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High Wire Star SlipsTwo world records were reportedly achieved by Steve Wallenda on March 25th at the Oak-

land, Calif., Zoo. The longest high wire walk — a quarter mile on an aerial tramway cable and a100 Foot blindfold walk — were accomplished as some 1,000 people watched.

Wallenda walked the tramway cable each day during Easter Week, once when it was raining,and then set the records on his final appearance at the zoo. The "skywalk" feature was part of apromotion to boost interest in the zoo. p

the balance pole and grabbed for a supportbeam with one hand, then hung there unable toHowever, the event on March 25th was

not without its mishaps. Some 25 feet alongthe wire it became apparent that his balancepole would not clear a nearby pine tree. Wal-lenda squatted on his heels and then carefullyworked the pole around the tree.

Later, about half-way along, as he wasstepping from the wire to a high platform, heslipped and fell astraddle the cable. He clung to

extricate himself. Former high wire performerLeon Fort, on hand to offer his assistance,scrambled up to aid him and helped Wallendaregain his footing.

Wallenda was obviously shaken by the falland suffered a groin injury as well as severalgashes on his legs. However, he went on to complete the walk

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Aerialist HurtCircus aerialist Jerry Beeman, known as "Cro-nos, the King of the Cosmos" was hospitalizedat Orlando, Fla. after falling 40 feet from hisaerial rigging on Mar. 18th. He was appearingwith the Shrine Circus in that city which wasproduced by Carden-johnson Circus.

Beeman who suffered a broken elbow, a dis-located hip and multiple bruises, calls the fall"an occupational hazard" and blames it onphysical exhaustion. As soon as he recovershe plans to resume his part-time circus career.

The aerialist works on a T-bar opposite a roc-ket prop which counterbalances his weight atthe other end of the bar. The mishap occuredjust before the show was over, when he hadcompleted a spin while hanging from a neckloop.

According to a UPI newsrelease Beeman wasgrasping the T-bar, but found he was too tiredto boost himself up. Freeing himself from theneck loop to maneuver he said the more hekicked to reach the bar "the farther out of theway it got. I was exhausted.

"I was thinking how to get out," he added, andfinally decided "the only way out was to letgo."

During the week Beeman is manager of a Tam-pa restaurant. He said he had been putting in12 hours a day, six days a week at his regular

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Beeman says he will continue the act, after all"a cook doesn't quit when he gets burned," hesaid. "It's an occupational hazard."

Show DatesBIG JOHN STRONG CIRCUS

April lOTaft, Calif.11 Earlimont12 Shasta13Wasco14 Lemoire15 Fresno16 Tulare

CARSON & BARNES CIRCUSApril 10 Snyder, Texas

11 Anson12 Breckenridge13 Mineral Wells14 Garland15 Hillsboro16 Copperas Cove

HUBERT CASTLE CIRCUSApr. 13-16 Indianapolis, Ind.

GREAT AMERICAN CIRCUSApril 10 Lake Butler, Fla.

11 Perry12 Lake City13 MacClenny14 St. Mary's, Ga.15 Boxley16 Tifton

HAMID-MORTON CIRCUSApr. 11-16 St. Paul, Minn.

HOXIE BROS. CIRCUSApril 10 Gainsville, Fla. ,

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COMINGThe annual International Jugglers' AssociationConvention will be held July 1 3-16 at the Val-ley River Inn, Eugene, Oregon. All those inter-ested in juggling, circus, etc., are invited to at-tend.

The I.J.A. competition will be held at the con-vention. Events will include: ball juggling, clubjuggling, juggling on auxiliary equipment (uni-cycle, globe, etc.), numbers juggling (5 clubs,7 hoops or balls, longest), and object manipu-lation (cigar boxes, hats, etc). Each event, ex-cept the numbers event, is a 3 minute routinescored on number of moves, showmanship, or-iginality, body movement and difficulty.

Numbers juggling is becoming extremely pop-ular among professional and non-pro jugglerstoday. Perhaps the greatest numbers feats are:Enrico Rastello, 10 balls; Albert Petrovsky,11 hoops; Sergi Ignatov, 11 hoops; Frank LeDent, 11 balls; John Breen, 7 clubs; Jack Bre-mlov, 7 clubs and Francis Brunn with his com-bination of 12 objects.

