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Elephants ^jRMBk Italian Resort TownTen elapharriJttftaMpeded during e parade (Aug. 5) at Lignana

Sabbiadoro (Italyjk^ tha Medrano Cifccue. mey wrecked cars andfences in this seaside town before they*ware finally caught andreturned to the circus grounds.

Police aeid that twtvpf the elephants crashed their way in-to tha kitchen of a hotel and wracked everything in siqht. Thacooka and assistants all Fled in terror*

Circus Acts RelaxLate laat month several^

show people were laying over etMurray Hill's quarters in Burl-ington, Wise* Incidentally, Mur-rey Hill is seeking some helpfor his animal department.

AMong those at the quarter!weret Clark McOerMott, who hasleft for a date in Denver) Son-ny Moore) the Del Steele Flyers,who will work the Illinois Stat«Fair thia Month) whlMpey, theClown) Veno Berocini) Lynda andAlfanzo Burkett, cradle act whohave just returned fro* SouthAmerica| Garland Parnell, organgrinder Man, who is now working(Continued on fage 8)

onun-

Film Plan UnderwayA Mejor Motion picture

the lifa of TOM Mix will getdarWy fJsrly next year* Thaaereenplay will be written byOarryl Ponicsen, who is also en-gaged in writing e book ebout

Mix, which will ba re-leased late this year.

Ponicsan plane to jointhe George MetthewsCircus) at Las Vegeefor the final aaaka ofits currant tour to

gethar circus atswsphera and toaaa first hand what circus lifela really like. This show waaselected es the one Most close-(Continued on Back Page)

Pag* 2 The Circus Report

Show Moves to Maui This WednesdayHaving completed a successful engagement in Honolulu* the

Int'l 3-Ring Circus, produced by Paul V. Kaye, nnoves to the Marmemorial Auditorium at Weiluku, Maui (Hawaii,) this week wherethe show runs from Aug. 21 to 25th.

Featuring ringmaster Phil McDonald and bandleader Jack Cer-vone, the program Includesi " ^_

^̂ *.( j f Don't run around inSlinko it Maran - 8alloon-a-ramaMiss Donna and Lorelei - on

single trapezefHiss Aileen, Beth, Linda and

Trudy - loop-tho-loopsPat Anthony p wild animals (16)The Pharoahs and Braun Duo -

aerial cradlesThe Clowns - Johnny Cirillino,

Abe Goldstein, Neil KaySalvador! and Lacy - sealsUncle Heavy*s Pork Chop HevueLmmett Kelly - Ciown PrinceMister Bell - balancingCrlanooa Trio - teeterboardCnddy and The Pro - acrobaticsKrasavine 4 fedin - Soviet cir-t"

cus clownsArturo - heel and toe trapezeThe Niccolini family chimps iClowns - Jonn McKay, Gene Ran-

do«, David Strong IFeller Boys & D*do - tight wire

— Intermission -•Nickloa Bros., Walters Family,

Frlel Trio - trampolineClowns - Mildred Hall, Welter

Stimax

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August 19, 1974 Pag« 3

Fun For All At Allen** IVtliiuj ZooIt's hard to tell who has the moat fun — the kid* or the

animals — et Allen's Pet Zoo. The kids are obviously enjoyingthe zoo animals, while the animals, ell of whom are constantbeggars, enjoy every bite they are given.

This year the zoo ia playing several newspots in addition to those that have already

. been established as a permanent part of theannual tour. The 1974 season will be longer

/ tnan anv °f tne orevioua tours, keeping theshow on the road well beyond the Holidayseason.

Charlie Allen has a brand new tent this year— 35' x 50' — which is red and white, with a 10* sidewall tomatch. The show moves on two trucks and two trailers, with allunits well lettered. In addition to a variety of animals, thezoo sjso carries several kiddie rides.

