The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 2 March 1965 — Page 5

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Sammy Jackson May Be Only Underprivileged Star In Television

HOLLYWOOD UPI _ Sammy Jackson of “No Time for Sergeants” may be the only underprivileged star in television. Under contract to Warner Bros., a studio not renowned for Its philinthropy to newcomers. Sammy’s salary would cover Frank Sinatra's weekly tips. Bing Crosby spills more money on the way to the bank than Sammy earns in a month. Like the yardbird he protrays In the series, Sammy lives frugally. His home is a small apartment across the street from the studio. It consists of a living room, bedroom and kitchenette—furnished. Only Sammy’s television

set and hi-fi equipment are his own. He fixes himself a TV dinner almost every night and frequently prepares a sandwich in his crowed quarters during the noon break. *T don’t pay much attention to my surroundings,” says Sammy. "Nobody comes to visit me and I work twelve hours a day, so I don’t spend much time at the apartment. I make my own bed, and a maid cleans the place up once a week. So at least it’s neat. Jackson is accustomed to frugality. He was raised on a small North Carolina farm, and at

YOU'RE TELLING ME!

—By WILLIAM WTT — Omtral Ptms Writer

BRITISH investors overscribed two days in advance an Issue of 1,250,000 shares offered by the Beatles’ music publishing firm. Since the stock sold at $1.09 a share, the buyers probably figured they were getting a truly big bargain for a vmg. ! ! ! Tokyo, the world's biggest city, has its first population deCline in 19 years. Well, when you’re on top there’s no plaee to go but down. Ill Incidentally, Ja->an's telephone shortage is so acute would-be subscribers must wait two years for installations. By that time they probably forget what they wanted to say. ! ! ! Comedian Jimmy Durante has Just been given a special award by the Fashion Foundation of

America because his 1925 doggerel "I’m Jimmy, the WellDressed Man,” the F.F.A. says, made U. S. men fashion conscious. That’s stupendious, Jimmy. or is it just collosial? ! ! ! An animal census in Uruguay shows that nation has Jar more sheep than it does people. Wonder how the nose counters managed to stay awake! • it No puzzle to us is the success of that Broadway musical which is based on the adventures of famed fictional sleuth Sherlock Holmes. It's purely elementary. • ti The youth of today, declares a rocket engineer, should be prepared for the possibility of space travel. In other word*, kids—when you’re trying for an education, shoot for the Moon!

the age of 17 became the family breadwinner when his father was injured in an accident. After coming to Hollywood in 1956 the young southerner worked at parking cars, washing dishes, ditch-digging and as a shipping clerk. He always sent money home. "I learned the value of a dollar when I was mighty young,” he says. "I still don’t waste any part of my salary.” For that reason Sammy almost never goes out on dates. He doesn’t smoke or drink and he drives a tired 1958 sedan. His wardrobe, too, is modest by television star standards. He has four suits, two sports jackets and three pairs of shoes. Most of the time he can be found in sweaters and corduroy trousers. He has a few friends and does not allow himself the luxury of keeping a pet. After his living expenses are paid and money sent home to his parents the balance of his check goes into the bank. "I guess I don’t sound much like a star,” he says. “But then I don’t think of myself that way. I’m in love with my leading lady (actress Laurie Sibbald) and if I had any brains I'd marry her. But I’ve already got enough responsibilities for the time being.” Sammy is 28 years old but could pass for 18. His manners are gallantly southern and his voice is infested with the soft accents of Dixie. He addresses strangers as “Ma’am” or "Sir.” When Sammy does find himself with an extra dollar or two he more than likely will spend it to see a football game or a prize fight. More often he will watch sports events on television.

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IWO JIMA 20 YEARS LATER—Only rusting hulks of American warships are left on the Iwo Jima beach now, 20 years after one of World War ITs bloodiest battles. Capture of the strategic speck of land in the western Pacific cost 25,000 American lives. That’s Mount Suribachi in the background. The battle began raging with U.S. assault on Feb. 19, 1945.

NO GOOD PARKING—Freezing rain put these cars right into the river from their parking place on the levee at Cincinnati, Ohio.

MARKED FOR DESTRUCTION?—Police guard Muhammad’s Temple No. 2 and the University of Islam in Chicago on reports that it is marked for destruction in revenge for the slaying at Nationalist leader Malcolm X in New York. These buildings are the bailiwick at Elijah Muhammad, leader of the Black Muslima.

His weekends are taken up With traveling around the country bally-hooing the ABC-TV series, shaking hands, riding in parades, holding interviews and making guest appearances. The network picks up the tab for room, travel and meals—saving Sammy money.

NEGRO IN KLAN—Paul L. Belleson, 85. holds up his membership card in the Ku Klux Klan which be received in Nampa, Idaho, after sending in an application with $19, "for kicks.” He signed an oath that he was white, American • born, protestant and gentile. Thus he became the first Negro to hold a membership card. Said Imperial Wizard James R. Veneable in Atlanta, Ga^ “His membership is hereby revoked!” Belleson operates a janitorial service.

Although he plays a helterskelter Army private on the show, Sammy hai never entered the service himself. An old football knee injury and the fact that he was supporting his fam-

ily exempted him from a military stun.. Sammy had a movie role in “None But The Brave,” but the television show is the biggest thing that has ever happened to him.

WORLD'S BIGGEST—A Thiokol Chemical technician sits in the bosun's chair as he is lowered into the “business end” of the world’s largest solid fuel rocket engine in Brunswick. Ga. It contains about 400 tons of high energy propellant The technician is inside the flame nozzle, helping to prepare the engine for its first test a 60-second static firing.

Tht Dally Banner, Greeneastle, Indiana 5 Tuesday, March 2, 1965

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