How we laughed with Harpo, Ed,
By Tom Rosa
Entertainment Editor
When Ed Wynn laughed we had to laugh with him. His giggle was terribly infectious as it spread through audiences eager to share in his mirth.
Gracie Allen could squeeze 10 sentences into 5 seconds with little effort. And audiences loved it. She shared her life and talents with the man she loved, George Burns, who just happened to be the perfect straight man to her illogical logic.
Finally there was Harpo Marx, the man who didn’t need to talk to start an audience laughing — pouched cheeks and a mass of curly hair would do. He was part of a team that could easily turn chaos into uproarious sanity.
Each was a unique talent who
spent his lifetime making people laugh at themselves.
The Friends of the USC Libraries returned the-favor Sunday night as the support group paid tribute to these three special people.
This was the 14th tribute made by the friends of the libraries honoring men and women who reached greatness in their fields.
Three large pictures that captured the humanity of the comics hung above the speaker’s podium in Town and Gown. The capacity audience was filled with famous and not-so-famous faces. Many of them recalled sentimental moments they shared with the three artists when they were alive.
Keenan Wynn is even now recognized as “Ed Wynn’s son.” It’s
one of those side effects of being born a celebrity’s child, he said. People can make excuses for you when you’re a star’s kid. When you’re bad they say “Whal'd you expect?” When you’re good it’s because “he taught you everything you know.”
Ed got Keenan his first job in acting and helped him in his career. Eventually Keenan came into his own as an actor at the same time his father’s career began to slide. But the man who had entertained millions on stage, radio and television was not about to be retired from the business he loved.
So	Ed made a comeback in show business. He became an actor — a feat that Keenan recalls with obvious pride. The only problem was that Ed was so (continued on page 2)
VIVIAN VANCE and BILL MARX
Daily § Trojan
University of Southern California
Volume LXXIII, Number 32	Los	Angeles, California	Tuesday,	April	4,	1978
Campus Security officer allegedly
hit by car driven by staff member
By Gail Asayama
v Staff Writer
A staff member allegedly hit a Campus Security officer with her car Saturday evening after the guard requested to see her driver’s license, an eyewitness said. No arrests were made that evening.
Jeannette Rodriguez, an administrative assistant to the School of Music, was blocked by a Campus Security vehicle on Hoover Street and a number of fire trucks responding to a false alarm at Vivian Hall of Engineering, a source reported.
After Rodriguez attempted to maneuver around the vehicle, Greg Emrick, a Campus Security officer, asked to see her driver’s license, but she allegedly refused, saying he had no jurisdiction.
pact. The eyewitness said Emrick then pulled out his baton and knocked out the windshield. The officer was taken to California Hospital and was feleased that night.
Capt. Matthew Hunt of the Southwest Division of the Los Angeles Police Department, said to his knowledge no report was filed. Asked if this was a violation of a directive issued by the LAPD to Campus Security March
3,	Hunt said, “Yes, if there was in fact a hit-and-run incident and they did not make a report, it would be a violation.”
The directive was issued earlier in the month in response to the KABC-TV series on campus crimes.
Emrick related the incident to a student who wished to remain
anonymous. The student said Emrick wished to file felony charges of hit-and-run and assult with a deadly weapon but Campus Security neither made a report on the incident nor reported it to LAPD.
James Bowie, Campus Security chief, “No report was made on the situation, just memos.”
In a late development Monday evening. Campus Security called LAPD to make out a report. Carl Levredge, director of Campus Security, said they did not call LAPD Saturday evening because it was unclear as to what had actually occurred.
Rodriguez was originally apprehended by security officers, who notified LAPD. The call was later cancelled by Levredge, the student said.
Court rejects order against threats by administrators
By Gail Asayama
Staff Writer
A proposed temporary restraining order preventing university administrators from threatening three Campus Security officers for speaking to the news media was denied Monday by Arnold Levin, commissioner of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
The request for the preliminary injunction was filed by an attorney for Charles Robb, suspended Campus Security officer. It would have prevented threats of loss of employment or disciplinary action against the officers by President John R. Hubbard, Anthony Lazzaro, vice--president of business affairs, Carl Levredge, director of Campus Security, and Robert Biller, dean of Public Administration.