Visit Tna zo° play3 a variety of" | still dates, shopoing centers

A carloaa of circus fans and fairs ell along the westdrove from Sheboygan (wise.; to coast area. Next yeer they planWater town on Aug. 6th, to see to increese the number of shop-the Carson 4k Barnes Circus. pinq center dates, which willThose making the trip wereiKarl give the* longer stands, withBiachoff, Norman ttilbert, Percy better arrangements for everyoneRademacher and Wayne BOlz.

It waa a pleasant visit SHOW SCORESand congenial showmen Dory Nil- i Cood crow^B turned out toler end Ted 8ow»en said their SBe Clrcoa SBnger over the Eas-new top was due in about a week., Ur petiod (in Australia), ••?•The new tent will make this shoil 8how o-ner Count tfictor S.ng.r.a real tent circus, probably aslarge as any now on the road. The program, presented in a

standard 42 ft* ring, runs aboutThey have lota of animals. 6Q Plnot... featured presentat-

we counted 24 elephants. The pr^ lon. inciude, liberty ponyi thegram, a good one, feetures all | ridl ng »achine| high Jumpingthe pereonnel in two specs, and dogg, trained ponies, a comedythey drew good 3/4 house* here, i mul99 »hlp8f rop.8, sharp shoot-

........ Meyne Bolz , In9» knives and clown numbers.

The above acane MBS photographed at Kedvood City (Celif.) on April 6, 1948, aftere section of circua aeata collapaad during e performance of the Bailey Broa. Circuaabout 60 people were injured. See story on another page of today's iaaue.

August 19, 1974 Pape 5

His Life's Been All Show BusinessAfter spending a lifetime in the circus world, Eddie Hove

no* serves as Meat Coast Circus Editor For Amusement Businessmagazine. His life has been varied and interesting, and today hisson, Eddie, Jr., is working in the tranaportation dept. on R/B's

Blue Unit.

Eddie started his circus career as a youngster when hespent part of the summer of 1936 selling cotton candyon the Ton "flix Circus. The following year he was afull-time candy butcher with the Barnes-floto Circus.In 1938 he was in charge of the ponies on Hagenbeck-

Wallace Circus, and in 1939 he Joined Cole Brs. Circus.

His circus life wss disrupted by World War II, when he servedwith the Marines. He was captured at Bataan in 1942 and for thenext several years was a Japanese POM* In April 1946, he was dis-charged and returned to his home«F~

Eddie Joined R/B's FrontDoor crew in 1947, then becamethe only vets', an to learn pressaoentry under the VA's on-the-Job training program. His teach-er was F, Beverly Kelley, Ftom1948-1950 he served as contrac-ting press egent on Cole Bros.,then moved to the Beatty Circus !for 1950-1951.

In 1952, he was publicitydirector for Poleck Bros, last-srn Unit, and in 1953 was afield agent for fflCffl Pictures. In1954-1955 he was back with RBBB,as press agent, then went backto Polack for the 1956 season.

Other circus press agentpositions included being withiKelly-ffliller 1960) King Bros.1964; Carson & Barnee 1966|James Bros. 1966. In other yeanhe worked for KCM, Paramount,Columbia and for Broadway tour-

Ing shows, and manages] severalSouthern California theatres.

.In 1962 he was publicitydirector for touring attraction!at the Seettls world's fair andin 1963 became Assistant Direc-tor of Studio Publicity at Co-lumbia Pictures. For the years1969-1972 he waa press agent fotColumbia Pictures, travelingahead of their road show films.In 1972 he took over the AS post

Incidentally, he edited the1950 Cole Bros. Circus program(It wss recently advertised foronly 12.25 by Circus "WmoiiesMuseum, Fryeburg, Maine). Thisbook features Eddie's writingand layout work. The program al-so pictures his former wife(Dolores) on the last insidepage, She is one of the showgirls (third from left) shownboarding the circus train.

ROUIESAllan's Pet ZooAug. 21-24 Sacramento,Ca

Barnes It Daily CircusAug. 19 Republic,

20 Gwinn

Beetty-Cole CircusAug. 19 Olean, N.Y.

