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Olympic hockey star
Mike Eruzione — a celebrity
By Murray Olderman
SAN FRANCISCO (NEA) -
Some day soon, Mike Eruzione
will return home to Winthrop,
Mass, to stay, and life will
regain some normalcy.
He'll decide then what he's
going to do — whether he’ll go
into coaching or into teaching.
He has his bachelor’s degree
in physical education from
Boston University. Or some
other opportunity might come
his way.
Meanwhile, Mike is basking
in the glow of achievement
that comes once in a lifetime,
of being a momentary celebri-
ty, of finding that people react
gloriously to what he and 19
other young men did one
momentous week in Febru-
ary.
Mike, you see, was the cap-
tain of the U S. hockey team
that did the impossible, by
beating a squad from the
U.S.S.R. that -was generally
acclaimed the best in the
world, amateur or pro.
And the Americans did it
with an eclat and emotional-
ism that lingers even now
among the individual players
who won the hockey gold
medal for the United States.
The night before the Ameri-
can team was to play the Rus-
sians in the decisive game,
Mike remembers trying to
sleep in his small room at the
Olympic Village in Ray
Brook, N.Y. “Every hour,” he
recalls, “I saw the clock .!. 12
... 1 ... 2 ... 3 Maybe some
time around 6 I missed a
couple. But you know, when I
got up at 9,1 felt good, like I d
had a full night’s sleep. I was
ready.”
In the game that night, with
the score tied at 3, with exact-
ly 10 minutes remaining to
play, Eruzione fired the puck
past Soviet goalie Vladimir
Myshkin to give the United
States its sensational 4-3
victory.
Since then, a whole new
world has^ opened up for the
short (5-fwt-9), stocky, black-
haired, intense but friendly
Italiano from New England.
He was older than the oth-
ers at 26. Most of them were
right out of college, but Mike
had played a couple of years
of minor league hockey with
the Toledo Gold Diggers And
in the summers he did some
house painting and substitute
teaching.
Under the weird rules of
amateurism, he was still
simon-pure though he had
attended two National Hockey
League training camps and
had played six exhibition
JUMPING FOR JOY, Mike Eruz
tone (in action, center) is wondering
about his future. But a successful
career in big-time pro hockey is
doubtful.
games with the New York
Rangers and some others with
the Colorado Rockies
But unlike 11 of the U S
Olympic hockey team who
chose to capitalize on their
instant fame by signing pro-
fessional contracts — for
example, Mark Johnson with
Pittsburgh, Steve Christoff
with Minnesota, Dave Chris-
tian with Winnipeg, goalie
Jim Craig with Atlanta; all of
them guaranteed at least
$225,000 for three years —
Eruzione decided that playing
hockey for a living wouldn’t
be his bag.
“I felt I had accomplishd
everything I ever wanted to
accomplish as an athlete,”
says Mike, revealing he
turned down five NHL offers
“I’m not gifted I have to work
my tail off to excel at
anything. I couldn’t have
brought the same emotional-
ism and hard work to it that I
had in the Olympics I lost 10
pounds there.”
Nevertheless, the aftermath
of the Olympic Games has
been incredible to him. A
computer firm signed him for
a month of speaking engage-
ments to talk about his Olym-
pic experience, and he has vis-
ited Florida, Chicago, Los
Angeles, northern Michigan,
San Francisco and New York
I go to dinner” he says,
wondrously, “and I meet Wal-
ter CrOnkite. I talked to Presi-
dent Carter on the phone
Those things don’t happen to
the everyday person And I
am THE everyday person.”
In Los Angeles, he visited a
boyhood friend who worked as
a page at the NBC studios.
The friend took him around
several sets until they came
to one where “Hollywood
Squares' was filming
“The producer,” recalls
Mike, recognized me He.
said. Put on a shirt and tie.
You're going on the show.’ The
people in the audience
applauded
“‘Naw,’ I sajd, I can t go
on.' Well, they pushed me on
as a guest, not a contestant,
and Peter Marshall and Arte
Johnson came over and talked
to me The show will be on
May 2."
Mike also came away with
a swag of $1,600 in parting
gifts
What really has impressed
Eruzione. however, is the gut
response of the public The
people," he says earnestly,
keep telling me how patriot-
ic they feel because of what
we did They never felt it
before They didn't know
where the country was going
They were crying because we
won They've ail been so
sincere."
They respond" instinctively
to Mike Eruziones own sin- ,
eerity as evinced on the victo-
ry stand in the Olympic Arena
at- Lake Placid, that unfor-
gettable moment when he
stood there as the representa-
tive of the American team
and then signaled the rest to
join him, mobbing the podium
“That's what I remember
most about the Olympics,”
says Mike, "Winning Then
standing there with the other
guys and getting. the ack-
, nowledgement of the crowd.”