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ProgramThe circus program presented by Garden-John-son at Tulsa, Okla. on March 16-19 featured:

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dogs, Via's llamas, Fay Alexander, comedycar, Sparkey and Phil, clowns, Aerial ballet,with ladders, webs and Ms. Pike, Mr. Frankand Ms. Mogaly, Wayne Ragen, wild animals(6 cats), Clown and cane, The Flying Iberras,Rudy Lenz, chimps, Rogers, sway poles, Heinjuni, Chin Biaz, Iberras, Clown boxing, Bibbs'elephants, Via's elephants, the Zapata Bros.,high wire, Rogers Sky Cycle, long mount of6 elephants on track.

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Under terms of an agreement obtained by theAttorney General at Providence, R. I., the statepolice are prohibited from selling tickets or so-liciting contributions for an upcoming circus.The order reportedly has the approval of theState Supreme Court.

The action was announced after an investiga-tion by the Attorney General's office into com-plaints that solicitors left the impression theRhode Island State Police were sponsoring thecircus. The actual sponsor is the union of theState Police, the Fraternal Order of Police.

Gregory L. Benik, an assistant attorney general,said the complaints had been referred to his of-fice. Our investigation, he said, found that "anyproblem was inadvertent and not by design.There was no conscious effort to deceivepeople."

The show's promoter has been ordered to turnover to the attorney general all posters, flyers,stickers and other materials previously ordered.Any future promotional material must describethe sponsor as only being the FOP.

Because of a dispute over who is going to sellprograms and novelties, the Ringling-BarnumRed Unit will not play Pittsburgh. The showis scheduling a Sept. 1-4 date at Milwaukee af-ter an absence of several years.

The Los Angeles (Calif) County Dept. of P* rksis offering a class in "Clownology", meeting onTuesday evenings, for six weeks. Instructor ofthe course is Richard Huntley, known as Rich-ard D.'Clown.

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Heport36th Annual Medinah Shrine CircusChicago, III.-Feb. 27-Mar. 19

The program for the show produced by L. N.Fleckles featured:

Overture and National Anthem, Al Youngmandirector; Miss Lydia (Burkett) single trapezeand one arm planges; Wade Burck, with theHawthorn tigers (17 cats, with 5 white tigers);Miss Tina (Munoz), aerial upside-down walkand pinwheel revolves; the Clowns; Pamela'sdogs; Aerial Ballet "Puttin on the Ritz"; LosArgentines (Luis and Tina Munoz) high perch;Norbu, Almost Human Gorilla; Miss Elizabeth,hair hang; Martin Lamberti, Jr., balancing andone finger stand; The Kneisleys, cradle, featur-ing trapeze toe suspension and helicopter spin;Clown Magic; The Flying Lar Rays, featuringdouble cut-away and passing leap; RodriguezTroupe, aerial horizontal bars; Pam Rosaire's:himps, including pony riding chimp, etc.;The Bruskis, antique bikes, unicycles, juggling;

KEN "Turtle" BENSON reports he has prettywell recovered from the recent attack by a ca-mel and is back doing all of his acts now.

CHRISTI MORGAN and DENYSE and DeWAYNE PITTENGER, who graduate this year,recently performed with the Sailor Circus ofSarasota for the last time (Mar. 29-Apr. 1).

The Burketts, hanging perch; The Hortobagyis,teeterboard act; Roger Zoppe's Arabian Riders,Clowns; John Cuneo's baby elephants, forelegbalance, rolling globes, long mount

The show's staff included: L. N. Fleckles, pro-ducer; Mort Petrie, circus coordinator; Law-rence W. Strandquist, potentate; Dorothy E.Winn, general manager; Al Youngman, musicaldirector; Ernie McLean, announcer/vocalist;Ronald Kelroy, prop boss; Happy Kellems andAl Hasan, producing clowns, with Mustafo, JoJo, Prof. Goofy and Norm Atwell.

