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Ceasefire I. "
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,Shattered I
,In Beirut. .__
J. By EDWARD CODY !~.-..., tII1II#

;. BEIRUT (AP) - :Moslem

t street fighters pushed back :
; ChrIstian gunmen ringing !
, Beirut's downtown hotels to--
day in fierce combat that
. shattered an announced gov•
. '~l>;' ;, , ent ceaseflre.
. ~. 'ing Palestinian
g ue official whose '
troops supported the Leba- ~
nese Moslems' attack saId f,
i. Ohrlstians from the -right- ,.
I wing Falang1st Party militia
ilild "sUJffered a military de-
feat."
Bassam Abu Sharit of the
Popular Front for the Liber-
ation ot Palestine made the
claim after Moslems- and
guerrillas overran the Fat-
angtsts' last forward outpost
and moved Into the shadow
of the 25-story Holiday Inn,
witnesses said.
'We'll Move Ahead'
Youths In green fatigues,
armed with Soviet·madeAK~
47 assault rifles and backed
by .M-caHOOr machine guns,
poured through the Qantarl
district toward the 5OO-room
hotel, already scarred by
bullets, rocket hits and fire.
"Tonight we'll m 0 ve,
ahead," a Moslem gUJUllQIIl ...
boasted to an AP photog-
raphE!" following their ad-
vance. "This was just a
pr<>be."
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SUPER CLIP LINE PLUS

FOREWORD
Telepathy, to many is already a proven raot.
The display of thought reading only oonri~s an al-
ready existing belief.
Predict the course of ruture events and you are
presenting the proof or miraole.
~~ Super Clip Line effect appears unoanny to
the lny audience. .dationality cannot aocount for it
unless psychic phenomena is accepted.
The operator will discover that he will get
more effect out of Super Clip Line than out or more
expensive and sophistioated psychic tests.
Super Clip Line should be presented in a se-
rious vein.
Apparently only the surface has been scratched.
The readers will no doubt came up with other variations.
Under the proper milieu, the spectators may even be
allowed to snip off some lines but care must be taken
that tilis does not s l ow up the tempo or the effect.
Care must also be taken to avoid diminishing the
oriGinal intent of the author, which is that the opera-
tor must pretend to know it all, the first line and the
last line or both final pieces of newsprint.
To avoid piracy of this conception, the idea was
rushed to the printers. That is why some of the pages
appear a bit untidy.
TlB Clip Line effect is not new. The erfect has
been around for years. Only the combination of ideas and
the presentation angles are original with the author.

