PRIVATE ELVIS PRESLEY

Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28700, 25 September 1958, Page 13

PRIVATE ELVIS PRESLEY

Sailing For Duty In Europe (Rec. 8 p.m.J NEW YORK, September 22. Private Elvis Presley bid his fans farewell today and sailed aboard an Army transport for 18 months’ duty in Europe. “The first place I want to go is to Paris, and look up Brigitte Bardot.” said the singer at a press conference before his departure. Presley, lighter by 121 b since he entered the Army last March, carried a book titled “Poems That Touch the Heart” during the 40-minute press conference at the Brooklyn Army terminal Presley said he hoped to visit Rome and London besides Paris His ship, the Randall, carrying 1,171 members <. the Third Armoured Division, is due to dock at Bremerhaven. Germany, on October 1. The singer, who is classified as a light truck driver, said he did not believe that rock ’n’ roll would fade out during his stay abroad. “I don’t think it will die out,” he said. “If it does. I’ll starve. “On second thoughts. I’ll try very hard to become a successful actor, if its does. That’s my real ambition—to become k good actor,” he said. ’ i