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ShowThe 33rd annual Tadmor Temple Shrine Circusplayed the Canton (Ohio) Memorial Civic Cen-ter from March 15 to 18th. For the first time init's history the show was not produced by Po-lack Bros. This year's show was produced bySam T. Polack and played the Canton date only.In the past the show played in Akron for oneweek, then traveled 15 miles south to Canton•for another engagement. However, this yearthe Shrine Circus committee decided to cancelthe Akron date which has proved to be a finan-cial disaster for many years.Eight shows were presented in Canton witheach one drawing a three-quarter house or bet-ter.Henry Barrett once again handled the promo-tion for the Shrine. Russell Darr directed thenine piece band, Al Dawley announced the cir-

cus and Harry Mills operated concessions. Theclowning was provided by John McKay, LesSchmidt, David Chabira, John Benaka and Mi-chelle. The show ran 2Vi hours, including a 15minute intermission.The program featured: Princess Whitecloud,cloud swing; Joseph Hartman, wild animals;The Comanchero Duo, aerial cradle; Clowns;Miguel Ayala, tightwire; Clowns; Burger's dogs,pony and monkey; the Canestrelli's, Russianswing; Doubleday & Co., gorilla parody; TheObando Troupe, high wire; Intermission.In the second half were: The Freddis, unsup-ported ladders; Senorita Carolina, contortion;Jose Cuenco, hand balancing; Senorita Margar-ita, hair hang; Burger's Chimps; Clowns; Fran-cony Duo, double trapeze; Roman Schmitt,elephant and rhino; Jorge's Komedy Kar; theClowns; The Espana Troupe, flying act.

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ReviewGerry Cottle, possibly the most enterprising ofall present British circus owners, had, as lastyear, the first tenting circus of the season totake to the road. Cottle opened in Coventryon Feb. 27th for one week, then moved to Bir-mingham for two weeks.

The show featured Cottle's own elephants,horses and exotic animals presented by Carlosand Pat McManus; Capt. Howes with the lions;Babette's dogs; the Sisters Inarios (Fossett) andPrincess Aysha, aerial act; Samson (World Championship winner strong man) and Delilah; Al-Hakim, Fakir; Hoppe's Unrideable Mule; Clowning with Jimmy Scott and Matto; Western actby the Fossett sisters; midget clown Bean; anda special engagement of the famous clown Char-lie Cairoli for the opening weeks, until he goesto the Blackpool Tower Circus for the seasonstarting there on May 18th. This was quite ascoop for Gerry Cottle as Charlie Cairoli veryrarely appears in any other circus than theBlackpool Tower, where he is always the topof the bill.

Cottle has two units operating this season —Red and Blue, after the manner of RinglingBros. The Red opened at Sheffield and thenmoved to Nottingham for an opening on Mar.21st for two weeks.

This show features Mary Chipperfield and hertigers, elephants, exotics and horses; the Cim-marros, high wire; "King Kong" sawy pole; ahigh wire motorcycle act on the sloping wireby the Cimmarros; the Santus cycling act; LesKansas, juggling act; Willie Cottrell, chair bal-ancing act; clowns and a couple of acts not yetfinalized.

Gerry Cottle's Circus will once again be the ba-sis of BBC's "Seaside Special" (circus-vaude-ville) TV programs, presented weekly duringthe summer months.

There are also plans for Gerry Cottle's Circusto return to the Middle East for a short stay inthe early summer. This circus obtained a greatdeal of publicity when it visited Oman in theArabian Gulf, last year, at the invitation of HisHighness the Sultan for his borthday celebration.

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Sadness came to the circus world and all of usas fans and to this reporter on Mar. 22nd, whenithe news announced to the world the tragicdeath of Karl Wallenda. Millions viewed hisdeath as a camera crew was on hand for thescheduled publicity stunt for a circus in PuertoRico. This reporter was driving in his car whenNBC broke into the program to announce thatWallenda was dead. It seemed only a few shortweeks back when I had the pleasure of takinghim to the CFA Convention in Dallas in '76.He died as he lived, doing what he loved best,"walking the wire." Others may duplicate Wal-lenda but no one will equal him. Not long agoI heard a child talking about her grandfatherwho had been a baseball player and who haddied. She was telling her mother not to worryabout grand daddy "cause whoever heard ofanyone getting hurt sliding into a cloud." Wellthe same goes for Karl - he can build his 7 manpyramid now - for whoever heard of anyonegetting hurt falling into a cloud.Ringling-Barnum opened in Madison SquareGarden on that same day (Mar. 22) and the op-ening show was dedicated to Karl's memory.Tino Gaona tried a quadruple somersault, whichjust barely missed the catch and several actshave been appearing on TV shows.Since Ringling-Barnum has been playing theSuper Dome in New Orleans no other cities inLouisiana have hosted the show, but now Mon-roe is tentatively booked for June by the RedUnit. Fans can mark their calendars for June