Best Wishes,

llkl mas
VJ~
lIm/kg book
 Medicos 6iven S UPE~ cl,pL,~E. /
Rigbt to Refuse A~ AL /V1AN~
e'I- cl: t.J SI V( I
To Do Abortions By NEIL LEWIS
In its final act before adjourning for the summer,
the Assembly debated ;,\1,1l:'ngth and passed a controversial , - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
measure yesterday to atIow. doctOl:S, nurses and hospitals
tg refuse. to perform abortions without p e n a l t y . ,
Turks WI-den Cyprus Hold
-d<lS UI S<lU<lAUOJ<lJ AlqIU<lSSy ·JaqlU<ll
U<ll{M lllP <ll{l 10 J<lpJO lSJIJ al{l aq
<It:(l 0 rdUN
er Force to Moue • •
0l paso S! 'UOnll! ssy IlluoH
-IlJnp::3: <If M<lN l pua 01:::>
-'lJ:Y <l l sdnoJ.3 oqs] qons DI.patch 01 The "I
hq P<lJ II l!Allal{ l!q <ll{.L
:w;j~.",?"!9._'
·u<llU<la!l0d
[ pua SH saholdlU<l t11lWi-'l"!I ontinued to ex-!
I J!lqnd .Ioqlll 10 of control east-
IlUil,S,{S ar 0l nrq ward from th beachhead here
II SliM IS!2<l1 <It:(l today and 0 ered the United
~UOlUY mq allluas J<lAaS aloA Nations peac keeping force tO
oi pasnjaz A'llp.IalSaA asnoq JaMol
<It:(1 'smq AlqlU<lSSY uo .lluqJll
leave the K enia area, where
it has bee protecting Greekj
I
U! hll{ap allluas p a2 allll l"ll Ja.ll Cypriotes off behind Turk-
-us 10 u0!lllJlSUOlUap 1l U! 'osIY ish lines.
I ·Sjlll!dsoq sno!.ll!laJ °
i -ds sucH qll turojzed
[uo.{{d
asnjar
The co ander of the United
Nations fo ce, Gen. Prem Chand
°l ll{.:lp a}[lllU 01 ru upuaurc of India. informed Turkish Cyp-
Ull palll AlqlUass al{.L riote authorities who have
aUOh.Ia lsu11l21l taken over administration of
pua SJ!l0 .10.J .u "·mq the Kyrenia area that t-
uOH.loqu!l Itt.L pras at:( ter would be 0 Unit-
eadquarters in I
ual{M pa <lH ed N'
!1°l{lll:::> N ork.
1° uap 11 !" J!l0l{lu:::>- ou U a}[t[ Meanwh • Turkish forces I
llol.J at:( "S (ua.llJilg-a) ouojs expanded st about six miles I
- p III D paqJaH uUlUhlqlU<lssy
from Kyr ia. This morning the
palllajaa 1uawpuawy Turks sw t past the village of
0l paJJ0.J
AllS 1,Up!P
,,·lUal{l U! aludp!plld I
C!'-- 01 pill{ .\WohJaAa
1 nq '{ll.llal oraroqs
c Ayios E titos and there was
a report at they shelled it.
P ectlon by U.N.
e p s ur 1.1 awaJdn al{.L" The ited Nations forcesj
·aq 01 1,UOp n .'suoH have en protecting Greek
-JOqll l{1! U! aq l lUllM Cypriotes who have gathered,1
l,uop nOA lsnr I ·hpOq in the Dome Hotel in Kyrenia
-hUll asure JJS a.usaop and in the villa e apais.
mq S!l{i" '(xasaIP Greek C ' our other]
-P!W-Q) u. l{.L UlllU vii the Kyrenia areal
-Alqwassy .I A.I.3Ull I ,hav~ also en receiving Unite(\
Ull ll{.3noJ Nations p.
1° ItY
,,·a.Ial{MaS(a suouzoqa .I!<ll{l la,3 The T ish order injects a,
pus dn J[J!d lsnr" usa .Ia! mllaM new ele nt into the Cyprus
al{l aoujs aldoad .rood 13Ulll.ll"ll crisis. T United Nations plans
"A .I ° 111 U ! w !.IJS!P Allualud;, S! to inc its force on the is-
!l!q al{l pres (uospnH-a) SU!J[.IacI land to 00 men in the com-
o W 11 ! II ! M. ullwAlqwassy ing w . Already, the fate of
UO!lll !W!.J:ls!a saJ.l1l Nicosia airport, threatened by
·aa!A.IaS lU.l0.J Turkish forces for more than a
-zad 01 ;i p 01 wal{l 11 11 °1 week, depends on a Mall
IllUOnnl!ls n aq snl{l OM 11 United Nation f 22Il!mi"ing
puu suoll t anqnd sall its pelhilElJP.
-!Ipu.J sn ulll{l .Ia 0'S11l1 This is th second rift be-
-!ds0l{ "lU luaJ.3 11 pua tween the U ted Nations and
AIPnol p s::3:- SU!J[ the Turks ce the invasion
-MllH a.3 q ssy was launch on July 20. Last -
.1O.J.Iad week Gene Chand ordered an
01 pannb .3u!aq WOJ Al!l! aul alert at th icosia airport and
arso l{lillill{ .10 uosrad AUll l!q!l[ rushed r nforcements there]
i ;o.Id Plnoh\. 'EI-J>9 passed l{J!l{M. when the urks appeared to bel
IJl!q "aJua!JsuoJ" _paltllJ-Os al{.L preparing an attack aimed a
capturing it.
SUpER CLip L) AI E
AV\ AL !V1AjJf.I I:« c Lusl V~ .
This is the nelfS line clipping effect where the spectators can
actually read the lines as they are snipped off by the performer!
Please refer to sheet 1. Two newspaper columns are shown. One is
ungimmicked and marked "T" for Times. The other is Marked "N" for
the News and is gimmicked by having the bottom part of the column
UPSIDE DOWN a'ad rubber cemented back to the headline, "C".
The arrows at "D II point to the vital part of the tHo columns. This is
the sections that will remain after the rest of the columns are
snipped off. This is the section Hhich contain your predictions.
Predict the top three Hords of the News column, which is this case
are "The so-called", and the LAS'l' \vOliD 01<' THE FEL'::l'l 8~NTllliCE of the
News column lfbich is "abortions II.
For the Times column, predict the FIHS'r \;ORD OF THE LA::;T S.;.1{TANCS
which is "Last", and the last three Hords of the Times column which
are "a capturing it".
THE HANDLING: Show the tHO co Lunns separated. The "News II column is
held in the left hand with the first finger partially covering the
cemented section line and t he column I'ac Lng the audience. The "Times"
column is shoHn with the right hand in like manner. Next place the
News column behind the Times colw;ID and square them in preparation
with a pair of scissors. Snip off the headlines first of both
columns at the sa~e time. Inform the spectators that you are going
to cut lines from the top dovID. Ask someone on your right to read
off some of the lines before you cut them off. Next step back a bit
and continue cutting lines off. Ask some one to tell you when to stoP.
The columns a'l.vrays face the audience as you cut the lines.
Next, turn the col~s so that they face you as you hold them in
your left hand. The imes column is on toP. Place the Times column
under the News column. The News column is of course Upside DOHn.
So with your left hand point to the person holdin; :·our prediction
and tell him that you are not finished yet. During this gesture
you Hill find it easy to turn the colunms over so that the news column
Hill be right side up and facin::; the audience. This time start
snippinc; lines from the bottom up and alloH some one to read off
some of the lines. Time your actions so that most of the columns
,·Jill be snipped off. You should finish Hi th only b'lO pieces of
newsprint about one or two inches long each. Pass out the Times
section to some one on your right and the News section to someone
on your left and proceed to prove your predictions.
 byAl ~

