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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Thursday, December 5, 1968
Gomer and Sgt. will leave series
By VERNON SCOTT
UPI Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (UPI) — Cigar chomping, brow-beating Sergent Carter of the "Gomer Pyle" show will pack his footlocker and move with Gomer to a whole new world next season.
Frank Sutton, who plays the rasp-voiced Marine sergeant, has thrown in with Jim Nabors—who stars as Gomer to co-star in a musical series for 1969.
It is difficult to imagine Sutton singing and dancing.
"We'll find out if I can cut it or not," Sutton said during a break in the CBS-TV comedy show.
"When Jim made up his mind to continue on the air, but in a new format, I was fortunate that he asked me to come along. Our show has never been out of the top 10 in the ratings for four years, and I imagine it could go on forever."
"But the change will give Jim a chance to show how versatile he is. The possibility of carrying on the show, retitled 'Sergeant Carter,' was brought up but I decided against it."
Sutton was offered other series by independent producers. But the actor has cast his lot with Nabors.
"If I'd agreed to another situation comedy I'd know what bag I was in all right, because they'd still be writing the Carter character for me. That way all I would end up with is money."
That's bad?
"It is if you want to keep moving your career ahead." Sutton said. "Appearing in a weekly variety show with Jim will knock down some of the walls for me."
Actually, CBS is taking out an insurance policy. Nabors by himself as the host of an hour-long variety show might be risky. Sutton starring in a sitcom doesn't guarantee success. But keeping the lads together gives viewers assurance that the old chemistry remains.
"If we went out on our own, chances are we'd have to come up with someone to complement our television personalities," Sutton explained.
"As it is, Jim and I really work well together. There's a relationship there that really works. We'll do at least one sketch together every week in which we play two crazy guys—but not the same thing we've done with Gomer.
"The new show will give Jim an opportunity to demonstrate that big beautiful voice of his."
Indians pay taxes: turkey, fish and deer
RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) Some things get to be a habit, even paying taxes.
The chiefs of two Indian tribes met with Gov. Mills E. Godwin Jr., recently to pay their taxes—an 18-pound turkey, 13 rockfish and a 140-pound deer.
"It looks like your bounty is pretty good this year," the governor told the chiefs of the shrinking Mattaponi and Pamunkey Indian tribes which still live on state-maintained reservations in King William County.
Three centuries ago the Indians were required to pay 20 beaver skins to the King of England. The law obviously is no longer in effect, but the Indians
are-tradition-minded
Virginia governors normally donate the annual thanksgiving gifts to the needy or to state institutions.
The Mattaponi and Pamunkey are fiercely competitive and usually show up on separate days. This time they were both in town at the same time.
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