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BOXOFHCE<br />

Two Die in Collapse<br />

Of Drive-In Tower<br />

TUCSON—Two workmen were killed here<br />

Saturday (10) when a 57-foot screen tower<br />

wall collapsed during construction at the<br />

Prince Drive-In on East Prince road, near<br />

north Campbell avenue.<br />

One man was killed instantly beneath 20<br />

tons of debris from the fallen screen. The<br />

second, who had loosened his safety belt<br />

and jumped from the falling screen, died at a<br />

local hospital four hours later. He received<br />

multiple broken bones along with head and<br />

internal injuries. Both men had been hired<br />

on the day of the accident by theatre manager<br />

Hugh Downs.<br />

County engineers visited the scene at the<br />

request of the sheriff's office to check construction<br />

practices at the partly-built<br />

ozoner. The engineers said they found two<br />

ropes, five-eighths of an inch in diameter,<br />

that had been used as emergency supports<br />

for the 20-ton screen.<br />

The investigators reported the ropes had<br />

been fastened to car bumpers, then attached<br />

at each end of the partially completed structure.<br />

They pointed out that manufactures of<br />

similar rope advertise their product as being<br />

able to withstand a total stress of 880 pounds.<br />

Workmen were unable to give any reason<br />

for the sudden collapse of the wooden framework.<br />

Four portions of the frame, each 12x<br />

57 feet, were already in place. A fifth frame<br />

was being attached when the entire structure<br />

collapsed.<br />

Western U-I Sales Heads<br />

Meet in San Francisco<br />

SAN FRANCISCO—Western sales executives<br />

of Universal-International convened<br />

here to discuss promotional plans on forthcoming<br />

releases. With Foster M. Blake, western<br />

division manager, and Barney Rose,<br />

western district chief, presiding, the sessions<br />

were attended by branch managers Abe<br />

Swerdlow, Los Angeles; Ted Reisch. San<br />

Francisco; Ernest Piro, Portland, and Arthur<br />

Greenfield, Seattle. Also on hand was Archie<br />

Herzoff, studio advertising and promotion<br />

manager.<br />

Fire Delays Lyric Opening<br />

MOUNT VERNON, WASH.—Fire,<br />

believed<br />

to have started near the heating plant, caused<br />

over $2,000 in damage at the new Lyric<br />

Theatre here, and delayed the opening of<br />

the house several weeks. The new Lyric,<br />

owned by Elden Pollock, formerly the Missouri,<br />

has been undergoing renovation for<br />

two months and was scheduled to be opened<br />

in about two weeks. Firemen battled for<br />

three hours before finally subduing the blaze.<br />

Firemen said that the fire walls in the house<br />

prevented complete destruction.<br />

Remodel Silver Star Airer<br />

WALLACE, IDA.—Plans for extensive improvement<br />

and remodeling of the Silver Star<br />

Drive-In, recently purchased by the Simons<br />

Amusement Co., were announced by Edna<br />

Wilma Sharp, president. The airer, located<br />

seven miles west of here, is the Simon company's<br />

first venture into the outdoor field.<br />

The firm operates indoor houses in northern<br />

Idaho and western Montana.<br />

WESTERN STATES^<br />

FEDERAL TAX REPEAL COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN<br />

Roy Cooper Al O'Keefe Ray Davis<br />

J. Roger Mendcnhall Homer LeBallister Ed Kidwell Boyd F. Scott<br />

William Graeper Sam Gillette Frederick A. Danz jr.<br />

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LOS ANGELES—Exhibitor state chairmen for the Council of Motion Picture Organizations-sponsored<br />

campaign for repeal of the 20 per cent federal amusement tax are shown<br />

above for the western states.<br />

These men, along with distributor chairmen, have been contacting senators and congressmen<br />

to obtain pledges of support in an all-out attempt to get the federal tax on admissions<br />

repealed. The exhibitors represent the following states;<br />

CALIFORNIA—Roy Cooper, San Francisco, and Al O'Keefe, Los Angeles.<br />

COLORADO—Ray Davis, Fox Intermountain, Denver.<br />

Paramount Theatres, Phoenix.<br />

ARIZONA—George Aurelius,<br />

IDAHO—Roger Mendenhall, Boise.<br />

NEVADA—Homer LeBallister, Majestic, Reno.<br />

NEW MEXICO—Ed Kidwell, Theatre Enterprises, Roswell;<br />

Boyd P. Scott, Plains Theatre,<br />

Roswell.<br />

OREGON—William Graeper, Portland,<br />

UTAH—Sam Gillette, Associated Amusement Co., Salt Lake City.<br />

WASHINGTON—Frederick A. Danz jr., Sterling Theatres, Seattle.<br />

Also named as committee chairmen, but not pictured here, are;<br />

COLORADO—Edward E. Pringle, Denver.<br />

MONTANA—Carl E. Anderson, Anderson Theatre Co., Kalispell.<br />

WYOMING—Russell Schulte, Casper.<br />

Medford. Ore., Rialto Closes<br />

MEDPORD, ORE.—The Rialto Theatre,<br />

which has been operated since 1917, was<br />

shuttered early this month. Robert L. Corbin,<br />

southern Oregon manager for the Robert<br />

L. Lippert theatre chain, said the auditorium<br />

will be used by a furniture store for expansion.<br />

The house was purchased by Lippert<br />

interests in 1947. The circuit operates three<br />

other theatres here, a drive-in, and is erecting<br />

an ozoner north of here.<br />

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: January 17, 1953<br />

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