The Fresno Bee from Fresno, California • 54

Prankstert-Buf No Sit-Ins THE FRESNO BEE 7-C Sunday December 8 1968 College Ousted James Buchanan so much mortified at any occurence of my life as at this Could his rambunctious college attitude and the sobering influence of being cut down to size by the faculty have been reflected in the inactive dimension of his presidency? Who knows? now a historic landmark Buchanan died at age 77 still remembering Ms college days at Carlisle and how the academic plums wriggled out of his grasp He wrote: I have scarcely ever been Fantasy Display Will Be Arts Center Exhibit Make a memo New DeJUR Stenorette Versatile ENT Miniature Electronic Diary CARRIES ITS OWN POWER OPERATES ANYWHERE (3 pcnlitt battsria) By David Hale Grownup would be advised to take their offspring to the Fresno Art Fantasy opening Tuesday-not send them As its annual Christinas gift to children of the Central San Joaquin Valley die center has a veritable Jungle of quasi that is more fun than 89 per cent of the genuine exhibitions most art buffs flock to see Speaking from a viewpoint of course The artists are students of Ahwahnee Junior High School Bullard High School and Fresno City College Their instructors (respectively) are LaVeme Swift Charles Lum and Kent Steadman The title "Toys From the inspired for example a dozen examples of kinetic sculpture fashioned by the City College students Robert Rossi ter designed out of found material a flying saucer' that almost sounds as if it might The squats there on Its launching pad of tinfoil humming madly as if to take off all lights flashing 1 Mothers will recognize the sound source instantly but it should fascinate the preschool set Pat Snowden created a Christmas a of bright paper spinning out of a volcano Susan Sahakian created a lunar chandelier Of neon tubing plastic glass and Christmas tree wrappings Gerry Catanzarite designed a which wags its tail and periodically becomes red-eyed with concern over a on a mountaintop and Jim Lo-' gan dashed off a psyche-: delic painting that mqve' literally I There is even a reindeer absolutely aquiver with anticipation for the sea-' son-end aglow with lights including a red bulb you-know-where The whole thing is rounded by a series of Christmas-hued with those flashing lights the product of Jim imagination and there is also a draped every bit as imaginatively1 as some of those plastic some of the big avant garde artists create Bullard High students Kemy McLaughlin Kathy Mar Suan Vlau Judy Mo-Caslin and Mary Shonk-wiler) arranged a Mardi Gras of fantastic stuffed animals and paper and plastic streamers 'As for the preponderance of red Miss Viau says it is because is the easiest color to work with the thicker less transparent so you see all the ridiculous stuff we used for filler or maybe its just that lots of people like red" Youngsters at Ahwahnee created a pickup load of bizarre creatures from styrofoam the same kind used as packing materials The delicate glue constructions crumpled in transport but they should be in place in time for the first crowd of onlookers about 2 pm today reception is rather in the form of a special preview fin children of file North Avenue 1 i Street and Cedi Hinton centers but the show will be open Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 4 pm and Wednesday from 7:30 to 9:30 jLm through Jan 5 YOUR CAR ON THE TRAM WHILE complaint The old records showed that Buchanan got back into the good graces through the intercession of one of the college trustees who knew his father At 16 he was the youngest member of the graduating class of 1800 Unabashed by his campus reputation and his poor standing with the faculty Buchanan let it be known that he deserved and expected to be graduated with the highest honor had my heart set on it1 he wrote Loses Top Honor But the faculty had ether ideas' It awarded the top honor to another senior observing it would be "unwise to confer a high distinction of the college on one who had shown so little respect for the rules of the college and for his professors On his way to the White House Buchanan was a two-term legislator congressman minister to Russia and ambassador to the Court of SL James Leading Democrats of the time on two occasions wanted to run him for governor Buchanan refused He said: all political positions the governorship of Pennsylvania traditionally carries the least prospect for subsequent only bachelor president end the only native-born Pennsylvanian ever to achieve that high office If Gen Dwight Eisenhower acquired his Gettysburg farm two years before becoming president Buchanan would have been the only president ever elected from Pennsylvania garden variety or transplant Historians seem to take i dispassionate even differing view of White House years Most rate Mm at best as mediocre Some are inclined to blame his inaction as one of the ingredients building up to the war In any event not much happened while Buchanan was president His Last