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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1963
Page
11
Aging stuntmen reconsider their paths as the rising number of epic pictures increases demand. Pay scales vary from 80 pounds weekly for ordinary work to 250 pounds a day for major car crashes, with fallen heights earning per foot rates. Stunt doubles protect stars whose absence costs thousands daily.
London AP reports Britain faces a dwindling pool of stunt men, with about 25 top performers remaining. These veterans from World War II trained in bayonets, falls, and driving at speed, now aging in the film industry as elite performers who endure brutal on set scenes.
Christmas holiday traffic accidents in West Virginia killed at least seven people this year, four in Kanawha County, pushing the state total to 425 deaths versus 422 at this time last year.
Peterstown native Sherman Hart Ballard a five term WV House of Delegates member died at home on Christmas Day at 69. Ballard chaired the state Workmen's Compensation Board and came from a prominent WV family whose grandfather served in the first legislature.
An NLRB trial examiner recommends unfair labor practices against National Seating and Dimension Inc in Williamson. The action supports United Mine Workers charges that a worker was unlawfully dismissed last spring amid a collective bargaining election.
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