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Show I nn 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. Mrs. Richard Nixon compare to Mrs. Lyndon Johnson? R. Voight, Fitchburg, Mass. A. Mrs. Nixon is a much warmer and giving per- Q. How does sonality. She lacks Mrs. Johnson's great drive, ambition, and sense of thrift. would like to know who said, " War is hell". Margaret Medford, Lake Q. I , - y. City, Fla. A. The statement is attrib- - ( uted to Civil War Gen. ? William Tecumseh Sher-ma- n Q. Does Henry Kissinger know about Jill St. John's friendship with Attorney Sydney Korshak ? Will Kissinger marry the actress ? What is Jill St. John's real name? Evelyn Berlin, Van Nuys, Calif. A. President Nixon's adviser, Henry Kissinger, knows Miss St. John casually, not intimately. Chances are he knows little about her purchase of stock or her affiliation with attorney Korshak. Miss St. John's real name is Jill Oppenheim. Parvin-Dohr-ma- Q . I am the i Union general who led the march from Atlanta to the sea in 1864. But what he actually said in 1880 was: "There is many a boy here today who looks on war as all glory but, boys, it is all hell." (1820-1891- ), nn Q. What happened to Senthe Abigail McCarthy, ator's wife? Is she divorced or what? Cathy McGuire, Portsmouth, Va. a homosexual. I hav.e been told that homo- sexual relations between two consenting adults are legal in Europe. Is this true? E. E., Chicago, III. A. Austria and Finland are the two West European countries where homosexuality is still illegal. The Austrian Cabinet, however, recently approved a bill legalizing homosexual relations between consenting adults. The Austrian Parliament will vote on the bill any day now. A. Mrs. Eugene McCarthy is separated from her hus- band, is writing a book about his 1968 campaign. Stalin ul imprisoned the aircraft designer, Andrei Tupolev ( r), in the purge of the 1930's? Walter Edelstein, Cleveland, Ohio. A. Yes, Stalin suffered from maniacal suspicions, sent thousands of Russia's most talented men to Siberian concentration camps. Tupolev was rescued from prison by Chief Marshal of Soviet Aviation Alexander Golovanov. He went to Stalin one day and asked why Tupolev had been imprisoned. Stalin said there was some suspicion concerning Tupolev's friendship with foreign governments. Said Golovanov in amazement, "Surely you don't believe that nonsense? Stalin agreed that it sounded ridiculous. A month later Tupolev was released from jail, is today the Soviet Union's most honored and revered aircraft designer. Golovanov's memoirs are appearing in the Soviet literary magazine, Oktyahr. world-renowne- d Is Shirley MacLaine, the movie star, dumping her Q. husband to marry the NBC-Tcommentator Sandy Vanocur? F. G., New York City. A. Miss MacLaine and Mr. Vanocur are the closest of friends, but Miss MacLaine has a tacit understand ing with her husband, Steve Parker, which permits on the part of each. V free-wheeli- Q. Was the great country-western-sosinger Ray Charles born blind? If not, when did he become blind? Gina Pock, Yakima, Wash. A. Charles, 39, lost his sight at age 7, after a two-ye- it true that Josef Is Q. ng ar Q, Which industry in the U.S. pays its executives the highest salaries? Who last year got the most loot? M. Mead, .Cortez, Colo. A. Generally the automobile industry awards its executives with top compensation in the form of salaries and bonuses. Last year James Roche, chairman of General Motors, was paid $790,000 in salary, bonus, and stock purchase credits. Henry Ford II, chairman of Ford Motor Company, was paid $515,000. Other well paid executives: Howard J. Morgens, president of Procter & Gamble, received $425,000. Harold Geneen, president of International Telephone & Telegraph received $639,724. Philip B. Hofmann of Johnson & Johnson received $576,383. William S. Vaughn, chairman of Eastman Kodak, received $348,000. THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE JULY 19, 1970 Q. I would like to find out if Spiro Agnew was ever a manager of a supermarket and from which law school if any he was graduated? And at what age? And wasn't he originally a Democrat? Arthur Ackley, Washington, D.C. A. Spiro Agnew (original family name Anagnosto-pouloworked as manager of a supermarket, claims adjuster for the Lumberman's Mutual Casualty Company, and as a clerk for the Maryland Casualty Company. World War II interrupted his law studies and he finally earned his law degree in 1947 from the Baltimore Law School at age 28. Originally a Democrat, he switched to the Republican Party on the advice of a law partner, E. Lester Barrett. s) -- Q. When Lyndon Johnson, our nt, Copyright Conventions. ap- pears on television, how much does he get paid for the interview?- - Nellie Richards, Dallas, Tex. A. CBS-Tpays him $100,000 per interview in a deal which includes the publication of his package memoirs by a CBS subsidiary, Holt, Rinehart & Winston. V editor. Jess Gorkin president, Arthur H. Motley publisher, Warren J. Reynolds executive vice president Ted Stulz art director, ANTHONY LA ROTONDA editor at large, LLOYD SHEARER associate editors: M. DAVID DETWEILER, LINDA GUTSTEIN, HERBERT KUPFERBERG, DAVID PALEY,JOHN G. ROGERS assistant art directors: JOHN N. TIERNEY, MANFRED F. 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