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The original documents are located in Box 3, folder "12/11/74 - Diplomatic Children's Christmas Party" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Some items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted materials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to these materials. Pathi m. children 5-11grs THIS Date Issued 11/20/74 / line deserip of Santa claus - decke By P. Howard miches mouse alams John Temple shrine Revised (folder need of names clouns FACT SHEET 5 clowns > names Mrs. Ford's Office who is mickey mouse Candy donated Event Diplomatic Childrens Party by Sen Group T. H. I. S. The Hosp Informat Service DATE/TIME Wednesday, December 11, 1974 4:40 p.m. Contact Until 12/6, Mrs. Weber (652-7570 then Mrs. Jeffries Phone 3002 Number of guests: Total 500 Women Men Children x Place State Floor Principals involved Mrs. Ford Participation by Principal yes (Receiving line) no Remarks required yes -- Welcome -- Thank you to entertainment Background Mrs. Ford's Christmas party for the children of the Diplomatic Corps 20 myshow of of REQUIREMENTS autog Social: pu Guest list T. H. H. I. I. S. S. to Pat Howard Invitations T. Programs no Menus no Refreshments Christmas cookies and punch Entertainment yes Decorations/flowers yes Music Marine Brass Choir Social Aides yes Dress afternoon dress Coat check yes Other --- Press: Reporters yes Photographers yes R. TV Crews yes EQUID White House Photographers yes Color yes Mono. Other -- Technical Support: Microphones yes PA Other Rooms no Recording yes Lights yes (?) Transportation cars Parking South Grounds (limited parking) Housing -- Other -- (Risers,stage,platforms) stage Project Co-ordinator Pat Howard Phone 2927 Site diagrams should be attached if technical support is heavy. Digitized from Box 3 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library 1/3 Amt of candy as last THE WHITE HOUSE Sauta Claus. News. WASHINGTON F.will introduce me "Amaging Raudi"- MRS. FORD John Uneedecker, Sank Claus Event: Diplomatic Children's Christmas Party Date/Time: Wednesday, December 11, 1974 4:30 p. m. Place: State Floor Number of Attendees: 487 children from 89 countries Schedule of Events: 4:30 p.m. The children will arrive through the Southwest Gate and will be escorted through the Blue Room (around the Christmas tree) to the East Room where they will be seated on the floor facing the stage at the north end of the room. NOTE: There will be five clowns from the Almas Temple Shrine Unit to amuse the children before the entertainment begins. 4:40 p.m. As soon as all the children have been seated, you will be escorted to the State Floor by Nancy Lammerding. You will enter the East Room through the center door, proceed to the microphone which will be located in front of the stage. You will make brief welcoming remarks and introduce the entertainment -- Amazing Randi, the magician. (Suggested remarks UND are attached.) LIBRA You will be seated with the children for the entertainment. 5:00 p.m. Entertainment concludes. You proceed to the stage to thank Amazing Randi. You will then -2- Diplomatic Children's Party tell the children you have another very special surprise -- Santa Claus will then appear on stage with you and Amazing Randi. Santa Claus will then have a surprise for everyone by introducing Mickey Mouse. You will remain on stage and pose for photographs with them. You will invite the children to join you in the State Dining Room for punch and cookies. NOTE: There will be full press coverage of your remarks and of the entertainment. 5:30 p.m. The party concludes and you will return to the Family Quarters. As the children depart, Santa Claus (John Nidecker) will be in the Ground Floor Hall and will hand out candy and autographed pictures of you and the President. NOTES: Military Social Aides will be present. THIS volunteers will assist with the party. The Marine Brass Choir will play in the Grand Hall. A White House photographer will be present. Pat Howard December 10, 1974 The Conterprice for The refrashment table for the diphomatic Children ON Wichwesday was given to The White House by HAZ Annalee Dolls, INC. in Marzdith, N.H. DIPLOMATIC CHILDREN'S PARTY INFORMATION: DECORATIONS The Christmas elf centerpiece and fabric for the refreshment table were given to The White House by the Annalee Doll Company in Meredith, New Hampshire. The elves and Mr. and Mrs. Santa are dressed in patchwork outfits. The Santa and Mrs. Claus are holding a large basket of holly as their tiny elf helpers are looking on from a bed of greens on a patchwork runner. CHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY DECEMBER 10, 1974 GOOD AFTERNOON, BOYS AND GIRLS AND THE YOUNG IN HEART, REGARDLESS OF AGE WELCOME TO OUR WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS PARTY. THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. A TIME FOR PRAYER, A TIME FOR BEING TOGETHER, A TIME FOR GIVING. AND THIS AFTERNOON- A TIME FOR JUST HAVING FUN. AND so, WE HAVE GOODIES TO EAT, PRETTY ORNAMENTS TO SEE, HAPPY CLOWNS, AND A FEW SURPRISES. AND SINCE I CAN NEVER WAIT WHEN I HEAR THERE IS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE--I WON'T KEEP YOU WAITING EITHER. OUR FIRST SURPRISE IS A MARVELOUS MAGICIAN AND A MAN OF A THOUSAND SURPRISES- THE AMAZING RANDI. PAGE 2 SANTA CLAUS INTRODUCTION THANK YOU, MR. RANDI. OUR NEXT SURPRISE IS A JOLLY OLD GENTLEMAN, LIKE MANY OF YOU HERE TODAY, HE COMES FROM A LAND THAT'S VERY FAR AWAY--THE NORTH POLE. CAN YOU GUESS WHO IT IS? THAT'S RIGHT! AND HERE HE IS RIGHT NOW! CLOSING PAGE 3 I HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR SURPRISES- I KNOW I HAVE. I HOPE THAT SOMEDAY I WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT YOUR COUNTRIES AND SEE HOW YOU CELEBRATE THIS VERY SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR. UNTIL THEN, THE PRESIDENT AND OUR FAMILY WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A NEW YEAR BLESSED WITH PEACE AND PROSPERITY, As I PROMISED, WE HAVE PUNCH AND COOKIES FOR EACH OF YOU IN THE STATE DINING ROOM. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON December 11, 1974 TO: WHITE HOUSE POLICE FROM: Nancy Chirdon SUBJECT: Press Attending the Diplomatic Childrens Party, December 11, 1974 Please clear the following press to cover the Diplomatic Children's Party on December 11, 1974: Tom Slinkard WTTG Wayne Wood WTTG Ron Aufdem'brink WTTG Bill Huttenloch WTTG Marilyn Brooks WTTG Mary Lou Humphrey German TV Rols Schmuchel German TV Bela Perloky German TV Heinz Soete German TV Lillian Levy NASA REVISED GUEST LIST Total of diplomatic children: 398 THE HOSPITALITY AND INFORMATION SERVICE Total of volunteer WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS PARTY children: .89 December 11, 1974 Total number of children: 487 GUEST LIST Total of countries represented:.89 AFGHANISTAN MALIKYAR, Daoud ALGERIA BOURI, Leila and Hamid ARGENTINA BEAUJE, Victor, Maria Fabiana and Leopoldo CAZENAVE, Jorge, Ines, Eduardo and Teresa LOPEZ MUNIZ, Claudia and Yvan NAVEIRO DE LA SERNA, Helena QUIJANO, Patricia RUBIO, Pablo and Daniela AUSTRALIA BAMBRICK, Kate and Anna DOYLE, Christopher OU, Serge and Isabelle PEARCE, William SIMKIN, Toby AUSTRIA BIRBAUM, Isabel MAYERHOFER, Michael and Martina RUDOFSKY, Ruprecht and Martin BAHAMAS JOHNSON, Deanne BARBADOS BREWSTER, Leo and Wayne - 2 - BELGIUM PAEMEN, Joep, Geert, Liesbet and Marjan SCHELLEKENS (August), Denise and Nicole SCHELLEKENS (Frank), Wim WILLEMS, Emmanuel BRAZIL OLIVEIRA, Tereza and Ivan PEREIRA DA SILVA, Robert and James CAMEROON NKUO, Lucy and Veronica CANADA FRENETTE, Martin MARTIN, Andrew McKINNEY, Nicholas MERKLINGER, Catherine and Alexandra RYAN, Patricia CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BANDA-BAFIOT, Joseline and Emma CHAD ALINGUE, Anateu, Labeu, Deiba and Tebria DJEKILAMBERT, Nerolel CHILE BOSTELMANN, Andrea GOYCOLEA, Luis TRUCCO, Pablo, Claudia and Gisella VALENZUELA, Diego and Alexander CHINA HSU, Linda HUANG, Cheng-shium LIU, Joseph CZECHOSLOVAKIA GEIKL, Martina SPACIL, Ales - 3 - DAHOMEY ADJIBADE, Aboubakar, Falilath and Cherifath D'ALMEIDA, Paulin and Monique DENMARK DYVIG, Christian and Anne GRUNNET, Eric TOFT, Mads ECUADOR de CASARES, Eduardo and Lucy MOLINA, Lili, Rommy and Javier EL SALVADOR BERTRAND GALINDO, Nelson and Katya EEC BOGGIO, Gabriela, Carlo and Elena DUBOIS, Cecilia and Birgitta LOUW, Kathleen, Dennis and Emmanuel WIEMER, Raphael and Patrick EGYPT ABDEL-WAHAB, Ahmed