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Current National Truck Roadeo champions are Cletus
C. Frank of Greensboro, N. C„ winner of the 2-axle truck
class; Edwin M. Smith of Durham. N. C., 3-axle; Malcolm
E. Thompson of Longmeadow. Mass., 4-axle; Richard C.
Wilke of Union City, N. J.. 5-axle, and Arnold C. Alcorn of
Stillwater, Minn., tank class.
Who’s the best driver in the
country?
There’s no conclusive an
swer to this question, but a
convincing case can be made
for the five men above.
They are grand champions
in the “world series of profes
sional driving.”
Each September in a differ
ent metropolitan area < Tulsa,
Okla., in 1967; Cincinnati,
Ohio, in 1968), the top
drivers from trucking com
panies across the nation com
pete in a tough test of driving
and technical skill — the Na
tional Truck Roadeo, spon
sored since 1937 by the Amer
ican Trucking Associations.
Notice the spelling:
r-o-a-d-e-o. Truck drivers
spell it this way because the
AMERICA’S MOST PHOTOGENIC TOURIST ATTRACTIONS!
Can you picture natural
beauty, superb architecture and
florious scenery everywhere?
t’s a snap if you're touring
America. One of the joys of dis
covering America is the lasting
pleasure of the photographs
you’ll take along the way. So!
plan to get in the vacation pic
ture during “Discover America!
Vacation Planning Time,''
April 21-27.
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If you head west, young man
— and keep going — you'll
eventually focus on San Fran
cisco’s Golden Gate Bridge. Lo
cated in one of America’s most
scenic cities, the view from this
bridge will set your shutters
clicking!
If the call of the wild speaks
to you, the Grand Canyon, a
myriad of colorful cliffs and
crevices — some plunging 5,700
feet — offei' an endless vista.
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A picture-taking expedition
that starts with a two-day
muleback trip down Bright
Angel Trail to the bottom of
the gorge, with an overnight
stay at Phantom Ranch, is an
unforgettable experience.
A different scene to entice a
shutterbug is St. Louis, where
HOW TO FEEL AT HOME AWAY FROM HOME
Whether or not you’ve ever
stayed at a hotel or motel, these
tips may help you get the most
enjoyment from the experience.
Reservations: You can call or
write direct, or a travel agent
can tell you about accommoda
tions and make them for you
at a hostelry of your choice. If
you hope to take a trip this
summer, "Discover America Va
cation Planning Time,” April
21-27, is a good time to see a
travel agent for information.
Late Arrivals: At most hos
telries, you’re welcome any hour
of the day or night, but if you’ll
be much later than stated in the
reservation, a “call to hold” is
a safeguard as well as an ap
preciated courtesy.
Arriving Without Reserva
tions: If you should happen to
end up somewhere without a
reservation, don’t be afraid to
ask about prices or even to see
the room, if you wish, before
taking it.
Checking In: When you ar
rive, go to the registration desk
—in the hotel lobby or first unit
of a motel. Young couples often
think they’ll be asked for a wed
ding certificate —as a rule, sign
ing in as Mr. & Mrs. is suffi
cient. Don’t carry your own
bags to the room — that’s the
bellhop's job.
Tipping: Give the bellhop or
porter not less than 25c per
bag; 15-25< to the doorman if
he gets you a cab or helps with
luggage; and at least SI.OO to
contest is a combination of
highway professionalism and
broncobusting razzle-dazzle.
But don’t get the idea you
can call a truck driver a “cow
boy.” In truck driver talk a
; “cowboy” is a reckless driver
— something a Roadeo con
testant isn’t.
Just to get into a Roadeo, a
, driver must have a perfect
, safety record. On top of that,
> he’s got to know cold a book
full of federal and state rules
and regulations.
! Still more, he’s got to be a
fire-fighter and trained in
- first-aid — services performed
• frequently for motorists in
trouble.
Knowledge and proficiency
5 in each of these areas is thor
“ oughly tested before a
the Gateway Arch, largest
monument in the world, stands. ।
Designed by Emo Saarinen to
commemorate the Louisiana
Purchase of 1803, it towers 630 ।
feet into the air and spans 630 I
feet across.
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| You’ll need a movie camera
to capture New Orleans. It
swings with Dixieland jazz,
Creole cuisine and the Mardi
Gras. French in flavor, the city
offers anyone with an eye for
beauty and excitement an al
bum-full of fun.
