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A I I i 1 1 1. mi: I I ii if iii i ssk. V.I, I i I I I Ml 0 B. the ma a snor imaiure iSCUi low King JL SPEEDERS FIND NEW FAD i I 7 I ri ft 1 1 rrnrZr -I 1 ill UTXZL I TN The mechanically minded have alniust unlimited scope for improving their vehicles. They can rewind coils and change brushes to soup up their engines, thev can bore holes to lighten the chassis, or test new tire compositions for increased traction.

In addition to the main track Mr. Silverman has a scaled-down quarter mile drag strip along one wall. This allows persons to tim their cars and estimate speed over a measured distance. Mr. Silverman estimates that there are about 500 fans in Keginu with their own slot racing sets (which include track and cars) and many more who own cars alone.

In the United States the fad has reached such proportions that international competitions and tournaments are being organized. The International Model Racing Society has offered $28,000 in awards for grand national and international tournaments to be held this year and the American Model Car Raceways is offering $100,000 in prizes for teams composed of one person under 14, one under 21 and one over 21 and a female of any age. By STAN KKADNELL Reporter Sportscar drivers are blis-tt'iing roads at bettor than 100 miles an hour in downtown Retina during their lunch hour and getting away with it. Police don't mind, because these speeders are adherents of the latest North American fad and do their driving with model cars on miniature tracks its called slot car racing. Built to run along a slotted track, the plastic replicas of racers have all the attributes of the real ears except that the personal danger has been eliminated.

The interest stems from the fun of racing other models and the skill required to win a race. Delicate touch on the hand control is necessary to keep the speeding racers on the rourse; too much power and it's crash, out of the race. In Regina the track is in Sam's Leisure Time Shop, 1950 Hamilton, with proprietor Sam Silverman, a slot car bug himself, track keeper. Open to fans who pay 25 cents for its use, the track is a figure eight layout 40 feet long, 90 feet in over-all length with banked curves and an overpass. Kour tracks accommodate the models that car.

reach a speed of about 15 miUs pr hour on the which is the equivalent to their full-sized couuter-pai ts travelling at nearly 200 mph. To create authenticity, the course boasts simulated hills, streams, trees and shrubbery and has a control tower, grandstand and refreshment booth. Miniature flagmen, pit crew and spectators dot the course. The track has become a focal point for enthusiasts who range in age Ticm 12 to 50 years and over. Noon hour, almost any day, finds the track booked solid and adherents often have to phone ahead for reservations.

On Saturdays as many as 75 people, participants and spectators, crowd in for daylong racing. According to Mr. Silverman most fans have their own cars which many built from kits. Bodies, motors, tires, wheels, bumpers, gear ratios and other accessories are available to satisfy the most demanding enthusiast. 7 a -4 iiniinfiitftiiinniHiy PIT CREWS, TIMERS AND CONTROL TOWER ADD REALISM TO MINIATURE GRAND PRIX COURSE itil i Woody Loud downbeat bad boom to ear Wax By Deejay Bob Wood, CKCK-Radio By J.

C. GRAHAM Canadian Press Correspondent AUCKLAND (CP) Studies by the New Zealand health department have raised the possibility that teen-agers are risking permanent ear damage from loud beat music. Tests have led to a warning here that sound intensities at pop music sessions are often far above the danger level. An acoustic engineer of the department has been taking measurements of decibels in teen-age dance halls, coffee shops and night spots. He found that the sound intensities were often far higher than those which compel employers to supply industrial workers with earplugs.

Even on an average the noise was more than 10 decibels above safety level. On an average the human ear can withstand a level of 95 decibels for eight hours a day for a working lifetime. The decibel scale, however, works on a logarithmic progression, so that if 20 decibels are added to the sound level, the? intensity is doubled. REACHES 125 Readings in typical dance halls in Auckland where beat music is played averaged 153 decibels. At peak, however, the noise reached 120 to 125 decibels.

The department says that the human ear can withstand a level of 115 decibels for no more than quarter of an hour without risk of permanent in- juiy. With a sound level of 105 decibels, risk of ear injury can be expected after an exposure of more than an hour a day. Many young people in New Zealand go to beat music spots several times a week and stay three or four hours. Health department engineers believe that members of beat music bands are almost certain to suffer some degree of ear injury. "The insidious thing about ear injury by sound." one officer said, "is that he person does not notice it.