Years He sprat his last years at a show place mansion in tiie outskirts of Lancaster called 4 Rail Unions Vote On Plan For Unification CHICAGO (AP) Results of an election on whether to merge four railroad unions will be announced Tuesday More than 200000 members of four operating unions have voted during the past month on a proposal to merge their brotherhoods into one powerful more economical and expandable organization The results of the vote will be announced Tuesday in Chicago "The prognosis is says a spokesman for one of the involved unions If the unification plan Is approved it will create the United Transportation Union from these labor bodies: Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen 125000 members Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engine-men 40000 Union 10000 and the Order of Railway Conductors and Brake-men 15000 Missing frbm the unity drive is the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers which has bitterly battled the firemen for years over a dispute which began when firemen were removed from certain tratnr'ahd engineers accepted higher pay for duties previously held by firemen The engineers union numbers 40000 Supporters of flu merger maintain it will eliminate duplication among theunions we have four sets of offices four sets of lawyers four sets of rent said one union representative Another said "It will eliminate interunion competition Trainmen can take switchmen and conductors the conductors can take trainmen into their union and the switchmen can take firemen and trainmen constantly involved in this petty "Not only that but all these bargaining elections cost a lot of he added One benefit of the amalgam which none of the four unions enjoys would be the opportunity to expand into other areas of transportation and recruit members from other Job Adds THE EN-8 NEVER FORGETS AN ESSENTIAL TOOL FOR BUSINESSMEN PROFESSIONALS STUDENTS SCIENTISTS ETC RECORDS AND PLAYS UP TO 44 MINUTES OP NOTES DICTATION SALES CALLS REPORTS CONFERENCES KVIEWS LECTURES INTERVI STANTON OFFICE MACHINE CO 25 Van Ness cor Divlsadero 237-3811 8 Fi Farida By Harry Ball HARRISBURG Pa (AP)-If James Buchanan had lived to this generation he might have wound up leading a college rebellion instead of occupying the White House for four inauspicious years Even in 1809 he' was enough of a campus cut-up to upset the prudish decorum of staid Md Dickinson College in Carlisle As a matter of historical fact he got expelled Buchanan's peccadilloes consisted of smoking cheap cigars on the campus and uttering swear words that nowadays come Into your living room on television without stirring an eyebrow He never threw rocks at file dean Heaven forbid! Nor led a rabble to take over the office: Nevertheless the Dickinson faculty was upset by brassy and boisterous conduct The future president was to have some recriminations of Ms own in later years He wrote: much naural tendency to be dissipated end chiefly from the examples of others and in order to be considered a clever and spirited youth I engaged in every sort of extravagance and mischief However I was always a deficient in my college In Archives-These historical tidbits came to light recently Dickinson as researchers were scrounging In the archives to update the history of that ancient seat Of learning founded in 1773 returned to Buchanan wrote in obvious reference to Ms expulsion "without any further questions being asked and afterward conducted myself in such a manner as at least to prevent any formal LA Firm Will Study US Public-Land Laws WASHINGTON (UPI) The Public-Land Law Review Commission announced the awarding of a contract for a study of federal public-land laws and policies relating to use and occupancy Rep Wayne Aspinall D-Colo chairman of the commission said the firm of Daniel Mann Johnson A Mendenhall Los Angeles would undertake fite study which is to be completed by next June 30 Aspinall said the contract price was not to exceed $116000 DIVIDEND DECLARED OAKLAND (BW) Kaiser Steel board of directors has declared a quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share of common stock payable on Dec 31 to stockholders of record at the close of business Dec 16 Sheinwold scores game end not without friendly nod to East If East Is able to rise above his training he will lead another heart at the third trick There is no need for East to lead club if West has a sure trump trick If West has no natural trump trick where can the defenders find their setting trick? spades and diamonds are obviously impregnable so only possible trick is an overruff of dummy on a third round of hearts As it turns out West can ruff the third heart with file nine of chibs defeating file contract If East is to get a friendly nod it is better tar Mm to got It from his partner than from an opponent Modern defenders should find the winning play quite easily In the last 15 or 20 years the old-fashioned practice of leading be highest card of suit has gone out