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W Hasty diner gets pinned J under truck Associated Press tides aiv{| : he chanti* ;h f r d f I' ABILENE — Rushing home for a .j II r fried chicken dinner can have its pit falls. Ask Randall Leonard, who says I TO wound up pinned under his Vfeetkl^P truc ^ ^ or ^ hours in cold weather because he was a little too to see . , ; conf«*«! ,,n , cha . n 8‘ n 8 . Fhe truck slipped on a jack, trap ping the 30-year-old oilfield worker t y ,! until early Tuesday, when he was P ll - f re ed. i^ *\HThe Abilene man was at work sl ^" Monday night when his wife Susan t i wondti»i e( j to tell him what she planned for dinner. "mi 'il' ^ e to ^ nie over l ^ e we ’ M ' were having fried chicken and ng t Hte, mas ) ie( j potatoes and gravy,” Leon ard recalled Tuesday. He said the ' rel meal sounded so good he was in a hurry to get home. elitesoltsl |_j e was c hanging the tire on the the corrtcKjntage road of U.S. 277 when the truck slipped. fi'ty cenle pfLeonard said he was never under 11 ' s the truck’s full weight. He said was d0 not in great pain, but began losing ‘ ll ' drculation in his legs. ^ 00 situps, everything I knew lone h how, to keep the circulation going,” >t nu ^ he said. ^Leonard said he did not suffer much from the 31-degree tempera- tUle because he had put on a sweater -J,before starting to change the tire. ^■Leonard said he tried to attract the attention of passing motorists by waving them from under the truck, bui most drove by, apparently think- gfn< §0% ing he was just being friendly. VfC Relief came when Keith Middie- vTljton, a state Highway Department i worker, found him, officers said. ■Leonard was taken to an Abilene hospital for treatment of a com pressed ankle and released. t-zhl live Caret* 8682 6- eonar d said he has taken a great deal of libbing from friends who -Pd him they believe he cooked up accident to spend a night away '■'Hroni his wife. Slouch By Jim Earle “I have these spells of nervous depression, mostly when Pm in class, and especially on Friday afternoons... ” Future is bright for Texas films Associated Press DALLAS — The Texas movie in dustry, which enjoyed more than $90 million worth of business from 30 major feature productions in 1984, should enjoy another good year as producers seek realism and shoot more on location, a state offi cial says. Joel Smith, director of the Texas Film Commission in Austin, says the recent trend away from California’s dominance of the industry shows no sign of slowing down. “Movies are being made more and more on location because audiences demand realism,” Smith says. “A lo cation often is a co-star in the pic ture.” Texas provided more than a few varied locations for major produc tions during 1984. Many of them will be released during 1985, Smith says. Smith, whose duties include pro moting Texas to filmmakers ana as sisting those who decide to film in the state, says that despite increasing competition from other states for out-of-California shooting, Texas is developing a more well-rounded in dustry. “What is beginning to happen in a very modest way is that independent producers in Texas are starting to make movies in Texas with the help of established entries elsewhere,” Smith says. “That’s a good sign.” Competiton from other states will help, he says. “As long as film-making grows in other parts of the country, it contrib utes to the decentralization of the film industry and that’s good for Texas,” he says. Thirty major features films were shot in Texas in both 1983 and 1984, although the total budgets for the films dropped from $ 115 million to $90 million, Smith said. “We had the tighter budget pic tures (in 1984),” Smith says. “In a way, that’s good because it reflects that more of the films were pro duced by Texans involved in some production aspect.” Major productions filmed in Texas and slated for release in 1985 include “1918,” written by Oscar winning screenplay writer, Horton Foote, and filmed in Waxahachie; and “Dragonslayer,” filmed in Cor pus Christi and starring Helen Slater of “Supergirl” fame. Martin Jurow, producer of “Terms of Endearment,” last year’s Best Picture, used the Marfa-Alpine area for “Sylvester,” starring Melissa Gilbert ana Richard Farnsworth. “Places in the Heart”, starring Sally Field and filmed in Waxaha chie in 1983, has been nominated for seven Academy Awards, includ ing Best Picture and Best Actress. Mini-series as well as the prime time soap opera “Dallas” were also filmed partially in Texas. Snapshofoffers the only real glimpse of the city Pop bottles aid search for children Associated Press PITTSBURGH — A soft drink bottler is adding its resources to a growing campaign to find miss ing children. Abarta Inc. of Pittsburgh, which bottles Coca-Cola and other soft drinks in Bethlehem, Pa., Cleveland, and Buffalo, N.Y., is placing photographs with descriptions of missing children missing bottles distributed in will appear paper aprons attached to the ttles, which will be on store on pop those cities. The information on bott shelves this week Abarta President John Bitzer said the idea comes from a Chi cago public relations firm. Seve ral Midwestern milk producers are picturing missing children on milk containers, while the Chi cago Transit Authority is showing the children’s pictures on buses and commuter trains. “The epidemic of missing chil dren is such an immense moral is sue at this point that all of us are compelled to become involved,” Bitzer said. npany of miss new group ot missing children on 500,000 bottles every three weeks, he said. Paris, France it’s not, but it’s not ‘Paris, Texas’ Associated Press PARIS — The residents of the Northeast Texas town of Paris are worried about the movie “Paris, Texas” — which wasn’t filmed in Pa ris and, in fact, has little to do with Paris. “It might as well be titled ‘Ko komo, Ind.,’ ” says Patrick Ryan, manager of the Paris Chamber of Commerce. here.” Onh ‘None of it was shot one glimpse of Paris is in cluded in the 145-minute film—a snapshot of a vacant lot. Thomas Steely, a banker whose f reat-grandfather founded Paris in 839, fears the movie will tarnish the town’s reputation. “There’s no question we’ll get lots of exposure — but will it be good or not?” Steely asked. The movie, which won the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, was made by a German director and financed by French investors. The film’s main character, Travis, turns up wandering in the Texas de sert after a mysterious four-year ab sence. He tries to reunite with his family and dreams of moving to Pa ris—the town where he believes he was conceived. At one point, Travis holds a snapshot of a vacant lot in Paris where he plans to build a home. But Trivis never reaches Paris. His quest becomes a symbolic search for lost roots. “Our character froze in the 1920s,” he said. “It may sound strange to you, but I like seeing the people I’ve known for 50 years.” During the 1930s, Paris was a cot- ton-farming boomtown and railroad center. Industry is now the major em ployer. 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