It is a good idea to use a blackboard as an aid in making everything

clear. You could write something like this:

-NE'viS TIMES
FInST HORDS: The so-called Last
LAST i-lORDS: abortions a capturing it

Please note that the "N" and the "T" should be marked on Hith a
red Grease pencil. An Lru{ Marker goes right through the paper and
shows on the opposite side which may ~ive the secret away.
The letter "N" for NevIS is reversible and should alHays be used.
Any other letter can be substituted f'or the "T" in case you do not
have a Times Paper in your hometown. The letter "S" f'or Sun is
also reversible.

This effect has great possibilities f'or publicity.

Best of' luck.
AL Mann
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P.S. Be sure to pick news columns that also have news lines on the
revesed side. This will prevent" a picture f'rom showing upside
down by accident, for example.
Your cormnents will be welcomed.
AL MANN ~a:d'~
POST OFFICE BOX 144 • FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY 07728

THE SUPER CLIP LINE

A REVIEW
Basically, what you are doing is predicting the
top sentance or the News column and the bottom sen.anoe
of the Times column. But the audienoe is led to believe,
by your patte~, prediction and what you write on the
slate, that you are predicting the first and last word
of each column.
THE BARE BONES
1. Give out your prediotion to same one at one
side, say the right side.
2. ShOl-ls both c o'Lumns , one in each hand. Due to the
gimmick, the News column is upside down, except for
the headline.
3. Place the News column behind the Times column.
4. Snip off the headlines and have someone read ofr
same lines as you snip off a few• .from the top down.
5. Step back and continue snipping off lines and tell
someone to stop you anywhere.
6. Next place the Times coll~~ behind the News column
and gesture to the person holding the prediotion
telling him not to open the prediction yet, and
secretly turn the columns end fbr end.
7. The News column is now right side up. Tell someone
to read off some lines as you snip then off bottom up.
Step back and tell. someone to stop ~ou anywhere
8. Hand the two pieces of oolumns left to two persons.
9. Ask for the top or first word on the News column
and also the last word of the first sentance.
10. Ask for the last word on the Times column and also
the first word of the last sentance.
11. Write these words on a slate or art board.
12. Have the prediction read.

The psychological impact of the Super Clip Line effect

on the audience is profound. Do not under sell it.
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AL MANN t8:cc/«deVed
POST OFFICE BOX 144 • FREEHOLD, NEW JERSEY 07728

