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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday september 2, 1978 a 11 As firm says it has first song recorded by Elvis Kennedy increases Lead Over Carter in poll Dallas up after 24 years what is claimed to be Elvis Presley s first re cording is about to be released. Three Dallas businessmen Are pressing a record they say is being made from Elvis first recording. The record is scheduled to be released to local radio stations sept. 5, and will become available to the Public sept. 9. The song Tell me pretty baby reportedly was recorded in Phoe Nix in 1954, and was written by Pete Falco Leader of the red dots a Phoenix band. One of the businessmen Don Reese a disc jockey in los Angeles in the 1950s, says he was passing through Phoenix in 1954 on his Way to Texas and visiting Vari Ous clubs and radio stations when he was invited to sit in for a recording session with a Voung Singer named Elvis. It seems Elvis had walked into the club and introduced himself to Falco then sat in with the red dots on the bandstand. They set up a recording session for the next Day. Reese says this was the Only time he Ever met Elvis. He says he remembered the name because he thought How funny it would be to introduce a song by a Man named Elvis Reese returned to California and moved to Dallas in 1967. Andrew Jackson a re Cord company owner for whom Falco worked had bought a tape from Falco that supposedly was made by Elvis. Falco had tried to sell it in the Early 50s, but could t because Rock n1 Roll was too new. Reese says he had known Jackson in the 1950s professionally. We lost touch until four months ago when Andrew looked me up and asked me to come Over to the House to hear this Mas Ter recording of Elvis singing Tell me pretty baby he said. He said he bought it off a Friend of his Pete Falco who was in Phoenix. We got to Gether with Pete got his affidavit and took the tape to the Callier Center for. Communication disorders part of the University of Texas in Dallas and had a spectrograph voiceprint done by John j. Godfrey assistant professor for communication Dis orders. He compared the results with another Elvis tape that was recorded Early in his career and verified that it was Elvis. Reese and Jackson have formed the firm International classics productions along with Marion Sitton to Market the re Cord and the Label says Elvis classic 1954recording. New York a sen. Edward m. Kennedy has sharply increased his Lead Over president Carter in a poll in which democrats and independents were asked to pick a presidential candidate. According to an Abc news Harris poll Kennedy d-mass., would get 40 percent of the vote Carter 21 percent and California gov. Jerry Brown 18 percent. Kennedy s 40 percent was the same sup port he Drew in a comparable Abc Harris poll in May. But Carter dropped nine Points and Brown dropped five Points. In proposed head to head confrontations Kennedy leads Carter by a 51-25 per cent margin compared to the 53-39 percent Edge he had in May. In an 11-candidate Field Kennedy is the first Choice of democrats and independents for the democratic nomination with 32 percent of the vote. Carter trails with 17 percent and Brown ran third with 14 percent. The poll released thursday was taken among 1,485 adults on aug. 11 and had a 3 percent margin of error. Don f dance into town with a rattling sound Henrietta okla. Up Public dancing is about As popular As poisonous snakes among the townspeople of Henryetta who voted to ban both in a referendum election. The final vote in the Rural Eastern okla homa town of 6,500 was 851 to 504 in favor of keeping a 20-year ban on Public dancing. The tally on an ordinance forbidding snakes within City limits was 886 for and 418 against. The turnout was much higher than in last week s statewide primary election. The vote angered Tom Stringer an at Torney for a businessman who wants to open up a discotheque in Henryetta. It s an insult to the intelligence of everyone Here Stringer said. Snakes came under fire in february when firemen responding to a Blaze above a fur shop encountered cages of live rattlers. It was the company s practice to keep the snakes alive until time to skin them. 70% of health experts against saccharin ban dad Uncle die on Job still Shell be a cop Waltham mass. Up Clare sch Roeder knows Well the life of a police offi cer the trials and tribulations the re wards and the tragedies. Especially the tragedies. Her father and an Uncle both died in the line of duty and Are listed As heroes on the Boston police department s Roll of Honor. Two other uncles were also police officers. Following in the family tradition sch Roeder 25, has been sworn in As the first female officer in the history of the police department in this Boston