European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 9, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse The stars and stuns to get True grass Start with by Dick West Washington up i have a Friend a botanist by Trade who does part time work As a turf consultant the other Day i asked him to Stop by and take a look at my Lawn which has been giving me trouble this is amazing he said. I counted 39 different botanical species in your Lawn and none of it is of yeah i said thinking he was being a Wise Guy. Well what s that Patch of Green stuff Over there he said. That is a rare variety of chickweed heretofore found Only on Remote Island 76 Miles South Southeast of my Friend wrote out a prescription for some grass seed and left still shaking his head in Don t know if you have bought any grass seed lately but if you have you Are aware that the Price Range roughly follows the London Gold Exchange. I was t aware of that. Somehow i had the notion that grass seeds were less expensive than Semi precious stones. So when i paid visit to a grass seed broker i was in for a Salesman who was wearing a White Smock and had a jeweler s Loupe in his Eye asked me How Many carats of grass seed i wanted. Gimme a couple of dollars Worth i said. I thought that would be enough for a half acre at Leas the Salesman disappeared into the vault and presently emerged with velvet tray on which was mounted six grass there be anything else air be said i May need More than that can i get a discount if i buy the by the ounce the Salesman consulted the ticker behind the counter and jotted Down the latest re in Luck he said. The Dow Jones grass seed average to off 1.04 Golett to morning. N8 a Good i made Tome rapid calculation wednesday took oat a sec0nd Gage on my House and sold on children to a passing Gypsy i afford enough grass by i Tiro and a half Square feet eventually i made a Deal with ?tr-wl0 Wol "j4riholiday from hustings gov. Nelso Rockefeller of new York is greeted by Well wishers in Honolulu where he stopped Over in rout to the Island of Hawaii to spend a Sta Golf Holiday with his wife Happy. He had Day of campaigning la Honolulu. Up testing tryout audiences will i Fie a hit or a Flop East Haddam Conn. Up in this quiet Corner of the theater world an Experiment is underway to see if theater producers can separate the hits from the mild quake jolts Santa Barbara Santa Barbara Calif. A a mild earthquake hit Santa Barbara sunday the latest in series of minor shocks since june 29. The sheriff s office in report ing no damage said citizens Are so accustomed to Light quake that they Seldom phone. Only two Calls were received Pasadena seismologist Charles Richter at California Institute of technology said Sun Day s Shock entered Midway inthe Santa Barbara Channel registered 4.5 on the Richter scale. Flops by measuring audience re action to Road shows. The masterminds Hope this at tempt asking audiences simply to Mark their opinion of a and or. Hyde revival on a card will be More successful than earlier experiments. Some previous attempts involved fastening electrical cathodes on patrons or measured their perspiration and thus their reaction. Theater producers including Roadway s successful David Merrick Are reported interested. The cards contain ratings Ona number scale of l-to-7 Between reaction terms such As Good or bad pleasurable or pain Ful and excitable or after the cards Are collected they Are run through a computer and charted. Once the Pilot study which Isth first of its kind in the nation is underway comparative tests to g o will be run on audiences at a Millay and audiences at old slant Ards such As i professor malt Hon Anapol a Heads the experiments said or Ducer Merrick was interested i his study because of his conto using War with the critics. A cd users would rather get an awl ence reaction to a tryout pm than a critic s remarks Anapol said. Rodgers us Hospital ill wheelchair los Angeles a Posinger Jimmie Rodgers 34, � St. Vincent s Hospital Najja wheelchair after his third w action in seven months to rep a brain injury. His physician or. Hen Dodge of los Angeles Sal Mesulta of the surgery were a went but he did not spec Obj on whether the Singer would Jable to resume his career. J a Metal plate was placed Rodgers Skull june 17 to co an eight Square Inch Section moved in a previous open Jujj to relieve pressure on the or Rodgers suffered maj head injuries last dec. 1 we fell either at a party or after lice officers stopped his car the san Diego Singer says he was w handled by police and a for 111 million
