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SYNOPSIS: Michael hat rived in Santa Land in the mldit of a crisis. A very old man named Coitenbricker has put Santa's elves and reindeer to sleep. He refuses to awaken them until Santa produces a black pearl. Unless the elves are awakened, Santa will have no presents to deliver for Christmas. CHAPTER SIX THE SLEEPING ELVES "My elves never sleep at this time of year!" exclaimed Santa.

"They have to work day and night or we'd never be ready for Christmas." "They are asleep now," said Costenbricker, calmly tapping his parasol against his heel. "It's true," cried Mrs. Santa. "I've seen them myself! Oh, it's awful!" She began to flap her apron more wildly than ever. "Then I'll wake them!" said Tough Grain Ship Limps Into Port SAULT STE.

MARIE, Mich (AP) The Canadian grain freighter Starbelle, a tough little old lady of the sea, limped safely into port here Friday night 12 hours after a storm on treacher ous Lake Superior cracked her hull and deck. The 250-foot, 47-year-old Star belle passed through the Soo Locks about midnight to drop an chor after battling down from mid-lake under her own power She was escorted by a pair of Cjast Guard cutters. The grain carrier, less than half the size of many of the freighters which ply the Great Lakes trade routes, had sent out a trouble call when vertical cracks developed on both sides of her hull and a transverse gash opened in a superstructure deck Capt. D.H. McFarland, reported his vessel and the 20 crewmen were in no immediate danger unless the cracks opened.

The 18-inch long, 1-inch wide gaps in the hull plates were above the water line. The Starbelle was empty and rode high out of the water. As a precaution, McFarland had the crew -tie one-inch wire mooring lines across the main deck to take the strain off the cracked plates. The Starbelle was near mid lake, riding upbound, when the cracks were discovered. McFarland ordered the freighter put about to return to Sault Ste.

Marie and radioed his predicament. The Coast Guard sent out two cutters, Naugatuck and Tamarack which met the Starbelle at the entrance to Whitefish Bay about 130 miles northwest of the locks. The oast Guard air station at Traverse City, on northern Lake Michigan sent an am phibian aircraft to the scene. The plane circled above the stricken ship, maintaining contact with her and the base. The Starbelle, owned by K.

A. Powell of Winnipeg, was one of the last vessels on the lakes in the final days of the current shipping season. The season usually closes about Dec. 15. At this time of year, the lakes are especially dangerous, subject to sudden, vicious -torms which can snap a freighter in half.

The Carl D. Bradley broke up in a northern Lake Michigan storm in November 1958, with the loss of 33 of her 35 crewmen. DANCE SATURDAY NIGHT AMERICAN LEGION POST 206 SUPER HIGHWAY Rock 'n Roll Square Dance ARCHDALE VFW SAT. NIGHT 8-12 Only a week ago, a Liberian freighter ran aground in Lake Michigan during a storm. She was turned over to a salvage firm after her crew was taken off five days later when the storm subsided.

Kennedy Children To Stay In Fla. PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) Jacqueline Kennedy plans to keep her two children tucked away in this Florida resort until she and her husband move into the White House. Now that she has her 15-day- old son, John F. Kennedy and 3-year-old daughter, Caroline, ou of the Washington spotlight, she wants to keep it that way.

The children will -stay here un til after inauguration, according lo Kennedy confidantes. Mrs. Kennedy may be back in Washington before that, but no the youngsters, who have sepafaU nurses. The First-Lady-to-be has some dates in a Jan. 18 reception for prominent Demo cratic women and the inaugura; ceremonies, including the inaugural ball.

For the trip from Washington John bundled snugly in a white blanket, was carried aboard he president-elect's private plane a new family nurse, gray- laired Elsie Phillips of Kensington, Md. The plane cabin was pressurized at 3,500 feet for the four-hour light at 12,000 feet baby made the trip without a murmur in bassinet. A Santa crossly. "This will never do." He rushed from the house with Michael and Mrs. Santa at his heels and Costenbricker shuffling along ten paces behind.

"I don't believe it, I don't believe it," muttered Santa as he ran puffing through the snow drifts. But when he threw open the door of the workshop he saw that it was true: every little worker was fast asleep. Michael stared about him in dismay. The doll makers lay limply among heaps of painted heads and rubber bodies looking themselves like dolls someone had forgotten to finish. The drum-mak ers slept curled in their drums.

