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A mazon Urn A dvcn lu rc Trip Made Possible Willi Help Of Wyclil'fe Bible Translalors I 7 Sunday, October 13, 1968 THE SUN-TELEGRAM -A-7 CfhcSittt'tTcLtgrdm 1 17 Iravel Sports Rourulup All Allraclions iol Indoors INiht duns in the Jungle A new generator enables the Indian teacher to 3G tribes', nearly half the total, but north in Columbia there are nearly 150 tribes still dwelling in outer darkness. Lindsknog showed us sonic reading books he had prepared for the Secoyahs. You might have thought them elementary and they are, because this is the first time their language has been reduced to writing. Before you get carried away with enthusiasm and rush to sign up, just figure what awaits you. You find yourself in the green hell of the Amazonian jungle among some naked Indians who have never seen a wliite man or woman before.

All you have to do is to ingratiate yourself with them so Uiey don't off by eating you. Then you live with them just as they live. By listening to them you have to leam their language. Then you prepare a dictionary. Now you are ready to translate the Gospel of St.

Mark into it as well as preparing primers and readers and to teach tJiem to read their own language. Next you must train native teachers and preachers to carry on your work. Having accomplished all this, you are now ready to be transferred to Tanzania, where you can start it all over again with the Nd-engerekos. You do all this for the love of God and humanity and for practically no money. After all, what could you use money for among the Nden-gerckos, or the Sumbwas, or the Ingassanas? They have never seen any and don't know what it is.

But suppose you have no flair for linguistics? Suppose an Indian can talk to you for 10 years and it still sounds like mumbo jumbo? There are plenty of other things you can do. Take Dan and Kuth Chois-ser, formerly of Highland, but now of Limoncocha on the Rio Napo. Dan tells me he is allergic to languages, but he is a highly skilled radio technician; so he tends to a remarkable communications network what ties all the isolated posts together. Then there are a number of bush pilots who have dedicated their skills to the cause, and doctors and nurses as well as craftsmen of all sorts. The Wycliffe people have built a sort of invisible empire throughout the vast basin of the Amazon, an area nearly as big as the United States.

They know more about it than do the governments concerned. They speak the languages of the savages with whom they live. Their little jungle clearings are in constant communication with headquarters. Tltcy can summon one of their bush pilots to their tiny air strips if necessity demands. In a sense, they have conquered the unconquerable jungle.

They have penetrated the impenetrable, but whether they have really penetrated those hearts of darkness, only time will tell. University of Tampa Uses Landmark Hotel TAMPA, Fla. (UPI) The Tampa Bay Hotel was the poshest facility in 1 i a when it was built by railroad tycoon Henry B. Plant before the turn of the century. It was "the" place to be and as headquarters for Teddy Roosevelt during the Spanish American War.

The rambling building still Is a local landmark but to most people it is known for its current use administration building of the University of Tampa. If camping and exploring are more in your line, the entire state of Nevada is a gold mine so to speak, dottrd as it is with old, abandoned shafts and ghost towns. Rare, handblown bottles; old guns and mining equipment arc commonly unearthed by diligent searchers. The hunter will find shooting for the big jack rabbit and the usual predators, the year around. In the fall there are mule deer, elk and mountain sheep, to lure the big game hunter; and waterfowl shooting near an arm of Lake Mead, a natural sto)over and refuge for hundreds of thousands of geese and ducks.

Also of interest arc the Sahara's Hotel's two annual gun shows and an equal number of important trap shoot.s. Drag racing and Mipcr-stork car racing events are staged every weekend all summer. There are nine hoie and stock shows scheduled this season plus the week long llelldorado Rodeo. These include the National Angus Futurity, two 4-11 shows, the American Quarter horse Show, the World's Appaloosa Championship, the Miss Rodeo America Pageant and the National Cutting Horse Championships. This season will see 17 golf tourneys, 24 race car events, a fishing derby, a world-class high diving exhibition, 10 stock and horse shows, two trap shoots and a national archery contest, a dog show, two circuses, a science show, two square dance meets and more than a dozen bowling, backgammon, tennis, billiard, gin rummy and domino tourneys! (Jrrrk.

