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Show WHAKWORLD! Ask Them Yourself rocket expert What would happen if a spaceship goes off court to earth? on Lindbergh May field, Ty-- ler, Texai It would literally burn up before it reached the earth (just as do most meteorites). But NASA concentrates on making the spacecraft's entry velocity and flight-patangle as precise as possible. Calculations so far have been so exact that all Apollo spacecraft have landed no more than 12 miles from their h recovery ships. FOR BOWIE KVH1S, '' U ' Baseball Commissioner How are the mo$t players YmI valu-abl- e chosen in i f j M OS The quotation I i'ed was from Alfred North Whitehead, the British scholar who lived his last years at Harvard. He said: "Wait for the back streets; when they move, the intellectuals are swept aside." I added, "That would be a pity." FOR MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON Rv leanintr the White j House, have you also left your project to beautify America j or will you continue your work in this area? Mrs. Martha A. Koapke, Devils Lake, N.D. I will always be interested in bettering the environment that we all live in. Presently I am serving on the Advisory Board on National Parks, Historic Sites, Buildings, and Monuments. Other than that, I hope to concentrate on working at a local level now that I am bark home. FOR ED SULLIVAN How many dogs are used i I in the Lassie tv series? Karen Banners, Kan- kakee, III. 9 There is just one Lassie. FOR RANDOLPH W. THROWER, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service fa there a tax deduction for a housewife who has had cataracts removed from both eyes? If so, does age have a bearing on it? Mrs. Ted H ouch-in1 s, Hinton, W. Va. 9 The tax law has no special provision for cataract operations, but a taxpayer who meets the test for blindness on the last day of the year is allowed an extra $600 exemption in addition to the regular personal exemption. Age isn't a factor at all. Tina Ward, Bloomington, III. run 60 seconds, so I briefly to the audiI have one of the brief joke. r - James Coburn 5 s3 '4 :l J ey while trying to break into the theater, but we looked after one another. We cared, like a big family." Now most of them have families of their own. In fact, one of the girls married Coburn's friend, director Mark Rydell. This year the Rydells and the Coburns plan to vacation in the Far East together. "We'll have a lot more money but less fun," Coburn believes. than the members of Circus Fans Association of America. CFA is a group of dedicated buffs, business, and professional men who never grew away from their childhood love of the big top. Through an informal grapevine, they follow every circus and exchange the latest news and gossip. Membership is open, but there are never any free passes. CFA's address is P.O. Box 605, Aurora, III. 60508. your Perry Mason se ries, did you ever lose a case in court? Walter Kresa,Jr., Vtica, N.Y. Only once did it appear that Perry was going to lose a case, but eventually Perry won it. Mason deep-divin- g Mr. Miss America What's it like to be married to a Phi Beta Kappa who's also Miss America? For the answer. Family Weekly went to attorney Rod Wilson, who has been married to Debbie Bryant, Miss America of 1966, for two years. "We are not going to let a career bust up our marriage," Rod said firmly. (Debbie is still active in the 1969 the pageant and will co-ho- st if c Mr. and Mrs. Rod Wilson contest from Atlantic City next Satur"I'm very proud of day over NBC-tv- .) I'll her, although say that the fellows on campus (University of Kansas) didn't make it easy to be a celebrity's husband. The one thing I won't allow is for Debbie to go into the movies." "But darling," Debbie purred, "I wouldn't even want to!" Junk Nouveau Jacqueline Fogel was fascinated by New Mexican Indians' Kachina dolls ' T'sJZJ Neal Watson, world's record holder, also trains attack dogs. He operates diving schools and a detective agency in the Bahamas "I don't breed attack dogs," Neal told us. "People, whose pets are too hard to handle, turn ihem over to me, and I train them." Suppose an innocent victim were cornered by an attack dog? A dog is attracted to movement, so stand still, do not try to esrape. He won't bother you. Just stand guard until help comes. Actually, you'll be lucky if you could faint) Our choice, too. Ploy Statue "Children of All Ages . . ." Everyday is circus day somewhere in the world. And no one knows it better FOR RAYMOND BVRR LLJm Jacqueline Fogef and art images of gods brightly painted. So now the New York divorcee makes her own out of old furniturel She has used doorknobs, car parts, porch posts, chair legs. Even a kitchen sink. Her basement and cupboards would shock any housewife, but Jacqueline doesn't care she sold one item for $650, although it represented a month's work. "Not many people do this sort of thing," she says. "They just can't stand the clutter." FOR HUGH CAYCE, Director, Cayce Foundation fi0ti ihnt fun. who lived pie previous "res were ine same sex J that they are today? Phyllis Swart, Las Vegas, Nev. Da ttiiu l How do you entertain li your audience during iv Commercials only have time to speak ence, or sometimes show's comics tell a -- FOR BONITA GRANVILLE, 0 commercials? Point or "Plebe" year. About half resign voluntarily simply because they do not want a military career; the other half for academic, medical, or physical deficiencies. I believe that more than 90 percent of those who leave go on to complete their college educations elsewhere. y. -- F . West associate producer, "Lassie" FOR ERIC SEVAREID, CBS news In the news special, "The College Turmoil," you gave a quotation that I was unable to get Would you please and who said it? Miriam repeat it, R. Stephens, Pikeville, Tenn. L. many J. - f.. Jrvjr nu mwj tuuru the academic year, and Wall James Coburn, star of "Blood Kin," recently was reminiscing about the happiest years of his life: "Just after graduation from Los Angeles City College," he told Family Weekly, "I took off for New York with a group of friends from Compton. None of us made much mon- - B A West Point class usually will lose 30 percent of its original membership by the time it is graduated, with more than half of this loss occurring during the first, By a committee made up of members of the Baseball Writers of America. cor-recll- i what is the major cause? What usually happens to most dropouts? Terry Shapiro, Los Angeles, Calif. ton, Kingport, Tenn. ... Chief of Stag, V. S. Military j Academy, West Point, N.Y. How re-ent- ry "J All's Well That End FOR COL. EDWIN H. MARKS, FOR WERNHER VON BRAVN, jjjp - ri Edgar Cayce gave more than 2,000 life readings and found that generally the person was given incarnations with the same sex; some individuals, however, moved from one sex to the other. Waal to ak a famous pereoa a ejaeationf oa eaa through thit column, ami we'll gel Ike aaswer froaa Ike proaaineat penoa von deaicaate. Scad fnetUion, preferably en a pert eerd, to Aek Theaa YawreeV, Faanly Weekly, 441 Lesiagtoa Au, New Yark, N.Y. 10022. We eaaaot aekaowledgv ajaeetioaa, bat $5 will be paid for each one aaed. Family Weekly The Newspaper IfONAKD 1 MORTON RANK PaMieker DA VI DOW W. PAGE THOMPSON Freadra AivrtMng Director OONA1D M. HUrKMOiUaociaJa tOKRT E. MOWN Airtie Jeaaaear Eertera Advrtimt Mrnnagr IUSSEU L SPAUCS WmUrm Advtrhme Offiem: AdirtUinf August 31, 1969 Magazine lfeefr 4I Uaketea Aveaee, New Tack Oea-er10022; 41 N. 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