He knows, though, that the
high he is now experiencing
will eventually flatten out into
reality That's' why he wants
to go back to Winthrop "to
spread things outHe’s one of
six children in a closely knit
family, and his father,
Eugene, works in a sewage
plant by day and tends bar at
Santarpio’s in the evening
There’s still a small chance
Mike will continue to play
hockey He has received an
offer to play in Switzerland,
where,, the pro game is less
violent, where the pace is
more leisurely since the sea-
son consists of 30 games,
where he thinks he can enjoy
the game and still make some
money, around $25,000
“I might possibly play
there," he muses, "if I didn’t
like what I was doing.”
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN.)
MURRAY
OLDERMAN
Cuff Notes
— Asaembled by, —
JOE WOOSLEY
Brief notes: Legal in-
struments filed in Hopkins
County several days ago ap-
parently confirm a widely
circulated story that h,ad been
street knowledge for some
time...The old Gibson Discount
Center building on Gilmer
Street has changed owners,
with H.R. and Belva G. Gibson
selling it to Equity Develop-
ment Corporation, which in
turn sold it to W.L. Howard..
City building inspectors have
been contacted about enlarging
the building to the east (back
side) but late in the week no
specific plans had been
received...While no official
announcements have been
made, it has been indicated
that the Howard Discount
Center will probably move to
the larger location in the
fall... Another rumor cir-
culating here about the
eventual use of the downtown
building being vacated by
Perry Bros, has been checked
out...An authorative report
indicates that Terry's Fur-
niture Store in Emory will be
expanding to Sulphur Springs
and taking over the building.
When? Sometime between May
and September.
More notes: Army Captain
Ed Montgomery dropped by
Sulphur Springs the other day
and told friend Charlie John-
ston that he was looking ahead
to his next assignment near
Struttgart, Germany,.The
former Wildcat football player
had the unusual distinction of
commanding a company at
Fort Hood in which his father
had served during World War
n...Men out-number women by
a slim 4-3 majority on the
school board at Cooper
following the recent elec-
tion...A contract has been
awarded for the construction of
a two-story city hall at Winn-
sboro...Prior to the opening of
absentee voting in the May
primary. County Clerk Mary
Attlesey had received several
requests from military per-
sonnel seeking ballots. They
will be processed beginning
Monday...She is not looking for
a heavy absentee voting run
because of a general lack of
interest and few candidates on
the local level...Julius Mapes
did not reveal his age while as
mayor he welcomed Rural-
Urban participants to Yantis
the other day But he did say he
was graduated from Yantis
High School 52 years ago.;.A
new metal store building
behind the Yantis Masonic
I>odge appears to be near the
completion stage and ready for
stocking.
Last notes: Billy and Elaine
Ashby returned from a two
weeks vacation in Panama last
week and sported sun tans from
considerable beach time in the
Good silver always holds its value
By Norman Nadel
NEW YORK «NEA) -
Don’t sell the wedding-present
silverware, no matter how
much the pale metal is worth
in today’s trading. In fact, this
might be a good time to buy
old silver, before auction pric-
es increase, as they are likely
to soon.
So advises Gray D. Boone,
editor of Antique Monthly and
The Gray Letter, both of
which are addressed -to
antiques collectors and deal-
ers.
"Silver has always been
costly, prestigious and
pretty,” sne explains, “and
now it also is a good place to
put your money. Because new
silverware costs so much,
people will buy silver services
more at auctions, which will
push prices up. Also, if you
own silver, get it appraised
and insured quickly.”
In 1932, when the price of
pure silver hit an all-time low
of 24 cents an ounce, a silver
k-
epression
fairly recently, a five-piece
setting, or even a single serv-
ing spoon, wasn’t apt to strain
anybody’s budget.
Now, however, a complete
silver service can cost as
much as a house did in the
1960s. A five-piece service for
12 Of S. Kirk and Sons
“Repousse” pattern, with all
the place and serving pieces,
lists for $42,500 (although at
the moment it is on sale at 60
percent off, or about $17,000).
A six-piece service for 12 of
Reed and Barton’s “Francis I”
(116 pieces) is tagged at
$21,816.
It is possible to buy fine sil-
ver without paying those pric-
es, through dealers in used
silverware, and at auctions.
The Gray Letter quotes Bill
Eaton, a Buffalo, N.Y., dealer
who specializes in silver and
used flatware, as saying that
you can buy some matching
services for as little as 10 per-
cent more than the scrap val-
ue of the metal.