of style You lead low from Q-x-x Hence if you do lead the queen you indicate that you have only one or two cards in the suit DAILY QUESTION Partner opens with 1-NT (16 to 18 points) and the next player basses You hold: S-10984 H-A 10 8 3 I C-8 3 What do you say? ANSWER: Bid four hearts Do not use the Stayman Convention when you have a very powerful 8-card major suit and only fiur small cards in the other major The powerful suit will make a better trump even if partner has four cards in the other major CapyrtgM T-M Ganaral FaaTurt Carp Will Exhibit At Reception A reception tomorrow night in the Fresno State College library will honor members of the art depart-' ment faculty either newcomers or those who simply have not exhibited previously is at the opening of an exhiMtion of their works Those artists who have Just Joined the department are Ara Dolorian Charles Gaines and HuL The cithers ate Roger Dupzyk Ralph Gomes Dal Hender-son Norman Lockwood Pat Moore end David Trowbridge Trowbridge end Lockwood will be showing sculpture Dupzyk hand-made Jewelry and tiie rest paintings except for Gomas who win be wearing his art work-in the form of self-designed sports Jackets The reception' will last from 8 to 10 pm in the College Gallery The exhiMtion will remain through Jan 12 Rarest Stamp Is Auctioned Off For $29000 NEW YORK (AP) A Black known the rarest airmail stamp in the world has been sold at auction for $29000 The stamp part of file collection of the late Josiah Lilly was purchased by the Harmer Hooke Scott Galleries of New York Lilly founder of an Indianapolis pharmaceutical firm paid $25000 for it in 1958 The 1925 stamp has "aero correo imprinted in Mack over a regular 10 centavos stamp It was issued for Dr Pounds who operated an airline in Honduras Hughes Firm Claims Super Tank Gun Aimer BRUSSELS (AP) A Bel-gian-US electronics company claims it has developed the best tank gun aimer with a laser-computer combination The system was tested in September by the Belgian army and results outdid the most optimistic forecasts a spokesman for the Cobelda Co says He claims accuracy of 100 per cent up to 1700 about mile Cobelda is half-owned by the Hughes Aircraft Co of the United States It developed the new aimer with the West German laser firm Eltro also partly owned by Hughes end a Belgian optical firm SUNDAY hro DECEMBER rent it'- PROVIDING DECORATIVE Contrast amidst a grotesque world they helped create for the Fresno Arts Center's Fantasy are front to rear Judy McCaslln Mary Shonkwiier and Gwen Har-nlsh all of Bullard High School Army Seeks Bids On Sheep-Grazing Land SACRAMENTO (AP) The US Army Corps of Engineers called for 'bids for leasing of acres of Ft Ord land In Monterey County for sheep grazing Bids will be opened by the corps in Sacramento Dec 17 The government will lease the land for the period Jan 1 1900 through Sept 30 1973 etter By Alfred By Alfred Sheinwold la your early years as a defender you are taught never to lead a suit that dummy can ruff At best you are doing work for Mm At worst declarer also may be void of the suit and may discard a loser while dummy ruffs Nevertheless necessity is the mother of unusual defensive plays South dealer Both aides vulnerable NORTH AQI 95 OAKJ3 4542 WEST EAST 4532 10914 9Q4 UAKJ104S 0 1017542 0 9 5 13 SOUTH K7 172 Q4 AKQJ107 Sooth Wert North Esrt 1 Pass 10 10 2 Past 2 Pas 3 Part 5 All Fisa Opening (7 West leads the queen of hearts and East overtakes with the king to make sure of leading the suit again After East has won the second trick file question is what East should lead next If East is tiie avenge well-trained bridge player be will switch to a chib "Lead up to weakness" the books say and only weakness Is in dubs This Is made to order for declarer He 'draws trumps and then has tricks to burn He About Art Fresno Air Terminal What better a setting for the three- dimensional of Ralph Homan art teacher for the College of Sequoias and a longtime local artist Besides paintings which were seen in fills Art Invitational in the Fresno Arts Center there is a mild art acrylic entitled panels depicting an airliner fuselage with look-alike passengers as a commentary on the conformity of space age man and a spoof on (literally) a landscape by 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until Tuesday by sending a check far $2JS0 each to Dora Mae Frye 4464 San Pablo Ave New Shows Fresno County Free Library Sunnyside branch Watercolors acrylics collages and oils by Mable Miller a prize-winning Fresno artist will be shown through December Fresno Community Marcella Bradford will be on hand Thursday night when her sketches of the east are introduced along with the theater's latest play Neil Odd in a preview dinner Also hanging through the lOday run will be other representational watercolors and drawings by file artist lonesomeipliesM fi ectlonf love Poems mmm '4 -A 1245 I VAN NESS 233-0136 GEpRGEGEMANjS fifes JVwiTH NEWEST PAIRING FROM MEXICO! i MrtABMMl MMMMMMI irtMta.