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Sept. 11, 1977 THE SUN-TELEGRAM D-3 Way Ions drug bust may win him even more fans By BILL HANCE Gannett News Service Waylon Jennings' recent drug arrest may prove to be a boon instead of a bust. Opinion in Nashville is his well-publicized cocaine charge will bolster his recording and personal appearance appeal and maybe win him new fans. "Oh, hell yes," snorted one Music Row expert. "It can't help but help.

"Waylon'U have a whole new following now. I'll bet he does another million dollars worth of business next year. "He may lose some of the hard core country fans, but not many. "A lot of his songs have crossed over in the past from country to pop," he said. "But since this has happened, he's got a pop music identity.

"There's no stopping him now'." Jennings, 40, was arrested inside a recording studio where federal officers charged him with possession of cocaine and conspiracy with intent to distribute cocaine. The singer has since been bound over to the federal grand jury. Public sentiment apparently is running in Jennings' favor. Many seem to feel the case has been over-publicized, receiving undue attention just because Jennings is the co-leader (with Willie Nelson) of the so-called "out- Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris were in concert. He got a standing ovation from the audience.

"I didn't do it," he told the crowd. Jennings then began singing his hit, "Luckenbach, Texas." "I don't want my name in the marquee lights," he sang. "Or the newspaper either." Guilty or not, Jennings should profit from it all. Like when federal officers booked him after the arrest, took his fingerprints and made a mugshot. Jennings eyed the federal photographer, grinned and said, "Make it a good one, man.

"It might be my next album cover." BillllanccCfl law" movement in progressive country music. Jennings was arrested on a Tuesday night. On Wednesday he walked onstage at a downtown auditorium where I 1 1 If you're hooked on helping, become a ham phone calls, for Dersons all CB Update On Aug. 17, 1 viewed Elvis Presley's body as it lay in a casket. For some reason, what I saw then and what I saw the other day on the cover of the "National Enquirer" don't jibe.

The picture looks phony. "It's disgusting," said Presley's longtime friend and backup singer, J.D. Sumner. "I'm not sure. I don't know if it's real or not.

"But it's disgusting. We all think so." Many of Presley's friends who attended the funeral in Memphis are questioning the validity of the photo hich appears to be a touchup picture depicting the singer in the coffin. The face appears to be a much younger Presley. Elvis Wade, the Presley impersonator, is working overtime these days. He's booked solid for the remainder of the year, most of the dates coming since the singer's sudden death.

The other night, he played Greenville, at the Greene Valley Fair. He drew 10,000. "I finally know what Elvis felt like," he said. "They were trying to tear my clothes off." Question: Is it legal for Americans to use a CB in Mexico? Mike Drake, Denver. Answer: Yes.

The "Green Angels," English-speaking civil servants so named because of their green cars and uniforms, patrol the highways in Mexico, using CB to aid American tourists. While you need a permit, it's easily available at most boarder crossings. Questions are invited. Write to Mike Wendland, CB Update, The Sun-Telegram, 399 San Bernardino, CA. 92401.

over the globe They send special "radiogram" messages, free, much like regular telegrams. Hams maintain effective "sky watch" programs with the national Weather Service during tornado alerts. There are dozens more examples of amateur radio's public service work. So if you've become hooked on helping via CB, you may find that ham radio is the next step to take. For more information, write the American Radio Relay League, 225 Main Newington, 06111.

different airwave bands they can work as compared to CB's low power and single crowded band. Janker's airwave rescue was typical of the response of hams in times of trouble. During the recent flood in Johnstown, hams handled emergency traffic for a week straight. On a daily, more routine basis, amateurs run "phone patches," or radio tele By MIKE WENDLAND Gannett Newt Service It was a hot, humid Sunday morning a few weeks ago in Atlanta, and Chris Janker, a 17-year-old German exchange student staying with a local family, was in his radio shack, tuning across the 20-meter "ham" band. "Mayday," came a frantic-sounding call at 8:20 a.m.

