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The Minneapolis Star from Minneapolis, Minnesota • Page 29

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Blast Shatters Truck, Driver Missing STARl VIC It's P-O-O-L The Minneapolis X'4 THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1964 REPORTING AT LARGE prri ifigfcf LIFE'S LITTLE MYSTERIES: Stirling W. Callander of National Printing Co. here found himself stymied when he wanted SRI t' 5 --r tAV''' III If a i rS- I III Ij to leave the house the other day. His car keys were missing. Mrs.

Callander had sent a pair of slacks to the cleaner and apparently the keys were in them, though she thought she had enrmtied the pockets. Their son had to take a bus home with the spare set of keys, which he had, and the dry-cleaner was running down its trucKS trying 10 locaie me i. waan i that they finally figured out what had happened to the miss- ine kevs. Mrs. Callander had taken tnem irom ms sidles with other personal effects, all right.

But the Calenders have a cat that has a fondness tor sniny metai When no one was looking the cat had filched the keys and stashed them away where Callander tound tnem on going iu bed underneath his pillow! irtjr: ftw stk js Bud Manley, who plays the role of Prof. Harold Hill in Meredith Willson's "Music Man" at Bloom-ington Civic Theater, leaned forward to emphasize the dangers of the old time pool hall. The musical opens Friday at Bloomington High School auditorium. Performances are at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 4 p.m.

Sunday. "Music Man" will also be repeated four times next weekend. I Associated Press St. Paul Tuesday night. He has not been found.

Officers said there was no evidence that anyone was in the truck when the explosion occurred. Fragments were scattered over a three-block area. Mankato officers are seeking information concerning the explosion which shattered this truck tractor. The truck was found at daybreak Wednesday about two miles south of Eagle Lake, five miles east of Mankato. The truck owner, Dennis Jorgenson, left rural Mankato for THE "SAMPLES" of Minnesota foods to be served at the World's Fair, put on display at Duffs had quite a career.

Joe and Ray Duffy first offered use of the place, then donated the help, then kicked in with the sarsapa-rilla, had the band come down, then offered use of their kitchen and its staff. Bill Witt of Witf went for the meat and groceries. General Mills' Betty Crocker supplied 40 kinds of baked desserts. Morgen Jul, head of the Minnesota Polyhedron restaurant at the New York fair, imported his own chef, John Moller, and the staff started the day before, preparing more than 100 kinds of foods. The result was the most lavish smorgasbord table I've even seen.

One final touch: The television receivers were hooked into a special closed circuit showing only preview World's Fair stuff. Those foods should attract plenty of customers in New York. Problem: How to Keep High and Dry moved to high ground near the Piper Aircraft plant. Floods heralding the approach of spring flooded valleys in five states. Some of the rivers causing the trouble are in In Indiana and Pennsylvania, the flood situation demanded action.

At New Albany, Ind. (below), a family took clothing and furnishings through a hole in the roof. They left their farm home as flood waters rose to roof top level. At Lock Haven, Pa. (lower left), 50 airplanes were dicated on the map left.

A CHICAGOAN who should know, and who travels here frequently, says the Playboy Clubs organization there has been quietly looking over Minneapolis for the past 60 days, seeking a location for one of the clubs here. Expan- sion plans call tor a halt aozen new unus ana Minneapolis is on the list of cities lhe Uiot Motnersingers oi Louis Park will do their annual concert April 9 and 10, all proceeds going to the music program for kids at Eliot school. The gals have been singing together for 10 years and for this show need some special props: Five or six green artificial Christmas trees for a comedy version of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. They'll take good care of the trees and return them. If you'd like to loan one, or several, call Billie Peterson at 544-1997.

The gals would be grateful From Ken Nelson's Pipe Lines: Sign in a shoe repair shop: "We doctor shoes, heel them, attend their dyeing, save their soles!" i i .7 i- rvi ill fSryCMn iNDIANAPOUS Ii VA. A CMAHtMTON ivANtviiir 9- SIUUUCI SiTS auim iL--Hr--w; HMviiii n.c. DIANE SCHOFIELD, the tropical fish specialist, will do an illustrated lecture on "The Great Barrier Reef of Australia Saturday at 8 p.m. in Richfield Public Library, 7000 Nicollet Av. and it's in the nature of a homecoming.

She originated in a small town in western Minnesota but was educated in California and went into her specialty there. Since, she's traveled to 75 countries tracking down strange fish, taking pictures and writing on the subject. While taking pictures on the Great Barrier Reef, incidentally, she accidentally stepped on a wobbegong shark and tried to pull an epaullette shark by the tail out of its hiding place. The odd part of her explorations: She doesn't swim a stroke! BOB DYLAN, THE SINGER and composer, will be one of the two youngest men the other is chess champion Bobby Fischer in the new edition ot Who who in America." Dylan was born May 24, 1941, and I didn't know until this note came in that his birthplace was Duluth The Minnetonka Clipper Barbershop chorus will stage its 5th annual Parade of Quartets at Minnetonka High School Saturday at 8, the proceeds going toward Rolling Acres Home for Retarded Children. There'll be visiting quartets as well as those from the chorus itself.

A program depar 1.: ii.u.j nsauuaicu new ture was included at the behest of Bob Williams, Minnetonka area editor: The chorus has added a patriotic song, MEMBER (CIRCLE) OF INDIANA FAMILY ON ROOF OF FLOODED HOUSE Flood waters rose to the roof top level before family left PLANES CLUSTER ABOUT THEIR 'NEST' At Pennsylvania aircraft plant 'America, the Beautiful" This riddle is convulsing the younger set: wnat goes ninety-nine ciump, ninety-nine clump, and so on? A centipede with a wooden leg i And a new brand of smokes is said to be called Hero Stars in Opera Driver Takes Wrong Ramp, Car Falls 20 Feet Cigarets. They're for those who aren afraid of anything! Advertisement Advertisement LUNCHEON MEATS 9 "rrawiippM i 1 I 'frm; I yi.wmmwui-jiiiMiiiwwiiim titi- 1 1 9M '11 Dlkiovs Ptr Luncheon Mtats are preferred by Minnesota I hemamakers 7 to 1 over any other brand, occording to the latest Minneapolis Star and Tribune Homemaker survey, Photo for Minneapolis Star by Irv Norling ramp to Portland Av. by mistake, he said, and applied the brakes as the car reached the top. The car swerved and dropped back over the curb to 494. He said he either jumped out or fell out.

The car, with Miss Jenne still behind the wheel, landed "on all fours" and blocked the flow of traffic. Hospital physicians said Miss Jenne's condition was fair. Miss Ellen Faull, New York operatic soprano, will sing the feminine lead in the Center Opera Company's production "Albert Herring" opening tonight at the Tyrone Guthrie Theatre. The opera runs through Saturday. Performances are at 8:30 p.m.

There will be a matinee Friday. A freak accident in which a car fell 20 feet and landed right side up on Hwy. 494 at Portland Av. today sent the woman driver to Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park A passenger escaped with minor hurts.

The passenger (circle), Marvin O. Rydberg, 28, 1409 Cambridge Hopkins, said he was riding with Marie Jenne, 44, 2509 Girard traveling east on 494. She took the i 1 or flavor! ONE COlfOR.

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