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NOTICE!That ad recently referring to three concession-aires is obviously misleading and wrong. I haveknown all three and Chuck Robinson has beena friend for a long time. He is not the type todisappear with funds, nor are the others.

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20-21 for this date. The Ringling plans will killthe Shrine Circus date which had been tentative'ly set for June 24-25. Yes, the Red Unit willstill go into the Super Dome.The AP report says "the elephant was not atfault because she was mistreated by her train-er" in their report on the death of the trainerat Chicago. The elephant was "Joyce."Motorists and children were delighted with theanimal march through downtown New Yorkenroute to the Madison Square Garden date ofRBBB. UPI even carried a special story on theevent.This reporter had a letter from John Kunzog,author of several excellent circus books. Johnsays his daughter is urging him to rewrite hisbooks for children. I for one hope that Johndoes this for there is a lack of books on thelibrary shelves for children of all ages.

Louisiana Purchase Garden & Zoo at Monroe(La) opened its gates Easter Sunday. The zooisn't completely ready, but the demand fromthe public to see Shirley, the new resident wassuch that director John Hassion decided to op-en on a limited basis. Shirley, the 27 year oldIndian female, was donated to the zoo by Dor-ey Miller, owner of Carson & Barnes Circus, inSept. 1977. Shirley is in her new home and isready to meet all her new friends.

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R-B in NYC by AL HOUSE

Members of the Felix Adler Tent, CFA, attended the opening of the Ringling-Barnum Circusat Madison Square Garden on Mar. 22nd., sitting between Rings 1 and 2 on the 31st Street side.The Garden was decorated in solid deep purple bunting, not only to denote this was the "BlueUNit" but also that it was the second straight appearance at the Garden by Royalty.

Prince Ranier and Princess Grace were in the Royal Box, along with Irvin Feld, and a youngcouple, probably the youngest daughter and her husband, Also seated in the box were Mr. andMrs. Kenneth Feld, Mrs. Israel Feld, Michael Burke and other unidentified people.

The performance started at 7:30 p.m. andran a good three hours, with a 15 minute inter-mission. Probably the most popular act withthe opening crowd was Elvin Bale, who not on-ly loves the applause, but lets the audience knowit and thus they in turn love him.

Press reception has been good and theNew York Times had one of its intellectual re-porters covering the show. His review was fa-vorable and even had some good quotes. Hesaid, "the circus remains the finest children'sentertainment in existence, and to judge fromthe excited squeals, waves and exclamationsof glee, this year's version is no let down."

Of course folks like Ben Williams, whoappears with Barbara Woodcock in a specialnumber and there is the Gaona family of top-notch flyers. On March 19th, the New YorkTimes did a special feature on the Gaonas.

Tito's quadruple somersault was accom-plished right in front of our group and they

just barely missed catching it. But it was a realaccomplishment, nonetheless. Most of us haveknown Tito since he first appeared with the Far-ia's flying act in 1959 with Beatty-Cole. So itis most gratifying to see Tito reach his presentrating as a top aerialist.

Returning as the singing ringmaster/announ-cer is Harold Ronk. Incidentally, he was theguest speaker at the CFA Convention banquetat Atlantic City.

An item in the "Evening Record" in NewJersey, by Ellen O'Brien said, "Ronk is the apexin ringmasters. He is Cicero and Bert Parks andDoctor Marvel. He makes pyramids of hyperbole.He is the consummate host and unabashed facili-tator for the 108th edition of The Greatest ShowOn Earth."