The firecracker experts made sputtering noises as they snored at their benches. Muffin, the whistle-maker, lay in a corner and snorted as he breathed in and whistled as he breathed out. Toy wagons were loaded with napping elves and Gilbert, the stilt maker, slepl among the rafters where he'd dozed off while trying out some high stilts. "Wake up, wake up!" cried Santa rushing from table to table. He pounded on the backs of the Mng veSj shook their shoul- shouted in their ears.

Noth- u. 0 would wake them. Santa turned on Costenbricker. "What's- the meaning of this? What have you done?" "He's cast a spell," moaned Mrs. Santa.

"He came in here and said some magic words and they all fell asleep. Oh, what's to become of us?" "Now, now," said Costenbrick- er, settling down with a sigh into a half finished doll's chair. "There's nothing to get overwrought about. When you have a pink and white of formula lelped keep him content. Mrs.

Kennedy had a busy firs day out of the hospital since the birth of the baby. Shortly after reaching her leorgetown home she went to the White House for a visit with Mrs Eisenhower and discussion of the household changeover schedulec 'or Jan. 20. When she got to the airport after another brief rest at home Mrs. Kennedy told reporters she was feeling fine.

During the flight she took it easy in a private compartment at he rear of the plane. Coming aboard she washed out the plans of Secret Service agents to carry her up the dozen or so Steps. "I'll walk up," she announced with determination. The climb was slow and as it was when she got off the plane in Palm Beach CRESCENT DRIVE-IN 2 DRIVE-IN RUN ALL NEW WESTERN "OKLAHOMA TERRITORY" In Cina Color PARADISE ISLAM PLAY LUCKY FREE PRIZES CASH PRIZE $25 gotten me my black pearl I will say some more words and all your little workers will wake up and do even better work for having had such a good rest." "Where would I get a blac pearl?" demanded Santa. "If the rarest gem in the world." know where (here is one, said Costenbricker.

"It belongs me." "Then why do you come me?" "Because, unfortunately, my pearl lies at the bottom of sea and alas! I cannot swim and am too old to learn. But you can doa nything, go anywhere, and sc you can get my pearl!" "What makes you think your pearl is in the ocean?" Costenbricker pulled a crumplec map from his pocket and pointed an which marked a spot in a southern sea. "Centuries ago, a ship sank on this very spot and treasure that was on her is on her still." "Bosh! How do you know that's true?" "Because," said Costenbricker iwirling his parasol. "I was on he ship and the pearl was mine When the ship went down I float away in an empty keg but the pearl stayed behind. It was a gem of great worth.

Whoever carries stays young forever. I am ol( now, my hands tremble, my mind wanders, I forget things I used to enow. I must have the pearl to restore my youth." "It's impossible!" cried Santa, 'I cannot get it for you. Neither I nor any other elf can go into the sea!" Costenbricker's eyes widened in astonishment. "I didn't know that! Oh dear, what shall I do "You'll say the words that wil waken my workers, that's whal you will do," said Santa indignantly.

"Yes, yes," nodded Costenbrick- vaguely. "There's certainly no reason to keep them asleep if you can't help me." He scratched thoughtfully at his jald head and gazed up at the ceiling. Three times he opened his mouth to speak and three times ie shut it again. His shoulders to droop. He looked very ad.

Finally he sighed heavily and aid, "I'm sorry, I can't remem jer the words." (Tomorrow: Michael's Plan) "The ship carrying the pearl went down," he said. Vietnam Officers Seeking Refuge PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) young Vietnamese military officers, who fled from Saigon when their Nov. 11 coup d'etat failed, are shopping for a safe place to live in the Thailand has officially refused to accept them. Other countries appear to have given them a cold shoulder as well. The Cambodian government has iot replied to a request from the South Viet Nam government that rebels be extradited.

Cam- )odia arrested the officers for al- eged violation of its air space vhen they landed a two engine American plane at Phnom Penh on the pretext of engine trouble. The defeated insurrectionists said they had sought to eliminate government corruption at Saigon. Cambodia maintains only token diplomatic relations with South Viet Nam's pro-Western government. It is reported disinclined to put the coup d'etat leaders, mostly parachute officers, at the mercy of the government they failed to overthrow. But there is a feeling here tha it would be to the comfort of al concerned to remove the 18 rebels to some country as far as possi ble from South Viet Nam, which has frontiers with Cambodia Communist North Viet Nam and Laos.

