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June 24, 1974 You goofed? So do experts 1 Scramble for famous scribbles Associated Press LOS ANGELES Most people's scribblings are confined to grocery lists and Christmas cards, and they wind up in the wastebasket. But if you're someone like Sigmund Freud, Herman Hesse, Zane Grey or Franz Kakfa, your letters and notes generally wind up on auction block at someplace like Sotheby Parke Bernet. Yesterday afternoon sports shirt-clad collectors and book dealers came to Sotheby's seeking the unusual at the rare book and manuscript auction. What was available had come from private collectors who were selling their treasures, from estates, and in some cases from people who in the course of spring cleaning had found a signed Ay. Laura Jo back after royal visit Associated Press CORONADO Laura Jo Watkins is back home after a trip to London at Prince Charles' Invitation and "looks grand," Mrs.

Arthur Wahl, her aunt said. "She is happy to be home, but is a little tired," she added. "No, Laura Jo didn't say they, would be seeing each other again," Another spokesman for the family said yesterday. Miss Watkins, the daughter of Rear Adm. and Mrs.

James Watkins, met Prince Charles at a reception here last March while he was on a stopover during a Royal Navy training cruise. The 20-year-old secretarial student returned from London Saturday night and wa met at Los Angeles International Airport by her mother and an aunt. Miss Watkins plans to resume studies at San Diego Business College, the family spokesman said. What's the score? For latest results call SPORTSDIAL, 478-9560. lege, what you need is a job.

When the federal entrance examination was offered, I took it and passed it." His first assignment was to the IRS office in Cheyenne. Three years later he was promoted to the national office in Washington, D.C. "They gave us a lot of tests," he said, "which seemed to show that I had a mathematical aptitude." (Forget about that $10 mistake.) The result was that Browitt moved into the automatic data processing division, where he wrote the handbook. Browitt has about 1,700 persons under him in this district, "I can't say enough in praise of the people who are working in his service," he said. "Their devotion to service is out of this world.

Browitt's admiration for IRS personnel is matched by his high regard for the average By Andrew Curtin Did you goof on your income tax return this year? Relax. You're In good company. Frank Leroy Browitt, new Internal Revenue Service boss for the San Francisco district, confessed that he, too, erred in his 1973 return. "It was a $10 mistake 1 arithmetic, against myself," recalled. "The computer caught it.

And, yes, I got a refund." When tax collector bites check, it's not news. But it's doubtful you could get odds on Brow-itt's making a mistake. The 41-year-old Browitt, a trim six-footer, literally wrote the book on tax data processing: "The Computer procedural Specifications and Automatic Data processing Handbook." He got into IRS more or less by accident. "My college majors were economics and psychology," he said, "and while I was in the service I got more and more interested in psychology. "By the time I graduated, I was thinking about becoming an industrial psychologist." "You know how it is," he said.

"When you're young, and newly mar ried, and just out of col first edition or an original manuscript tucked in among "AMZ rt -fsv-r family memorabilia. IfL i55 Ut illiX family Alice Rose Tobler, 20, of Belmont was crowned Miss California last night at the annual pageant at Santa Cruz. Alice, who is a student at Canada Junior College in Redwood City, sang "The Impossible Dream" as her contribution to the talent division. IRS BOSS FRANK BROWITT Romance changed his plans Surfacing were two letters in German from psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, which together sold for a poem handwritten by author Herman Hesse which went for $275, and two Charlotte Bronte first editions which sold together for $850. A signed first edition of Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp," barely 20 years old, brought $200, and a whole set of Disneyana including a Pluto ring and Three Little Pigs puzzle sold so well that a Disney archivist said he was He estimates that during his career, he has processed or directed the processing of some 150 million returns.

"Maybe up to 4 per cent are pulled out for an audit," he says. "If there well for the Integrity of the American taxpayer." At his new home near Concord, Browitt, who as a boy delivered Laramie newspapers i subzero weather, is enjoying the Contra Costa sunshine. are mistakes, they nearly always are simple mathematical errors. "I'd say the incidence of actual fraud amounts to no more than a fraction of a fraction of 1 per cent. That speaks pretty Marin officer is tops Sgt.