EL-SADEK, Amr HAFEZ, Ingy ETHIOPIA MELAKU, Solomon and Samson FINLAND PAJALA, Tiina and Jussi RAHIKAINEM, Eva Maria FRANCE COURTET, Philippe de SERESIN, Richard ELBAZ, Pascale, Corine and Ariele PUJES, Philippe RETAT, Veronique, Christine and Beatrice - 4 - GABON MAVOUNGOU, Sophie and Georgette GERMANY BAHRS, Bettina GERWINAT, Matthias and Christian GLOTH, Malte KLAUKIEN, Gunnar and Olaf MARKS, Titus RICHTER, Ralf and Martin SCHEEL, Martin SCHENK, Christoph, Alexander and Peter SCHLIEKER, Lilo STEINDORFF, Klaus and Timm TUROWSKI, Ralf von OERTZEN, Wiebke, Arwed and Stefanie von SCHMELING-DIRINGSHOFEN, Roland and Henning von STADEN, Georg WIENDIECK, Markus, Claudia and Andrea GHANA QUARM, Ebela and Anyima GREAT BRITAIN BAKER-BATES, Jonathan and Harriet BROWNING, Hilary and Victoria CLARKSON, Neil and Julian FALLON, Thomas and Oliver HONLEY, Aiden and Amanda KEMP, Anne-Marie McAULEY, Andrea PRYOR, Clare SHARP, Helen and Elizabeth WHITLOCK, Fleur GREECE KANTOUNAKIS, John and Leo LAZARAKOS, Vasso and Gregory MANOLOPOULOS, Panayotis PERDIKIS, Nick GUATEMALA FRENER, Jenyse and Angela FUENTES-CORADO, Karin and Adela GRAMAJO MORALES, Hector and Alejandro ROLDAN MORALES, Manuel VASQUEZ, Yvonne Alexandra - 5 - GUINEA BAH, Saoudatou GUYANA MITTELHOLZER, Peeta and Dominic ICELAND KROYER, Ari and Katrin INDIA SUNDARARAMAN, Shankari and Venkadesh INDONESIA DINATA, Iranita and Lucy NURJADIN, Nurhadijono, Irawati and Iwan PANE, Marina, Julita and Rolly IRAN GHOUSHBEIGUI, Farhad HAMZEI, Kourosh and Nader KAZEMIAN, Nazeela, Atusa and Parisa MONTAZAMI, Khashayar ISRAEL ADAR, Ofier and Sharon BAREKET, Ira and Ittai EFRATI, Yael KORREN, Ilan and Gila RIMON, Itai YAARI, Orly, Taly and Ron ITALY CARRARA CAGNI, Laura, Alessandro and Giulio CUPINI, Daniela GRAZIOLI, Lucia VANDINI, Paulo and Maria Luisa SALIMEI, Paola IVORY COAST AHOUA, Philippe and Francoise CAPET, Dianne, Annick, Evelyn and Allain SAKO, Ahmed and Abdoul JAPAN HOTTA, Daigo and Ranji IKEDA, Mana MOTOZONO, Kanichi and Kyoko ONO, Keiko TACHIBANA, Hirono, Yoshino and Ayano YOKOYAMA, Takashi and Reiko JORDAN HAMARNEH, Dima, Rania, Omar and Kristin SALAH, Hanya KENYA KIBINGE, Michel, Judith and Jimmy KHMER REPUBLIC SENG, Sam Saphiro UM, Soreyrith and Setara KOREA CHANG, Jumi CHOI, Dong Il KIM (Han Mo), Hun Tak and Yon Tak KIM (Hung Ki), Nam Yun, Joon and Young PARK (Kun Woo), Soozin PARK (Man Kyu), Jong Wha and Ji Hyang SHIM, Soo-Youn SOHN, Jie, Mie and Kyong YANG, Junsok, Sungsok and Ungsok YOO, Chang-dong and Chang-won KUWAIT AL-SABAH, Samah and Abdullah LAOS PANYA, Sisanga LESOTHO MANARE, Motheba MALI TRAORE, Mariam, Adama and Halimata MAURITIUS JESSERAMSING, Anjali MEXICO CASSELLAS, Ana Mercedes De ALBA, Arturo and Alfredo De OLLOQUI, Jose, Guillermina and Fernando MARTINEZ DEL SOBRAL, Karina, Rebeca and Vanessa REYES-RETANA, Ofelia SUAREZ, Francisco MOROCCO LAHEOU, Asma TERHZAZ, Mehdi NETHERLANDS BEGEMANN, Edwin and Peter KUSTERS, Richard, Bart and Nicoline PARZER, Mireille VAN VIERSSEN, Ronald NEW ZEALAND POWLES, Jonathan SAULL, Nicholas NIGERIA AISIDA, Frances, Cecilia and Joseph GARBA, Isa and Zainab KOROYE, Ebiolade and Ebiere OBE, Emmanuel, Caroline and Edward NORWAY OLBERG, Kristin WIKBERG, Thomas PAKISTAN ANWAR, Alia YAQUB-KHAN, Nagib PANAMA PITTY-VELASQUEZ, - Juan and Maria del Pilar PARAGUAY CANIZA SANCHIZ, Claudia GUTIERREZ, Maria, Nora, Hugo and Rodrigo LLANES, Beatriz and Karken ELORENTIN. Liliana 8 PERU MELZI, Gigliana and Bibiana PHILIPPINES ARGUELLES, J. Randolf and Rowena BELLO, Roberto LAGDAMEO, Eric, Manolo, Dino and Michiko POLAND BEDNARCZUK, Tomasz ROMANIA BESTELIU, Ion RWANDA NIZEYIMANA, Jean SAUDI ARABIA AL SOWAYEL, Talal SENEGAL COULBARY, Leon SIERRA LEONE PALMER, Pierrindo SINGAPORE YOONG, Adeline and Dominic SOMALIA ADDOU, Habon, Mussa and Mahad SOUTH AFRICA BEKKER, Helena and Anelle BEUKES, Abraham and Carl VAN HEERDEN, Clea SPAIN BARCIA, Emilio, Leticia, Ines, Cristina and Augusto FERNANDEZ, Jaime and Ignacio - 9 - SRI LANKA MELDER, Eeshan SWAZILAND SIMELANE, Hlolile and Lucky SWEDEN GEORGSSON, Jonas GROENWALL, Cecilia, Frederik and Jessica LINDE, Cecilia LINDMARKER, Karin and Christina STENBERG, Ola and Jakob SWITZERLAND GLAUSER, Thierry STUTZMANN, Nicole TANZANIA BOMANI, Benjamin and Betty THAILAND PRASASVINITCHAI, Lak.and Dharee TOGO ADJOYI, Eric KEKEH, Frederic and Olivier TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO McINTYRE, Karen SMALL, Errol and Gurney TURKEY ATES, Yalim and Elif HIZEL, Aydan U.S.A. THIS Volunteers and children attending the White House Christmas Party ANGELES, Aaron ARCHIE, Mrs. Peter and Rob BANK, Jonathan and Brian BATTLE, Mrs. William and Christina and Megan BELLASCHI, Mia and John BENNETT, David BEXFIELD, David BOWMAN, Brilane CARMICHAEL, Aaron CHENG, Andrew and Ann CHERNICK, Mrs. Sidney and Rachel COLINO, Geoffrey and Stacey CROWTHER, Mrs. David and Kimberly and John CULVER, Cathy, Caroline and Sloan DeGRAFF, Jill DUNAWAY, Mrs. Mac and Derek and Ashley FELDER, Andrew FISHBURNE, Mrs. Benjamin and Benjamin FRANKEL, Natalie and Ronald GENTILE, Gregory GIBBENS, Elizabeth GIMER, Melissa, Jennifer and Joyce GOLDFARB, Steven and Danny GOODWIN, Mrs. Robert and Anne and Helen GRAHAM, Mrs. Hayward GRAY, David HARRISON, Alan and Bradley HENIG, Alan HENDRICKS, Jeffrey and Lisle HYDE, Mrs. William JACKSON, Julie and Scott JEFFRIES, Mrs. Donald KAPLAN, Sharon KISSIN, Wendy KLISH, Mrs. Theodore and Alexis and Tanya KOCH, Mrs. David and Jacqueline and David LARSON, Kate LANDFIELD, Katherine and Anne LEVINE, David McGUIRE, Mrs. Martin and Walsh and John NYIRJESY, Mrs. Istvan and Christine O'BRIEN, Jennifer C'BRIEN, John and Meghan OLSEN, Mrs. Ronald and Kristen and Erik PARSONS, Susan PATTERSON, Mrs. Melvyn and Daamon and Keeva PEW, Mrs. Michael and Keith REYNOLDS, Roy ROBERTS, John -11- SCHIEFFER, Susan SEIGEL, Suzanne SILVERMAN, Kimberly SMITH, Caroline SPAULDING, Mrs. Kenneth and Patrick STAREK, Mrs. Roscoe STERN, Larry and Teddy TALMADGE, Mrs. John and Leslie TITUS, Paula, Richard and Mark VIA, Sandra WEINIG, Mrs. Donald and Amy WILLIAMS, Patrice WILLOUGHBY, Gina WISHARD, Mrs. William and Van and Diana YOUNG, Paul and Karen USSR MALOV, Andrei TIMOKHIN, Irena UPPER VOLTA YAGUIBOU, Marilyne, Christiane and Josiane URUGUAY EGANA, Claudia and Alina FERREIRO, Gonzalo and Alvaro GIRO, Alfredo TALAMAS LOPEZ, Maria Ines and Magdalena VENEZUELA PALACIOS GALINDO, Robert and Stephen VIET NAM TRAN, Kim Lan and Kim Chi YUGOSLAVIA VIDOVIC, Bojan STOJKOVIC, Bora and Slavica ZAIRE MBEKA, Nkiama MANGAYA, Helen ZAMBIA DISASI, Kipasa, Mboma and Makabenge MWALE, Chidi GERALD R. FORD LIBRARY The item described below has been transferred from this file to: Audiovisual Unit Book Collection Ford Museum in Grand Rapids Item: 8"x10" color photo of Betty Ford at The Diplomatic Children's Christmas Party 12/11/74 White Mouse Photo lipe 74A2399-13 The item was transferred from: weidenfeld; Box3 12/11/74 Diplomatic Childens Party Initials/Date let 2/86 Dip THE WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE Childrens Party To: Amozing Pathi from: Amazing Helen u/ thanks beside an open window, close your eyes, listen closely, and see what happens when you pass a car or wall," be ad- vised the group. Randi admitted he'd arrived at Park City at 4 a.m. to drive around the lot and recognize the sounds produced by the lights and parked cars. But he wasn't saying how the trick is done-"that doesn't work with people" he noted: 2-LANCASTER, PA., NEW ERA-THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974 What Randi was saying, however, is that the "trick" can be explained, and he claimed the 'tricks" per- formed by all psychics he has seen also have explanations. Randi is performing at the Host Farm Resort Motel this week. Next week he will make PERFORMS AT PARK CITY a similar sightless drive in Manhattan. Escape Artist Drives OTHER TRICKS I Randi has escaped from prisons, straight-jackets, cof- While Blindfolded fins, ropes and chains, con- jured bottles from nowhere, and caused objects to vanish His vision apparently in front of his eyes and the before spectators eyes across blocked by a mass of pizza heavy bag, Randi groped into the U.S., Canada, Europe and his car, tooted the horn, and Asia. dough. aluminum mask and drove away. Randi got his "big break" i opaque. airtight bag, the He smoothly circled around about 20 years ago when he Amazing Randi' stepped into and between groups of specta- was performing in The Grand Rapids rress/september 23, 1973 Miracles, miracles