“The cheapest teaspoon,
Gorham makes will retail in a
40-percent-off sale for about
$90,” be says. “Many run as
high as $160. My heaviest and «,
best Gorham (used) sells for
Beautifully crafted used silver will
remain a good investment in tradition,
art and satisfaction.
aoout $40.”
Eaton just sold a service for
12 of Wallace’s “Grande
Baroque” pattern, with serv-
ing pieces, for $4,500 That is
only $200 more than the value
of the silver in it (153 ounces)
as scrap.
Many people are offering
their silver at auction today in
order to get the quick and
attractive cash. But tradition-
ally, good silver objects have
held their value better than
money. This is partly because
of the workmanship involved,
with sentimental value anoth-
er patent reason.
The status value of silver,
going back more than three
centuries in this country, is
not about to change.
“Silver has been a part of
nearly everyone’s existence at
some point,” note Barbara
McLean Ward and Gerald
W.R. Ward in the catalogue of
the exhibition, “Silver in
discovery 2
SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 1980,
tropical country...Elaine was
bom in Panama, where her
father, S. D. Mann, was em-
ployed for many years before
retiring to Hopkins County. She
was a teenager when the family
left Panama, but she had no
trouble finding the home they
had lived in despite landscape
changes...The Ashbys visited
the island where the Shah of
Iran had stayed. He and his
family had departed only a day
before their arrival in
Panama...One of the highlights
of their trip was a VIP run
through the canal which was
arranged by relatives still
employed in the Canal
Zone...Weber H. Fouts is an
amateur gardener and often
shares his vegetables with
friends. He says he has a hard
time keeping ahead of the
weeds this spring...The racing
season at Hot Springs, Ark.
ended Saturday, thereby
shutting down a favorite spot
for many local people...The
season at Bossier City, La.
opens in June
American Life,” now touring
American cities. They are
curators of the silver collec-
tion at Yale University, where
the show originated.
Women getting married
today are registering patterns
in stainless steel, says Mrs.
Booqe, to illustrate that flat-
wareSrtill is the traditional
weddings gift. Nevertheless,
silver continues to be a possi-
bly affordable option — by
buying open-stock pieces
through used silver dealers
and at auction.
Recently a Kirk 235-piece
set, retailing at $65,000. was
auctioned at Christie’s in New
York for $7,000. That is out of
most brides' bracket, but
there are relative values at
auction of individual pieces or
place-settings, costing a frac-
tion as much. Beautifully
crafted used silver will
remain a good investment in
tradition, art and satisfaction.
So where are they now? *
They shot for the moon and missed
By Tom Tiede ^
WASHINGTON (NEA) - It
may be said that John Kenne-
dy instituted the modern pres-
idential ‘campaign era 20
years ago. The period has
been rich and abundant with
personalities..
Since 1960 about 400 people
have run for the presidency,
50 of them prominently, and
five of them have won the
office
Of the winners, much is
known Kennedy was assassi-
nated. Lyhdon Johnson was
chased from office and diedH
Richard Nixon remains in the
shadow of scandal, Gerald
Ford lives in active retire-
ment, and, of course,. Jimmy
Carter still serves
But what of the losers?
Where are they?
Six of the well-known losers
are dead: Hubert Humphrey,'
Walter Judd, Robert Kennedy.
Adlai Stevenson. Stuart Sym-
ington and Nelson Rockefel-
ler. Others have remained in
public life, returned to private
endeavors, gotten bogged
down in financial or legal
troubles, or slipped reluctant-
ly or happily into obscurity.
Follows an update on some
of them:
John Ashbrook — The
Republican congressman
from Ohio challenged Nixon's
renomination bid in 1972,
loathing the latter's overtures
to China He spent $740,000,
did not get more than 11 per-
cent of ~Uuk votes in any
primary, and received no
delegates. He is 52, and is run-
ning for his 11th term in the
House.
• Birch Bayh — He made a
brief and futile dash in 1976
and for a time was mentioned
as a vice-presidential possibil-
ity.' At 52, the Indiana Demo-
crat has filed for his fourth
term in the Senate, where he
works on liberalized legisla-
tion and constitutional ques-
tions. Aides say he still har-
bors hopes for higher office.
Lloyd Bentsen — One of
two millionaires who ran for
the Democratic nomination in
1972, he failed to light any
lamps and was an early drop
out. At 59, he is serving his
second term in the Senate,
representing Texas, where his
fprte is low-keyed compe-
tence. He probably will not
run for president again.