20 Falconer21 Erie, Pa.22 New Castle23 Akron, Ohio24 Findlay25 Bo*ling Green

Garden-Johnson CircusAug. 20-21 Victoria,Tax

22-25 Corpus Christ

Carson & Barnes CircusAug. 19 Schnumber,111

20 Sycamore21 Lewont22 West Chicago23 Joliet24 South Chicago

Hubert Castle CircusAug. 19-21 Crown Pt. Ind

Circus KirkAug. 19 Enroute

20 Couldersp't,21 Uellsboro Pa22 Canton23 Towanda24 Enroute25 Falls

King Broc. (Continued)Aug. 21 Audubnn, Iowa

22 Indianola23 Pelle

Lewis Bros. CircusAug. 19 Schuylkill,Pa

20 Lebanon21 Myeratown22 Shillington23 Phoenixville24 Brldsboro25 Robesonia

Polack Bros. CircusAug. 24 Camp Pendleton,

Ringling-Barnum (Blue) Cal*Aug. 21-26 Oakland, Calif.

Ringling-Barnum (Red)Aug. 21-26 Salt Lake City,

ROYal Lipizzan ShowAug. 19 Vernon, B.C.

22 Edmonton, Albta23-25 Calgary

Sells & Grey CircusAug. 19 Nor thbridge, Class

20 Whitman21 E. Bridg«nater22 Dennis-Yarmouth23 Rehoboth

John Strong 1869 CircusAug. 20-22 Salt Lake City

23 Provo, Utah24 Ogden25 Bleckfoot,Idaho

SummertlrcuaAug. 19-24 Harper Wds.Wich

Showtime FolliesAug. 19 Augusta, Ga.

20 Orangeburg, SC21 Charleston22 Statesboro, Ga.23 Cordele24 Tipton

Shrine ConventionAug. 22-25 Nashville,Tenn

Tip Top ShowsAug. 21-25 Weyauwega,Wisc

STAR HURTArturo Tostl, (23) of

Tampa, an aerielist who wasscheduled to appear withthe Paul Kaye Circus in theislands, was seriously in*jured on Aug. 8th when thePan-Am facility at the LosAngeles (Calif) airport wasbombed.

He was waiting for hisflight to Honolulu when theunknown bomber struck.

The L.A. Herald/Examine!of Aug. 12th gave frontpage space to Toetl and re-ported he suffered severedmuscles and was unable toraise his left arm. Hospi-tal officials at Hawthorne,Calif, have indicated he isin satisfactory condition.

CAPSULESTK nunH «w

23 Towanda24 Enrouta25 Falls

Circus VargasAug. 18-20 Nashua,N.H.

21-25 Hicksv'l8,NY

Clyds Bros. CircusAug. 22 Calvaston,Tex

24-25 Beaumont

Fisher Bros. CircusAug. 19 Kit. View, no.

20 UilloM Sprng

Franzsn Bros. CircusAug. 19 UlaunakaSf Mac

20 Open21 Evansville24 East Troy

Coaler's Pantomime CircusAug. 20-24 Lee, l*laas.

Happytima CircusAug. 21-25 Gridley, Cal.

Heviland's Dog & Pony ShowAug. 20-25 Cobleskill.NY

Hoxie Bros. CircusAug. 19 Keyport, N.J.

20-21 Edison22 Somerset23 Clinton24 HacksttstoMn

Kaye Cont'l CircuaAug. 21-25 Weui, Hawaii

King Bros. CircusAug. 19 Council Bluff

20 Red Oak , Iowa

Summer uircu*Aug. 19-24 Harper

Walla^ Rogers Circusto Sap 2. Vane, BC

OTHER ROUTES

Century 21 Shows (Red 4Blue)to Aug 25 Des Koines,lows

Roy. Clark ShowAug. 19 Hamburg, N.Y.