Tourim Up ATHENS (UPI) The num. hrr of foreign visitors to Greece in June siowed a 26.2 per cent increase over A'ay and 8.C per cent over June, 17, according to the National Statistical Service. LAS VF.C.AS Though known world wide for its indoor attractions, Las Vegas has been blessed with perhaps more than its share of outdoor distractions as well. There is never a shortage of things to do in the great outdoors, whether the visitor be participant or spectator in the year long round of formal and Informal diversions. Of premier interest are bass-filled Lake Mead and Mojavc, where every type of water sport from SCUBA diving to ski kite flying go on for ninp or more months each year.

The fishing is great and there is no closed season the bass, crapple, trout and catfish lurking in the cold, 2tm-'oot deep waters. Non resident anglers can obtain a five-day fishing license for only and rental fishing gratis available at all II, full-service marinas. The boat towing tourists will find 15 free launch ramps offering easy access to the two lakes. Then there's the snow skiing on Mt. Charles-ton, just an hour's drive from the city.

The bar and chair lifts operate well into the spring, weather permitting, affording a challenge to snowbunnies and schussboomers alike. If golf Is Jour hangup, jou couldn't pick a better place to indulge. There are ten championship in Las Vegas, plus two nine hole courses. Every year the "Gold Trail" crop can be seen in action on the Stardust, Tropicana or Paradise Valley courses, putting for their share of more than in prize money. The Dunes Hotel's Emerald Green layout and Uie brand new International course arc reported among the most beautiful in the world.

The hotels, golf courses and private clubs cater to the tennis fans with open play and tournament competition. There are bold indoor and ouidoor archery ranges plus the Sahara Hotel-sponsored National Archery Tourney for bow-and arrow buffs. By ELLIS L. Sl'ACKMAN Sun-Telegram Staff Writer Before we fly across the Andes into the tropical rain forest along the Rio Napo, I must tell you something of the organization that made the trip possible. In so doing, I shall have to repeat some of the material I published in this paper a year ago.

But to new readers it is necessary to introduce one of the most extraordinary organizations on earth. This is tne Instituto Ling-uistico de Verano, which may be translated as the Summer Language Institute. This is a masterpiece of understatement. It would give the impression of some tourists whil-ing away their time playing around with Spanish. Nothing could bo farther from the case.

The Instituto Linguistics dc Verano is the Ecuadorian headquarters of a worldwide organization that is dedicated to bringing Uie Word of God to very remote tribe and language group on earth. The organization is the Wycliffe Bible Translators, ing its name from John Wy-cliffe, who first translated the Bible into English. Nearly 50 yvars ago, William Cameron Townscnd went to live among the Cakchiqucl Indians in Central America, first to leam their language, then to translate the Bible into it and thus bring them Christianity in tlieir native tongue. This would seem a lifetime work, but Townsend felt it was just a start. "Why not do the same for all the remote, forgotten tribes on earth?" he asked himself.

Ever since then he has been answering his question. Cher the years, an amazing organization has been developed with world headquarters in Santa Ana, Calif. At the present moment, Wycliffe linguists are serving 303 tribal groups. They have about 2,000 more to go, but sincerely believe they can accomplish the mission by 1994. About 1,600 dedicated men and women are laboring in the vineyard at present.

The Wycliffe people feel that if this number can be raised to of equal skill and dedication, and if sufficient financial supiwrt is forthcoming, thry will 1 able to reach every tribal group on every continent. The Wycliffe people do far more than bring the Word of God to the benighted heathen. They bring the best of western civilization in the way of medical care, sanitation and, above all, the force of example of Cliristian living. The director, John Linds-koog, who would have made a first rate Viking 1,000 years ago, told us that in Ecuador his people are now working among the murderous A the head shrinking Jibaro, the Cayapa, Cofan, Colorado, lowland Qucchua, Secoyah and Siana tribes. In case you are interested, their is an opening among the Coaiqticrs.