by Dan Troutman posed healing powers as "nonsense." Randi's own tricks were standard magic: Tearing a newspaper into "LADIES AND GERMS, The "The Amazing Randi Escapes get out in front of people. I forced pieces and supposedly making it Amazing Randi!" from the Quebec Jail," announced myself to perform in the most whole again: making milk poured The gnome-like man with flashing the French-language newspaper Le insurmountable of conditions: In into a newspaper cone disappear and eyes and a full, wiry, white beand Soleil on its front pages the next day. front of crowds. working miracles." bending a ten-penny nail with the strode briskly onto the stage at So the Amazing Randall became The During his first public perfor- "heat" given off by the hands of an Aquinas College's Wege Center a Amazing Randi, and a new dimen- assistant. sion was added to his career. mance, Randi said, he nearly fainted week or SO ago, flung his arms wide, from stage fright but after that he The finale was the big escape. Two kneeled on one knee and bowed his Since then. he says he has success- never felt fear of performing infront husky volunteers put him in a head. fully escaped from 27 jails, "from of people again. restraining device like a strait jacket There was tepid applause from the Tokyo to Copenhagen," and also Now, his mathematical prowess and tied him to a chair with a long, audience of about 300. mainly works itself off when he's thick rope. He asked them to tie him countless handeuffings, manaclings, The man snapped his head up, alone, doing nothing in particular. He tight. strait-jacketings and yards and glaring. "C'mon," he shouted: "You yards of rope lashings. said he likes to perform mental tricks While he was being tied. he laughed non de better than that " He rose with large numbers multiple and joked with the crowd. The - TIED BY TWO STRONG MEN AND STRAIT-JACKETED STRAIT AND OUT 2½ MINUTES LATER! The World Festival of Magic and Occult brought together from all over the world some of the finest performers of their kind. Playing to SRO in New York's Madison Square Gardens, it attracted the rapt attention of the press and public for three weeks, and elicited such comments as these for The Man No Jail Can Hold - The Amazing Randi In addition, some 27 minutes of TV news time was devoted to interviews and film footage of Randi's stunting. Locked up in a vault while tied with 50 feet of rope and a police- man's handcuffs, he was the subject of an ABC-TV segment and was featured in an NBC-TV news interview-all during the New York run of the World Festival of Magic and Occult. All this coverage- plus 3½ hours on NBC radio! "The Amazing Randi has been on the show many, many times before he's remarkable, really remarkable!" -Johnny Carson, NBC-TV. "Randi is one of our very topnotch escapologists-in this show, he breathlessly extricates himself from a straight- jacket. while being swung upside-down from the rafters only a handful of masters are operative in any generation; this character is a master." -New York Post. " the Amazing Randi, truly amazing as he makes impossible- looking escapes " Bergen Record, New Jersey. "Randi, a wiry escape expert, bests ropes and a straight-jacket with overwhelming speed " New York Daily News. "Randi can still do things no other escape artist will even attempt." True Magazine. "One artist, The Amazing Randi, justified the whole performance. His ingratiating patter and breathtaking escapes were the hit of the evening." -Newsday. THE AMAZING RANDI HAS THE PERSONALITY AND QUALITY THAT CREATE A DEMAND FOR HIM AS A SUBJECT FOR RADIO & TV INTERVIEWS - AND HE HAS THE PERFORMANCE ON STAGE TO BACK IT UP! SEAL R. FORD LIBRARY TWELVE IMPORTANT TIPS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER Here are some basic common-sense points that can improve your home security. Check your locks, doors and windows against this list. (1) NEVER attach a name-and-address tag to your key-chain! Instead, use the address of a friend who has been informed of this. In this way, a dishonest finder cannot use the keys for burglary. And, always remove your house keys from your key-ring when leaving keys with a parking-attendant. Duplicates are easily made, and can be used dishonestly. (2) DEADLOCKS are easily installed, and cannot be "slipped" from outside with a plastic card or knife. A bronze deadlock costs less than ten dollars, and is worth every cent of the cost. (3) BACK DOOR locks should be as good as those out front. Just because you seldom use the back door, don't skimp on the installation. A burglar would rather use your back door, anyway. He's shy! (4) VACATION time is bonanza time for thieves. Don't announce your departure in the society columns. Wait until you return from your vacation to inform the newspapers. Empty houses are open invitations! (5) DISCONTINUE all deliveries when going away. This includes all items such as papers, mail, milk and other articles whose presence indicates you are not at home. Have a neighbor pick up flyers at your door. (6) When out for the evening or longer, leave random lights on. Any thief will hesitate to enter a home that shows someone may be home. A good idea is to have a friend enter and change which lights are left on if you will be away for some time. (7) IF you have a door with glass or thin wood panels near the lock, have double-cylinders installed. This means you will have to use a key to open the door from either side, and a burglar breaking the door will not be able to reach in and twist the lock open without a key. (8) WINDOWS must be locked if accessible from outside. BUT BE SURE these windows can be opened quickly and easily from the inside in case of fire! See your locksmith for this service. (9) LADDERS are dangerous for security. Always lock all ladders with a chain, so burglars cannot use them to enter through a second story. (10) CHAIN-LOCKS are good ONLY for privacy and front doors when talking with callers. They are easily broken, and even locking types are NOT good for away-from-home security. (11) UTILITY MEN always carry identification. Ask to see it if you do not recognize the caller. He will not be insulted, and you will be assured that you are not being "cased" for a break-in. (12) MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALLS should always be reported to the police. Burglars often "case" a home by calling to see if anyone is home, and police can often detect a pattern of such calls and be alerted that the area is being surveyed for break-ins. ABOVE ALL - IF A BURGLAR SURPRISES YOU, DON'T RESIST! GET OUT AS FAST AS YOU CAN, AND IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, CO-OPERATE. THERE IS NO PROPERTY MORE VALUABLE THAN YOUR LIFE, AND A DEAD HERO IS NO USE TO YOUR FAMILY! Common sense is always your best weapon against burglars. Have you ever forgotten your keys and had to enter your house by other means? Was it easy? Could a burglar have used the same method? Survey your home NOW and be that much safer. NO home is burglarproof, but your home can be much more of a problem to a criminal if you work at it. A burglar usually works alone - don't you be his partner! James Randi MR. SECURITY TIME THE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE Founders: BRITON HADDEN 1898-1929 HENRY R. LUCE 1898-1967 Editor-in-Chief: Hedley Donoyan Chairman of the Board: Andrew Heiskell President: James R. Shepley Group Vice President, Magazines: Arthur W. Keylor Vice Chairman: Roy E. Larsen MANAGING EDITOR Henry Anatale Grunwold ASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS Murray J. Gart, Edward L. Jamieson, Richard M. Seamon KANFER PREPARING TO LEVITATE RANDI SENIOR EDITORS: Laurence I. Borrett, Ruth Brine, Clell Bryant, George J. Church, John T. Elson, Timothy Foote, Otto Friedrich, Martin Goldman, Leon Ja- roff, Ronald P. Kriss, Marshall Loeb, Jason McManus, Donald Neff. A LETTER FROM Diplomatic Editor: Jerrold L. Schecter International Editor: R. Edward Jackson European Editor: Jesse L. Birnbaum. Associates: William R. Doerner, Fred- erick Painton. Back in Forest Hills, Queens, N.Y., more than three decades ASSOCIATE EDITORS: James Atwater, William Bender, Gilbert Cant, Ger- ald Clarke, Jay Cocks, Spencer Davidson, Michael Demarest, Martha M. Duffy, ago, a nine-year-old showman named Stefan Kanfer amazed his Jose M. Ferrer III, Frederic Golden, James Grant, Philip Herrera, Robert friends by producing coins and cards out of thin air. "It was the old up- Hughes, Geoffrey