Of special interest is the new style of riggingthe show is using. It is built differently and oftube steel, being square, not round. Also an in-

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Child MauledA 4!/2 year old youngster - Corbett S. Maples— was pronounced dead on arrival at a hospitalin Tehachapi (Calif.) after being mauled by alion in a local animal farm.

According to a Sherriff s report the youngsterwas visiting the animal farm with his parents,he threw a paper airplane which landed insidethe lion's cage. When he reached under thefence to retrieve the plane, the lion grabbedhim, pulling him into the enclosure and shak-ing him violently.

After all efforts to distract the lion failed, thesherriff s deputies were summoned and theydestroyed the lion with a high-powered rifle.

The Maples boy was said to have suffered mul-tiple head and internal injuries.

IN MEMORIAMTONY AZZARD CAZZARA (Long Shot Tony)(86), died at a San Francisco, Calif., hospital onNov. 27, 1977. He worked tip sheets at variousrace tracks and also worked ballpark and foot-ball games, selling novelties and souvenirs. Bur-ial was at Showman's Rest in Colma, Calif.

Both Pat Graham and Ray Harris have writtento report that recent photo credited as beingof the Al G. Barnes Circus in 1938 was in error.The show personnel group was probably photo-graphed on a Jimmy Woods Show.

About 100 couples volunteered to get marriedin the steel arena with lions and tigers at a per-formance of the Garden Bros. Circus in MapleLeaf Gardens. The lucky couple will be marriedon April 2nd.

Crescent Park, at East Providence, R. I., a fix-ture since 1886, has been closed and will notbe operating this year. There have been reportsthe 49 acre site will be sold to a developer.

I REMEMBER KARL WALLENDA

We have lost a truly great human being in ourlifetime. Karl was an inspiration to all whoworked with him and to those who watchedhis performances. He was always

He was artways friendly to those he met in histravels and had time to say Hello. He alwaysattempted to accomplish what he planned todo.

Since our first meeting in Toledo in 1970 toour last talk in Columbus at the Ohio StateFair in Aug, 1977, I've always enjoyed his com-pany. Any free time we both had at the fair,we talked together, mostly of having ambitionand motivation to go on.

Karl will always be an inspiration to me, espe-cially since we talked last summer in Columbus.I will miss Karl Wallenda.

. TOM HENRICKS

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teresting point is the preparation for Tito's newquadruple somersault.

On the rigging, on the catcher's side, specialhydralic pistons drop the catcher's trapeze downabout 12 to 18 inches. By lowering the catcher,the fourth somersault can be completed andcaught.

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CIRCUS AUT MORI, Youngstown, Ohio's GrottoCircus, is unquestionably one of the most beautifullystaged and produced indoor circus dates in the U. S.The Struthers, Ohio Field House (in a suburb ofYoungstown), is totally refurbished for the date. Wallsare draped in blue and silver, a unique figure 8 (orhour glass) ring curb outlines the floor linking two setsof ring curbing into a single ring (closed at times dur«ing the performance to create a regulation circle foranimal acts); an elevated bandstand, draped and out-fitted with chaseHights spelling out the show title;four spotlights and a multitude of smaller spots andcolor effects mounted in the girders.Between shows, each day, the floor area is freshlypainted, and the performance is high-calibre, harkingback to the Polack show heyday when that show us-ed NOTHING but top-flight acts. Circus ChairmanMac McGuffin calls his circus "The Las Vegas of theCircus World", a subtitle that cannot be quarreledwith.Great credit must be handed to Mac and his staff forthe concentration of meticulous detail lavished onthe production. Every working member of the Grot-to (and EVERYBODY works) deserves to take a bow.The show was not without its mishaps: Opening dayJOY HOLIDAY was injured when their jaguar, spook-ed by spotlights, tried to escape to his cage and head-ed for an open doorway instead. The animal draggedJoy over the ring curb entangling its leash in herhands, resulting in lacerations, an injured nerve, a cuttendon. Joy will be A-Okay, however, in about 8weeks at which time plastic surgery will be perform-ed on the little finger of her right hand. Meanwhilethe team are now back in Florida recupperating fromJoy's injury and an exhausting tour of many monthswithout a break.Also injured during the run were Prince Najvez, witha torn shoulder, prop boss Bobby Davis with a severe-ly sprained ankle (requiring a hospital visit) and Mar-io Celario (The Gauchos) who injured his leg and kneewhen he went through the stage. All continued with-out missing a performance.

