannersfor its big side show and 3 for the No. 2side show features.the acts with Super Circus really stuck to-gether and made the thing work. It was thepromoters who messed things up."

Sandy Dobritch is back at his Las Vegasheadquarters where, he reports, "the phonehas been ringing with more business thanever. I was so afraid the Super Circus or-deal would give me a black eye in Las Ve-gas." Thus far, Sandy has sold three acts in-to major revues, is negotiating for others, andis busy with TV guest shots for still more.

He has also intimated that in 1977 it mightbe possible the Dobritch Circus will be backin action on some indoor and under canvasdates for Shrine and Police. "When and if ithappens," Sandy says firmly, "You can betthey'll be bought and paid for • in advance!"

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CIRCUS BOOKS FOR SALE Post PaidCircus Doctor - $4.00Umbeirto's Circus - $2.00

Artists in Wood - $6.00

Gargantua, Circus Star $5

Humbug, Art of Barnum $6

Timberline - $3.50

Put Another Nickel - $5.00

Gus The Great - $2.00

40 Yrs. Under Canvas $3.50

Madison Sq. Garden - $3.00

Ticket to the Circus $4.00

Fabulous Showman - $3.50Andy, the Acrobat $2.00

Joe Strong on the Trapeze$2.00

Circus Days (J. Freedman) paper back $6.95hard back $12.95

Pictorial History of Performing Horses (Fox) - $4.00

Order from: CIRCUS MEMORIES, SR 68; Fryeburg, Me. 04037Also have lithos, programs, couries - Send SASE for list

CHAPPIE FOX, of RBBB, will be the guestspeaker at the Emmett Kelly CFA Tent's an-nual banquet at Hagerstown, Md. on Nov. 6.

JOE MICHEN and "Westy" WESTERVELThave been busy visiting shows in the Penna.,N w Jersey area.

JACK R Y A N , for RBBB press man, has writ-ten and edited the last three editions of theCircus Vargas program books, lie reportsbusiness at Magic Mountain was up 25% in

attendance and 459f in gross revenues.

A l . UAWLEY, circus ringmaster, wil l workdates for the Fleckles Circus in 1977.

MARVIN E. GIRARl) , author, rope spinnerand juggler, will read some of his poetry atthe Lansing Coinmumt\ College this spring.

BILLY BARTON (Continued)

CHUCKLES: BILLY RODGERS was enroute to theport office when a "break 19" came over his CB

for "Big Bird" (Billy) from "Sky Lab 2" (assistantDan Busch) demanding the whereabouts of a combso he could tidy up his appearance to set the propson stage. At this point a trucker interrupted, asking(his voice tinged with sarcasm) if they had boughtCB's just to keep track of their combs!

See you down the road, luvs.

JOHNNY HERR1OTT and family are re-portedly set to join RBBB's Red Unit forthe 1977 season.

BOBBY K A Y E has been re-admitted to thehospital for new tests and observations.

FAY SNYDER recently purchased a 33 in.. high miniature stallion which will be added

to her Critter Act.

BILL B R I C K L E will have his Poodle Revueat the South Alabama Fair (Montgomery)on Oct. 18-23.

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The Michelangelo Paint CompanyCOMEDY ENTERTAINERS

Appearing in the World's Finest Circuses

Contact

MIKE "Kosco" NAUGHTON226 West 242nd Street

Riverdale Bronx, N. Y. - 10471

Phone: (212) 543-0877

JON FRIDAY, ringmaster, recently visitedHoxie Bros., Circus Vargas, Royal Hanneford,Holiday on Ice, Stebbing's Royal EuropeanCircus and the James E. Strates show.

GERALD SOULES has his poodle act withthe special edition of "Holiday on Ice" that

will tour Mexico and Central America.

DOUG HENNING presented his "I l lus ion &Reality" lecture at Wake Forest Universityin Winston-Salem, N.C. on Oct. 6th.

ED MIGLEY is no longer with the EmmettKelly, Jr. Show. He is currently associatedwith the Ralphi Miranda Productions.