SUP&1 CLIP LINE PLUS

CHALLENGE CLIP LINE EFl"ECT I
EFFECT: A spectator tears out any page from a book, magazine
or newspaper and challenges the performer to do the Super
Clip Line ~ffect. The spectator is given a choice of any two
adjaoent colur.ms of p~int. The performer openly marks the two
oolumns "X" and "Y", writes out his prediction and proceeds
to do the Super Clip Line effect.
HErHOD: Please refer to page 5. l"ig. 3 shous a double column
from the Times with the left column mar-ked "X" and the right
hand column marked "y" (assuminG these are the columns chosen).
Predict the first Hard of section lIB lI of the "X" column
which is "approval" and the last 'Hard of the sentence 'Hhich is
"action"(column "X").
For c o'Lumn "Y" predict the last word of section "A"
Hhich is "income II and the first wor-d of the sentance (or para-
gr-aph) which is "The".
Snip off the headline and the two top lines as indicated
by the dash lines. 'rhis action 'Hill make the first word of the X
column "approval". The tor wor'ds of the "Y" column do not matter.
Next, fold the double column along the center vertical
line as shown in Fig. L!-, and cut the tHO calm ap ar t Hi th a pair
of acd asons so that you end up with the t'VIO columns as shown in
Fig. 5. NOT S 'L'HA'l' TID "yll COLUMN IS FAC lUG YOU AHD 'lIH -'~ HAliK ON
TIill "X" COLUHN IS FACING THE AUDIENCB. At this stage the printing
in both columns is riGht-side-up.
Orr-step the c o'Lumns as shown in FiG. 5, so that the Y
column sticks down about one inch. Hold the t'HO columns in a ver-
tioal position in your left hand pinching them at the bottom and
keeping them in the same ofr-step position.
Refer to fie. 6. Bend the Y column towards you and pinch
it with your left thumb so that the top edge is about one inch
above it's bottom edge. Position of thwub is indicated by the dot.
Next, fold the X column away from you and fLACE IT'S TOP
EDG~ SO THAT IT IS EV~:N '. ITH THE BOTTOM EDG~ 011' COLilloJN Y. 1:his is
shown in Fig. 6A. Hold the two calms 1lith the ball of the left
thumb at point "Allor FiG. 6A, and the fingers be Low , '.rhe tip or
the left bhumb remains ho Ldd.ng down the top edges of the calms.
Stick your first finger and thumb of your right hand
into the loops as indicated by the aI'pOHS in 1"ig. 6A and pull the
folds up as shown in l?ig. 7.
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SUPER CLIP LINE ~LUS AN AL HAHN E:<CLUSIVI~S

AbortionRights Bill Voted:

Legislature Ends Session
By WALTER H. WAGGONER
Speclal to The New York. Tlme!l
meriCll/
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r of tw,
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tal to pel
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was made b
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SUPER CLIP LINE PLUS AN AL ~llimf EXCLUsrrVE

"i'ou u LLl, nOH be 1101 (! .:.. ~ t:10

t"t'lO columns so that both the Y
and X colmms as m~rked are ra-
cing the same way (to you) BUT
NQl'1 THE X COL1J1"m IS UPSID. DOHN
behind the Y column!
CAUrION! Ir there arc any
pictures behind the X col~~,
you must be carefUl not to flash
them, so handle the columns so
that they race tho audience.
NOH YOU CAN SHO'.J rrEE '.2':10
COLUMNS .S~ A.t1AT~, IN EACII
mr~
R~ND. The audience will see both
columns marked X and Y, BUT ';nL!:,
BE mfABL~ TO T.i:LL THA'i' ONj~ IS
UPS IDS-DO~·J1'.j!
Place the X column bnhind tlle
y. colurrm (as they race you) and proceed \'Tith the Super Clip Line
~fect as in the oriGinal instructions. Clip off lines from the
top doun first, etc.
All of the above mcvc s ar-e done in a non-chalant manner right
in front of the spec t a t or-s iVhile you patter. 1'he move s are done
in a steady pno e as t hough toyin.::; Hi th the col umns ,
This effect is a llind-bo-:..;;;lor a...'1.Q. the psycholosical Lmp ac t
on the audience is tl"emendous. Uso it Hisely.
 SUPER CLIP LINE PLUS AN ALNAI'm EXCLUSIVE 7
CHALLENGE CLIP LlNE II, one column only!
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New York State Legal Filmings
Hint At Rush Into Production

10-
rk
--f.'::~~~~~~~+---t- /j Th LINE ~---1 c vT
If - ' ( VITAL ZONl!:

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FIG. 8

Of all the clip line effects this one is by far superior in the
amount of information available to the operator. Credit goes to
.Jack Yates and his ori:~inal clip line effect that appeared in his
booklet "Hinds in Close-upll, for applyins mathematics to a line
of print. It is mathematics that mw{os this effect possible. The
principle used is old but when applied to a co.Lumn of' newepr-Lnf
as it is applied here the effect is tremendous and is limited
only by the ability of the performer.

