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rV: jr. i I Test your tackle and skill on I 15 varieties of fightin' fish I 1 111 n. i A Like a conquering hero, he waved his way across country. p. .4 -w Autograph? Sure said Elvis, and his German fans kept him writing.

I Dash into the surf along 3,251 miles of Great Lakes I become I a I m0MSJ'GTl I watersplasher! Launch it and go! Over 11,000 fresh-water lakes full of fun are waiting for you! Splash cares away in the land of cfystal-blue water! Iu -t'R- the King of Rock Roll some Elvis Presley records from West Berlin, Freiheit reported. Even more danrningly, the treacherous youth's home contained an autographed photo of Freiheit's Villain-of-the-Year. When seven East German boys were jailed for worshiping Elvis and for making skintight blue jeans their uniform of the day," Private Presley was driven to verbal intervention. "Man," he informed an interviewer, those Commies are really squares, wouldn't you say? Each morning, a black Mercedes taxi made a regular call in Bad Nau-heim. Private Presley was driven to the army base, where he drove his platoon sergeant around in a jeep.

At 5 p. m. the sergeant's chauffeur was chauffeured home in the Mercedes. The army postal service handled as many as 10,000 fan letters a week. Mail addressed to Airman First Class Elvis Presley," Colonel Presley," General Presley," just plain Elvis, U.

S. Army," or even The King of Rock 'n Roll, Wherever You Are" was routed to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 3d Armored Division. As fond as he was of the army, Elvis could also enjoy his off-duty hours. The world soon learned that one of his favorite forms of recreation was a shapely 17 year old blonde. I've been dating a little German girl from Frankfurt," Elvis whispered into an armed forces network microphone.

Coyly, Elvis disclosed that the envy of a million girls was a typist named Margit Buergin: Her English isn't too good yet and every time I go out with her, she brings along her little dictionary. The other day I said something about a puppy. Well, she doesn't know what the word means, so she goes tearing thru that little book. Man, it was funny! 5 fcS? IL- -r .1.: Helps you plan your Water Wonderland holiday. Tells you where to go, what to see.

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Next week: An evening with Elvis in Bad Nauheim. Excerpts from the new book, Operation Elvis," by Alan Levy. Copyright by Alan Levy. Reprinted by permission of Henry Holt and Company, New York, N. Y.

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