It is the only base in Eucador that is yet not covered. In neighboring Peru, work is going on among vj jr. Jt 'X- i re er Will Cap lernalional city blocks long and will feature every outdoor facility imaginable from a swimming pool to tennis and handball courts and even blue lagoon complete with private huts for guests, outdoor recreation area, uniquely located on Uie second floor "roof." It measures five 8 sM Fanulv Tree Tills Hungarian act, the Ilalkssys, is one of the many kinds of entertainment and exciting novelty performances to be seen in Las Vegas showrooms for no more than the price of the dinner. Comfort 1 AP Wirephoto meet with family groups. Bermuda Will Adopt Dollar Currency Plan HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) Bermuda will adopt the term "dolhrs" as the key to its currency under plans worked out by a Decimal Currency Conunittce.

Parliament is expected to art later this year on a recommendation to discard tho British system of pounds, shillings and pence. One Bermuda cent would equal one U.S. cent. Any revaluation of the U.S. dollar would destroy this parity, the committee noted, but Bermuda currency would then stand at a premium or discount to the American dollar." When Britain devalued lis pound in the Bermuda lound was correspondingly devalued.

The committee says no automatic revaluation would be necessary under the new system. Canada, Australia and New Zealand are among areas that already use "dollars" and decimal coinage, but their dollars do not correspond in value to the U.S. dollar. Actually, it lias never been necessary to have pounds to trad in Bermuda stores. They gladly take American money, with its value translated.

Thus anyone with two greenbacks and 40 cents can buy an item selling for a pound, i has the exchange value of $2.40. The target dale fur Bermuda Decimal Day, when dollars supplant pounds entirely, is Feb. 2, 1970. Oiiolicr lYultiiTs 3Iany US, Festivals NEW YORK (UPI) Here is a list of top festivals around the United States during the month of October: Richmond, Va. National Tobacco Festival, Oct.

6-19. Peterborough, N.H. 32nd annual Antiques Show, Oct. 11-13. Rockville, Ind.

Parke County Covered Bridge Festival, Oct. 11-20. Asbury Park, N.J. Landing of Columbus, Oct. 13 a Ala.

National Peanut Festival, Oct. 14-19. Shrevcport, La. Louisiana State Fair. Oct.

17-26. Sitka, Alaska Alaska Day Festival, Oct. 18. Harrisburg, Pa. Pennsylvania National Horse Show, Oct.

19-26. Island of Oahu, Hawaii Aloha Week, Oct. 20-26. Gatlinburg, Tenn. Craftsman's Fair, Oct.

22-26. Heber Springs. Ark. Ozark Frontier Trail Festival wid Craft Show, Oct. 26-28.

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Las Vegas In LAS VEGAS With its concrete and steel support "core" rising at the rate of 15 inches an hour around the clock, the $50 million Las Vegas International Hotel accelerated Its rapid skyward climb recently as construction crews reached the 180-foot level, or just half way to the top of Uie 365-foot structure. Housed inside Uie thick sup port towers are 15 elevator shafts which will now be used to transport men and supplies as workers switch their attention to the 30-stoi-y tower itself. Pouring of cement for the many floors is already under way. Executives of Taylor of Nevada, general contractors, have projected a progress schedule calling for the completion of one floor a week. Thus, the hotel tower structure will catch up with the elevator shafts some time in December.

At that point, the shafts will be completed and the uppermost floors of the building will quickly follow. The hotel, destined to become the world's largest resort hotel is being developed by millionaire Kirk Kerkorian who also owns the Flamingo Hotel. The huge complex is scheduled to open in mid-summer, 19G9. The building marks the first time a major Las Vegas hotel lias been constructed off the busy "Strip." Located just east of the Strip, the International is going up on a 63-acre site directly adjacent to both the huge Las Vegas Convention Center and the plush 18-hole Intemationl Country Club. The hotel's rooms will be encompassed within the single high-rise tower, making it by far the largest building in Nevada.