20 Des ffloines, Iowa25 Ou Quoin, 111.

James H. Drew ShowsAug. 19-24 Cray, Tenn.

festival USAAug. 23-25 Galveston, Tex.

Frazier's World Fair ShowsAug 24-Sep 2 Pueblo, Colo

Witzi Caynor ShowAug. 20-25 Cleveland, Ohio

Key City ShoweAug. 19-23 Cemden, Tenn.

Kiwanis ConventionAug. 22-25 Sacramento,Cal

Longhorn RodeoAug. 22-25 Daviaburg,Micn

Liza fflinslli ShowAug. 21 Toronto, Ont.

23 St. Paul, Winn.24 Dee Moinestlows25 Indianapolis,In

Rose City RidesAug. l9-r< r*r»ington, Wo

25 tonne Terrs

CAPSULESThe sound system failed

on the opening night forthe RBBB Blue Unit at Ana-Heim, Celif. Announcer Har-old Ronk had to work withouta mike, but came throughwithout trouble.

Jamee OePiro reports hevisited Ringling's BlueUnit at Anaheim on Aug. 7,and enjoyed the show. It'sreally a great band thisyear, he adds. Earlier thisyear he visited OeWayne Br.and Circus Vargas.

Franklin Westervelt at-tended the CFA Convention,and also visited Lewis BrosHoxie Bros, Beatty-Cole andCircus Kirk.

At one stand a Hoxie elephant went for a walk.

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Paoi_a The Circus Report

TOP ACTS lor Body Bros. CIRCUSThis year's Rudy Brcs. Circus is called the sleeper show

of the season by Harry Mclaughlin in his recent AB review. "Rudy'slist of great circus turns would ranks any program sparkle," he

adds.

Thn circus looks qood and offers qreat entertainment,says the writer, whether it is squeezed into a smallbuilcing or presented under a tent there is plenty ofaction - on the ground and in the air. Th^ clowns, hestatea, many of whom ere graduates from RBBB's ClownCollege, aeem to love their work and enjoy making the

patrons laugh. The program itself is kept moving smmothly by ring-master Charles Cox.

Featured in the circus oro-gram aret —

Joe btevsns it Linda - trampoliniAlbert Gozale* - bounding TODPPeaqual Hamos - trapezeKandra Sols - liberty horseThe Clowns 15)eo. Manneford Fnmilv - ridino

Armando Portugal - hand balanc.Ingrid i waiter Houcke - juogleJianne Manneford - trapeze

— Intermission —The Craios - trained llamasChris Hoaales - unicycleThe Hanneford family - ridingThe Houckes - spinning platesOscar Cristiani's elephants

CIRCUS ACTS RELAX (Continued)datjs in Pichinanj plus EloisaSerchtold and Woman Berry, whoMill soon take their animals tothe Illinois State Fair.

PHILIPPE PETIT, highwir*performer, won plenty of publi-city when ha walked a wire be*tween the o/cild Trade CenterTowers in New York City.

CDS TUHNCH visited the BigJohn Strong Circus and Jett'aP«t Zoo when those shows playedin Dallas, Texas.

WE NEED routes and news aboutthe shows you are seeing. Sendthe data now - it'* urgent!

KING (who is just un*-der 4 ft tall) la a new clownat RBBB's Circus World Park,

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August 19, 1974 Page 9

TRAGEDY IN THE BIG TOP60 Injured as Overcrowded BleachersCollapse During Redwood City Show

More than 60 persons were recov- Redwood City said they doubted ifering today from m)unes and shock the city would take any action.-uffered yesterday when an entire Havoc v.-as added to the scenesection of a circus bleacher seats when spectators seeing the bleacher;.collapsed with 1000 spectators dur- sway thought the lent was about toing a Redwood City performance, drop on all of them. Hundreds ran

Some 1800 persons watcr.ms an n" into the arena and hundreds ofelephant act finale of the three-ring others fled under the tentBailey Bros, circus were thrown Hospitals, clinics and private phy-into pandemonium by the crush, sicians reported that most of those