By the time the members of a band begin to notice that they cannot catch high notes or that cerain notes are a bit fuzzy, it is too late to do anything." The Beatles' next is set for release April i. titles of the tunes expected to place the fab four back on top of the charts are Ticket to Ride and Yes, It Is. The Beatles' song publishing company, Northern Songs, is sagging on the British stock market. Last, week it was selling at $1.09. Now it's slumped to 86 cents.

It's hoped the new single will spark interest. The next Beatles LP will be out in June after their second film. The movie, now titled Eight Arms to Hold You, is being shot in the Austrian Alps at present. John Lennon's second book should also appear in the market in late June. When the Beatles, tour North America in August, they'll appear before their biggest crowd ever.

Practical test urged rules for entrance K. vA- have a much higher rate of, failure in institutions of higher learning that those who did. At Southern Illinois, he said, 400 freshmen were admitted even though hey didn't meet requirements. Two years later 40 per cent were still in student will be successful in university; society may be wasting the talent of high school graduates who do not meet university entrance requirements; and a recent U.S. experiment showed that students below normal university admission standards did not Sixty thousand screamers are expected to jam Shea Stadium, New York, August 15.

Ed Sullivan will introduce the group. The music of Jim Reeves lives on after him, and especially in Norway. Five of the top ten best selling LPs are by gentleman Jim. His recording of I Love You Because has on the Norwegian top ten for some 35 weeks now. Ten years ago today, the tune-topper on charts right across North America was the Ballad of Davy Crockett.

The McGuire Sisters had the number two tune, Sincerely. Stars on the go Roger Miller is off to England and the Continent for concert appearances. Bobby Vee has just cut a new disc in Britain. Peter and Gordon will tour Japan in mid April. RCA's smooth singing John Gary is packing them in on a current tour of South Africa.

Three thousand fans met him at the Capetown airport. They jammed Johannesburg's streets for two blocks trying to buy tickets to his concert. Rita Pa-vone sold out Carnegie Hall on a recent appearance. Her North American daddy, Ed Sullivan, made the introduction. Here's the' success story of the month.

Herb Newman wrote, published and produced the hit tune Birds and the Bees by Jewel Akens. And all for his own Era Records label. A bit about Jewel he's a 25 year old Houston native, came from a family of 12, got his start singing in church choir. The government of North Dakota recently bestowed an honorary doctor's degree in music on Lawrence Welk who has to be the state's number one citizen. ROBERT RATES RECORDS Count Me In, Gary Lewis (Liberty).

His first hit, This Diamond Ring, was number one here for five weeks and will be one of the top ten tunes of the year. His second effort, although not as strong, will do well. The fellas have a different sound that has a good deaL of general appeal. And Ed Sullivan helps too. Top 10, maybe Top five.

Silhouettes, Herman's Hermits (MGM). This group is the hottest of all right now. And it looks like Silhouettes will be hit number four. The tune is the oldie, done years ago by the Rays and the Diamonds. Top 10.

That'll Be The Day, Jerry Palmer (Gaiety). Jerry's a popular fellow around this neck of the woods. His last effort. Don't, was a top-tenner. His latest is the Buddy Holly hit of years ago that Jerry swings smartly.

Buddy is well remembered. His songs live on. Jerry's a relatively new talent who could do well recording hits of past days. Top 20. CONTROL TOWER (IN CIRCLF) IS SMALL PART OF SAM'S TRACK LAYOUT Warriors wage battle on books for betterment TOP TWENTY EDMONTON (CP) Stu-ents with marks below university entrance levels should be admitted to college as an experiment, two professors say.

Dr. Francis J. Kelly and Dr. Steve Hunka, assistant professors of educational psychology at the University of Alberta, suggest this as a way of testing current practices on university admission. "When a selection office chooses a 60-per-cent entrance requirement, that is simply a value judgment," says Dr.

Hunka, at present doing research on entrance requirements for medical students. "What we want is proof that it will minimize losses in the long run, not only to society but to the individual End the institution." Both say limited space now forces selection of only the most promising students. "But with the complex automated society of the future, society may not consider it too great an expense to allow more students to obtain a university education. It may seem costly now, but pcrha' it may be less costly than having them unemployed and on welfare." Dr. Kelly, a former Southern Illinois University professor, says these arguments support his proposal: The 6t per-cent requirement has been set without proof that it indicates a good chance the in full view of their teacher.

