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in staving 10 minutes in a wrestling match with a' 400-pound gorilla a stunt widely publicized at the time. A. P. Ayers and some other Naples young bloods conceived and staged the stunt borrowing- a gorilla from a circus and baiting Chiz into accepting the challenge. "He almost squeezed the life out of me until I got a hammer-lock then he climbed into the rafters overhead, with me hanging on till the time limit was up," said Chiz.

Fair Match Chiz insists the match was fair, although the gorilla was muzzled to keep him from biting. "I was sporting I didn't bite him either, although some have accused me otherwise," saidChir. Chiz ran unsuccessfully for sheriff in 1948 and again in 1952, piling up a good vote on the argument that he knew a lot began giving serious attention toj his well drilling business after selling his have been wearing shoes so long my feet have got kind of, tender," he confessed. He even goes to church oc- casionally now, which is why he Fort Slyers (Fla.) News-Press, Monday, December 1359 I A 01' Chiz Retains Pioneer Standing Contlnor4 from P. One) crews and two rigs as well as for general public service.

Never Got Caught Chiz came to Naples in 1915 as a seven-year-old with his parents from Starke in North Florida. He frankly confesses to a career of bootlegging in the 1920s and said he was never caught, "although shot at a couple of times." In the late 1940s Chiz wore a bushy beard, scratched matches on the leathery soles of his bare feet, was written up in the Saturday Evening Post, and his bar was a favorite gathering place for the wealthy play set of Na iiviil STEAM-CURED 1 1 CONCRETE f4-m BLOCKS Prompt Delivery RADIO DISPATCHED TRANSIT -MIXED CON'CRETB DECORATIVE CAMEO STONE FORT MYERS READY MIXED CONCRETE, INC EDison 2-1116 1 ft A AM, shaves on Sunday. COLLECTOR'S ITEM PHILADELPHIA LT Harry Buten, who claims his Wedge-wood collection is the largest in the Middle Atlantic states, thought his claim was being challenged by a man who wrote stating his collection was the largest in the Middle East. Buten noted the signature, that of Charles Malik, of Lebanon, president of the United Nations. 1 lege football players face is set up by the profs.

wJV about the office from having been in jail 21 times. Most of hig incarcerations have been for fighting he is actually a moderate drinker. He has paid fines for game law violations but inp't never been caught "red-handed. I 1 and started wearing shoes when he Largest gem diamond ever discovered was the Cullinan. ples.

Chiz still chuckles over his feat A RECEIVES AWARD. Robert S. receive handshake and award as outstanding citizen Saturday night from Civitan Club President Lonnle Sims. Rummell won award for formation of Civic Round Table, which brings representatives of all civic clubs together. John L.

Mead is seated in front of Rummell, first chairman of Round Table. Flemming to Ask Congress For More Power Over Drugs the present law was made in connection with the use of stilbes-trol in cattle feed. Although it was found the -hormone did not cause cancer in cattle, he said, it was decided to turn down new applications for such use. But applicants who had' received the go-ahead earlier could not be automatically stopped from continuing to use the hormone, he said. The hormone was cleared by FDA 12 years ago and has been used to fatten cattle as well as poultry.

Flemming said last Thursday that no residues of stilbestrol had been found in beef, mutton or lamb, and that the chemical was not used in hogs. V- I i 1 WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 VP Secretary of Welfare Arthur S. Flemming said today he will ask Congress to make it easier for him to prevent the use of any suspected cancer producing agents in the feed of animals. Flemming said the present law Is unfair and "doesn't make sense from a heatlh viewpoint." The secretary explained that the Food and Drag Administration can now refuse applications for the use of an agent in animal feed when it is suspected of causing cancer.

But, he said, once permission has been granted, it can be revoked only after the government assumes the burden of proving the product is unsafe. There is no justification whatever for continuing to make it possible for those with prior approval to use a substance in food while barring others, Flemming laid. The cranberry market was thrown into a tailspin just before Thanksgiving when Flemming's department reported finding some "The American people, therefore," he said then, "can purchase beef, mutton, lamb and pork with the assurances that such foods contain no detectable residues of Today Flemming assured house wives they need have no qualms about purchasing any poultry now on the market. cranberries on which a suspected cancer producing weed killer had Florida State Loses Close Auburn Game AUBURN, Dec. 13 (JP- Auburn had to play hard throughout Saturday night's bas ketball game to stay ahead of Florida State and win 62-58.

been improperly used. Flemming said he is certain housewives need now have no worry in buying cranberries if they are labeled safe under an inspection system worked out between FDA and the cranberry industry. Last Thursday Flemming announced a voluntary plan worked out to halt the use in poultry of a fattening synthetic hormone which induced cancer in test animals when fed to them over long periods of time." The plan provided for removal from the market of birds treated with the hormone stilbestrol. Flemming's point about what he called the unfair aspect of Auburn's ability to control the boards and keep possession kept them out of hot spots in. the closing moments.

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