Don’t run out of film in !
Washington. The nation’s capi
tal is perhaps the most photo
graphed place in the country —
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House, Washington Monument,
• Shakespeare in the Park, and
the Ford Theatre are only a
• small part of a beautifully ex
ecuted and historic old city.
The oldest city in America is
St. Augustine, Florida, founded
in 1565. The Spanish influence
still abounds in such places as
the Plaza de la Constitucion,
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the old houses lining the nar-
I row' streets and the fortress,
. Castillo de San Marcos, facing
: the bay.
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the chambermaid after a stay
of a few days.
Rules anil Regulations:
They’re usually posted in the
room, but most places want you
to make yourself at home, pro
vided it stops short of running
through the halls or blaring
the radio into the wee hours.
Services: The nicest thing
about staying at a hotel or
motel is what you don’t have to
do —cooking, for example. Most
hotels have restaurants or even
room service. Services may in
clude. stenos, valets, baby sit
ters or getting tickets’to a con
cert or play. They’ll also wake
you in the morning and keep
your valuables in the hotel safe.
Departure: Check out time is
usually noon. It’s important to
be out by then, so you won’t
have to pay for an extra day.
When you’re ready to go, call
the desk, and they’ll send a por
ter for your bags, have the bill
ready — and send you on your
way with a smile.
Roadeo contestant even takes
the wheel. But when he does,
that's when the excitement
starts. Consider these ob
stacle course challenges:
Alley dock — the driver
must back up to a loading
dock at the end of a crooked
alley that’s only two inches
wider than his truck and put
the tailgate within six inches
of the platform!
Serpentine—he must snake
around multiple barrels in
tight circles, both forwards
and backwards, without top
pling a barrel!
Straight line — he must
thread the truck’s right
wheels through a narrow dou
ble row of ping pong balls!
There’s a lot more, and
even the pros get hung up
trying to run the course non
stop under stop watch pres
sure. The drama is a strong
crowd puller.
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A typical ROADEO Course
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I the National Truck Roadeo —
i one for each class of truck:
straight, three-axle, four-axle,
five-axle and tank. They get
glory and a SSO monthly
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More American history is
waiting to be discovered in
Philadelphia, where candid
cameras can catch Independ
ence Hall, the Liberty Bell, and
even the inkstand used by sign
ers of the Declaration of Inde
pendence 1 There is also a wealth
of old Georgian homes —a
charming slice of old America
preserved.
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A perfect subject for a bud
ding camera buff, whether
honeymooning or not, is Niag
ara Falls. You can shoot the
falls from Goat Island or ride
in a power boat to their base
for a front and center view.
A wonderful town, especially
abundant in sights, is New
York City. You can get a pan
oramic view from the Empire
State Building or snap Miss
Liberty from the ferry. There’s
something to see and photo
graph on literally every corner
of this lively metropolis.
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There’s no time like the pres
ent to “Discover America”—
and the rule of travel is “no
matter w'here you wander, no
matter where you roam be sure
not to leave your camera at
home!”
ITALIAN RIVIERA
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Americans are now being
granted a 10% discount by
most hotels, restaurants,
shops and other establish
ments at Italy’s famous Rivi
era dei Fiori when they pay
their bills in American Ex
press Travelers Cheques. The
name means “Riviera of the
Flowers”. It is a beautiful va
cation area 50 miles long,
next to the French Riviera
and has more than 20 differ
ent resorts. The 10% dis
count is aimed at making this
area better known to tourists.
Nearly 40,000 Americans
visited there last year. The
discount will apply through
1968 and 1969.
HOW TO EDUCATE THE CHILDREN THROUGH TRAVEL
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“Travel, in the younger sort,
is a part of education; in the
elder, a part of experience,”
said Francis Bacon hundreds
of years ago — but never has it
been more true! Children tend
to remember what they’ve seen,
especially as part of a pleasant
excursion. In America, care
fully marked routes called
“Heritage Trails” make it easy
to take the path of history no
matter what part of the coun
try you’re vacationing in. This
year, during Discover America
Vacation Planning Time. April
21-27, don’t just make vacation
plans — plan to show the kids
something of value as well.