Eldridge Cleaver -r The
one-time Black Panther
spokesman received 36,385
votes as the Peace and'Free-
dom Party candidate in 1968
Shortly after, he fled the coun-
try to avoid a felony charge
Now living in California, he
works for Christian revival
and says he is retired from
other revolutionary pursuits.
Shirley Chisholm — A for-
mer Brooklyn, N.Y., nursery
school teacher, she is the only
black woman ever nominated
at a Democratic convention
(1972). She finished fourth
there with 151 delegate votes.
Now 56, she talks of retire-
ment but is running for a sev-
enth term in Congress.
Orval Faubus — In 1960,
the segregationist governor of
Arkansas won 44,977 votes on
the National States Rights
ticket. Things have gone
* downhill for him since. Now
70 years old, and largely
forgotten, his financial situa-
tion is precarious. In recent
years he’s taken odd jobs to
make ends meet.
Barry Goldwater — One of
the most principled and least
ambitious men' in public
service, he nonetheless won
the Republican nomination in
1964. William Miller was the
VP selection. They won six
states but lost overall by 16
million votes. At 71, the Ari-
zona conservative is trying
for his fifth term in the
Senate.
Dick Gregory — A
nightclub comedian turned
political activist, he has run
periodically for the presiden-
cy — and received 47,097
votes in 1968. Never more
than an asterisk in politics, he
continues to agitate for
numerous causes, including
vegetarianism. He is 48, lives
in Maine, and earns a living
from public speaking.
Fred Harris — A populist
Democrat, and one-term sena-
tor from Oklahoma, he ran in
1976 with a plan to redistri-
bute wealth. He dropped out
but received nine delegate
votes at the convention. Now
49, he teaches politics at the
University of New Mexico,
and yearns to run for a public
post.
Gus Hall — Born Arvo Kus-
ta Halberg, the 70-year-old
national secretary of the
Communist Party USA has
filed for president three
times. He gathered 59,000
votes in 1976. This year he’s at
it again, and black activist
Angela Davis is his ticket
mate Be lives in New York
and says he has no plans to
retire.
Vance Hartke - In 1972 he
m
FAILED PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS tend to become forgotten by the public. These
days, Morris Udall (left) is running for his 11th term in Congress. Lester Maddox (center)
has been slowed by a heart attack and chronic debt. George Romney (right) directs a
voluntary action group.
won 2.400 votes in New
Hampshire's Democratic
primary, then withdrew from
competition. Four years later
he was defeated in his bid for
reelection as US senator
from Indiana He is now a
Washington attorney, 59, and
is no longer seriously men-
tioned as a candidate for
national office.
Henry Jackson — He
placed seednd to George
McGovern in the 1972 Demo-
cratic convention, but failed
to create a significant stir in a
second try . in 1976. Now 67,
the senator from Washington
State remains one of the most
powerful men in government
His friends say he's out of
presidential politics for good
John Lindsay — A one-time
congressman and former New
York City mayor, he has nev-
er had a national following.
Running for the Democratic
nomination in 1972, he
received 6.5 percent in the
Florida primary, 7 percent in
Wisconsin Now 59, he wants
to be in the U S. Senate.
Linda Lovelace — An X-
rated movie actress and 1970s
cult fipfe, she ran as a pub-
licity stunt in 1976 Her vote
was not recorded. Today she
is married, and living on Long
Island, where the family
draws welfare. She now
claims she was forced to
appear in the picture that
made her a star: “Deep
Throat.”
Lester Maddox — The for-
mer governor of Georgia ran
on an independent line in 1972
and-collected 270,780 votes.
Now 65, he's been slowed by a
heart attack and chronic debt.
“Things have been so bad,” he
says, “the grocery store
wouldn't honor my checks."
Dakota was the Democratic
peace candidate in 1972. He
failed to carry his home state
and lost everywhere else save
Massachusetts. It was the
worst election romp in histo-
ry Still only 58, he is raising
$2 million this year to win
reelection to the Senate.
Wilbur Mills — The Arkan-
sas Democrat received scat-
tered primary votes during
the 1972 campaign, then
dropped out during the
convention He went back to
the House of Representatives
but became involved with an
exotic dancer and demon rum
At 71 he lives in Kensett, Ark.,
with a most patient wife
Edmund Muskie —• He was
the 1972 Democratic fron-
trunner until he broke down
crying during a confrontation
with an abusive newspaper
publisher The show of emo-
tion hurt him at the polls and
he never recovered. Now 66,
and an effective solon from
Maine, aides say he will prob-
ably retire in the Senatje.