suburb. Referring to her lifelong exposure to police work she said i feel i would have be come a police officer  she has Long been interested she said in working with  she said she was no More nervous about her new work than anyone starting any new  my entire family has been very supportive All along and i have Long been interested in working with  Schroeder will attend the police depart ment s regional Academy for 12 weeks be fore taking up her regular duties walk ing beats and night Cruiser duty. The eldest of nine children Schroeder was 17 when her father patrolman Walter a. Schroeder was slain in a sept. 23, 1970 Bank robbery in the Brighton Section of Boston. Her Uncle John Schroeder was shot and killed five years ago in a robbery at the Suffolk loan co. In Boston s Rox Bury Section. Two other uncles were Active in the bos ton police department Francis b. Sch India sailors civilians clash new Delhi a a curfew was declared and police reinforcements were rushed to the Harbor area of Visakhapatnam a major naval base 800 South of Cal Cutta after a night and Day of fighting be tween Indian sailors and civilians caused three deaths and injured about 50 persons the United news of India reported. Roeder who retired recently As a Deputy police superintendent and Edmund j. Rautenberg who was shot and wounded in an incident at South Boston High school in 1974. Rautenberg is on the department disabled list. Washington a a new Survey of health professionals says that More than 70 percent of them oppose a ban on the artificial sweetener saccharin. The Survey based upon interviews with 517 physicians dentists and dietitians was conducted by Market facts inc., a Chica go marketing research firm. It was sponsored by the calorie control Council a group representing Low calorie food manufacturers and the soft drink Industry. The Survey of health professionals in the country s 20 largest metropolitan areas said 90 percent of physicians and 88 per cent of dentists believe saccharin is useful to patients trying to restrict caloric or sugar intake. The main Points cited by those opposing the ban were that the evidence against saccharin was insufficient that no substitute is available and that Large numbers of people would be adversely affected by theban. The food and drug administration last year proposed Banning the artificial Sweet ener because of studies linking it with Blad Der cancer in male rats. Congress delayed the ban until june 1979, but required warn ing labels on saccharin products and authorized further studies. Solzhenitsyn s Stepson gets $50 traffic Fine White River Junction it. Up the 16-year-old Stepson of exiled rus Sian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn has been fined $50 for a motor vehicle Viola Tion. Court officials said Dimitri Turin pleaded guilty in Vermont District court on a charge of unsafe starting. The charge stemmed from an incident at a Ludlow vt., shopping Center. Court employees said Turin s Mother Natalya Solzhenitsyn appeared in court with her son by a previous marriage. The Solzhenitsyn a now live on a secluded estate in Cavendish it. Turin originally was charged on aug. 22 by the Ludlow police department with careless and negligent driving and disorderly conduct. Police said he drove out of a shopping Penter parking lot with his tires screeching and nearly struck another vehicle. The disorderly conduct charge was later dropped and the careless and negligent driving charge was reduced to unsafe starting. Mary s birthday cake wound up on her head Brookfield 111. Up Mary enjoyed her birthday cake so much it wound and but that w3s re just As wel1 a she Mary the oldest known Black Rhinoceros in the world celebrated her 45th birthday de and a Banner headed for the cake which Mary and her mate Pharoah came to the zoo in 1935. Experts estimated then the Ani she now weighs 3,000 pounds and stands 4 feet tall at the shoulder. Man changes name of avoid former wife Claire Schroeder Tulsa okla. Up a Man bothered at Home and at work for four years by Tele phone Calls from his former wife can have a Little rest now she won t know who Socall. The Man has changed his name. Judge Richard Armstrong said it was the first Case he can remember in which he was asked to approve a name change be cause of harassment from a former spouse. He testified he might lose Bis sanity if it continued the judge said and after determining there was no illegal or fraudulent purpose behind it i granted the  Armstrong said this Case was different than most. There Are a few Basic reasons for Nam changes he said. Someone May dislike his name for in stance or it May be required because of sex change. But this is the first time i be encountered a change of identity because of an  \  
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