On “The New England Heri
tage Trail,” reaching from
Maine to Rhode Island, history
begins at the spot where the
first shot of the American Rev
olution was fired, and continues
to the battleship “Massachu
setts” which played a role in
World War 11. To the south is
historic Philadelphia. A good
idea for their future reference
is to have the children take
photographs or make drawings
of what they see.
“The Hiawatha Pioneer
Trail” covers 2,400 miles of his
toric waterways — from the
Mississippi to Wisconsin’s Lake
Winnebago — where Indians
once glided silently along the
rivers in canoes, trappers bar
tered their furs, ami old forts
still stand. A little beforehand
reading about Indian culture
will populate their imagination
as well as the deserted old
SHAKESPEARE KNEW ABOUT ALIENATION, TOO
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For the first time since its
original production nearly 400
years ago, audiences will be
able to see “Romeo and Juliet”
as Shakespeare really intended
it to be played—with the accent
on youth.
That’s the conviction of di
rector Franco Zeffirelli whose
dynamically different screen
interpretation of the romantic
classic has just been released
by Paramount Pictures.
In former stage and film
presentations, the title roles
have been portrayed by many
of the most glittering stars in
the theatrical firmament. How
ever, few were considered ready'
to tackle the parts until they
had reached their 30’s, 40’s or
even 50’s.
Now the director has dar
ingly cast two “unknown” teen
agers from Britain as the ador
ing young lovers tragically de
stroyed by the senseless war
of their elders in a production
which emphasizes the strong
parallels between Shakespeare’s
play and the alienation of to
day’s youth. From hundreds of
candidates, 16-year-old Olivia
Hussey won the part of Juliet
and 17-year-old Leonard Whit
ing that of Romeo—the young
est pair ever to play the parts
professionally.
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forts!
On “The Lincoln Heritage
Trail.” you can trace Abraham
Lincoln’s footsteps from his
birthplace in Hodgenville, Ken
tucky, through his boyhood in
Indiana, to Springfield, Illinois,
where he now rests. There are
biographies of Lincoln avail
able for children of all ages
which can add to an unforget
able trip.
Take a trip down “The Ozark
frontier Trail” and your chil
dren will see the land that pro
duced their most popular
heroes, Daniel Boone and Wyatt
Earp. In addition, Mark Twain
and Presidents Truman and
Eisenhower are native sons.
“The Dixieland Trail” has a
built-in geography lesson —
Kentucky's Mammoth Cave. In
Tennessee, history extends
from ante-bellum homes in
Knoxville to the first atomic
museum at Oak Ridge. In North
Carolina there’s Kitty Hawk of
' aviation fame.
“The Old West Trail” takes
, you along the routes of Louis
and Clark, the Pony Express
■ and the Cheyenne to Deadwood
Stage. Along the way there are
. ghost towns, sites of famous In
. dian battles, and such scenic
; spots as Yellowstone, the Grand
. Tetons and Scott’s Bluff.
What you’ll discover in
. America is a sense of the past,
I while your children will learn
■ that one picture of the Ameri
। can frontier is worth 1,000 text
! book words.
Actually, the tale was first
1 written in about 1530 by an
Italian, Luigi da Porto, who is
believed to have heard it from
wandering minstrels reporting
a true life tragedy which sup
posedly occurred in Verona a
century earlier. Da Porta’s ver
sion inspired others—including
an English poem by Arthur
. Brooke considered by scholars
to be Shakespeare’s source.
In the new screen “Romeo
and Juliet”, the time has been
1 moved back from Shakespeare’s
1 late 16th century to Italy of
the mid-15 hundreds-when it
1 probably happened—and exte
rior scenes have been filmed in
small Italian towns which have
scarcely changed in 500 years.
Also in keeping with this new
look at an old classic, many of
• the less dramatic passages have
■ been translated into vivid
- screen action.
One reason for the story’s
• lasting popularity is its com
i pelling theme according to di
; rector Zeffirelli. "The conflict
s between youth and the older
generation seems to have been
: as intense then as now,” he
i points out. “But Shakespeare’s
. timeless tragedy has a special
message for the rebellious
youth of today who have in
i herited hates they can neither
understand nor accept."
THE PEMBROKE JOURNAL, Thursday, February 6, 196»-
ASTRONAUTS TRAIN IN SIMULATED SPACE SHIPS
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With the Link Lunar Mission Simulator (LMS), above, and its |
counterpart the Apollo Mission Simulator, it is possible to simu- ;
late the entire manned Apollo missions. The equipment was
built by the Link Division of The Singer Company.