Their teacher and principal also an Indian, is Clive Link-later. He was born near Fort Frances, and is a grad- ICO DC Erf. I ST. ALBERT, Alta. (CP) The 24-member student council at a one-room school in this town 10 miles northwest of Edmonton is called the Warrior Club.

The school is named the Warrior and so is the school newspaper. The students are all young Indians enrolled in an upgrading program. By working assiduously for several months, they hope to gain Grade 8 diplomas, and so open up fields of further academic, vocational and technical training to themselves. All are former school dropouts. They come from Card-ston, in southern Alberta, to Fort Chipewyan, 600 miles north.

They range in age from 18 to 25, and can occasionally be seen engaged in such unusual school pastimes as uate of the University of Saskatchewan. His job is to coach his students through work in a few months which would normally take two or three years. The Indian affairs department sponsors and pays for the school program. Students are billeted with families in the town. The school building and additional space for indoor games, industrial arts and home economics is made available by the St.

Albert separate school board. The student council organizes sports events and has opened a Warrior Club bank account. But these students have an urge to succeed academically as well. Mr. Linklater says each is making a oetermined effort to get his diploma.

The smoothest sounds you'll ever hear are right here in our gigantic record collection! Coma in and take your choice of the newest LP records, singles and sets by your favorite artists. Double life BECKENHAM, England (CP) By day, young Keith Robinson of this Kentish town wears a neat business suit under his close-cropped head. By night, he appears in a sloppy sweater and jeans, and miraculously sprouts a Beatle haircut. The Jekyll-and-Hyde act is to preserve family peace. Dad wants his hair ke-pt short, so at night Keith wears a wig.

W2k RECORD BAR 1780 Hamilton St. Compiled from local sales and FI MOVER requests, CASH BOX, BILL- BOARD AND BILL GAVIN'S REPORT. THIS LAST WEEK WEEK 1 Mrs. Brown Herman's Hermits (MGM) 13 2 Hear My Heartbeat Supreme's (Tamla) 5 3 Stop In The Name Herman's Hermits (MGM) 1 of Love 4 Birds and Bees Jewel Akens (ERA) 3 3 Eight Days A Week The Beatles (Capitol) 2 5 Tired of Waiting The Kinks (Pye) 7 ShakhV All Over Chad Allan (Quality) 4 8 Mean Woman Blues Bobby Curtola (Tartan) V. 9 I'm Telling You Freddy and The Dreamers Now (Capitol) 15 10 The Game of Love Wayne Fontana (Mercury) 17 11 Send Me The Pillow Dean Martin (Reprise) 12 Ferry Across Gerrv and the Pacemakers The Mersey (Capitol) 7 13 I Know A Place Petula Clark (Warner Bros.) 26 14 King of The Road Roger Miller (Mercury) 13 Goldfinger BarryBassey (United Art.) 16 16 I Most Be Gene Pitney (Columbia) 11 Seeing Things 17 Please Let Me The Beachboys (Capitol) 23 Wonder 18 long Lonely Nights Bobby Vinton (Epic) 18 19 Do The Clam Elvis Presley (RCA) II 2 Red Roses Vic Dana (London) 19 Tor Blue Lady reading at vour library mice ana return to 'j- ancient myths, the legend of Oedipus, King of Thebes.

Here's to You, Miss Teen, M. S. Miller A guide to good grooming and poise how to play tip your good points and play down the not-so-good. How to Get Money for College, Benjamin and Eisenberg Fine-Lists all sources of cash available for students in the U.S. including scholarships and loans.

Mathematical Diversions, J. A. II Hunter and Madachy Nearly one hundred mathematical problems, to test the abilities and mental dexterity of those interested in so diverting themselves. Robert Frost Speaks, Daniel Smythe Records a number of Frost's conversations which show his views on many diverse fields including poetry. Spectrum III, Amis and R.

Conquest, editors Eight science fiction stories covering a wide from manned landings on the moon to the exploration of a distant unknown planet. SHIRT LAUNDRY 4 Locations in Regina The following books, available at the Regina Public Library, may be of interest to readers. Before the Colors Fade, Frederick Ayer intimate portrait of one of the great and controversial soldiers of our time, George S. Patton, U.S.A. Careers In Engineering, Theodore Wachs Provides an informative survey of the entire engineering world covenng the past, present and fuure of the profession.

The Eagle King, Henry Treece A modern novel based on one of the n.ost compelling of 2 25c OFF ANY GARMENT 3 TEENAGERS' ONLY.