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Sltt, 6juins goose-quill), COl KILR-JOIKAAL U)lb KV. I'KHHY AI'IHL 2,, 5 0 I Joe (treason's Knituckv Diddle a Living Legend, Ln or Out of Basketball THAT HAPPEN I'LI -JU3TI IS Vi RAI I DOIWT' HIE -L WHAT ON EACiTH -K. U-J I I WHO KMOwS? If -X X'MSSUJMC) Br WOULD I WAMT WITH SOMEDAV YOU MAV -j A goose-quill bh askeo to sigm Ajli1 pen? the ccclaration 7 I Mi T7 Yfr 1 GIL THORP tTV hi Baloney 1 wish Ram WelL.Maybe Because, according to Zopar, you re You and ranvwere fetology, Doug! b. would kick this 7'' JU5t 35 we" Av in for a rough time" of it rr- chewing the tat for. it's a fascinating astrology you don't -f rr quite a whilel.Whafc I sciencf be sun, stars believe in it) i were you amazed at have nothing to do TS-Du3-r'sr Pi o-jp 0 IT ISN'T often that a man, regardless of his field of endeavor, becomes a legend in his own lifetime.

One who has is Edgar Allen Diddle, the former head basketball coach at Western Kentucky University. He has attained legendary status for several reasons, chief among them being his ability to put together championship teams and his tendency to coin entirely new words and express himself in what has come to be known as original Diddlese. In any congregation of Western people the conversation eventually will turn to Diddle, his record (759 wins, only 301 losses in 42 years) and his penchant for doing the unusual with the mother tongue. A Mark of Devotion But, although Diddle malapropisms are legion, it shouldn't be assumed that he's a heavy-tongued bumbler, or that those who repeat the stories about him are making light of him. He's one of the great coaches basketball has known, and the stories only point up the esteem and deep devotion Westerners feel for him.

To that end, I heard a new Diddle story during the KEA convention last week. Seems he went to a bakery shop in Bowling Green recently to buy a pie. The baker asked if he'd like to get it sliced. "Yes," Diddle replied in his distinc- tive slightly tongue-tied lisp, "cut it in four pieces." "If you like," the baker said, "I can cut it into six pieces." "No," Diddle answered quickly, "I couldn't eat six pieces!" The New Taste A FRIEND was coming to work in a taxi the other day and the driver, it turned out, was trying to shake the tobacco habit by smoking cigarettes made from lettuce leaves. "Do they taste like lettuce?" the friend asked.

"No," the driver replied, "they taste like cabbage!" How's That Again? MISS International Bikini of 1967 was in town the other day, and while here made what surely will stand as a classic quote of the year. In explaining why, when she went into movies, she changed her name from Joan Kama-kian to Leslie McCrea, she was recorded as saying: "I'm Armenian-Irish, and I chose an Irish name because I think it sounds so Polynesian." Huh? Ilite, Father and Son TWO LOCAL DAR groups, the Capt. Abraham Hite and Fincastle Chapters, will join forces Sunday to correct an his- Ed Diddle A language innovator, too toric oversight. The chapters will dedicate the graves of Capt. Hite and his father, also named Abraham, but a colonel, in the family cemetery on Starlight Lane off Watterson Trail at 2 p.m.

ceremony. The two Abraham Hites were soldiers and pioneer settlers in this part of Kentucky. Broken Even YEARS AGO an old mountain man who always had done business for cold cash sold a couple of calves and the buyer produced a check to cover the sale. Although a bit skeptical about a piece of paper being worth real money, the old-timer took the check and rushed immediately to the bank. When the clerk handed him the cash, he stood in front of the window and counted it three times.

"Isn't it all there?" the clerk asked. "Yep," he replied somewhat grudgingly, "but it jist is!" WHEN! IT'S Uf? IT MEANS I ME'S IM. WHEtf IT'S MOT UP, UE'5 OUT 7 THAT? BEETLE BAILEY LI'L ABNER A a new IDEA OF PCWM FCPA A) 1 ha? 11 REX MORGAN, M.D. US, MATTRESS NEWS AND WORLD REPORT A STAR IS I fj The AX. and I American loss end Turn) Mattress Corp.

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The true fishes are most at home in the sea and their streamlined bodies are built for swimming. The giant whale can swim at 25 miles an hour. So can the giant turtle and the frisky penguin, who happens to be a bird. These water-loving, non-fish animals can swim under water five times faster than a man can swim on the surface. But the fastest fish can leave them way, way behind.

One fast fish has been clocked at 60 miles per hour. It is not easy to clock the speed of a fish. In most cases, even the experts have to guess. We know that some kinds are faster than others. But when you check the speed of a fast fellow from a boat, you cannot be sure that he is doing his very best.

However, it seems certain that the speediest fish are all big fellows. One of nose tapers to a long, sharp spike and he gets his name from the oversized fin on his back. It sticks straight up like a stiff, silvery blue sail. Sportsmen hunt him down in special boats and it takes a clever fisherman to land him. The sailfish is strong and he fights hard for his life.

He darts and dodges and leaps right out of the water to free himself from the line. At his top speed, the magnificent giant fish can reach 60 miles an hour. The marlin and the wahoo are big game fishes that belong to the sailfish family. They, too, are powerful creatures and they too fight fiercely for their lives. And the wahoo and the marlins are also fast.

A few of them have been clocked for speed and some fishermen claim that they are as fast as the champion sailfish. Some experts claim that the wahoo may be even faster. Andy sends a 20-volume encyclopedia to Robert Kitchen, 8, of Saltsburg, for his question. Copyrisht, 1968 J.0"t MY Ti CROSSWORD PUZZLE THE FAMILY CIRCUS 2 words 44 Slightest 45 Creation of 46 47 them is the whopping tuna fish who may weigh more than two big, fat men. He likes company and fishermen find him swimming along with a group of his big friends and relatives.

The tuna never rests. He can dawdle along at nine miles an hour without ever getting tired. When in a hurry, he can speed up to about 45 miles per hour. The big, silvery tarpon can swim almost as fast as the tuna. This fish is a giant cousin of the spry little herring.

The flying fish can spurt up to 40 miles an hour. This dainty creature is the fastest of the sea's small fishes. Another fast little fish is the silver-blue mackerel. He likes company and he never stops swimming, day or night. The mackerel is a small cousin of the huge, speedy tuna.

And the pride of his family is the whopping sailfish who happens to be the world's champion swimmer. The magnificent sailfish may be 11 feet long and tip the scales at 220 pounds. His scaly skin is a glistening blend of silver and midnight blue. His is soup." "iVoir let's Call PAUL NATIONAL 1 droit 60 Electric: Abbr. 61 Car essentials, in the U.K.

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