BLOWING TOWN: WAYNE LIIKALA, Supt. of Hub-ler Int'l, trekked to Steubenville several days prior tothe date to do some publicity and was "evicted" whena Chlorine Plant exploded and caused a mass evacua-tion of the city.BLOWING BUBBLES: PAT ANTHONY didn't know

what to think of his first entrance in Youngstownwhen mistimed "flash pots" erupted as he passed thruthe curtains, and a bubble machine began spewingbubbles as he entered the cage. Pat merely stoodagainst the bars, shaking his head. One thing is forcertain, DON'T call him "Bubbles Anthony."Was there a PHANTOM OF AUT MORI? Sure seemedlike it when a block and fall was pilfered from GeneMendez's high wire rigging, and a shackle was loosen-ed on the net spreader of the Sergio Ramos Flyingact. And later in the week, when the mirror ball fell,missing Pat Anthony by only a foot, while he was inthe cage, the company felt they were involved in amovie-melodrama.SNAPSHOTS: GUY GOSSING sold his tigers to thebrother of ROMAN SCHMITT. . JEANNINE HALLand brother, IRWIN.are with Beatty-Cole. . .AUREL-LA HALL has made an incredible recovery from heraccident on Circus Vargas in Jan. She is truly the In-destructible Woman.. .PALACIOS are taking out theirown circus in Mexico.. ."Dinky" PATTERSON is do-ing her trap act on Circus Vargas.. .The VIDBELS tothe Catskill Game Farm for the summer.. .It was theALEXANDERS who went to Vargas, nottheSTAN-EKS, who have a year to go on their European con-tract. . JIMMY HALL took his bear act to Royal Han-neford for dates in March... ARTURASEGURA,back from Spain, is breaking his kids for an unusualtrampoline/risley act.. .LOS ARGENTINE GAUC-HOS stopped at Las Vegas enroute to the L.A. SportsShow. ..The ELKINS SISTERS are practicing theirnew "musical, magic, dog act" (hope to have it readyby fall) and playing the Texas Dates.. .BILLY SHEETSvisited JOE SHERMAN during the BILL KAY dateat Madison, is moving to Texas, and plans to clownthis season.. .GENE MENDEZ goes to Great Adven-ture for the summer, returns to Europe in Oct.. PATANTHONY has 3 tigers waiting in the wings to be ad-ded to his act. Meanwhile he is playing dates for SAMT. POLACKand PAUL V. KAYE.. .GEORGE HL'B-LER has resigned the Youngstown Grottc date, Mar.13-18, '79.. JOYCE VIDBEL was panic-strickenwhen she found herself accidentally locked in Mac MeGuffin's office while making a phone call. Turns outshe has a fear of locked rooms. . .Two Aut Mori showclowns arrived in the dressing room one morning cha-grinned over pranksters who picked up their two small

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ERIK ADAMS, Jr. is busy training four newpoodles for his act, and he recently purchaseda new trailer.

REV. AUSTIN MILESgot lots of publicity inYoungstown (Ohio) during the Aut Mori Circusand a religious TV film was shot there with Aus-tin at the mike.

TIM BICKMORE was guest of honor at his 17thbirthday party, hosted by members of the Con-cession Dept. on Circus Vargas.

BILLY L. SMITH will be touring with the VanBros. Circus this season.

MESHA T. CLOWN, ZANITA (Anita Desmini)ind the BAY CITY REDS (jugglers) were amongthe many acts appearing at a San Francisco Liv-ely Arts Festival on April 1-2.

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Bandwagon 1949-55 (each) . $3.50The old Circus Review - misc.

issues - 1954-58 . . . .(each) . $2.00Gus the Great $3.501st Edition - Sawdust & Cinders $5.00My Life in Show Business . . . . $2.00Struggles and Triumphs 1871

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D. H. RIGGS, Sr., tattooed man, who last sea-son was with Royal Bros. Circus, reports he hasnot made any arrangements to tour this year.

