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PAGE 8 Fisher Is jMt viewed Tables Are Turned On Voice Of Lion Football BySueMcElwee Daily News Sports WfHer Following the banquet at Juniata Elementary School Saturday evening, the tables were turned on Fran Fisher, the "voice of Nittany Lion football. Fran, the sportscaster, "met the press." While the big news of the evening was Penn State's acceptance of a berth in the Sugar Bowl, Fran talked about other aspects of the Penn State football program as well! In response to the question "Do you think this Penn State football team is the best one to Fran responded, personally, do. As far as I can see, it is the best total team. The combination of offense, defense and kicking on this team is the best overall. I know some people point to the defensive team of 1968 69 or the offense of some other year, but they are pointing to just one part of the team.

Overall, I think this team is the best and deserves its number one ranking." Ranking and Media As a media person himself, Fran was asked his opinion as to the part Joe Paterno's more aggressive role- with (he media this year played in getting Penn State into the number one spot in the rankings. The astute sportscaster said, "First of all, we have to remember that this is the first year since 1973 that we have really had a legitimate shot at number "Joe (Paterno) has always enjoyed tremendous rapport with the press. In recent years, the team has been seen in all parts of the country through games, television, bowl appearances. The sports writers all over could see the team and talk with Joe. His being articulate and straightforward witn tnenr nas made his stature grow within the media.

This plus the team's showings have made it number one." Big Business During his 14 years with the Nittany. Lions, Fran has seen some changes in the football program. He talked about the biggest ones: "The biggest change has to be that football has become less and less of an actual 'sport' and more and more a business proposition. Football is now big business." The cause, he points out, "is that the expense of operating intercollegiate ath-' letics has gone up and there is no other source to carry the athletic program. Football, at Penn State, has to carry many of the other sports fencing, swimming, lacrosse, etc.

"Football is profitable; it brings in tremendous gate receipts and television and bowl money comes to the top teams several million dollars worth. This provides the resources for the rest of the athletic program at Penn State and at most other major colleges and Tremendous Pressure The most serious part, of this, according to Fran Fisher, is the tremendous pressure it places on 18, 19, 20-year-olds. These mere kids are given a huge responsibility. Fortunately, at Penn State, at least, a sense of balance is kept on this point. "Joe Paterno has tremendous concern for the responsibility put on his kids.

He is constantly talking about this and I agree with him. This is why Joe is intent on developing a good basketball' program. That way the total burden will not be on the football team." Fran, himself, is "in an enviable position. I feel no pressure," he smiles. He is proud that the Penn State Football Network has expanded to "almost nationwide" and gives much of the credit for this to efforts of Penn State alumni" across the country.

This year, the broadcasts are heard throughout the east, some parts of the south and mid west and in Phoenix and Los Angeles. "Did you know that one out of every 1,200 persons in the United States went to Penn State?" he queries. "All these people are very loyal and in many parts of the country the Alumni Clubs are very active and maintain strong t'ies with us. When they want to hear the games, we try to arrange it Aviththem." Why don't you arrange to tune in Fran Fisher. Who knows, maybe there will soon be, on football afternoons, a "Great Nittany Lion Tune Out" of the network television audio and a "tune in" to the Penn State Football Network just as is supposedly happening on Mondays with the pro games! 2 Women Killed In Mishap GLEN ROCK, Pa.

(UPI) Gail Swayze, 22, and her 83-year-bfd grandmother, Anna Swayze, both of Harrisburg, died late Saturday when their auto was struck from the rear and burst into flames. State police said a car driven by James B. Endslow, 52, Mount Joy, struck the rear of the Swayze vehicle after it became disabled In the passing lane of Route 283 in Manheim Township. Police said Endslow's wife, Anna Mae, 49, was listed in good condition at Lancaster General Hospital. Endslow was not injured.

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Whipple, executive director of the United Way of Huntingdon County, will present an illustrated lecture to the workshop on technology in archaeology on Tuesday, at the annual meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature in New Orleans, This meeting brings together scholars and college teachers of religion' and Bible from the United States and Canada in an annual exchange of ideas and insights. Whipple's lecture is entitled "Standardization in Photography for Archaeology," and draws on his experiences as a photographer of archaeological digs in Israel as well as his training and experiences as a professional photographer in the United States. While in New Orleans he will meet with other members of the dig teams and their administrative leaders. He will also be available for technical consultations on the photographic problems of archaeological work. Beth Lynn Is Still Missing PITTSBURGH (UPI) One year ago this week, 6- year-old Beth Lynn Barr, a bubbly, brown-eyed policeman's daughter, left her elementary school in nearby Wilkinsburg to walk home and b'egin her Thanksgiving vacation.