The court set a hearing date of April 20 for both sides to produce documentation on the events surrounding Robb’s suspension.
Michael Shaw, Robb’s attorney, said he will file another request for an injunction.
Robb was suspended for 60 days without pay for comments he made on KABC-TV’s Eyeicitness News as a representative of the Security Officers Assn. Russ Peterson and Larry Kepiro, the other two officers, were given reprimands for their part in the series.
The requested injunction included eight other stipulations including a requirement that the administration relate the proceedings on appeals of suspensions and reprimands to the officers’ legal counsel so their rights may be protected.
Another request was to require the university to set up guidelines of campus safety that will protect the community and the plaintiffs in their line of duty.
The requested injunction also stipulated that the university be stopped interfering with Robb’s involvement with the Security Officers Assn.
The request was also made to prevent the university from informing any prospective employer of the officers the facts of Robb’s suspension or Kepiro's and Peterson's reprimands until all administrative and court proceedings are completi
Gary Overstreet, an attorney in coordination with the university’s legal affairs department, will represent the university in the hearings. He said the next step will be to present documentation on the past events.
Baseball squad scores three-game sweep of top-ranked Arizona State
By Laszlo Denes
Sports Writer
It is a mystery that has yet been solved. Not even the likes of Peter Falk or Telly Savalas could put together the pieces of the puzzle.
For some reason or another, a strange baseball team showed up at Dedeaux Field Friday night dressed like the number-one ranked, defending national ^champion Arizona State Sun Devils, and no one knows what has happened to the real club.
Although it was a gloomy and mysterious evening, Halloween is still another seven months away. And the team did not fly over the Bermuda Triangle on its return trip from Japan and a five-game set with the Japanese college all-stars. So it is difficult to figure the motive of the suspected team.
On that Friday night the second-ranked Trojans drowned the opposition 11-0 in a rain-
shortened, six-inning contest. To complete the lopsided series, Troy annihilated the Devils 11-6 Saturday night and 10-1 Sunday afternoon.
Jim Brock, ASU head coach, gave two possible solutions to the mind-boggling mystery.
“We just got back from an 11-day trip to Japan last night (Thursday) and our guys are tired as hell,” he said. “We came straight to Los Angeles via Hawaii and we haven’t had more than an hour of practice in two weeks.
“We have been suddenly plagued by injuries lately and the depth that I anticipated at the beginning of the season hasn’t come through.”
He was apparently referring to the loss of Mike Anicich, the power-hitting infielder who broke his wrist in Japan and the team-leading Bob Horner, who twisted his back swinging the bat in Saturday night’s game against
USC. Anicich hit two home runs against the Trojans earlier this year in a doubleheader in Tempe, which the Devils won 13-9 and 13-7. Horner was batting over .400 with 12 home runs before he injured his back.
But the Trojans, who are off to their best start (23-5) since their national championship year in 1974, have a somewhat different view as to what happened this past weekend — namely coach Rod Dedeaux.
“Tired my foot. We just plain hit the cover off of the ball this weekend. Their being tired had absolutely nothing to do with the way we hit the ball,” Dedeaux said.
Outofthe 39 runs scored in the 3 games by these powerhouse teams, the Trojans scored 32 of them — and they also hit 9 of the 12 home runs that cleared the Dedeaux Field fence.
USC centerfielder Bob Skube.
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A SHORT STOP —This underclassman from 32nd St. School seeks a little support on a handy lamppost while pondering the complexities of modern math and old-fashioned grammar. DT photo by Paul Rodriguez. -
Noticing a parking permit hanging from the rear-view mirror, Emrick unsuccessfully reached to grab it. Another unit was called, blocking Rodriguez from the rear.
Rodriguez allegedly ran into Emrick, throwing him onto the hood of her Pinto with the im-