The FLYING ESPANAS and the FREDDIECANESTRELLI Family were among the visit-ors seen at the Hubler Int'l Circus in Steuben-ville, Ohio.

KAREN NYCE, RED HARTMAN and JOESHERMAN visited the Aut Mori Circus duringthe show's run at Youngstown, Ohio.

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autos (while the pair were frolicking at their nightlywatering hole) and parked the cars smack dab in themiddle of the street.

BATTLE OF THE CENTURY: (Between HAPPY DA-VlSand Mac McGUFFIN) or: THE G R E A T W A T E RCHASE: It started when Happy put pony droppingsbehind Grotto Clown J. J.'s basket-horse in the dress-ing room for a gag, and the Grotto Clowns, with Macbehind them, decided to retaliate. Thus started the"Great Water Chase" on a Friday night during Hap'scomedy car act that lasted for two more days. WhenHappy asked for water, he got it, a bucket full in theface from Kurt Elkins. On top of that, Mac had putreal booze in the prop bottle. On Saturday, Happy setup his next moves by stalking the Directors' Boothduring his act, bucket of water in hand and, by strik-ing on the night show during his trampoline act whenthey least expected it. A mightily surprised Mac andothers, dove in a body to the floor only to find papercascading upon them.During the comedy car act, which appeared in the second half, Helmut and Ego Klementi whizzed on bi-cycles like twin silver streaks across the ring to douseHappy with two buckets of water. But, a preparedHappy Davis, dressed in raincoat and holding an um-brella, stood and laughed at them.On closing night Happy pulled a switch, drowned Mac(attired in a blue tuxedo) with a bucket of water, thenscrambled into the audience and said, "Now, I needsome water!" - to a standing ovation from GrottoClowns, Members and fellow performers. The battlewas over, and so was the fun-filled date.See you down the road, luvs.

TO THE CIRCUS INDUSTRY:

Please be advised that the Minot Entertainment Contracting Agency has beenclosed since December 31st, 1976. My listing in the Great American Circus direc-tory was requested before my decision to close the business, and with this notice,I hope that it will be removed, whenever possible. Be also advised that all debts tome, of any amount, that stem from, either a loan to a circus act, or any overduecommission from a talent buyer, is hereby discharged.

The Obligations that seem to remain my responsibility, either through misfortune,bad management, or plain stupidity, are being dealt with, even at this late date, if,though, in a manner which could have been avoided, had I seen to it sooner. At thistime I want to forgive anyone, who, also, might have gone to misguided extremes,thus, at times, making my years as a performer, or agent, uncomfortable orunhappy.

No person is totally without faults or flaws, but I always thought that I was in com-mand of mine, and those that remain, I am dealing with them the best that I can.I am glad to say that some major flaws, that may have greatly influenced somepeople's opinion of me have been corrected, through a great deal of help.

Also, it is no surprise, that you can leave this business, or any business, with somesore, and nagging regrets, that could have been avoided, with a chance change offate, or the exercising of your own beliefs more strongly. Since leaving the 'bus-ness, I have always regretted certain mistakes in judgement, which have resulted inalot of mental anguish for me, or others, bringing them to think of me in anger,or to regard me as being less principaled than I am, in truth. I therefore ask theirforgiveness and in turn I forgive them, for anything said or done, that may havecaused me unjustified harm.

I remain a friend to all those who knew me, and to those that didn't. I will alwaysremain a Circus Fan, but the difference here is that I can proudly, and sadly saythat, I can never look at a circus again, with the same detachment I once had. Iloved performing more than anything I have done to date, and to a lesser degreemy work as an agent. I love you all, and if I don't see you again, may God be withyou . . down the road.

Love,Chris

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IN MEMORIAMJOSEPH BLANCO (49), animal man, died inNew York City on Jan. 30th of a heart ailment.Known as "Specs" and "Injun Joe" he workeda variety of wild animals as a handler, trainerand presenter for such shows as Ringling, Kelly-Miller, Beatty-Cole, Hamid-Morton, Cristianiand Gran Circo Norte Americano. Primarily anelephant man, he became known over his 15year circus career as an outlaw and runawayman. Survivors include his wife, Robin, a sistertwo nieces and a nephew.

