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FLA a week, bushv-b- t ank-$172 Manny Velasco sticks Ins head mouth of into the Lolita the killer wiiale four times u day the "Its a great feeling first time, says Velasco, 24 "First you just stick your s i"" V i - V Z - yj jf Then you play with whales like their tongue that Then one day you take a quick look, maybe," he says Velasco is 5 foot 6 and 140 pounds Lolita is IS feet and about 3,500 pounds with a tongue the size of a typewriter. finger in jt r and the Heads No Minnow It's a Whale of a Tale spike-toothe- " Sharp Tremor Shakes Coast They Just Hope She's Not Hungry t nt I m 5, 1972 Four tunes a dav m the con- - ebse rrete whale bowl at M'ami Seaquarium. in announcer in I. ad.es a control booth says and gentlemen and children please remain perfectly still I Mike Jax, 25, is another whale trainer who has been workmg with the animals for about two years release my hands, that's the signal my head is out and she Can close her mouth " S not trying to U them know he doesn't let just want to be bothered But even a from a tap maie can make your rbs ache for a while, He 5,000-poun- d Velasco speaks of Lolita and her mate, Hugo, wdh respect "They call them killer whales because they kill for food They'll go up on the ice after a polar btar. But they only kill for food. Hhi'e Tourists Shoot Then the whales head is out of the water, Velasco is on the catwalk, one hand on each massive jaw His head drops into the mouth and remains there for about five seconds while tourists shoot pictures Could he hold open the it When Jax says the trainers prefer because a lot more passive She's really gemle, and she doesri t have the temper that the males seem to have Hugo has never made a serious attempt to injure a trainer, Jax says, but he gets moody, just like people do He's hurt a couple of people accidentally by doing tilings like butting them with his nose if thev mutate him to work with Lolita "females seem Theyre Not Hungry Caretaters make sure the tw o whales aren't hungry when ielasco works with them ' mon- brute mouth ster's by strength? Not a c.iance, says Hugo belts down 170 pounds of fish a day, Lolita about 130 pounds If she wanted to Velasco. doe her mouth, she could Jax says Velasco, who came from a Havana with his parents as served in the Army and worked as a salesman and a security guard before taking a job cleaning out sea lion two cages at tne Seaquarium years ago Now he supports his wife, Colleen. 22. a former Stuquar-tuand their .Aquamaid, baby daughter teen-age- HOLLISTER, CALIF. (LPI) A sharp earthquake shook the central California coavai area Monday, but apparently caused no damage or injuries - The sheriff s officer here raid it had many calls from the surrounding area after the jolt The quake was felt in Saland Gonzales other inas, communities in the Monterey Bay area. was quite a jolt. It really sa.d a shook the jail here, deputy on duty. Hollister is known as the earthquake capital became of numerous quakes along d series of faults. it h ,v 7 O nriiah4id Aiscaated Pres Wireuhjto Miami, carefully sticks his head to Jax, mouth of Lolita, killer nhale al Seaquarium. Mike 25, She Lost Smoking Ban , But Won Another One ST. 1KTERSBlRGH, FL City Councilwoman (AP) Barbara Gammon didn't like Mayor Herman Goicuiers pipepuffing habits So she started a campaign that is changing the smoking habits of the entire city. A nonsmoker, Gammon Mrs. objected to Goldners pipe something of a political traand porposed a ban demark on smoking in council cham- bers. 1 was kind of rebuffed, said Mrs. Gammon, "lie took it personally and went off on a diatribe against me. The ban was defeated. Then Rev. J. V. Cate, ancouncilman a and reformed smoker, escalated the dispute by directing the city's legal department to come up with a law limiting places people may smoke. 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