High Point Enterprise, Soturdoy, Dec. 10, 1960 HOW TO DEAL WITH STUDIOS Actor Conforms, Escapes TV Tube By BOB THOMAS AP Movie-TV Writer HOLLYWOOD AP) -Brett Maverick loped off the Warner range. So did Cheyenne, Kookie and others from time to time. But Stuart Bailey always stuck to his office at 77 Sunset Strip. This may be a lesson in how to deal with feudalistic studios.

Bailey, known off the TV tube as Efrem Zimbalist is now doing a prize role in a bigtime movie, 'By Love Possessed," while his "ellow stars are still fighting it out the courts or in their series. How did Zimbalist get out of the stir? "Simple," he replied. "I simply; gave the studio four years of my ife." During that time, he worked almost continuously and uncomplainingly in the Friday night whodunit "I didn't see any good n. complaining," he reasoned. 'Besides, I like Jack Warner." Zimbalist admitted there were imes when he might have gotten restless.

While lie was grinding out the TV hours, other studios has been added to sleuths Zimbalist, Roger Smith, Edd Byrnes), soTm able to do a feature now SAT. NITE DANCE THOMASVILLE V. F. W. Music By The STARLITE DANCE BAND 8 P.M.

sought ilms. "But his services in feature what did I miss?" he asked. "I missed 'Butterfield jut I'm not sure that would have done me good. 'Portrait in Black' lidn't turn out too well. It was he same with most of the other pictures I could have done." He is obviously pleased with 'By Love Possessed," as well he hould be.

The James Gould Cozens novel has been expensively with Zimbalist as the small- own lawyer and costars Lana Turner, Jason Robards George Hamilton, Susan Kohner, Barbara Bel Geddes, Thomas Mitchell. And what. Happens after Zim- finishes the film? "I go right to '77 Sunset he reported. "I'll have ix more shows this season in vhich I play the major role, plus a lot of others in which I do bits jid pieces. "II don't mind.

The show has good for me. This year we ave more help (Richard Long BIG DOUBLE FEATURE LATE SHOW THE GIRL IN THE BIKINI 9:00 P.M. ALSO "MEET THE FAST SET" SATURDAY NIGHT ONLY and then. That's one of the concessions they gave me. And that's another reason I'm glad I've never raised a fuss with the studio." MCNWM 3H KUMMOMf i ORIVE-IF POIHT3 (2) TWO EXCITING LAST NITE Planet at 6:30 9:50 Dolphin at 8:05 Only COMING SUNDAY "TARZAN THE MAGNIFICENT" CENTER You've Heard About It On TV! "VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED" GEORGE SANDERS BARBARA SHELLEN Features at: JERRY LEWIS LOVE AND COZOB RIALTO THEATRE TODAY ONLY 2 BIG PICTURES Gregory Peck IN "PORK CHOP HILL" ALSO John Agor "FLESH AND THE SPUR" ALSO 3 COLOR CARTOONS JACOBY ON BRIDGE Good Problem In Defense NORTH 4976 VA32 9843 KQJ WEST EAST A 10854 AQ2 10 J65 632 A7 SOUTH (D) FRIDAY, DEC.

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Gallant Prom Prom 6 08 IS 30 45 Outlaw Show Lawman Show Nationalism 4KQ102 4 A 10 8 Both vulnerable South West North East 1N.T. Pass 2N.T. Pass Pass Pass Pass Opening lead 4 5 By OSWALD JACOBY Written for Newspaper Enterprise Assn. Today's hand is a rather un sual double dummy problem pecifically, the problem is: Can outh make his three no-trump ontract? Most people will answer "Yes" almost immediately. They will see that all South has to do is to let East hold the first trick with the queen of spades and eventually South will wind up with one spade, two hearts and three tricks each in diamonds and clubs for a total of nine.

It never pays to answer such questions too quickly, because ac- there is a defense to beat hree no-trump. Here it is: East leads a spade at trick two. West wins with the ace and leads third spade on which East discards the ace of diamonds. This makes South's king and queen of diamonds good, but be- ore he can get that all important third diamond trick, he will have let West in with the jack and Vest's last two spades will set he hand. Incidentally, once you have had your fun with this prob- em as is, you can shift the East md West hearts and clubs around.

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