Step right this way to Marv Girard's World of the Cir-cus, of the Cowboy — of People, Places and Things.

Now's your chance to own an autographed copy of thebest-selling book of poetry, THESE, MY SINGING WORDS,by Marvin Eugene Girard — well-known juggler andtrick roper.

The first edition has been widely acclaimed by collec-tors, circus fans and performers alike.

Hardbound . . . 119 pages . . . Complete with beauti-ful circus-style dustcover. $6.00 Postpaid. A greatgif t! Don't miss getting your copy NOW!

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ROUTESBEATTY-COLE CIRCUS

Oct. 18 Houmea, La.19 Morgan City20 New Iberia21 Lafayette22 Opelausas23 Lake Charles24 De Bidder

CARSON & BARNES CIRCUSOct. 18 Van Buren, Ark.

19 Russellville20 Hot Springs21 Co.away23 Loanoke

KAYE CONT»L CIRCUSOct. 21-24 Wichita, Kans

CIRCUS VARGASto Oct 20 Petaluma, Calif.Oct 21-24 El Cerrito

HOXIK BROS. CIRCUSOct 18-19 Jacksonville, Fla.

20 Gainesville21 South Daytona

22-24 Winter Park— End of Season —

KING BROS. CIRCUSOct. 18 Stuttgart, Ark.

19 McGehee20 Cleveland, Miss.21 Clarksdale22 Winona23 Kosciusko24 Belzoni

POLACK BROS. CIRCUSOct 23-24 Richmond, Va.

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ROUTESRINGLING-BARNUM - Blue Unit

to Nov. 7 Chicago, 111.

RINGLING-BARNUM - Red UnitOct 20-Nov 1 Boston, Mass.

ROYAL HANNEFORD CIRCUSOct 18-19 Huntsville, Ala.

SELLS & GRAY CIRCUSOct. 18 Adel, Ga.

19 Jasper, Fla.20 Starke21 Williston22 Dunnellon23 Inverness

— End of Season —

SHRINE CIRCUSOct 19-24 San Antonio, Texas

JOHN STRONG CIRCUSOct. 18 Porterville, Calif.

19 Madera20 Hanford21 Lament23 Redlands24 Yuciapa

Carnival of BrazilOct 19-31 Philadelphia, Pa.

Century 21 Shows - Blue UnitOct 22-30 Mobile, Ala.

Century 21 Shows - Red UnitOct 22-30 Mobile, Ala.

James H. Drew ShowsOct 18-23 Dublin, Ga.

IF YOU WANT THE JOB DONE RIGHT!CARL E.CONLEY

(30 YEARS IN CIRCUS BUSINESS)

JUGGLING-LIBERTY HORSE ACT

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3RD SEASON ON KING BROS. CIRCUS* * * * * * * *

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After an up-and-down season, the Big JohnStrong Circus returned to the west coastlast month, where business immediately be-gan to pick up. Except for two days, thusfar, the show has had jammed-packed crowdsfor every performance and as a result severalnew records were achieved.

The show's tour will end in mid-Novemberand almost immediately promotions will getunderway for Big John's annual Christmasshows. This year four units will be on theroad • three for Holloway Productions andone for the John Strong Productions.

The Eastern Unit will be managed by BillBirch field; the Pacific Northwest Unit willhave Don Arthur as its manager and BettyWendandy will handle the California unit.Big John will personally direct operations ofthe Mid-west Unit, which opens at FortWorth (Texas) on Dec. 10th and closes atSanta Ana (Calif.) on Dec. 22nd.

Plans for next year include another tour intothe eastern states and Canada, plus the ad-

ROUTESGlobetrotters

Oct. 21 Saginaw, Mich.

Grand NationalsOct 22-31 San Francisco, Ca.

Ken Griffin (Magic)Oct. 21 Knoxville, Term.

23 Johnson City

Prof. Miller & Co. (Magic)Oct 18-24 Plymouth, Mass.

Royal Lipizzan Stallion ShowOct. 19 Nashville, Term.

21 Little Rock, Ark.22-24 Pine Bluff

.**/.* m/**<dition of some new acts. A brand new tent,is now being constructed by Leaf Tent Co.,for the show's 1977 tour.