James, Timothy M. James, T.E. Kalem, Stefan Kanfer, Ed Magnuson, Frank B. Merrick, Mayo Mohs, Lance Morrow, Burton Pines, R.Z. the-sleeve trick," recalls Kanfer, now anchor man of TIME'S Essay sec- Sheppard, William E. Smith, Peter Stoler, Edwin G. Warner. tion, "and the coins would generally clatter to the floor, to my em- CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Christopher P. Andersen, Richard Bernstein, Pa- tricia Blake, Andrea Chambers, Joan Downs, Judy Fayard, Neil D. Gluckin, barrassment. As a magician, I had ten things working against me Paul Gray, Marguerite Johnson, Jack Kramer, Gina Mallet, Donald M. Mor- rison, Mark Nichols, Philip Taubman, Mark Vishniak, Ivan Webster, Jack E. -my fingers." So the young Kanfer went to New York University White, Roger Wolmuth. and ended up writing advertising copy, gag lines for Victor Borge, REPORTER-RESEARCHERS: Marylois Purdy Vega (Chief), Nancy 1. Williams short fiction, TV programs, a few off-Broadway shows. In 1966 he (Deputy) Department Heads: Maria Luisa Cisneros (Letters), Rosalind Halvorsen, Dor- joined TIME as a writer for the Show Business section before turning othy Haystead, Ursula Nadasdy, Raissa Silverman. movie critic and essayist. This week he was back at his old haunt for Senior Staff: Priscilla B. Badger, Audrey Bail, Patricia Beckert, Jean Bergerud, Peggy T. Berman, Margaret G. Boeth, Nancy McD. Chase, Anne Constable, our story on the renaissance of magic. Marta Fitzgerald Dorion, Gail Eisen, Robert L. Goldstein, Leah Shanks Gor- don, Patricia N. Gordon, Anne Hopkins, Marion Knox, Sara C. Medina, Nancy Over the years, Kanfer has worked on enlarging his bag of tricks. Newman, Sue Raffety, Betty Suyker, F. Sydnor Vanderschmidt, Rosemarie T. Zadikov. He has learned hundreds of card stunts, math games and vanishing Susan Altchek, Sarah Bedeil, Sarah Button, Regina Cahill, Janice Castro, Di- acts from his friend, Science Writer Martin Gardner, through whom ana Crosbie, Rosamond Draper, Georgia Harbison, Amanda Macintosh, Gaye Mclntosh, Nancy McMorris, Alexandra Mezey, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, Hilary he met other magicians willing to share their secrets. Among Kan- Ostlere, Betty Palik, Gail Perlick, Susan M. Reed, Alexandra Henderson Rich, fer's most prominent mentors is James ("The Amazing") Randi, who Jay Rosenstein, Victoria Sales, Bonita Siverd, Anna Sosnowski, Zona Sparks, Mary Themo, Cassie Thompson, Edward Tivnan, Jean M. Vallely, Susanne S. served as an informal consultant for the current story. "Steve has Washburn, Genevieve Wilson, Paul A. Witteman, Linda Young. been a really good student," says Randi. "If he really applied him- CORRESPONDENTS: Murray J. Gart (Chief), Benjamin W. Cate (Deputy) Senior Correspondent: John L. Steele self, he'd be terrific. As a writer, he knows how human beings work, Washington: Hugh Sidey, John F. Stacks, Bonnie Angelo, David Beckwith, which is crucial for a magician. He's also a little crazy, and that John M. Berry, Stanley W. Cloud, Walter Bennett, Simmons Fentress, Dean E. Fischer, Hays Gorey, Jerry Hannifin, Samuel R. lker, Joseph J. Kane, Neil Mac- helps too." Yet Kanfer remains modest: "The real magic for me is in Neil, John Mulliken, Sandy Smith, Mark Sullivan, Strobe Talbott, Arthur White. Chicago: Gregory H. Wierzynski, Marguerite Michaels, J. Madeleine Nash, words, not things. I belong behind the typewriter, not on the stage. Barrett Seaman, Richard Woodbury. Los Angeles: Richard L. Duncan, Jess When a really good magician performs, I'm the world's biggest geek." Cook, Patricia Delaney, David DeVoss, Roland Flamini, Leo Janos, John L. Wil- helm. New York: Marsh Clark, Marcia Gauger, Mary Cronin, Lansing La- Kanfer's in-house accomplice for his story was Reporter-Re- mont, Richard N. Ostling, Eileen Shields, Don Sider, Stanley W. Stillman, John Tompkins, James Willwerth. Atlanta: James Bell, David C. Lee. Boston: San- searcher Patricia N. Gordon, who interviewed Doug Henning, star of dra Burton, Elizabeth Frappollo, Ruth Mehrtens Galvin, David Wood. Detroit: Broadway's The Magic Show. "Henning lives magic," she says. "The Edwin M. Reingold, K.L. Huff. San Francisco: Joseph N. Boyce, John J. Aus- tin. United Nations: Curtis Prendergast. enthusiasm he conveys is incredible. Talking to him, I fully expected Europe: William Rademaekers, David B. Tinnin, Robert Parker. London: John him to turn into a cougar or burst into flames on the spot." Gordon M. Scott, Lawrence Malkin, William McWhirter. Paris: Roger Beardwood, Paul Ress, George Taber. Bonn: Bruce W. Nelan, Gisela Bolte, Christopher also found Kanfer's spirited but unmethodical treatment of research Byron. Brussels: Henry Muller. Rome: Jordan Bonfante. Jerusalem: William F. Marmon Jr., Marlin Levin. Beirut: Karsten Prager, William Stewart. Cairo: materials somewhat extraordinary. "He puts everything together and Wilton Wynn. Moscow: John Shaw. Hong Kong: Roy Rowan, David Aikman, it comes out pure Kanfer," she says. "That is really magic." Bing W. Wong. Saigon: Gavin Scott, Pham Xuan An. Nairobi: Lee Griggs, Eric Robins. New Delhi: James Shepherd. Tokyo: Herman Nickel, S. Chang, Frank Iwama. Melbourne: John Dunn. Canada: B. William Mader, Peter Rehak (Ottawa), James Wilde (National Corr.), Robert Lewis (Toronto), John Ralph P. Davdson Blashill (Montreal), Ed Ogle (Vancouver). Buenos Aires: Rudolph S. Rauch III. Rio de Janeiro: Barry Hillenbrand. Mexico City: Bernard Diederich. News Desks: Rosemary Byrnes, Susan Lynd. Cable Desk: Minnie Magazine, Al Somers Buist. 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Bear, Secretary. Second class postage paid at Chicago, III., and ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR: Reginald K. Brack Jr. at additional mailing offices. Vol. 104 No. 4 © 1974 Time Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in U.S. Advertising Sales Director: Garey T. Symington whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. Associate U.S. Adv. Sales Directors: Kenneth E. Clarke, John A. Higgons imE IAG. ULY 74 Kandi RATIDI a 4-7-500 to LIBRARY New Era Pholo by O. Henry Hertzier "The Amazing Randi" hopes the pizza around his head before he got behind the wheel dough dosn ! include any anchovies, cause for a drive (lower pho ) at Park City this they'll hurt his eyes. The dough and a mask morning. He drove me. people and barriers were placed over his eves to obscure vision. without hitting them. then an airtight, opaque black bag (above) tied LIFE/STYLE Photos by Kenn Duncan Doug Henning in 'Magic Show': Making them marvel at illusions Pit, whom the Fédération Internation- Hey Presto! It's Magic ale Société Magique voted World Cham- pion Magician in 1958, "is that we are living at a time when we are fooled A last week, seventeen men sat down silk handkerchiefs and dancing balls. Rosoff's restaurant in New York City audience via the hocus-pocus of flashing by the government, by politicians and by the oil companies. But people love to be lunch before "Ah_ The Brotherhood of Ma- fooled her because it's 58 Newsweek Lowest in'tar' ofal mentho 100's. Iceberg100's than LOW-TAR MENTHOL : Twenty Filter Cigarettes 100mm- Iceberg 100's Warning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. juggler." -LINDA FRANCKE 9 mg. "tar", 0.6 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method. July 22, 1974 59 The Psychics IWI ® 6761 177 SINED MEIN BEHAVIOR COVER STORY Boom Times on the Psychic Frontier Glendower: I can call spirits from the and memory? Could there be a para- spoons and keys apparently with the vasty deep. normal world exempt from known nat- force of his thoughts. Hotspur: Why, so can I, or so can ural law? In the Philippines, Tennis Star any man; Both in America and abroad, those Tony Roche is relieved of painful "ten- But will they come when you do call questions are being asked by increasing nis elbow" when an incision is made and for them? numbers of laymen and scientists hun- three blood clots are apparently re- - -Henry IV gry for answers. The diverse manifes- moved by the touch of a psychic healer, tations of interest in so-called psychic who knows nothing of surgery or of mod- For all the enormous achievements phenomena are everywhere: ern sanitation. of science in posting the universe that In the US The Secret Life of In the U.S. the number of col- planes and dimensions of experience laymen and scientists alike by bending of psychic research. Once skeptics aban- TIME, MARCH 4, 1974 65 Buffalo Evening News Thursday, January 9, 1975 Washington Sidelights The News Bureey IDE Betty's Unwritten Rule First Lady Betty Ford is gra- cious and obliging but she does have some rules. When 500 chil- dren of Washington diplomats