American astronauts soar to
the moon many times before
they ever land there—but they
won’t necessarily leave the
ground during any of their
trips.
Many of their journeys will
be inside giant simulators that
are exact replicas of the Apollo
and Lunar ships.
The simulators, weighing 40
tons, and measuring about 30
feet in height, 65 feet in width,
and 100 feet in length, were
built specifically for the space
program by the Link Division
of The Singer Company.
Located at both Cape Ken
nedy and the Manned Space
craft Center in Houston, Texas,
the simulators will not only be
WRITERS AND COMPOSERS ASK CONGRESS
TO MODERNIZE COPYRIGHT LAW
American authors and com
posers are asking Congress to
see the rhyme and reason why
the 59-year-old copyright law
should be modernized. This
vestige of the pre-electronic era
was written in 1909 for an age
that never anticipated such
wonders —or problems —as tele
vision or radio or even the juke
box. Certainly it never envi
sioned the computer. Nor did it
allow for the fact that people,
including composers and their
heirs, now live longer than they
did in those days.
By failing to keep pace with
these social and technological
changes, the old law has unfair
ly penalized the very persons it
was designed to protect — the
writers and composers who pro
duce the books and plays and
songs which contribute much to
our culture and enjoyment of
life.
As the law stands, it permits
publishers, broadcasters and
juke box operators and other
entrepreneurs to make a hefty
profit on these works, but it
shortchanges those who created
them in the first place and those
who must be encouraged to con
tinued creativity.
Outdated Exemptions
The most ludicrous — yet sad
— proof of the 1909 law’s in
adequacy is what is known as
the jukebox exemption. Origi
nally intended to exclude royal
ties from player pianos and
phonographs equipped with sev
eral sets of earphones for use in
“penny parlors” (the law called
them coin-operated machines),
this provision has, for the last
thirty years, been applied to
jukeboxes, which weren’t in
vented until the 1930’5. Even
the SSOO-million jukebox indus
try has acknowledged the dif
ference—and the injustice—and,
when it appeared that the law
might be revised, agreed to pay
a copyright royalty.
The royalty provision was
TELEVISION - YOUR CHILD’S BRIDGE TO READING
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“Where can I find a book
about radiation?” an astonished
school librarian was recently
asked by a bright-eyed first
grader who explained, “I heard
about it on TV.”
This is just one of the many
proofs that the medium, despite
the common cry, "It’s bad for
children,” is actually the re
verse. Children of all ages have
learned that television can be a
natural bridge to reading.
A few days after Davy Crock
ett became a TV hero, almost
every Davy Crockett book in
libraries and bookstores was
borrowed by kids or bought at
their insistence by proud par
ents. Other similarly treated
TV heroes include Wyatt Earp,
Robin Hood, Peter Pan, the
Wizard of Oz and (naturally)
Cinderella.
Libraries report that children
corrie to them daily with similar
questions generated by TV.
Other typicals: “Do you have a
book about astronauts? I saw
them yesterday on a news pro
gram." “Do you have a book
about hospitals? That’s what I
used to train the men to use
the complicated control panels, I
but they will acclimate them to I
unusual space conditions.
And with their five-ton glass i
covering, they will treat the
astronauts to a spectacle of:
shining stars, the earth and the
moon.
Not every trip however, will
be smooth sailing, since emer
gency as well as normal flight
conditions have been pro
grammed into the giant com
puters — so capable they can
solve 2(5 problems a second.
More than 1,000 possible
malfunctions also are pro
grammed to forewarn and teach
astronauts about potential dif
ficulties.
written into the proposed leg
islation passed by the House
last year and again this year,
but that encouraging milestone
was lost when the Senate failed
to act on the measure.
A new form of television, too,
has taken a whack at the crea
tive hand that has fed it for
nearly twenty years.
No Royalties From CATV
The growing young cable tele
vision (CATV) industry has
been profiting substantially by
making the television receiver
more useful in providing home
entertainment using copy
righted literary and musical
works. The Supreme Court,
however, recently held that un
der the present archaic law
CATV operators were under no
obligation to pay anything to
the copyright owner for the lu
crative privilege of picking up
these programs and relaying
them to their subscribers.