James Dukes, a California Highway Patrol officer from Marin County, has been picked as the outstanding police officer of the year by the International Footprint Association an organization which consists of police, police reporters andagenciesassociated with police. Leave the driving to (both of) us Now that Amtrak and Greyhound have made peace, travelers will soon be able to buy a single ticket good for both train and They'll also work toward creating joint terminals in major cities to make it easier for travelers to transfer. TOUCH OF SWEDEN HAND LOTION( 10 oz. ffidy DISPENSER iCrVAyf II bottle Qiyy $1.25 BUY FROM RAWSON RACKS AT LEADING FOOD STORES One-man filmmaker's emotional magic By Dick Alexander Meet Robert Primes. Do-' It-yourself filmmaker.

At 34, he is a self-con- tained, one-man independent vr PRESS SUMMER CASH SALE pso) ed on four sides by talent --musical, mathematical, artistic and cinematic. Involved in moviemaking for some 10 years now, he UAL employes stage benefit United Airline employes will hold a benefit fundraiser next Saturday for C. H. (Buffy) Elliott, 46, former Palo Alto drive-in operator whose family has been shadowed by tragedy and misfortune. The benefit includes a spaghetti feed, a softball game and dancing and cocktails at the Mainliner Club, 4031 Pacific San REGULAR STOCKS of J.

PRESS Ready to Wear Clothing Furnishings Now Reduced for Clearance All Sales for Cash, Check, American Express or Master Charge. has yet to fulfill an ambition to make a full length Smith names first woman president Associated Press NORTHAMPTON (Mass.) Jill K. Conway will become the first woman president of Smith College in July, 1975, the school's board of trustees has announced. Mrs. Conway, 39, will replace Thomas Mendenhall, who is scheduled to retire July 1, 1975.

A native of Australia, Mrs. Conway is currently a vice president for internal affairs at the University of Toronto. She has a doctorate from Harvard University and has taught American history at-the University of Toronto since 1964. San Franciscan Primes for other filmmakers. His credits include: for television, "Arthur Ashe" director cameraman editor; "Johnny Casn at San Quentin" cameraman; for theater, "Monterey Jazt' and "Outlaws in Jazz" and "Outlaws in the Church" director of Photography.

Primes won a gold medal (first place) last year at the Atlanta Film Festival for his "Legend Days Are Over," a cinematic production of a series of still photographs of Indian life he- made in Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. As a motion picture, it is a four-minute emotional experience. But it was "Jump Rope," a short Primes made in 1971 for the Northwest Film Seminar in Seattle, that changed his life, he says. Filmed in Golden Gate Park and other recreation areas at 200 to 400 frames per second, it projects in slow motion chil-. dren's emotions as they jump rope.

The resulting picture running time 7 minutes is a 1 artistic triumph. Br 1 READY TO WEAR SUITS Seersuckers, 'Cool Cloths, Poplins, Crash Linens, PolyesterWool Worsted Tropicals and Gabardines. Were $87.50 Were $115 Were $155 $133 Were $180 i. ONE-MAN PRODUCTION OUTFIT ROBERT PRIMES Main interest is high-quality film making What's the score? For latest results call The Examiner KSFO SPORTSDIAL, 478-9560. says uiai can wan.

lie is more concerned withhonor- ing his craft than lining up with a Fellini, Bergman, Bertolucci or a Truffaut. His main interest is high quality filmmaking "having a theater audience teel as deeply in a Primes film as Primes felt in making it," he said between reels of three short movies he was showing to emphasize his personal approach. Turning out institutional and corporation films puts meat on the table and capital back into the business. "I take a job, live with it and buy more toys At the end of the job, I'm broke." The "toys" are cases of equipment that line the floor of his basement screening editing room. To save overhead, he works out of the Advertisement Advertisement Health News Whether It's Housework or Golf, It's Still Bursitis Victorian-style house he and his wife, Theo, purchased on a hill just south of San Francisco's Panhandle.

Choosing his jobs and doing them on his Own terms gives Primes breathing room to use his talents. Lacking a buc'get to hire a permanent cameraman or film editor, he draws from a San Francisco pool of production personnel, using up to 20 technicians according to his needs. Primes started on his filmmaking career with lit-, tie more than intellect and desire "doing small films knocking mysslf out to learn my craft." To provide her husband time to "knock himself out," Theo (a concert pianist who performs under tha name of Theodora Carras Primes) taught first grade elementa-ry school the first five years. By 1968 Primes was well into his own career and performing a variety of chores SUMMER JACKETS Seersuckers, Seercords, India Madras Cottons, Silk Wool 'Tweeds', 'Flannel' Tennis Blazers, Crash Linens. Were $67.50 Were $77.50 Were $82.50 Were $87.50 Were $95 $81.50 Were $115 $99.50 Were $120 $105 Everyone, at one time or an' calcium deposits will show up on the surface of the bones in the other, has experienced a sudden Learn to sharp pain in the shoulder, el bow, or knee joint Quite often joint," he says.