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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 3, folder \"12/11/74 - Diplomatic Children's\nChristmas Party\" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential\nLibrary.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United\nStates of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nSome items in this folder were not digitized because it contains copyrighted\nmaterials. Please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library for access to\nthese materials.\nPathi m. children 5-11grs THIS\nDate Issued 11/20/74\n/ line deserip of\nSanta\nclaus - decke\nBy P. Howard\nmiches mouse\nalams John Temple shrine\nRevised\n(folder need of names clouns\nFACT SHEET\n5 clowns > names\nMrs. Ford's Office\nwho is mickey mouse\nCandy donated\nEvent Diplomatic Childrens Party\nby Sen\nGroup T. H. I. S.\nThe Hosp Informat Service\nDATE/TIME Wednesday, December 11, 1974 4:40 p.m.\nContact Until 12/6, Mrs. Weber (652-7570 then Mrs. Jeffries\nPhone 3002\nNumber of guests: Total 500\nWomen\nMen\nChildren x\nPlace State Floor\nPrincipals involved Mrs. Ford\nParticipation by Principal\nyes\n(Receiving line) no\nRemarks required yes -- Welcome -- Thank you to entertainment\nBackground Mrs. Ford's Christmas party for the children of the Diplomatic Corps\n20 myshow\nof of\nREQUIREMENTS\nautog Social: pu Guest list T. H. H. I. I. S. S. to Pat Howard\nInvitations T.\nPrograms no\nMenus\nno\nRefreshments Christmas cookies and punch\nEntertainment yes\nDecorations/flowers yes\nMusic Marine Brass Choir\nSocial Aides yes\nDress\nafternoon dress\nCoat check\nyes\nOther\n---\nPress:\nReporters\nyes\nPhotographers yes\nR.\nTV Crews\nyes\nEQUID\nWhite House Photographers\nyes\nColor yes\nMono.\nOther\n--\nTechnical\nSupport:\nMicrophones\nyes\nPA Other Rooms\nno\nRecording yes\nLights yes (?)\nTransportation cars\nParking South Grounds (limited parking)\nHousing --\nOther\n--\n(Risers,stage,platforms) stage\nProject Co-ordinator\nPat Howard\nPhone 2927\nSite diagrams should be attached if technical support is heavy.\nDigitized from Box 3 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\n1/3 Amt of candy\nas last\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nSauta Claus. News.\nWASHINGTON\nF.will introduce me\n\"Amaging Raudi\"-\nMRS. FORD\nJohn Uneedecker, Sank Claus\nEvent:\nDiplomatic Children's Christmas Party\nDate/Time:\nWednesday, December 11, 1974\n4:30 p. m.\nPlace:\nState Floor\nNumber of\nAttendees:\n487 children from 89 countries\nSchedule of\nEvents:\n4:30 p.m.\nThe children will arrive through the\nSouthwest Gate and will be escorted\nthrough the Blue Room (around the\nChristmas tree) to the East Room where\nthey will be seated on the floor facing\nthe stage at the north end of the room.\nNOTE: There will be five clowns from the Almas Temple\nShrine Unit to amuse the children before the entertainment\nbegins.\n4:40 p.m.\nAs soon as all the children have been seated,\nyou will be escorted to the State Floor by\nNancy Lammerding.\nYou will enter the East Room through the\ncenter door, proceed to the microphone\nwhich will be located in front of the stage.\nYou will make brief welcoming remarks and\nintroduce the entertainment -- Amazing\nRandi, the magician. (Suggested remarks\nUND\nare attached.)\nLIBRA\nYou will be seated with the children for the\nentertainment.\n5:00 p.m.\nEntertainment concludes. You proceed to the\nstage to thank Amazing Randi. You will then\n-2-\nDiplomatic Children's Party\ntell the children you have another very special\nsurprise -- Santa Claus will then appear on\nstage with you and Amazing Randi. Santa Claus\nwill then have a surprise for everyone by\nintroducing Mickey Mouse. You will remain on\nstage and pose for photographs with them.\nYou will invite the children to join you in the\nState Dining Room for punch and cookies.\nNOTE: There will be full press coverage of your remarks\nand of the entertainment.\n5:30 p.m.\nThe party concludes and you will return to the\nFamily Quarters.\nAs the children depart, Santa Claus (John\nNidecker) will be in the Ground Floor Hall\nand will hand out candy and autographed\npictures of you and the President.\nNOTES:\nMilitary Social Aides will be present.\nTHIS volunteers will assist with the party.\nThe Marine Brass Choir will play in the\nGrand Hall.\nA White House photographer will be present.\nPat Howard\nDecember 10, 1974\nThe Conterprice for The\nrefrashment table for the diphomatic\nChildren ON Wichwesday was given\nto The White House by HAZ Annalee\nDolls, INC. in Marzdith, N.H.\nDIPLOMATIC CHILDREN'S PARTY INFORMATION: DECORATIONS\nThe Christmas elf centerpiece and fabric for\nthe refreshment table were given to The White House\nby the Annalee Doll Company in Meredith, New Hampshire.\nThe elves and Mr. and Mrs. Santa are dressed in\npatchwork outfits. The Santa and Mrs. Claus are\nholding a large basket of holly as their tiny elf helpers\nare looking on from a bed of greens on a patchwork\nrunner.\nCHILDREN'S CHRISTMAS PARTY\nDECEMBER 10, 1974\nGOOD AFTERNOON, BOYS AND GIRLS AND THE YOUNG IN HEART,\nREGARDLESS OF AGE WELCOME TO OUR WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS PARTY. THIS\nHAS ALWAYS BEEN A SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR FOR PEOPLE ALL OVER THE\nWORLD. A TIME FOR PRAYER, A TIME FOR BEING TOGETHER, A TIME FOR\nGIVING. AND THIS AFTERNOON- A TIME FOR JUST HAVING FUN.\nAND so, WE HAVE GOODIES TO EAT, PRETTY ORNAMENTS TO SEE,\nHAPPY CLOWNS, AND A FEW SURPRISES. AND SINCE I CAN NEVER WAIT WHEN\nI HEAR THERE IS GOING TO BE A SURPRISE--I WON'T KEEP YOU WAITING\nEITHER. OUR FIRST SURPRISE IS A MARVELOUS MAGICIAN AND A MAN OF\nA THOUSAND SURPRISES- THE AMAZING RANDI.\nPAGE 2\nSANTA CLAUS INTRODUCTION\nTHANK YOU, MR. RANDI.\nOUR NEXT SURPRISE IS A JOLLY OLD GENTLEMAN, LIKE MANY OF YOU\nHERE TODAY, HE COMES FROM A LAND THAT'S VERY FAR AWAY--THE NORTH\nPOLE. CAN YOU GUESS WHO IT IS? THAT'S RIGHT! AND HERE HE IS\nRIGHT NOW!\nCLOSING\nPAGE 3\nI HOPE YOU HAVE ENJOYED OUR SURPRISES- I KNOW I HAVE.\nI HOPE THAT SOMEDAY I WILL BE ABLE TO VISIT YOUR COUNTRIES AND\nSEE HOW YOU CELEBRATE THIS VERY SPECIAL TIME OF THE YEAR. UNTIL THEN,\nTHE PRESIDENT AND OUR FAMILY WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A VERY\nHAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON AND A NEW YEAR BLESSED WITH PEACE AND PROSPERITY,\nAs I PROMISED, WE HAVE PUNCH AND COOKIES FOR EACH OF YOU IN\nTHE STATE DINING ROOM.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nDecember 11, 1974\nTO:\nWHITE HOUSE POLICE\nFROM:\nNancy Chirdon\nSUBJECT:\nPress Attending the Diplomatic Childrens Party,\nDecember 11, 1974\nPlease clear the following press to cover the Diplomatic\nChildren's Party on December 11, 1974:\nTom Slinkard\nWTTG\nWayne Wood\nWTTG\nRon Aufdem'brink\nWTTG\nBill Huttenloch\nWTTG\nMarilyn Brooks\nWTTG\nMary Lou Humphrey\nGerman TV\nRols Schmuchel\nGerman TV\nBela Perloky\nGerman TV\nHeinz Soete\nGerman TV\nLillian Levy\nNASA\nREVISED GUEST LIST\nTotal of diplomatic\nchildren: 398\nTHE HOSPITALITY AND INFORMATION SERVICE\nTotal of volunteer\nWHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS PARTY\nchildren: .89\nDecember 11, 1974\nTotal number of\nchildren: 487\nGUEST LIST\nTotal of 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Anateu, Labeu, Deiba and Tebria\nDJEKILAMBERT, Nerolel\nCHILE\nBOSTELMANN, Andrea\nGOYCOLEA, Luis\nTRUCCO, Pablo, Claudia and Gisella\nVALENZUELA, Diego and Alexander\nCHINA\nHSU, Linda\nHUANG, Cheng-shium\nLIU, Joseph\nCZECHOSLOVAKIA\nGEIKL, Martina\nSPACIL, Ales\n- 3 -\nDAHOMEY\nADJIBADE, Aboubakar, Falilath and Cherifath\nD'ALMEIDA, Paulin and Monique\nDENMARK\nDYVIG, Christian and Anne\nGRUNNET, Eric\nTOFT, Mads\nECUADOR\nde CASARES, Eduardo and Lucy\nMOLINA, Lili, Rommy and Javier\nEL SALVADOR\nBERTRAND GALINDO, Nelson and Katya\nEEC\nBOGGIO, Gabriela, Carlo and Elena\nDUBOIS, Cecilia and Birgitta\nLOUW, Kathleen, Dennis and Emmanuel\nWIEMER, Raphael and Patrick\nEGYPT\nABDEL-WAHAB, Ahmed\nEL-SADEK, Amr\nHAFEZ, Ingy\nETHIOPIA\nMELAKU, Solomon and Samson\nFINLAND\nPAJALA, Tiina and Jussi\nRAHIKAINEM, Eva Maria\nFRANCE\nCOURTET, Philippe\nde SERESIN, Richard\nELBAZ, Pascale, Corine and