Three women and two children requiring medical treatment werewere seriously injured and scores women and childrenof others received treatment, many The circus management was cred-for injuries suffered in the scramble it«'d with averting a major panict» leave the scene. when the ringmaster used the circus

I The crash brought the charge by microphone to warn the patrons toFire Inspector Richard Drivon that keeP calm and tne band k«Pf Plav"the circus management had refused '"« a 8a-v march. The elephantsto stop the show a few minutes were Icd qi'ickly from the tent.before the tragedy 'n addition to Mrs. Ries, the seri-'

He said that he pointed out the ous|y injured were: Mrs. Albert.section was overloaded and slowly Zanow. 48. of 612 Tenth Avenue.<inkmg but th.it a manager had Ml>nl° Park, possible broken back:told him that he would wait until Mps. A. Cravetts. 23. of 1213 Jeffer-the act was over. cr)n Street. Redwood City, back in-

Almost immediately the section .'"r.v: Frank Hofrickeser. 12. of 253"just collapsed suddenly, throwing Madison Street. Redwood City, back

, people everywhere. ' Drivon said injury, and Marcella Andrews. 12."It was juM like rhangin? a happy ^ 2401 El Camino Real. Redwood

dream into a muhtmare of screams. Cny. all back injuries• pain and writhing people. I guess it The circus, owned by RobertI happened fast but it seemed like Stevens of St. Louis. Mo., reportedlyit was slow as sleepwalking." ac- had been given permission to opencording to Mrs. Marian Ries. 28. of in San Mateo today if bleachers1222 Stambaugh Street, an expectant pass inspection. However, with yes-mother. Mrs. Ries suffered a pos- ierday's damage there was doubtsible broken back. if it would attempt to open.

, Deputy Dist. Atty. John K. Weeks Henry 'Hank) Carlile, manager ofsaid today he had prepared a com- the circus, said he had been givenplaint against the circus manage- the fire inspector's permission toment but City Atty. Cuthberg Currie end the elephant act before closingand Chief of Police C. L. Collins of the sho\v.

HISTORICAL FACT .....

The Charles Lee Great Lon-don Shows of 1892 UBS a wagonshow which played along the EastCoast. They carried some 70head of horses.

The show was owned by CharlesLee) with Harry ffann. GeneralAgent; Joseph Hewett, tr••surer}George Irving, Annex Manager,and Lee Egglsston, EquestrianDirector.

Paoe 10 The Circus Report

LONG JOUR StJSome 40 weeks of d^tes in

South America and Japan havebeen scheduled by Simone Tinnerfor her USA National Circus.

The first of the scheduledshows will play for six weeKSin Lima, pnru. Acts on this 3ho»are already enroute and incl^Je:The flyinq (/iennas. The JumpingJacks, Judy Johnann, Hans Guen-ther, Gaza Szabo and an •!! airlillusion show.

Starting in Warch, USA Na-tional Circus will play forthree months eac'i in Tokyo andDska. Acts on tiese show* willincludei Baronpss von Frpst, il-lusionsj Howard Johnson's ele-phants; Hathaway Lhin.psi GolnieLocka and the 3 3ears> Oeisy'ne's Crittera; The HollywoodJungle Killprs and a winn highwire act.

franzan Bros, will wind upits thr«e months of Cites inWisconsin next weex, then handssouth towards

Beatty-Cola will Hot bn atAppleton, luisc. t~ii3 year. It laf~" fir'Jt time in 1 ?. years theyhave not olayed thare*

R/B's Blue Unit was pullingfull housoc for nverv show atLong Beach, Calif.

Cardan & Johnson Circus was

ROYAL RANKS HIGHThe biq top currently in

use on Hoyal Bros* Circus ia an80 ft. round end tent with two30 ft. centers, which seats some1,800 naoole. The show is travelinp. nr nine show-owned trucks,plus several private trucks andtrailers.

