\ . • i . ■ , . , : ■■■ ■ v ; . ■ . ■ ■' : ; / - . ■ ■ ■ . ■ -i , . ■ ■ ; ■ ■ .. :ws :es nc ed Elmer ' on d convic- V Will Gray edy that he urt ofCrim- six of the 27 three-year in custody fidence that '-trial errors lartn orted Wed- id has rabies 'tified Santa bies tests on ■e negative, confirmed. >ther expla- — Dr. Per- ily thing we reported an from a con- no has been ure was fab it the same ie disease in Jr in a Pied- ; dogs along THE BATTALION THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1979 Page 3 ente rtainment 5ven my mama calls me Wolf Wolfman still riding high on success United Press International HOLLYWOOD — Even my amacalls me Wolf,” says plain old b Smith, better known as radio's r olfinan Jack. Gone are the days of plain Bob. is wife, Lu, is called “Wolfwo- lan,” and the husky-voiced, growl ing DJ even signs his checks olfman.” And contracts, too, of hich there are plenty. He has his fangs in many pies, in cluding three syndicated radio Shows — disco, oldies and top 20. “Aaaaa-oooooo!” comes the shout torn Wolfman’s wood-paneled of- ces at the famous intersection of lollywood and Vine. His voice goes 0 2,200 stations, including armed frees radio, in 42 countries. He also osts “Midnight Special” on televi- jon and makes several movie, TV pd personal appearances. Wolfs distinctive sound, brought up from the underground in the film American Graffiti,” lurks even in [is normal speech. Although he does not remember the exact year, it was during the early 1960s that he moved to Del Rio, Texas, and, in a scene that could have come from the movie “Viva Zapata,” used guns and bribes to take over XERF, a failing, 250,000-watt radio station across the border in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico. “I went to Del Rio because I wanted the biggest stage I could get (most AM stations have a maximum 50,000 watts),” Wolfman said. “The biggest station was XERF. It was the most powerful radio signal in the world. It’s an all-time legendary radio station. “Nobody knew where the station was, which gave it a mystique. You couldn’t go to the station, you couldn’t call us. And if you wrote, you’d only get a post office box.” The station made a fortune selling mail order products — “everything from weight pills to pigeons to bu rial policies.” The Wolfman himself was a mys tery. For years, his race was of much discussion. Because of his & budget for ipokesman nesday an ion budget hillips an- petroeum ■uses were energy' in- igs to hind is for im- ;tems, the ixieo ’ept all but t the com- ■ntly regis- first since )inmissi