Ariele\nPUJES, Philippe\nRETAT, Veronique, Christine and Beatrice\n- 4 -\nGABON\nMAVOUNGOU, Sophie and Georgette\nGERMANY\nBAHRS, Bettina\nGERWINAT, Matthias and Christian\nGLOTH, Malte\nKLAUKIEN, Gunnar and Olaf\nMARKS, Titus\nRICHTER, Ralf and Martin\nSCHEEL, Martin\nSCHENK, Christoph, Alexander and Peter\nSCHLIEKER, Lilo\nSTEINDORFF, Klaus and Timm\nTUROWSKI, Ralf\nvon OERTZEN, Wiebke, Arwed and Stefanie\nvon SCHMELING-DIRINGSHOFEN, Roland and Henning\nvon STADEN, Georg\nWIENDIECK, Markus, Claudia and Andrea\nGHANA\nQUARM, Ebela and Anyima\nGREAT BRITAIN\nBAKER-BATES, Jonathan and Harriet\nBROWNING, Hilary and Victoria\nCLARKSON, Neil and Julian\nFALLON, Thomas and Oliver\nHONLEY, Aiden and Amanda\nKEMP, Anne-Marie\nMcAULEY, Andrea\nPRYOR, Clare\nSHARP, Helen and Elizabeth\nWHITLOCK, Fleur\nGREECE\nKANTOUNAKIS, John and Leo\nLAZARAKOS, Vasso and Gregory\nMANOLOPOULOS, Panayotis\nPERDIKIS, Nick\nGUATEMALA\nFRENER, Jenyse and Angela\nFUENTES-CORADO, Karin and Adela\nGRAMAJO MORALES, Hector and Alejandro\nROLDAN MORALES, Manuel\nVASQUEZ, Yvonne Alexandra\n- 5 -\nGUINEA\nBAH, Saoudatou\nGUYANA\nMITTELHOLZER, Peeta and Dominic\nICELAND\nKROYER, Ari and Katrin\nINDIA\nSUNDARARAMAN, Shankari and Venkadesh\nINDONESIA\nDINATA, Iranita and Lucy\nNURJADIN, Nurhadijono, Irawati and Iwan\nPANE, Marina, Julita and Rolly\nIRAN\nGHOUSHBEIGUI, Farhad\nHAMZEI, Kourosh and Nader\nKAZEMIAN, Nazeela, Atusa and Parisa\nMONTAZAMI, Khashayar\nISRAEL\nADAR, Ofier and Sharon\nBAREKET, Ira and Ittai\nEFRATI, Yael\nKORREN, Ilan and Gila\nRIMON, Itai\nYAARI, Orly, Taly and Ron\nITALY\nCARRARA CAGNI, Laura, Alessandro and Giulio\nCUPINI, Daniela\nGRAZIOLI, Lucia\nVANDINI, Paulo and Maria Luisa\nSALIMEI, Paola\nIVORY COAST\nAHOUA, Philippe and Francoise\nCAPET, Dianne, Annick, Evelyn and Allain\nSAKO, Ahmed and Abdoul\nJAPAN\nHOTTA, Daigo and Ranji\nIKEDA, Mana\nMOTOZONO, Kanichi and Kyoko\nONO, Keiko\nTACHIBANA, Hirono, Yoshino and Ayano\nYOKOYAMA, Takashi and Reiko\nJORDAN\nHAMARNEH, Dima, Rania, Omar and Kristin\nSALAH, Hanya\nKENYA\nKIBINGE, Michel, Judith and Jimmy\nKHMER REPUBLIC\nSENG, Sam Saphiro\nUM, Soreyrith and Setara\nKOREA\nCHANG, Jumi\nCHOI, Dong Il\nKIM (Han Mo), Hun Tak and Yon Tak\nKIM (Hung Ki), Nam Yun, Joon and Young\nPARK (Kun Woo), Soozin\nPARK (Man Kyu), Jong Wha and Ji Hyang\nSHIM, Soo-Youn\nSOHN, Jie, Mie and Kyong\nYANG, Junsok, Sungsok and Ungsok\nYOO, Chang-dong and Chang-won\nKUWAIT\nAL-SABAH, Samah and Abdullah\nLAOS\nPANYA, Sisanga\nLESOTHO\nMANARE, Motheba\nMALI\nTRAORE, Mariam, Adama and Halimata\nMAURITIUS\nJESSERAMSING, Anjali\nMEXICO\nCASSELLAS, Ana Mercedes\nDe ALBA, Arturo and Alfredo\nDe OLLOQUI, Jose, Guillermina and Fernando\nMARTINEZ DEL SOBRAL, Karina, Rebeca and Vanessa\nREYES-RETANA, Ofelia\nSUAREZ, Francisco\nMOROCCO\nLAHEOU, Asma\nTERHZAZ, Mehdi\nNETHERLANDS\nBEGEMANN, Edwin and Peter\nKUSTERS, Richard, Bart and Nicoline\nPARZER, Mireille\nVAN VIERSSEN, Ronald\nNEW ZEALAND\nPOWLES, Jonathan\nSAULL, Nicholas\nNIGERIA\nAISIDA, Frances, Cecilia and Joseph\nGARBA, Isa and Zainab\nKOROYE, Ebiolade and Ebiere\nOBE, Emmanuel, Caroline and Edward\nNORWAY\nOLBERG, Kristin\nWIKBERG, Thomas\nPAKISTAN\nANWAR, Alia\nYAQUB-KHAN, Nagib\nPANAMA\nPITTY-VELASQUEZ, - Juan and Maria del Pilar\nPARAGUAY\nCANIZA SANCHIZ, Claudia\nGUTIERREZ, Maria, Nora, Hugo and Rodrigo\nLLANES, Beatriz and Karken\nELORENTIN. Liliana\n8\nPERU\nMELZI, Gigliana and Bibiana\nPHILIPPINES\nARGUELLES, J. Randolf and Rowena\nBELLO, Roberto\nLAGDAMEO, Eric, Manolo, Dino and Michiko\nPOLAND\nBEDNARCZUK, Tomasz\nROMANIA\nBESTELIU, Ion\nRWANDA\nNIZEYIMANA, Jean\nSAUDI ARABIA\nAL SOWAYEL, Talal\nSENEGAL\nCOULBARY, Leon\nSIERRA LEONE\nPALMER, Pierrindo\nSINGAPORE\nYOONG, Adeline and Dominic\nSOMALIA\nADDOU, Habon, Mussa and Mahad\nSOUTH AFRICA\nBEKKER, Helena and Anelle\nBEUKES, Abraham and Carl\nVAN HEERDEN, Clea\nSPAIN\nBARCIA, Emilio, Leticia, Ines, Cristina and Augusto\nFERNANDEZ, Jaime and Ignacio\n- 9 -\nSRI LANKA\nMELDER, Eeshan\nSWAZILAND\nSIMELANE, Hlolile and Lucky\nSWEDEN\nGEORGSSON, Jonas\nGROENWALL, Cecilia, Frederik and Jessica\nLINDE, Cecilia\nLINDMARKER, Karin and Christina\nSTENBERG, Ola and Jakob\nSWITZERLAND\nGLAUSER, Thierry\nSTUTZMANN, Nicole\nTANZANIA\nBOMANI, Benjamin and Betty\nTHAILAND\nPRASASVINITCHAI, Lak.and Dharee\nTOGO\nADJOYI, Eric\nKEKEH, Frederic and Olivier\nTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO\nMcINTYRE, Karen\nSMALL, Errol and Gurney\nTURKEY\nATES, Yalim and Elif\nHIZEL, Aydan\nU.S.A.\nTHIS Volunteers and children attending the White House Christmas Party\nANGELES, Aaron\nARCHIE, Mrs. Peter and Rob\nBANK, Jonathan and Brian\nBATTLE, Mrs. William and Christina and Megan\nBELLASCHI, Mia and John\nBENNETT, David\nBEXFIELD, David\nBOWMAN, Brilane\nCARMICHAEL, Aaron\nCHENG, Andrew and Ann\nCHERNICK, Mrs. Sidney and Rachel\nCOLINO, Geoffrey and Stacey\nCROWTHER, Mrs. David and Kimberly and John\nCULVER, Cathy, Caroline and Sloan\nDeGRAFF, Jill\nDUNAWAY, Mrs. Mac and Derek and Ashley\nFELDER, Andrew\nFISHBURNE, Mrs. Benjamin and Benjamin\nFRANKEL, Natalie and Ronald\nGENTILE, Gregory\nGIBBENS, Elizabeth\nGIMER, Melissa, Jennifer and Joyce\nGOLDFARB, Steven and Danny\nGOODWIN, Mrs. Robert and Anne and Helen\nGRAHAM, Mrs. Hayward\nGRAY, David\nHARRISON, Alan and Bradley\nHENIG, Alan\nHENDRICKS, Jeffrey and Lisle\nHYDE, Mrs. William\nJACKSON, Julie and Scott\nJEFFRIES, Mrs. Donald\nKAPLAN, Sharon\nKISSIN, Wendy\nKLISH, Mrs. Theodore and Alexis and Tanya\nKOCH, Mrs. David and Jacqueline and David\nLARSON, Kate\nLANDFIELD, Katherine and Anne\nLEVINE, David\nMcGUIRE, Mrs. Martin and Walsh and John\nNYIRJESY, Mrs. Istvan and Christine\nO'BRIEN, Jennifer\nC'BRIEN, John and Meghan\nOLSEN, Mrs. Ronald and Kristen and Erik\nPARSONS, Susan\nPATTERSON, Mrs. Melvyn and Daamon and Keeva\nPEW, Mrs. Michael and Keith\nREYNOLDS, Roy\nROBERTS, John\n-11-\nSCHIEFFER, Susan\nSEIGEL, Suzanne\nSILVERMAN, Kimberly\nSMITH, Caroline\nSPAULDING, Mrs. Kenneth and Patrick\nSTAREK, Mrs. Roscoe\nSTERN, Larry and Teddy\nTALMADGE, Mrs. John and Leslie\nTITUS, Paula, Richard and Mark\nVIA, Sandra\nWEINIG, Mrs. Donald and Amy\nWILLIAMS, Patrice\nWILLOUGHBY, Gina\nWISHARD, Mrs. William and Van and Diana\nYOUNG, Paul and Karen\nUSSR\nMALOV, Andrei\nTIMOKHIN, Irena\nUPPER VOLTA\nYAGUIBOU, Marilyne, Christiane and Josiane\nURUGUAY\nEGANA, Claudia and Alina\nFERREIRO, Gonzalo and Alvaro\nGIRO, Alfredo\nTALAMAS LOPEZ, Maria Ines and Magdalena\nVENEZUELA\nPALACIOS GALINDO, Robert and Stephen\nVIET NAM\nTRAN, Kim Lan and Kim Chi\nYUGOSLAVIA\nVIDOVIC, Bojan\nSTOJKOVIC, Bora and Slavica\nZAIRE\nMBEKA, Nkiama\nMANGAYA, Helen\nZAMBIA\nDISASI, Kipasa, Mboma and Makabenge\nMWALE, Chidi\nGERALD R. FORD LIBRARY\nThe item described below has been transferred from this file to:\nAudiovisual Unit\nBook Collection\nFord Museum in Grand Rapids\nItem: 8\"x10\" color photo of Betty Ford at The Diplomatic\nChildren's Christmas Party 12/11/74\nWhite Mouse Photo\nlipe 74A2399-13\nThe item was transferred from: weidenfeld; Box3\n12/11/74 Diplomatic Childens Party\nInitials/Date let 2/86\nDip\nTHE WASHINGTON WHITE HOUSE Childrens\nParty\nTo: Amozing Pathi\nfrom: Amazing Helen\nu/ thanks\nbeside an open window, close\nyour eyes, listen closely, and\nsee what happens when you\npass a car or wall,\" be ad-\nvised the group.\nRandi admitted he'd arrived\nat Park City at 4 a.m. to drive\naround the lot and recognize\nthe sounds produced by the\nlights and parked cars. But he\nwasn't saying how the trick is\ndone-\"that doesn't work with\npeople\" he noted:\n2-LANCASTER, PA., NEW ERA-THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1974\nWhat Randi was saying,\nhowever, is that the \"trick\"\ncan be explained, and he\nclaimed the 'tricks\" per-\nformed by all psychics he has\nseen also have explanations.\nRandi is performing at the\nHost Farm Resort Motel this\nweek. Next week he will make\nPERFORMS AT PARK CITY\na similar sightless drive in\nManhattan.\nEscape Artist Drives\nOTHER TRICKS\nI\nRandi has escaped from\nprisons, straight-jackets, cof-\nWhile Blindfolded\nfins, ropes and chains, con-\njured bottles from nowhere,\nand caused objects to vanish\nHis vision apparently\nin front of his eyes and the\nbefore spectators eyes across\nblocked by a mass of pizza\nheavy bag, Randi groped into\nthe U.S., Canada, Europe and\nhis car, tooted the horn, and\nAsia.\ndough. aluminum mask and\ndrove away.