HETlIOD A.l'ID PRESENTA'£IOH: Get a nevrs colur.rm of exactly 30 lines

plus the headline if possible. Use a collUTIn f'roTl the editorial
page or a magazine or book that have large print to m~{e it
easier on the spectators.
If you are giv~ a news column then you must cut it dOlnl
to 30 lines while lvritins your predictions. Do not let the
spectators knOH that the column is exactly 30 lines long.
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SUPER. CLIP LINE PLUS AN AL IWfN EXCLUSIVE

CHALLENGE CLIP LINE •••• cont.

To start off make your predictions any\°ray you \-lish. One of my
favorites is as follous:
No matter hOH you cut it, the third line from the
top will contain the wor-d "partners".
This type of prediction appears to be uncertain or
of double-entendre to the spectators which enhences the mystery.
Also remember the lines above and below the Vital
Zone. Those are lines 12 and 19.
Cut off the headline.
Refer to Fig. 8. One spectator is told to secretly
choose a nmber from 1 to 9 and to cut that many lines from
the bottom of the col1.lI'lll1. (1st cut) IIe is told to discard the
lines cut off but to remember his chosen number.
A second spectator is told to count the number of
lines remaining on the column. Let us aSS1.U11e that spectator 1
chose number 6. There will be 24 lines left. Spectator 2 is
told to add the two digits, 2 + 4 = 6, and to cut that many
lines from the top of the column and to discard the lines cut
off. Next he is told to cut the same number of lines from the
bottom of the column BUT TO HOLD Oi-I TO THE PIECE CUT OFF. THIS
PIECE CONTAINS LlliE 19 vlhich you know, You can use this imfor-
mation as you Hish, telepathy, etc. (the 3rd cut).
You could stop here if you wanted to since you also
know °Hhat the 18th line is.
To continue, tell spectator Ho. 1 to cut the same
number of lines from the top of the column to correspond to his
secret number, in this case it is 6. TELL HD1 TO RETAIN THE
PI~CE CUT OFF AJ.'ID PA3S 'i'liB REHAIHING PIECE TO A THIRD PERSON.
(that Has the 4th cut).
You knovr the 12th line of the piece held by spectator
No. 1 1~hich is the last line actually, of his piece.
You know the top line of the piece held by spectator
No.2.
You also lmoH the contents of all the six lines held
by spectator No. 3 i i : i i : ! l! Y.6'r you DO HOT KHOH 'r:iE S~C.~.c;T
NUMBER CHOSEN OR THE NUMBER OF LINE:8 THAT WERE LEFT!

Have J;t'un
SUPER CLIP LINE PLUS 9
CHALLENGE CLIP LINE III
Here we will do the Super Clip Line effect with
a single news column.
Refer to Fig. 9. It shows a column of print with
the headline. 'lith a red ink marker draw a wavy line on
the length of the column.
I~ you are handed a news column by someone, you
must excuse yourself while you write out your prediction.
Decide where you will cut off the headline. Fig.
9 shows dash lines at a good spot to cut off the top of
the colUIlm. So predict the first word o:f section "A"
which is "federal" and the last word of the paragraph
which is "week".
Also predict the last word of section "B" which is
"Democratic" and the first word of the paragraph which is
"While".
Fold the column in half with the red line mark in-
side as shown in Fig. 10. Cut the bottom o:f the :folded
column to make two separate pieces as in Fig. 11 •.
Start snipping lines of:f from the bottom up and
tell someone to stop you. Comment that you are doing it
in th~ blind so that no one knows where they will stop
you. nd also emphasize the fact that you are cutting
from the bottom up.
At this point, piece "B" is upside down. When you
:finish snipping lines from the bottom up, open up the two
pieces in book fashion and turn piece "B" over, leaving it
on top of piece "A". This is shown in ll'ig. 12 and 13.
The tHO pieces are now with the red line facing the
same way. Secretly turn the two columns over, end for end
as you gesture to the person holding the prediction cau-
tioning him not to read the prediction yet as you are not
through cutting lines off. Show the two columns so that
the spectators can read some of the lines :from "B" when
it is right side up.
Now state that you will snip lines off from the
top down and have some one stop you.
Bring the effect to it's conclusion as stated in
the original Super Clip Line instructions.
You may wish to secretly mark the two ends of the
column so that you can tell which is the top and which is
the bottom. If you keep' track of the two pieces you can
remember that piece "B' is the bottom and the other piece
is the original top and proceed to call for the correct
words as per your prediction. The "A" and "B" are not
marked on the columns.
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C1L\LL'~lJG =~ CLIP LINE III

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Renews
Appeal
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Fie;. 10 Fig. 11
Audience view

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12 li'ig. 13

Perfornor's view

Fig. 9