Show nricea are J2.0U foradults and H.50 for childrenwith no reserved seats. The pro-gram runs about 75 minutes andfeatures:--

Th»» Jumping Jacks - trampolinel"lc«jn numberCircus Wilitnrv poniesLinqle trapeze numberTh» Circus clownsThe Jumlino Wichaels0ei for-nlno, doqsthe ClownsPerforming ooatsCcrky Frazier - tiqht wireHoynl Brns. Circus elephantMalk-around - finale

olayino. rioawpll, N.ffl. r for theahrine on Auq, 9-10.

Record turnouts that requir-ed additional shows were record'ed bv the John Strong Circus inCanada this year.

The June/July 1974 issue of"modern Maturity" magazine hasa one page story ibout ValeskaJoy, a former circus ballet girl

August 19, 1974 Page 11

Changes In License Fees For Animal DealersEffective Sept. 4th. the USOA procedures of licensing ani-

mal dealers will be changed and license fees are to be reduced.

Under the new regulations an applicant can be refused alicense, if he has violated the Animal Welfare Act within thepast two yeers. An applicant cen protest the refusal and obtain

a hearing on the issue from an Administrative LawJudge.

The new fee schedules will renge from 15.00 to $500.00and eoplies to all animal dealers, including breeders.The new computation is based on net animal sales --t*iat isv the dealer's selling price lees his purchaseorica. Breeders, *,ho do not purchase animals regularly,

will pay on the basis of 50% ofgross animal sales. Previously,all dealers, including breeders,ha<1 used gross sales to cimpu*.etheir fees, so in effect, alltypes c? dealers are havincj thaiifees lowered, exceot for thosepaying the minimum of S5.00.

ON TOUR

Until the affective date ofthe changed regulation, the USDAwill continue to collect feescalculated by the old scheduleand the old basis of computationThe due data is the anniversaryof the dey the license was issu-ed.

|eThe new regulation on fees

effects only aniiial dealers. Li-censed animal exhibitors — alsorsgulated under the Animal wel-fare Act — will continue to pay C<ir8»fees as before.

The Rovson Bros. Circus pas-sed through Waverly, Tenn., theoth«r day, reports Almond Knight

THe show has two stake bedtrucks, each of which was pull-ing a trailer. They also had twoschool buaes, alao pulling showtrailers. A third school bus wascut down to carry seats and tentpoles, and it pulled a two wheelcanvas spool unit.

Their animals include! anelephant, 4 ponies, horses, dogsend monkeys.

The Act reguirea all per-sons handling regulated animalsto be licensed (which involves efee) or registered (which Ooea

not involve a fee). All mustwith minimum standards ofncluding such aspects a*

housing, shelter, ventilation,ssnitation, trained employees,feeding, wetering, vetarinerycere, handling separation of in-compatible enimala and transpor-tation*

Aug. 19, 1974 Page 12

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You can seawhs re yourfavorite .circua isplaying ona weeklybasis inThQ CircuaReport.

Order today*Just §10.00 for a year- a copy every Monday*Write toi525 Oak StreetEl Cerrito, Cal. 94530

THE T0« Mil FILM (Continued)ly reaeMbling the original TomWtx Circua. The ahow and itspersonnel Might aerve aa back-ground for the circua portionof the file..

Mix was not only the high-eat paid Movie actor, duringhia priaw, but he was also thehighest paid circua performer ofall tie*. In 1929 and 1930 hareceived $10.000 a week whilewith Bella floto Circua, and in1931 that shorn boosted hia cel-ery to $20,000 per week.

Writer Ponicaan would liketo hear from anyone that waa fa-miliar with the TOM Mix Circua(1935-1938) and haa informationthet will be helpful in produc-ing an accurate film story. AnyMateriel eent, he atateev «illpositively be returned.

Writes Mr. Derryl Ponies«n,515 Del Norte, OJei, Cal. 93023.