In a strong dissent, Associate
Justice Abe Fortas pointed out
that the law was written “in a
different day for different fac
tual situations.”
The case, said Fortas, “calls
not for the judgment of Solo
mon but for the dexterity of
Houdini.”
Underscoring the complexity
of the situation is the fact that
the CATV industry has now
been granted permission to ori
ginate its own programs.
k like best on TV.”
I When does TV viewing start?
y At the surprisingly early age of
t three, when the average time is
I about one hour. By the primary
grades the ante is upped three
y fold. With seventh graders, it’s
e four hours — and there are
r youngsters who spend as much
- as six hours before the screen!
e So —as is true with every
a other activity in which children
engage — guidance is essential,
- if a maximum of benefit is to be
t derived. The younger the
n youngster, the more adult help
3 needed. Random viewing and
t solitary viewing almost cer
•- tainly leads to the selection of
d undesirable programs.
>, With older, children, it’s a
e good plan to apportion fixed
) times for meals, bedtime,.home
work and other obligations
n which TV viewing isn’t permit
r ted to interrupt. But keep the
schedule sufficiently flexible to
a allow for special programs too
v good to be missed. Other
i- wisdoms:
k Don’t select programs impul-
I sively. Instead, consult TV
During training, however, in
structors can return computers
to predetermined mission
points — so astronauts can re
work problems — or they can
speed them up during those
periods in the flight when astro
nauts have little to do.
The actual 14-day flight in
cludes 9 stages: launch boost,
earth orbit, translunar coast,
lunar orbit, descent, lunar stay,
ascent, rendezvous, and
i docking.
I By the time the astronauts
[count down in late 1969, they
| will have experienced each
[stage of the flight. Though it
| seems amazing, rocketing to the
| moon may just feel a bit old
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i U. S. astronaut John W. Young,
wearing pressurized suit, is
, shown in the Apollo Mission
Simulator. Partially visible in
j the photo are astronauts Thom
as *P. Stafford, left, and Eugene
A. Ceman, right.
Senator John L. McClellan
, (D. Ark.), chairman of the Sen
ate Subcommittee on Patents,
, Trademarks and Copyrights,
| has promised to re-introduce a
comprehensive copyright revi
sion bill when Congress recon
. venes in January. Until he does
r and until the bill is passed, the
anomalies of the present law
will continue, jukeboxes and
CATV will refuse to recognize
any copyright responsibility,
’ and American composers and
authors will continue to be
shortchanged even on the term
of their copyright protection.
Need Longer Protection
Whereas a copyright in the
United States still runs for
only twenty-eight years, renew
-1 able for one additional twenty
। eight year period, in almost all
other civilized countries novel
i ists, playrights and composers
; are rewarded for their talents
by payments for life and for
fifty years thereafter. Thus
elsewhere a composer or writer
i is accorded rights similar to
those of a builder or other busi
nessman who is able to create
i an estate for his widow and
heirs through continuing owner
s ship of his property. Not only
are widows and heirs deprived
' under the present law, but com
t posers and authors themselves
' are losing the rights to and the
fruits of their work simply by
outliving their copyright.
recommended columns in news
papers and national magazines.
Mark them on the family cal
endar after making sure that
selections fall well within the
apportioned time limits.
If children have a voice in
deciding on programs, compli
ance will be easier. Animated
specials like the recent Charlie
Brown show are proven “de
lighters.” This enchanting show
attracted 40 million viewers.
Now, the same team (writer
producer Lee Mendelson and
animator Bill Melendez) have
put their heads together to
bring Babar the Elephant to
life. This children’s classic, pub
lished by Random House, has
already delighted over a million
picture book readers. Babar’s
magic can be viewed when NBC
airs its half-hour color special
on Oct. 21st, sponsored by
Viking Carpets. It should be in
cluded as too good to miss.
Educational TV should not
be overlooked, but never limit
kids to educationals. They’re
entitled to their quota of ex
citement! And many adult doc
umentaries have a strong ap
peal for the pre-adolescent.
Casual post-discussions of
programs with the children help
them develop good taste in their
choices. Instead of ridiculing
inferior programs, the wise
parent asks diverting questions
which evoke thoughtful an
swers. These help the youngster
to weigh good and bad program
points for himself.
So keep your sights on this
fact, when pro and conning TV
viewing by the young: The
benefits are real. The cons can
be corrected.
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