"Mayday. Mayday." For the next four hours, Janker almost single-handedly coordinated the rescue of 11 persons aboard a sinking ship in the mid-Atlantic, a rescue that involved two airplanes, a ship, and the combined effort of three Coast Guard stations and several dozen radio amateur operators. The "Mayday" call came from the Rhinoceros, a Panamanian ship that began taking on water in rough seas. The ship's radio operator had no idea of his position. "We had no idea where he was, either," Janker said.

He was operating under the call WD4CPK. "So with a couple of other amateurs up and down the coast, we began taking directional readings on the ship's signal strength with our beams. Eventually, we got a pretty good fix." By this time, the Coast Guard was on frequency. Three Coast Guard stations in Miami, Portsmouth, and Boston alternated communications with the sinking boat. But it was Janker who heard the Rhinoceros best.

When the Coast Guard couldn't get through, it relied on him to relay the messages. While the emergency traffic was under way, other "hams" took over guarding the frequency, chasing away other hams who, unaware of the situation, might have caused interference by broadcasting calls. Unlike CB, where emergency traffic on Channel 9 often is ignored, the hams had to explain the situation only once. By noon, a Coast Gaard air rescue unit from Portsmouth had found the sinking ship and dropped emergency life rafts. Hams across the country, listening to the drama, heard the relieved radio operator of the Rhinoceros offer his thanks.

A nearby freighter picked up the 11 crewmen minutes before the ship went under. "The whole action was beautiful," Janker said. "The crew didn't even get wet. It was a tremendous example of amateur radio at its finest." CB, of course, is totally separate from amateur radio. Hams, who must know and pass examinations in international Morse Code and the basic principles of electronics, run powerful transmitters and have 10 AO EFFECTIVE THRU SEPT.

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Sizs 8-18. Sp ArS SAVE 2.00 SAVE 2.00 fit aren't any diiferent than any other CBer. Their radios just cost more. N.H., Clawson, Mich. Dear CB Static: I've been reading your column for a long time and have never written before.

But as an old-time CBer, I think you should point out that there are a lot of good, decent CBers who lse their radios for a lot more than 10-36's and radio checks. Like you, I deplore this lawless new breed whose babble sometimes makes the radio useless. But they really are in the minority, the noisy minority. L.V., Cleveland. Dear CB Static: CB radio operators have no consideration any more.

They are all so hung up on keying their microphones yet they never bother to listen to see if the channel is busy. What's needed here is the Golden Rule. Jim Barber, Philadelphia. Letters are invited. Please send to "CB Static," care of The Sun-Telegram, 399 San Bernardino, CA.

92401. whenever he uses his father's CB. If it's really true that kids aren't welcome, I think that is wrong. Being a kid is no reason to take it out on a certain group of people. I can be as good an operator as anyone else.

M.D., Louisville, Ky. Dear CB Static: My gripe is against the CB operator who continually calls and calls the same station, over and over again. You hear this all the time. I don't know why these airwave idiots keep messing up the channel fcr everyone else. If he calls once and doesn't get an answer, he ought to hang it up and let someone else get through.

B. Bakersfield, Calif. Dear CB Static: In your columns you keep making a big deal on what gentlemen and ladies the single sideband operators are. Well, I have news for you. Around here, sidebanders are nothing but a bunch of snobs.

They are trying to take over Channels 35 through 40 and they already have 16. Sidebanders Dear CB Static: CB radio is America's new opinion maker. I own a small CB shop and I just took on this new brand. I know my radios and, for the price, it is one of the best buys around. Anyway, when I started showing the transceiver, people would come in and ask what make it was.

When they found out, many just shook their heads and walked past. It turned out that one of those phony CB experts, every channel has one, was spouting off on the air one night about what was a good set and what was a bad one. A lot of people must have heard him. No matter that he didn't know what he was talking about. People believed him anyway.

Tell your readers not to believe everything they hear on the air. Some people like to talk just to hear themselves sound important. H.E., Chicago. Dear CB Static: I've had it with the mess on 27 Megahertz. When is the FCC ever going to create a UHF CB band that is not affected by sunspots and all the man-made interference we now have? There are 25 million CBers.

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