\nRandi got his \"big break\" i\nopaque. airtight bag, the\nHe smoothly circled around\nabout 20 years ago when he\nAmazing Randi' stepped into\nand between groups of specta-\nwas performing in\nThe Grand Rapids rress/september 23, 1973\nMiracles, miracles\nby Dan Troutman\nposed healing powers as \"nonsense.\"\nRandi's own tricks were standard\nmagic: Tearing a newspaper into\n\"LADIES AND GERMS, The\n\"The Amazing Randi Escapes\nget out in front of people. I forced\npieces and supposedly making it\nAmazing Randi!\"\nfrom the Quebec Jail,\" announced\nmyself to perform in the most\nwhole again: making milk poured\nThe gnome-like man with flashing\nthe French-language newspaper Le\ninsurmountable of conditions: In\ninto a newspaper cone disappear and\neyes and a full, wiry, white beand\nSoleil on its front pages the next day.\nfront of crowds. working miracles.\"\nbending a ten-penny nail with the\nstrode briskly onto the stage at\nSo the Amazing Randall became The\nDuring his first public perfor-\n\"heat\" given off by the hands of an\nAquinas College's Wege Center a\nAmazing Randi, and a new dimen-\nassistant.\nsion was added to his career.\nmance, Randi said, he nearly fainted\nweek or SO ago, flung his arms wide,\nfrom stage fright but after that he\nThe finale was the big escape. Two\nkneeled on one knee and bowed his\nSince then. he says he has success-\nnever felt fear of performing infront\nhusky volunteers put him in a\nhead.\nfully escaped from 27 jails, \"from\nof people again.\nrestraining device like a strait jacket\nThere was tepid applause from the\nTokyo to Copenhagen,\" and also\nNow, his mathematical prowess\nand tied him to a chair with a long,\naudience of about 300.\nmainly works itself off when he's\nthick rope. He asked them to tie him\ncountless handeuffings, manaclings,\nThe man snapped his head up,\nalone, doing nothing in particular. He\ntight.\nstrait-jacketings and yards and\nglaring. \"C'mon,\" he shouted: \"You\nyards of rope lashings.\nsaid he likes to perform mental tricks\nWhile he was being tied. he laughed\nnon de better than that \" He rose\nwith large numbers multiple\nand joked with the crowd. The\n-\nTIED BY TWO STRONG MEN AND STRAIT-JACKETED STRAIT\nAND OUT 2½ MINUTES LATER!\nThe World Festival of Magic and Occult brought together\nfrom all over the world some of the finest performers of\ntheir kind. Playing to SRO in New York's Madison\nSquare Gardens, it attracted the rapt attention of the\npress and public for three weeks, and elicited such\ncomments as these for The Man No Jail Can Hold - The\nAmazing Randi\nIn addition, some 27 minutes\nof TV news time was devoted\nto interviews and film footage\nof Randi's stunting. Locked\nup in a vault while tied with\n50 feet of rope and a police-\nman's handcuffs, he was the\nsubject of an ABC-TV segment\nand was featured in an\nNBC-TV news interview-all\nduring the New York run of\nthe World Festival of Magic\nand Occult. All this coverage-\nplus 3½ hours on NBC radio!\n\"The Amazing Randi has been on the show many, many\ntimes before\nhe's remarkable, really remarkable!\"\n-Johnny Carson, NBC-TV.\n\"Randi is one of our very topnotch escapologists-in this\nshow, he breathlessly extricates himself from a straight-\njacket. while being swung upside-down from the\nrafters\nonly a handful of masters are operative in any\ngeneration; this character is a master.\"\n-New York Post.\n\"\nthe Amazing Randi, truly amazing as he makes impossible-\nlooking escapes\n\"\nBergen Record, New Jersey.\n\"Randi, a wiry escape expert, bests ropes and a straight-jacket with\noverwhelming speed \"\nNew York Daily News.\n\"Randi can still do things no other escape artist will even attempt.\"\nTrue Magazine.\n\"One artist, The Amazing Randi, justified the whole performance.\nHis ingratiating patter and breathtaking escapes were the hit of the\nevening.\"\n-Newsday.\nTHE AMAZING RANDI HAS\nTHE PERSONALITY AND\nQUALITY THAT CREATE\nA DEMAND FOR HIM AS\nA SUBJECT FOR RADIO\n& TV INTERVIEWS -\nAND HE HAS THE PERFORMANCE\nON STAGE TO BACK IT UP!\nSEAL R. FORD LIBRARY\nTWELVE IMPORTANT TIPS YOU SHOULD REMEMBER\nHere are some basic common-sense points that can improve your home security.\nCheck your locks, doors and windows against this list.\n(1) NEVER attach a name-and-address tag to your key-chain! Instead, use the address of a friend who has\nbeen informed of this. In this way, a dishonest finder cannot use the keys for burglary. And, always remove\nyour house keys from your key-ring when leaving keys with a parking-attendant. Duplicates are easily made,\nand can be used dishonestly.\n(2) DEADLOCKS are easily installed, and cannot be \"slipped\" from outside with a plastic card or knife. A\nbronze deadlock costs less than ten dollars, and is worth every cent of the cost.\n(3) BACK DOOR locks should be as good as those out front. Just because you seldom use the back door,\ndon't skimp on the installation. A burglar would rather use your back door, anyway. He's shy!\n(4) VACATION time is bonanza time for thieves. Don't announce your departure in the society columns.\nWait until you return from your vacation to inform the newspapers. Empty houses are open invitations!\n(5) DISCONTINUE all deliveries when going away. This includes all items such as papers, mail, milk and\nother articles whose presence indicates you are not at home. Have a neighbor pick up flyers at your door.\n(6) When out for the evening or longer, leave random lights on. Any thief will hesitate to enter a home that\nshows someone may be home. A good idea is to have a friend enter and change which lights are left on if you\nwill be away for some time.\n(7) IF you have a door with glass or thin wood panels near the lock, have double-cylinders installed. This\nmeans you will have to use a key to open the door from either side, and a burglar breaking the door will not\nbe able to reach in and twist the lock open without a key.\n(8) WINDOWS must be locked if accessible from outside. BUT BE SURE these windows can be opened\nquickly and easily from the inside in case of fire! See your locksmith for this service.\n(9) LADDERS are dangerous for security. Always lock all ladders with a chain, so burglars cannot use them\nto enter through a second story.\n(10) CHAIN-LOCKS are good ONLY for privacy and front doors when talking with callers. They are easily\nbroken, and even locking types are NOT good for away-from-home security.\n(11) UTILITY MEN always carry identification. Ask to see it if you do not recognize the caller. He will not\nbe insulted, and you will be assured that you are not being \"cased\" for a break-in.\n(12) MYSTERIOUS PHONE CALLS should always be reported to the police. Burglars often \"case\" a home\nby calling to see if anyone is home, and police can often detect a pattern of such calls and be alerted that the\narea is being surveyed for break-ins.\nABOVE ALL - IF A BURGLAR SURPRISES YOU, DON'T RESIST! GET OUT AS FAST AS YOU CAN,\nAND IF THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE, CO-OPERATE. THERE IS NO PROPERTY MORE VALUABLE THAN\nYOUR LIFE, AND A DEAD HERO IS NO USE TO YOUR FAMILY!\nCommon sense is always your best weapon against burglars. Have you ever forgotten your keys and had to\nenter your house by other means? Was it easy? Could a burglar have used the same method? Survey your\nhome NOW and be that much safer. NO home is burglarproof, but your home can be much more of a\nproblem to a criminal if you work at it. A burglar usually works alone - don't you be his partner!\nJames Randi\nMR. SECURITY\nTIME\nTHE WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE\nFounders: BRITON HADDEN 1898-1929\nHENRY R. LUCE 1898-1967\nEditor-in-Chief: Hedley Donoyan\nChairman of the Board: Andrew Heiskell\nPresident: James R. Shepley\nGroup Vice President, Magazines: Arthur W. Keylor\nVice Chairman: Roy E. Larsen\nMANAGING EDITOR\nHenry Anatale Grunwold\nASSISTANT MANAGING EDITORS\nMurray J. Gart, Edward L. Jamieson, Richard M. Seamon\nKANFER PREPARING TO LEVITATE RANDI\nSENIOR EDITORS: Laurence I. Borrett, Ruth Brine, Clell Bryant, George J.\nChurch, John T. Elson, Timothy Foote, Otto Friedrich, Martin Goldman, Leon Ja-\nroff, Ronald P. Kriss, Marshall Loeb, Jason McManus, Donald Neff.\nA LETTER FROM\nDiplomatic Editor: Jerrold L. Schecter\nInternational Editor: R. Edward Jackson\nEuropean Editor: Jesse L. Birnbaum. Associates: William R. Doerner, Fred-\nerick Painton.