Show THE THE THE- Ant Eye Ants Eye View By By MAC AC Last Thursday evening The I News was all ready to run at 9 o'clock and we sat sat around and andI I wailed waited and waited walled and waited We j were trying to find tind out how Morgan I camo out In Its Ils basketball off play game We never did find o out out and had to fio 1 without the The reason The boss bOil goofed I f forgot to appoint somebody attending the game to phone I 1 back the thee score core I 1 phoned the Trib twice the News Newl once the Standard Standard-Ex once the East Cast CastI EutI I I High School once Nobody know anything No story tory I Ive I've Ive missed stories before A AI I couple of of them make good re- re I now They're both im- im I possible po but true Hack flack lu la Iowa there were two high school boys named no relation They had advanced la Ia school competition until they were both ready for the state One played the trumpet the other sang tenor tenor- ind IId they were both tremendous They got Into a flit fist fight They emerged with a badly cutlip cut lip for the trumpet player and anda a badly bruited bruised Adams Adam's apple for the singer Inger That's That the truth I INo No contest of course nut Hut I wasn't allowed to use the story Why They were fighting I over 0 er the attentions attention of the pub- pub I liMber Duller daughter e eThen to j jd I Then thorp there w wa was the tap First t of the of-the the Year ear conte contest t. t You Know linow merchants go 10 together to present d fo ot fob mother mothr and Jand child the I fir baby born in the New e Year The winning birth occurred I about 5 am a.m. New Years Year's Day I There was Wal no doubt about it being a doctors doctor's I and Id all 1 I IOnly i I IOnly Only one trouble trouble the the mother was Wal not married I She had come a thousand miles to IJ here have her baby at the home of I Mends friends She claimed the prizes prices for her friends a young young married married I couple who could certainly use them And there was absolutely 1 nothing in the rules cover to-cover to cover a situation situation n like this i I A hurried meeting of ot merchants merchants' and publisher and reporter was called Plainly courtesy prevented prevent prevent- ed det details Thus I most of the good publicity attending at at attending tending the I project would be canceled can can- Still the girl had a bona bonafide bonafide fide claim What that to do I. I It ll was an Ideal spot to lo study character and personality Some of ot th the the- merchants chuckled at at their own dilemma Some were wre furious at the gall of her The publisher was worried The Tho reporter ie- ie If p porter me was excited at nt sitting sitting sit sit- I ting ling In a closed session Finally they decided They would pay the girl the prizes or the cash equivalent and hush huh It up Then they would wait walt for for fac the next first baby and carry out the publicity for that one The publisher carried his share share-of the loss by handling all the ad advertising advertis advertis- ing at half halt price Nobody was wash h happy but every one was salts satis- fled i i Everybody but me that Is I. I ml wed a da damned ned good story tory And next New Years Year's first baby I promotion didn't sell lell Nobody wo would d buy And you could hardI hardly hard hard- I ly Iy blame them I Im I'm pretty sure I witnessed a murder one night In Ill fact I know I I did Some Somo day Ill I'll tell talc you ou about that once Mac Mac I |