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Friday, September 6,1974
University Daily Kansan
DIGEST
Lack of valid driver's license won't ground Knievel
By ROY CLEVENGER National Editor
You can walk or drive for free across the Snake River Canyon at Shoshone Falls near Twin Falls, Idaho, and it's hard to imagine why anyone would want to try any other means of crossing, because the canyon is 1,600 feet wide and 600 feet deep.
But next Sunday, one man will dare to cross the canyon in an expensive version of a car with a four-wheel drive.
The dardevell-Robert Craig "Eevel" Knievel—seems at first glance a very unlikely prospect. He is 34 years old and has had a few accidents, but there doesn't even have a valid driver's license.
But Knievel is a daredevil and, above all else, a superb huckster.
If he survives, he will also be very rich. He has already received a cash bonus, for it is not his responsibility to members of the spectacle, and he would receive 60 per cent of the gross receipts, which may reach $15
The attempt is the end of a dream that began eight years ago in a bar in Kallispell, Mont., where Kniewel took a large color photo of the Grand Canyon and wondered
Dole, Roy to bandy views on CBS show
From the Associated Press
TOPEAK-A-Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and
Rep Bill Roy, D-Kan., yesterday accepted
an invitation to a Broadcasting
System to make a joint appearance
Sept. 29 on the network's "Face the Nation"
program.
The race for Dole's Senate seat is seen as one of the most significant elections yet.
This Weekend at the MEADE HALL Friday, September 6
He later sought his own canyon, buying and renting land on both sides of the Snake
He tried unsuccessfully for several years to gain permission to attempt the lumm.
"THE MUMMY—A CRYPTIC TALE"
more than monee will be involved when Kavel climb in the Sky-Cycle at 4:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 7
1:00 p.m. Children's Theatre
whether the canyon could be jumped by a motorcycle.
8:30 p.m.
$2.00 Adults
$1.00 Kids
Beer, Pop
Free Popcorn
VAUDEVILLE
His motorcycle is a rocket—dubbed the Sky-Cycle X-2 under the guidance of Robert Trux, a former engineer with America's early guided-missile program.
After strapping himself into the 1,300 pound rocket—which is a modified fuel tank with a hull—he turns on the master switch controlling the electrical system. Then he will press a button to capture the cameras inside the cockpit and back the lever that controls the parachutes.
More than $500,000 worth of equipment was damaged in the two crashes.
Saturday, September 7
50c per person
"The Three Sillies" and the "Adventures of Nyfrum the Sprite Part Eleven"
8:00 p.m.
Folk and Original Music of
Kathy Pause
$1.00 at Door
Knieve's two test trials didn't go well. In the first, last November, the unmanned Sky-Cycle X-1 crashed into the river.
Meade Hall
A week and a half ago, Knieveel tried
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that will carry Knievel and his rocket back to earth.
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Although he can evacuate the rocket and float down with his own parachute, Knevel will probably stay inside and hope that the impact will be cushioned by the eight-foot pogo-stick shock absorber on the front. He will have traveled only one mile.
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Finally, he will start the engine.
The jump—regardless of what happens—will be televised live to more than 300 theaters around the world. The American Broadcasting Company will film the spectacle and probably show it on Wide World of Sports.
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SUNDAYS—WORSHIP
10 a.m.—led by Pastor Conrad
(ALC/LCA)
11 a.m.—led by Pastor Norman Steffen
(LC-Mo, Synod)
THIS SUNDAY at 5:30 p.m.
Light supper and get-acquainted with discussion of
Evangelical Lutherans in Mission
OPEN DAILY FOR STUDY
UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
15th & Iowa 843-6622
More than 50,000 people will crowd one side of the canyon.
In Concert
VERN BULLOCK
CHRISTIAN RECORDING ARTIST
The Christian Bookstore For All People
CROSS REFERENCE
Monday 3:00-5:00
Live in store concert
LP Autographing
Free Methodist Church
802 West 22nd Terr.
7:00 p.m. Sunday
Sept. 8,1974
Steam entering the rocket from a boiler will shove it off the 108-foot, 56-degree ramp and up almost 3,000 feet. It will reach a speed of 400 miles an hour.
a, Then if the equipment works, a
trainer will make control with Kwenen
over the carriage to guide it.
THE Store with the CROSS on the Door
711 West 23rd St. THE MALLS
842-1553
Plant Sale wide variety of tropical house plants
Reg. $1.25 now 59c
Blooming Gloxinias
Reg. $3.99
Now $1.88
The Garden Center and Greenhouses
15th and New York 4 Blocks East of Massachusetts
International Club Elections
Monday, Sept. 9 7:00 p.m. Forum Room—Kansas Union
Memberships sold at door
Enroll now in needlework classes beginning the week of September 9
KNITTING
CROCHETING
Tuesday
Thursday
1-3 p.m.
Six Weeks
1-3 p.m.
Six Weeks
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Tuesday
7-9 p.m.
Five Weeks
CREWEL
Wednesday
7-9 p.m.
Five Weeks
All classes $12 plus materials. $5 deposit required by Sept. 7.
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Your yarn and needlework center Open 10-5 Monday-Saturday
841-2656
Pre-Meds
Pre-Dents
Student Association of Combined Health Sciences presents:
★Organizational Meeting
Sunday, Sept. 8, Wescoe Hall, Room 3139, 2-4 p.m.
MDCAT and DAT Review Sessions
Sept. 8 Mathematics —To be announced
Sept. 15 Physics -Dr. Armstrong
Sept. 22 Organic Chemistry Dr.Givens
Sept. 29 Inorganic Chemistry Dr.Bricker
THIS ORGANIZATION IS FUNDED BY THE STUDENT SENATE