The girlfriends who usually joined her on the walk had gone shopping with their mother, and her 10-year-old brother was ill, so Beth Lynn walked alone, carrying candy, homework papers and a picture showing how she planned to spend the holiday. Beth Lynn never arrived home for the holiday, and her fate remains unknown. As the anniversary of the child's Nov. 23 disappearance nears, her parents, Wilkinsburg police Sgt. Charles Barr and his wife, Donna, are reluctant to talk about their daughter but still hope she can be found.

"This is a very personal, very private thing," Mrs. Barr said. "We're so grateful for everyone being so kind, We Haven't had any bad experiences." The search for Beth Lynn attracted state, county and local police and hundreds of volunteers, including citizens band radio operators 1 who scoured the streets of Wilkinsburg and neighboring Communities. Police checked out 6,000 leads, but each proved fruitless. An bffer from wealthy Monroeville land developer Elmer Jonnet to pay $160,000 as ransom and surrender himself as a hostage also was unsuccessful.

Last December, police arrested a suburban Pittsburgh salesman in connection with the case, but he was released when he proved he had been in Johnstown the day the girl disappeared. More than $20,000 has been collected in a reward fund for information on the disappearance, according to Marlena Hodgins, coordinator of the fund and Wife of former police chief Harry Hodgins. "I think most people seem to have a positive attitude," Mrs. Hodgins said. "Maybe the fund will prompt somebody's memory.

It might be the one missing link. As long as there's no negative news, why not have hope?" Saxton Boro Postpones Meetings Due to a conflict with other meetings, the Saxton Borough Council meeting scheduled for this evening has been postponed until tomorrow evening. The public hearing concerning revenue sharing has also been rescheduled for tomorrow night. This meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. 4 Abducted Persons Are Slain SPEEDWAY, Ind.

(UPI) The bodies of four young employees abducted from a Burger Chef restaurant during an apparent robbery of less than $500 were found late Sunday in nearby Johnson County. State police and authorities from Speedway, a suburb of Indianapolis, released few details and did not disclose the cause of the deaths. They said an "intensive investigation is underway." The bodies of Jane C. Friedt, 20, assistant manager of the fast-food restaurant; Daniel Davis, 16; Ruth Shelton, 17, and Mark Flemmonds, 16, were found Sunday night east of Indiana Highway 37, a few miles south of the Indianapolis area. State Police Sgt.

Charles Hibbert said the victims were clothed and were discovered "in a wooded area by the property owner." He said exact cause of death and time "had not been determined." "We are asking anyone with any information to contact Speedway city police or the Indiana State Police," Hibbert said. Hibbert said police found no evidence of a struggle near the bodies and speculated the four were killed elsewhere and their bodies were dumped in the wooded area. Police said the victims probably were forced to leave the fast-food restaurant in a car Friedt. The car was found early Saturday in Speedway. All of the victims were believed to have been wearing their brown and orange uniforms when they vanished.

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Montgomery fam WM111 Rente Huntingdon told police he discovered the restaurant's back door standing slightly open when he assed it at 12:15 a.m. aturday. Normally, he said, it would have been locked from 11 p.m. on. Investigators -said Kfing told them he found the cash drawers and Miss Shelton's jacket on the floor and the manager's office ransacked.

Two empty currency bags and an empty roll of adhesive tape lay next to an open safe in the manager's office when police arrived, Probably less than $500 was taken in the holdup, authorities said. None of the families received ransom demands and no witnesses to the abduction were found. "It just doesn't make any sense. They have got their money' and they made their escape. Now why the devil don't they give back our children?" Carolyn Friedt, Jane's mother, said earlier Sunday.

Inventor Says He Can Stop Storms Manila, Philippines (UPI) Filipino who invented a machine that makes toothpicks and a device that repels mosquitos claimed Sunday he has found a way to stop storms. The invention is a device he said produces ultrasonic sounds to disperse storms in their formative stages. "Storms can be stopped," said 51-year old Alfredo Anos to the official Philippines News agency. According to Anos, ultrasonic sound can be MAN ON THE RUN is Robert Urlch, who stars as private eye Dan Tanna in the new television series, Unlike his more worldly contemporaries, the Las Vegas sleuth drinks milk and zips up and down the neon strip in a '57 T-bird. electrically or mechanically produced 'and now is being used to wash clothes, mix paints, sterilize foods and clear away fog and smoke.

In a proposal to the Philippine Patent Office, Anos said a conventional siren with a rotary disc of increased angular velocity can produce ultrasonic sounds of high frequency from 20,000 to 42,000 cycles per second. The disc, he said, could be attached to an airplane and must have a range of at least five miles to deepen the ultrasonic sound's penetration into the area where the storm is forming. The sound will continuously jar the heavy clouds just above the storm, producing a chain of reaction which will cause the clouds to produce rainwater. TURN ON TV 1O TODAY) 4PM MECHANICAL CREATURE TINKERS WITH CASTAWAYS! An experimental robot, launched by the U.S. Air Force, parachutes on to the island.

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