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Show Two-Gun Tony . . Lilies (lis ; Six-SIicoIor . ; . - ' "s ; Cowboy hat . . . - -', ' Six-shooter cap guns . ' Comic books . . . .... ....... - Bubble gum 'ZT. "( 1 Standard equipment, sure,' fof aa average American 8-year-old boy. but for a musical genius, a conductor of symphony, orchestras,' the accessories appear impossible. Ferrudo Burco rolled into Salt Lake City Thursday on an Over land Greyhound tines bus and any onlooker would have taken him for that average 8-year-old and not for a youngster who has the world of music at his feet "Where are the Indians," asked Ferruedo, tn the musical Italian of his native Milan.. - Lacking Indians,. Ferruccid "levelled" with his six-guns at newspaper photographer. The boy was as lively as a grasshopper while his tour manager, Jack Pe-triU, Pe-triU, president of the American Concert Assn., explained that there is nothing sissie about the young genius. Femiccio recently conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic orchestra orches-tra and his parents decided that it was time to Include a liberal dose of the west in his education; So they and the boy. with his teacher, Orfio Rossi piled oa td a bus. i '.- .... , i They Intend to tour as many western states as possible before Ferruedo has to return to Chicago to conduct the Chicago symphony on June 20. . 7 The prodigy doesnt speak or read English, according to Mr. ' Pstrin, but that haant dulled his Interest in comic books. And by the same token, Ferruedo gets a tremendous wallop out of bubble gum. . The only thing that might spot the boy ss a musical genius Is his long, curly hair. But the cowboy hat pretty well took care of that Thursday. . |