AL KADER SHRINE CIRCUSPortland, Oregon - March 22-25

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The annual Al Kader Shrine Circus was held inthe Memorial Coliseum at Portland (Ore). Itwas the show's 18th annual presentation andthis year, for the first time, no performanceswere presented on Sunday, which wax Easter.

The circus was produced by Hubert Castle whoDrought in an outstanding show, with several;cts making their first appearance here.

The program included: The Ronritas, sky wheel;Farzan Zerbini, lions and tigers; Clowns at theDentist; The Shermans, cradle; The Paula Sis-ters, aerial perch; Karl's Poodles; Randy & Syl-via, perch; Martinez Trio, perch; The Laddies,balancing; Mile. Jacqueline, single trapeze; Doug\shton and Sally, comedy/music; the GoldenCarlos Twins, aero; Gary Thomas, elephants(5); Susan Sheryll's Royal Afghans; the Martial:amels and llamas; the Rock-Smith Flyers;Boomer & Co., boxing kangaroo; Aerial balletwith web and trapeze; Robin Medina, Romanrings; Johnny Zoppe's Rhesus monkeys; TheHernandez Troupe, teeterboard; Clowns bal-ancing eggs; the Friel-Smith cannon.

The show's staff included: Col. Lucky Larabee,ringmaster; Prof. Clement E. Toca, band direr-ector; Robert C. Dunham, personnel director;Pablo Martinez, prop boss; Hector Martinez,electrician; Irma Dunham, wardrobe. ClownAlley consisted of: Gene Randow, producing,Lee Marx and Mike Padilla.

SHOW FOLKSActs appearing with the Aut Mori Grotto Cir-cus in Youngstown, Ohio (Mar. 14-19) were:Pat Anthony, Prince Najvez, Artuia Segura, Al'sPonies, the Karinas, the Elkins Sisters, My-lmbababoons, the Klementis, Gene Mendez, Rev.Austin Miles, the Vickinas, Sir Chadwicke Chase,Los Argentine Gauchos, Vidbel's elephants, theSergio Ramos flyers, and band leader Bill Brown-ing.

Acts working the Hubler In'tl Circus at Steu-benville, Ohio (Mar. 18-19) were: Jorge Bar-reda, Aerialetta, Joselito, Luxem, the VasquezTrio, Ethel Jennier, Jo Ann and Sunny, Javan-na's Jungle Jubilee, Karen Nyce, Charlie VanBuskirk, Irwin Hall, the Flying Vasquez, Bren-da Casey's Golddiggers, Marie Louise, Hall'sdogs and ponies, Joe Sherman, Wayne Liikala,Irwin Hall, with Paul De Vaul directing theshow band.

Acts appearing with the Tangier Shrine Circusat Omaha, Nebr. (Apr. 18-23) which was pro-duced by Grace Mclntosh and Charles Marinewere: Harry Thomas, tigers; the Apollos, aerial;Carmen, wire; Ricardos, wire; Jose Francisco,balance; Miss Luna, hair hang; Baby Dondi;Lipko's chimps; Sandy's ponies; Johnson'sbears; the Aquilars, perch; Pietro & Joyce, bal-ance; the Carlos Bros., perch; Victor Julian,dogs; Land of Mother Goose, spec; the FlyingLunas; Canestrelli and Vickinas, teeterboardacts; the Gutis, comedy; Miss Carmen, Gracie,Luna, Ruth, Aquilar, Ricardo, Vicki, Joyce,Canestrelli and LaVonne, aerial feature; Ful-brights, horses; Los Abandos, high wire; theDiano elephants; the Vashek Duo, high wire.This latter show, produced by M&M Produc-tions had Jimmy Douglass, ringmaster; bandleader, Bill Browning and clowns numbers dir-ected by Vern Woerner.

Aftice/IfuteousMembers of the Orrin Davenport-Jake MillsTent, CFA, spent two days at the StagecoachMotel in Youngstown, Ohio, and with the AutMori Circus, presented in that city.