George Romney — Another
victim of a curious gaffe, he
was touted as the likely GOP
nominee in 1968 Then he said
he'd been “brainwashed” into
supporting Vietnam, and pub-
lic reaction forced him from
the campaign before the first
vote was cast. He is 73,
directs a voluntary action
group, and lives in Michigan
Terry Sanford — The for-
mer North Carolina governor
was a media favorite, tagged
A “progressive Southerner,”
but lost his own state primary
in the 1972 Democratic
campaign. He ran again four
years later but not very fast.
He is 62, and the president of
Duke University.
John Schmitz — He won a
Now 64. he is a well-placed
Washington attorney Ever
energetic, he would like to be
vice president or receive an
important diplomatic assign-
ment
Margaret Chase Smith —
The Maine senator received
27 delegate votes at the 1964
Republican convention Her
fifth place finish was highest
ever for a GOP woman. Now
retired from the Senate after
30 years, and living in
Skowhegan. Maine, she says
there is a "sad lack of strong
leadership” in US. govern-
ment.
Benjamin Spook — A late
blooming radical, he has cam-
paigned several times for jer-
rybuilt parties. Now 77, he has
married a woman half his
age, and lives on Beaver Lake
in northwestern Arkansas. His
famed book, "Common Sense
Book of Baby Care,” has now
sold 28 million copies in 26
-■> languages.
Morris Udall — He chal-
lenged Carter to the wire in
1976, and got 329 Democratic
convention votes to his
opponent’s 2,338 The one-
eyed former basketball player
is presently running for an
11 th term in the House of
Representatives (Arizona), but
he may still have presidential
aspirations In 1984 he will be
62.
George Wallace — The
most formidable third-party
candidate of the modern era,
he ran three times and won
sundry primaries by wide
margins. In 1972 he was crip-
pled by a would-be assassin.
To<Jay the former Alabama
governor is divorced and
depressed; he holds a compli-
mentary job in state govern-
ment
&
SARGENT SHRIVER (LEFT) is a welj-placed Washington attorney. John Lindsay (center)
wants to be in the U.S. Senate. Lloyd Benlsen (right) represents Texas in the Senate.
Gene McCarthy — He
spearheaded the?" successful
attempt to dump Lyndon
Johnson in. 1968, but failed to
get the Democrats’ nod
himself. He’s tried twice since
then, and won 751,728 votesjp
1976 as an independent.
Retired from the Senate, he is
64, and writes poetry and
freelance articles in Washing-
ton
Pete McCloskey — A
Republican congressman and
former Marine opposed to
Vietnam, he ran against Nix-
on in 1972 He got 20 percent
of the New Hampshire prima-
ry votes, but faded after that.
He spent $550,000 to get one
delegate at the convention.
The 53-year-old Californian is
presently campaigning for his
eighth term in the U.S. House.
Ellen McCormack — She
was the anti-abortion candi-
date in 1976 and spent
$500,000 to get 22 votes at the
Democratic convention. That
was good enough for fourth
place, behind Carter, Udall
and Jerry Brown. She is run-
ning again this year. Same
issue. She lives in Connecticut
and stumps infrequently.
George McGovern — The
preacher’s son from South
surprising 1,080,541 votes as
the 1968 American Party
contestant, but it failed to
impress voters in his congres-
sional district. The Californi-
an lost his House seat to one
Andrew Hinson, who was later
sentenced to prison for fraud.
Schmitz is now a state senator
from Corona Del Mar
William Scranton — The
former governor of Pennsyl-
vania was second to Goldwa-
ter in the 1964 convention
with 214 votes. Since then his
name has come up occasional-
ly as a VP possibility. At 59 he
is on the boards of several
corporations, and serves on
various federal commissions.
Milton Sbapp — Another
Pennsylvania governor who
shot for the moon and missed.
He failed to get higher than 5
percent in any of the 1976
Democratic primaries. Now
67, he is associated with a fer-
tilizer corporaton, and has
tried on numerous occasions
to solicit a government
appointment.
R. Sargent Shriver - The
qne-time Peace Coras direc-
tor,' married to t Kennedy,
was McGovern's running
mate in 1972, and then failed
in a 1976 presidential trv.
Sam Yorty — The former
mayor of Los Angeles ran as a
Democrat in the 1972 primar-
ies, advocating victory in
Vietnam. He got 6 percent of
the New Hampshire vote,
withdrew and the next year
changed parties Now practic-
ing law in California, he
favors Ronald Reagan and is
a 1980 GOP Senate candidate.
None of the Above — Also
known as No Preference.
Since 1960 he has defeated
many of the contestants previ-
ously mentioned. Ageless, he
is ever the threat when candi-
dates put politics before
issues and hyperbole above
reason. Teamed with the Stay
at Home vote, he may win an
election yet.
(NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISE ASSN)
TOM TIED!
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