\nBack in Forest Hills, Queens, N.Y., more than three decades\nASSOCIATE EDITORS: James Atwater, William Bender, Gilbert Cant, Ger-\nald Clarke, Jay Cocks, Spencer Davidson, Michael Demarest, Martha M. Duffy,\nago, a nine-year-old showman named Stefan Kanfer amazed his\nJose M. Ferrer III, Frederic Golden, James Grant, Philip Herrera, Robert\nfriends by producing coins and cards out of thin air. \"It was the old up-\nHughes, Geoffrey James, Timothy M. James, T.E. Kalem, Stefan Kanfer, Ed\nMagnuson, Frank B. Merrick, Mayo Mohs, Lance Morrow, Burton Pines, R.Z.\nthe-sleeve trick,\" recalls Kanfer, now anchor man of TIME'S Essay sec-\nSheppard, William E. Smith, Peter Stoler, Edwin G. Warner.\ntion, \"and the coins would generally clatter to the floor, to my em-\nCONTRIBUTING EDITORS: Christopher P. Andersen, Richard Bernstein, Pa-\ntricia Blake, Andrea Chambers, Joan Downs, Judy Fayard, Neil D. Gluckin,\nbarrassment. As a magician, I had ten things working against me\nPaul Gray, Marguerite Johnson, Jack Kramer, Gina Mallet, Donald M. Mor-\nrison, Mark Nichols, Philip Taubman, Mark Vishniak, Ivan Webster, Jack E.\n-my fingers.\" So the young Kanfer went to New York University\nWhite, Roger Wolmuth.\nand ended up writing advertising copy, gag lines for Victor Borge,\nREPORTER-RESEARCHERS: Marylois Purdy Vega (Chief), Nancy 1. Williams\nshort fiction, TV programs, a few off-Broadway shows. In 1966 he\n(Deputy)\nDepartment Heads: Maria Luisa Cisneros (Letters), Rosalind Halvorsen, Dor-\njoined TIME as a writer for the Show Business section before turning\nothy Haystead, Ursula Nadasdy, Raissa Silverman.\nmovie critic and essayist. This week he was back at his old haunt for\nSenior Staff: Priscilla B. Badger, Audrey Bail, Patricia Beckert, Jean Bergerud,\nPeggy T. Berman, Margaret G. Boeth, Nancy McD. Chase, Anne Constable,\nour story on the renaissance of magic.\nMarta Fitzgerald Dorion, Gail Eisen, Robert L. Goldstein, Leah Shanks Gor-\ndon, Patricia N. Gordon, Anne Hopkins, Marion Knox, Sara C. Medina, Nancy\nOver the years, Kanfer has worked on enlarging his bag of tricks.\nNewman, Sue Raffety, Betty Suyker, F. Sydnor Vanderschmidt, Rosemarie T.\nZadikov.\nHe has learned hundreds of card stunts, math games and vanishing\nSusan Altchek, Sarah Bedeil, Sarah Button, Regina Cahill, Janice Castro, Di-\nacts from his friend, Science Writer Martin Gardner, through whom\nana Crosbie, Rosamond Draper, Georgia Harbison, Amanda Macintosh, Gaye\nMclntosh, Nancy McMorris, Alexandra Mezey, Brigid O'Hara-Forster, Hilary\nhe met other magicians willing to share their secrets. Among Kan-\nOstlere, Betty Palik, Gail Perlick, Susan M. Reed, Alexandra Henderson Rich,\nfer's most prominent mentors is James (\"The Amazing\") Randi, who\nJay Rosenstein, Victoria Sales, Bonita Siverd, Anna Sosnowski, Zona Sparks,\nMary Themo, Cassie Thompson, Edward Tivnan, Jean M. Vallely, Susanne S.\nserved as an informal consultant for the current story. \"Steve has\nWashburn, Genevieve Wilson, Paul A. Witteman, Linda Young.\nbeen a really good student,\" says Randi. \"If he really applied him-\nCORRESPONDENTS: Murray J. Gart (Chief), Benjamin W. Cate (Deputy)\nSenior Correspondent: John L. Steele\nself, he'd be terrific. As a writer, he knows how human beings work,\nWashington: Hugh Sidey, John F. Stacks, Bonnie Angelo, David Beckwith,\nwhich is crucial for a magician. He's also a little crazy, and that\nJohn M. Berry, Stanley W. Cloud, Walter Bennett, Simmons Fentress, Dean E.\nFischer, Hays Gorey, Jerry Hannifin, Samuel R. lker, Joseph J. Kane, Neil Mac-\nhelps too.\" Yet Kanfer remains modest: \"The real magic for me is in\nNeil, John Mulliken, Sandy Smith, Mark Sullivan, Strobe Talbott, Arthur White.\nChicago: Gregory H. Wierzynski, Marguerite Michaels, J. Madeleine Nash,\nwords, not things. I belong behind the typewriter, not on the stage.\nBarrett Seaman, Richard Woodbury. Los Angeles: Richard L. Duncan, Jess\nWhen a really good magician performs, I'm the world's biggest geek.\"\nCook, Patricia Delaney, David DeVoss, Roland Flamini, Leo Janos, John L. Wil-\nhelm. New York: Marsh Clark, Marcia Gauger, Mary Cronin, Lansing La-\nKanfer's in-house accomplice for his story was Reporter-Re-\nmont, Richard N. Ostling, Eileen Shields, Don Sider, Stanley W. Stillman, John\nTompkins, James Willwerth. Atlanta: James Bell, David C. Lee. Boston: San-\nsearcher Patricia N. Gordon, who interviewed Doug Henning, star of\ndra Burton, Elizabeth Frappollo, Ruth Mehrtens Galvin, David Wood. Detroit:\nBroadway's The Magic Show. \"Henning lives magic,\" she says. \"The\nEdwin M. Reingold, K.L. Huff. San Francisco: Joseph N. Boyce, John J. Aus-\ntin. United Nations: Curtis Prendergast.\nenthusiasm he conveys is incredible. Talking to him, I fully expected\nEurope: William Rademaekers, David B. Tinnin, Robert Parker. London: John\nhim to turn into a cougar or burst into flames on the spot.\" Gordon\nM. Scott, Lawrence Malkin, William McWhirter. Paris: Roger Beardwood,\nPaul Ress, George Taber. Bonn: Bruce W. Nelan, Gisela Bolte, Christopher\nalso found Kanfer's spirited but unmethodical treatment of research\nByron. Brussels: Henry Muller. Rome: Jordan Bonfante. Jerusalem: William\nF. Marmon Jr., Marlin Levin. Beirut: Karsten Prager, William Stewart. Cairo:\nmaterials somewhat extraordinary. \"He puts everything together and\nWilton Wynn. Moscow: John Shaw. Hong Kong: Roy Rowan, David Aikman,\nit comes out pure Kanfer,\" she says. \"That is really magic.\"\nBing W. Wong. Saigon: Gavin Scott, Pham Xuan An. Nairobi: Lee Griggs,\nEric Robins. New Delhi: James Shepherd. Tokyo: Herman Nickel, S. Chang,\nFrank Iwama. Melbourne: John Dunn. Canada: B. William Mader, Peter\nRehak (Ottawa), James Wilde (National Corr.), Robert Lewis (Toronto), John\nRalph P. Davdson\nBlashill (Montreal), Ed Ogle (Vancouver). Buenos Aires: Rudolph S. Rauch\nIII. Rio de Janeiro: Barry Hillenbrand. Mexico City: Bernard Diederich.\nNews Desks: Rosemary Byrnes, Susan Lynd. Cable Desk: Minnie Magazine,\nAl Somers Buist. 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He drove me. people and barriers\nwere placed over his eves to obscure vision.\nwithout hitting them.\nthen an airtight, opaque black bag (above) tied\nLIFE/STYLE\nPhotos by Kenn Duncan\nDoug Henning in 'Magic Show': Making them marvel at illusions\nPit, whom the Fédération Internation-\nHey Presto! It's Magic\nale Société Magique voted World Cham-\npion Magician in 1958, \"is that we are\nliving at a time when we are fooled\nA last week, seventeen men sat down silk handkerchiefs and dancing balls.\nRosoff's restaurant in New York City audience via the hocus-pocus of flashing\nby the government, by politicians and by\nthe oil companies. But people love to be\nlunch\nbefore\n\"Ah_\nThe\nBrotherhood\nof\nMa-\nfooled\nher\nbecause\nit's\n58\nNewsweek\nLowest in'tar'\nofal\nmentho 100's.\nIceberg100's\nthan\nLOW-TAR MENTHOL\n:\nTwenty Filter Cigarettes 100mm-\nIceberg 100's\nWarning: The Surgeon General Has Determined\nThat Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health.\njuggler.\"\n-LINDA FRANCKE\n9 mg. \"tar\", 0.6 mg. nicotine av. per cigarette by FTC method.\nJuly 22, 1974\n59\nThe Psychics\nIWI\n®\n6761 177\nSINED MEIN\nBEHAVIOR\nCOVER STORY\nBoom Times on the Psychic Frontier\nGlendower: I can call spirits from the\nand memory? Could there be a para-\nspoons and keys apparently with the\nvasty deep.\nnormal world exempt from known nat-\nforce of his thoughts.\nHotspur: Why, so can I, or so can\nural law?\nIn the Philippines, Tennis Star\nany man;\nBoth in America and abroad, those\nTony Roche is relieved of painful \"ten-\nBut will they come when you do call\nquestions are being asked by increasing\nnis elbow\" when an incision is made and\nfor them?\nnumbers of laymen and scientists hun-\nthree blood clots are apparently re-\n- -Henry IV\ngry for answers. The diverse manifes-\nmoved by the touch of a psychic healer,\ntations of interest in so-called psychic\nwho knows nothing of surgery or of mod-\nFor all the enormous achievements\nphenomena are everywhere:\nern sanitation.\nof science in posting the universe that\nIn the US The Secret Life of\nIn the U.S. the number of col-\nplanes and dimensions of experience laymen and scientists alike by bending of psychic research. Once skeptics aban-\nTIME, MARCH 4, 1974\n65\nBuffalo Evening News\nThursday, January 9, 1975\nWashington\nSidelights\nThe News\nBureey\nIDE\nBetty's Unwritten Rule\nFirst Lady Betty Ford is gra-\ncious and obliging but she does\nhave some rules. When 500 chil-\ndren of Washington diplomats"
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