Located south of the tower, under one sprawling 8-'i acre expanse, will be five gourmet dining areas, a 750-seat coffee shop, the world's largest gaming casino, three large entertainment theaters including a 2.000-seat showroom and a 75,000 square foot convention hall, again the largest of any resort hotel in the world. Situated over the casino, showroom and other 1 i areas of Uie hotel will be the Talent the office of the hotel's mai-tre'd. But one should remember that the top entertainment in Las Vegas is not necessarily in the big showrooms. To keep the fun going, all Uie hotels provide a continuous stream of lop name stars from dusk till dawn. These stars ho get top billing in tJieir own right are, you might say, in competition with the entertainer in the main showroom lor the audiences' attention.

They range from the vocal stylings of the golden-throated Delia Reese to the big bands of Harry James and the Glenn Miller Orchestra with Tex Benekc. Just a few of the others might be Ray Anthony, Don Ricklcs, Uie Kim Sisters, Sarah Vaughan or Shecky Greene. Downtown Las Vegas, a glittering three block neon kaleidoscope sometimes called "the Times Square of the West" but more generally known as "Casino Center," achieves a wall-to-wall entertainment effect. Here, in more than a dozen clubs, including two high-rise hotels, shows are not only continuous, but feature fast-paced musical combos, mod singing groups and stage that go on and ad NR Legal Lovclv Glynela Underwood, dancer in 1 lie Folios Bergcrc '08 at the Hotel Tropicana in Las Vegas studies law between shows. She was a legal secretary before joining Uie Folies and is a graduate of Nevada Southern University.

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1 Willi World a typically French fare to attract showgoers. Today Uiere are three such revues, the famous French "Folies Ber-gcre," the "Casino de Paris" and the elegant "Lido de Paris." Along with this continental flavor, it is not unusual to drive along the Strip or in downtown "Casino Center" to see the names of top Hollywood, Broadway and tv luminaries on hotel marquees. This entertainment menu is subject to change on a week-to-week basis, where other stars such as Red Skclton will appear in one hotel and Lisa Minnelli in another, almost within earshot of one another. Frank Sinatra and his dad have appeared at the same time, at different hotels. All this wealth of entertainment is served up continuously every day of the week.

The usual pattern among the showroom restaurants Is to present, a dinner show starting about 8 p.m., then a late show about midnight. Some hotels offer "late-late" shows on Friday and Saturday nights beginning about 2 a.m. There is never an admission charge or the need for tickets, but it is advisable that reservations be made as far in advance aa possible, usually with a simple phone call to ZU-UAT LUAUKT LKUlit IU GRAND MEXICO CENTRAL AMERICA Leaves LA. Jan. 16.

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The stage effects are astounding also, with lavishly costumed (or uncostumed) showgirls, exquisite staging and scenery, trapeze aerial-ists who seem to swing out over Uie audience from nowhere, and a constant array of special effects which set Las Vegas shows apart from the rest. If you miss one performance of your favorite comedian, chanteuse or dancer, there will always be another show in an hour or so in any of the many fine lounges. Most hotels schedule entertainment all night long, and into Uie wee hours. Las Vegas doesn't limit Its horizon on what the "jet set" might call "staid perform-ances." Instead, it acknowledges Uie fact that patrons would like the continental flavor and has included international stars and performances to its savory list of talents. One hotel recently completed a successful engagement of "Europa '63" the first time a troupe from behind the Iron Curtain ever performed in Las Vegas.

For the past several years Is Vegas show producers have known the importance of Las Vegas is an entertainment happening. Tony Bennett may have left his heart in San Francisco, but Tony, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Juliet Prowse, Sammy Davis, Frankie Laine, Maurice Chevalier and an endless array of United States and international entertainment celebrities, bring their talents to Las Vegas. This gives credence to Uie fact Las Vegas is the "Entertainment Capital of the World," to which 14 million visitors attested last year. There are currently In Las Vegas all within the 3'4-mile stretch of glittering highway known as the "Strip" five, million-dollar extravaganzas, at least one major Broadway production on stage at all times, and six other shows starring top show business names. It Is an undisputed fact that there are more entertainers and musicians playing before live audiences in Las Vegas tlian in any.

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