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Show WAITER StOTT'S Want the facts? Want to spike rumors? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Write Walter Scott, Parade, 733 3rd Ave., New York, N.Y.,1001 7. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume of mail received makes personal replies impossible. Q. Who is the most conservative justice on the U.S. Edward Rose, Supreme Court. The most liberal? Mobile, Ala. A. Probably the most basically conservative is Justice Byron "Whizzer" White, former football star appointed to the court by John F. Kennedy. Probably the most liberal is Justice William Douglas appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. JAMES EARL RAY Q. Doesn't the U.S. Justice Department plan to arrest shortly the men who financed the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.? R. Y., Rye, N.Y. A. Two prominent New Orleans businessmen reportedly contributed $25,000 to intermediaries who arranged for James Earl Ray to murder Martin Luther King. These men expected the assassination would cause a war between blacks and whites in this country with the eventual subjugation of the black population. How much the Justice Department knows of the plot and the personalities involved is difficult to tell at this point. On March 3rd, when James Earl Ray stands trial in Memphis, the plot may begin to unfold. Ray, of courre, was a pawn of limited intelligence, unaware of his true financial backers or their true that Judy Car-lan- d now so broke that she is reduced to singing for $50 a night? C. R. T., Oak Park, III. A. Judy is broke. The Internal Revenue Service has liens on her future earnings . . . She has appeared on various TV programs for relatively little money, but not that little. Q. Is it is Q. Now that they're successful, isn't there a feud between Rowan and Martin? Dora St. John, Los Angeles, Calif. A. No feud. Martin says, "We have nothing to do with each other except when working." Q. The Pueblo crew, released after 11 months could those men not have been released earlier if Johnson and Rusk had been willing to sign the phony Allen apology which we eventually did sign? Bowles, Urbana, III. A. Perhaps, but Johnson was hopeful of the men being released without the U.S. signing a false confession. Toward the end of his Administration, however, he was determined to have the Pueblo crew home by Christmas. It is reflective of his compassion that they were. Q. How much do the Russians pay their privates in the Army? Do they pay them anything? Ned Bristol. Fairfield, Conn. A. Approximately three rubles or $3.25 per month. CBS-T- N.Y. Parade THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE JANUARY 26, 1969 The motion picture. The Boston Strangler isn't it a pack of lies? Vivian Truscott, Boston, Mass. A. Largely so. The original script by Terence Rattigan had some relation to truth. The script from which the film now in release was made has little. The film is completely inaccurate, unfair, designed to commercialize on a series of vicious, highly publicized crimes the commission of which has never been satisfac- Q. V Q. Please identify the quotation, "There is a woman at the beginning of all great things." L. Peterson, Salt Lake City, Utah. A. Writer Alphonse de Lamartine. I would like to know what has happened to that phony prince, Mike Romanoff, who for years ran one of Hollywood's most Berfamous restaurants? nice Van Vechten, Buffalo, Q. A. Michael Romanoff real name, Harry Gerguson now 83, has retired from the restaurant field, is alternately carried on the books at 20th Century-Fo- x studios as an actor, writer, and assistant producer. He is, of course, the close friend of Darryl Zanurk, for years his chief financial supporter. Q. Has the Doris Day TV show been canceled. I unis looking to drop Doris in the derstand worst way. What's the story? Louise Stein, San Francisco, Calif. A. The Doris Day TV program started off well in September. Since then it has gone steadily down. A recent Nielsen rating showed it in the 57 slot with a 16 rating. If Peter Sellers had contested Britt Eklands divorce suit against him, wouldn't she have mentioned Mia Farrow and Princess Margaret as his playmates? Isn't that why Sellers decided to play it safe? Roberta Tischman, Miami Beach, Fla. A. That was one reason. Q. JUNE ALLYSON AND HUS8AND, GLEN MAXWELL Q. Did actress June Allyson ever have a big thing with Dean Martin? Is June still married to a barber? What does she do nowadays? I was in school with her when her name was Ella Ceisman. C. T. Steich-maNew York, N.Y. A. Miss Allyson and Mr. Martin were close friends at one time. June and her husband, a former barber, now perform on stage. June works frequently in TV dramatic shows. n. torily solved by Massachusetts authorities. 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