And it's frequently a most distressing problem, often associated with severe pain and contin this is called bursitis. The condition is commonly ual discomfort seemingly unaf 'touchy associated with fected by resting the affected J. PRESS READY TO WEAR TROUSERS Were $26 to $52.50 to $45 athletes. joint, or hot or cold packs. ED MTV BJEAJPES? dance! Of course I think that a per "But it's Just as common with housewives, of- son is foolish to resign himself to allowing a bursitis attack to run its course by simply gritting one's SlaiUDDie on You 4 fice workers.

teeth and bearing the discom i regaraiess ot J. PRESS SHIRTS Oxfords, Chambrays, Broadcloths Poplins- Button Down and Plain Point Collars. Were $13 to $21.50 $11.35 to $18.75 20 OFF Quantity purchases of 4 or more shirts ivi -4 Drapery Cleaning sn'f that expensive fort, says Dr. Latch. occupation," says Dr.

Lloyd True, the process of healing Dr. Latch ASK ABOUT OUR SPECIAL DISCOUNTS! bursitis has no exact time limit Latch, D.C, of from one patient to another, San Francisco. i 1 vv Many factors influence the length The good doctor points out of time necessary for recovery: that bursitis is an inflammation of 111 iriii'1 i ll! 111 mmim how long it has been going on J. PRESS NECKWEAR SPORT ASCOTS Were $5.50 to 1 5 $4.65 to $12.65 20 OFF Quantity purchases of 4 or more neckties; the joint capsule and results in a GO DANCING! INTRODUCTORY COURSE LEARN TO DANCI NOWI before seeking help, the age of swelling of tissue from irritation, the patient, and possible exist IMLli The irritation may be chemical from disease, from over-fatigue ence of other body malfunctions LJ I I flft that may exist at the same time. or from external bruises.

Half Sleeve Sport Shirts Belts Walk Shorts Swim Shorts Hose 10 OFF $CA DANCE mPW course This 8-ft Bedroom window at low But by all means the pain 'As you can well imagine." he notes, "household chores or any can be alleviated and the condition attacked with a permanent 1 1 1 1 1 1 ONLY10! physical activity on the job or in solution in view, says Dr. Latch. tne nome can cause the irritation. 3 PRIVATE 1 1 SEMI-PRIVATE LESSONS WE OFFER REPLACEMENT IF YOUR DRAPES SPLIT OR SHRED ASK US ABOUT EXCEPTIONS NO SHRINKAGE STRAIGHT iVCN HEMS PERFECT KEAT FOLDING LONGER FASRIC UFI WATER I SMOKE DAMAGE REMOVAL No one contests the fact that 4 SOCIAL PRACTICE SESSIONS! 20 OFF All Fall Winter Suits, Sport Jackets, Tuxedos, Topcoats and Overcoats. "There is a patient now under care who sustained a sharp sto bursitis is the problem for the modern doctor.

"If you have an unexplained twinge of pain in the CALL 398-4164 ing pain in his left shoulder as he WE Rtmovt Rehong Pickup Deliver 1 nA 4 was lifting a stack of records from All INtluPtp IN ONE LOW COST knee, elbow, arm, shoulder, seek accurate diagnosis and effective -s Thesi prlcet bsed on unllned drapes Fnr Infnrmatinn nnH Pi iH DRf width special tervlc. treatment. It may go away after a oneoverhead shelf to another. Granted, this 34 year old man had thephysique of an athlete, but the activity that caused his problem time but its return is just as pre PARK LANERENCH i i i i -1 i i i 233 POST STREET SAN FRANCISCO Open Daily 9:30 lo 5:30 Telephone 362-83 17 FRANCHISE!) DANCE STUDIO ondd LIcmiim: Art Pan SAN FRANCISCO: 23 GRANT AVE. dictable as taxes if the condition is left untreated." was anything but athletic." FREMONT I SAN I0SC SAN FRANCISCO UAKLXND I SAN MATEO I MARIN I HAYWARD SAN CARLOS WAINUI 731 3821 111 4310 1 158 7037 712 I0l 591 0 S33272I Between Market tGearySecond Floor Dr.

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