MANY THANKSTo my friends for their cards, messages and phone callsduring my recent illness and confinement to the Wilming-ton, Dela., Medical Center.

A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO

Bob and Lucy Snowden, Wesley and Florine Oler, John andTina Hansen and to My Partner, John Meyers, who carriedon the act and presented the act during my illness.

(Without the above it couldn't have been done)

Thanks. . . .

Bill 8*<,c6leDrickle s Poouu I antasi

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To Mr. CHARLES GERMAINE upon your recent triumphant return to the BIGTOP "BIG TIME" and Special Thanks for selecting me to be your Circus Ring-master for your 1976 Fall Dates. It's truly been a pleasure for me.

My gratitude also extends to my great brother and sister circus artistes who work-ed with me for the success of every crowded performance. The roster includes:John and Herta Cuneo; Wade and Margaret Burke; Winnie McKay; Wally and TimBickmore (Wai-Tims); Herbie Weber and Maricela Sanchez Hernandez (Los Latinos);Chester Cable; Sergio, Mitzi, Raoul and Ava Ramos (Flying Ramos); Vincent A.Pace and Wendell H. Murrah (Vynn & Wynn) great organs and percussion duo;Don (Whizzer) Bridwell, producing clown, and the members of clown alley, andWalt Davis and his fast-moving crew from Florida Tent Rental for their cooper-ation. Even with all the work of erecting and dismantling a huge 150' x 300'striped blue and white Big Top with a small crew, Mr. Davis & Co. never refusedme the manpower and use of his mechanical equipment when it was needed totransport the leased light plant from Gooding's Million Dollar Midways, Inc., fromNick Santamana who is another great showman.

Looking forward to working with all of the above mentioned people again very

Jon Friday

To Whom It May Concern: During the past 25 years I've announced and perform-ed for some of the best-known showmen in the circus business including HubertCastle, James M. Cole, William J. English, Don Francisco, Ward Hall, George A.Hamid, Sr. and Jr., George Hanneford, Jr., James Hetzer, Frank McClosky, BobSnowden, Louis A. Stem, Wilson F. Storey (six full seasons '68-'75), Howard W.Suesz and Aut Swenson. I am proud to add the name of Charles Germaine tothe above list

IF YOU'RE A MAJOR-LEAGUE SHOWMAN THAT APPRECIATES FIRST-CLASSAPPEARANCE, DEPENDABILITY and SHOWMANSHIP; CONTACT ME FOROPEN TIME in 1977 or 1978 OR, IF YOU PREFER, CONTACT ANY BOOKINGAGENT ACTIVE IN THE CIRCUS and VARIETY FIELD.

P. S. Special thanks to George Hanneford, Jr., and Rex Billings for the wonder-ful 13 consecutive weeks at Storytown, U.S.A.

JON FRIDA Y Announcer- Ringmaster

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AN EDITORIALAs we continue to celebrate

our nation's 200th birthday theneed for a free press is moreimportant than ever. Without itour nation would not have be-come the country it is today andthe news would not be as variedand informative.

During the past fiveyears you may have reada story that made youfeel uncomfortable. Youmay not have agreed withus, you may have evenread a statement that youfelt was misleading oreven untrue.

But generally, you have re-cognized that we must be allow-ed to print what we wish to.That is what the First Admend-ment to the Constitution is allabout.

That Admendment guarantees afree press. It does not guaran-tee a fair press or a responsi-ble press - only a free press.

There are newspapers thatcan be called dissidents, rablerousers and kooks, and, theyhave a right to be heard. Theoverwhelming majority, however,are competent and responsible.

The voices of reason, of re-sponsibility and good judgementhave prevailed - and will con-tinue to prevail so long as the

press is free!

As the year progresses it willbe well for all of us to rememberthat the free press discussion ofpublic business is the prerequisteto liberty.

We must keep in mind that anylimitation placed on theright of free expressionof any person or group -no matter how repugnanttheir cause may be - is aninfringement on the rightsof all of us.

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