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Show Want the facts? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Want informed opinion? Write Walter Scott, Parade, 733 3rd Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume of mail received makes personal replies impossible. Q. Can you shed any light on a young woman named believe she had a serious thing Buttercup Kennedy seveial years ago with Henry Kissinger and was somehow responsible for the breakup of his first marriage. Kathleen S., Belmont, Mass. A. Buttercup Kennedy is the name of a lady named by Wallis Simpson in the 1936 divorce suit she filed against her husband, Ernest Simpson, in Ipswich, Eri gland. Mrs. Simpson was granted a divorce decree which later enabled her to marry the Duke of Windsor, who as Edward VIII, had previously abdicated the British throne for her love. Henry Kissinger has never heard of Buttercup Kennedy. ? I Kelly and her handsome Prince Rainier quietly separated? Doesn't she live in Paris while he lives in Monte Carlo? G. F., Philadelphia. A. Grace Kelly Grimaldi lives in Paris in an apartment on Avenue Foch with her two daughters, Caroline, 18, and Stephanie, 10. Rainier lives in Monaco with son Albert. But that's only because their Caroline attends the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris, and Grace feels she should keep a hand and an eye on her headstrong daughter. The family gets together on weekends, holidays, and, of course, for periods during the summer. The marriage of the Prince and Princess of Monaco is at this writing stable and secure. Q. Cary Grant is supposedly sensitive about his age, and there's an anecdote about how he tricked Time magazine into not revealing it. Do you know the story? If so, please print it. Helen Childers, Pine-hurs- t, N.C. A. Several years ago, Time magazine reportedly its Beverly Hills, Calif., office the following How old Cary Grant?" A Time researcher upon phoned Grant and read him the query. replied the actor: "Old Cary Grant fine." wired query: Deftly Paris music hall star Josephine Baker wasn't she Jewish? K. L., St. Louis, Mo. A. Josephine Baker, who recently died in Paris at age 69, was the daughter of an American black mother and a white Jewish father. She was born in St. Louis in 1906 and began singing in New York City's Harlem in the 1920's. In 1925 she appeared in Paris in a touring black musical and took that capital by storm. Q. Is it true that Colonel Qaddafi, leader of Libya, tried to buy a nuclear bomb from the People's Republic of China to drop on Israel? Nathan Klein, Chicago, III. A. In 1970 Qaddafi sent one of his trusted aides. Major Jalloud, to Peking. There Jalloud called on i, Chou asked him to sell Libya a nuclear bomb. Chou En-ldiplomatically explained that none of his country's bombs were for sale hut that he would be glad to send instructor; to Libya to teach the Libyans something about nuclear armaments. The incident is described in The Road to Ramadan, by Mohamcd I leikal, former editor of Al Ahram, Egypts leading newspaper, and once an adviser to Egyptian Presidents Nasser and Sadat. En-la- ai Any truth to the rumor that Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis plans to land J. Paul Getfy, 82, as her third K. D., Boston, Mass. husband? A. No truth. Q. THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE JUNE 1 1975 Plea.-- e Van Thieu, who resigned as President of South Vietnam when the Communist victory was inevitable where vill he settle? Claire Cox, Albany, Q. Nguyen N.Y. A. Thieu, who flew to Taiwan in an American plane when the North Vietnamese forces surrounded Saison in school outside London, gon, has a a daughter in the U.S., a brother in Rome, and many friends and former associates in France. Best bet is that he will finally settle in Paris. Q. I notice that in press conferences with President Ford, members of the press are now allowed to ask two consecutive questions. Who is to be complimented for inaugurating this new procedure? James Knox, Tucson, Ariz: A. Ron Nessen, the President's press secretary, and Gerald Ford, his boss Nessen for suggesting the procedure, and Ford for agreeing to the backup question. PRINCESS GRACE AND HER DAUGHTERS is there- Q. The late black Q. Haven't Grace in war the most difficult decision when to retreat, how to retreat, and to to make have the courage to do it? Ron Watkins, Omaha, Neb. A. The Duke of Wellington, who helped defeat Napoleon at Waterloo, said something very much like that. Q. Who said that chaiiman of the board, ARTHUR H. MOTLEY executive v.p., AMES presidenl, DANIEL D. KINLEY editor at targe, LLOYD SHEARER senior editors, HERBERT KUPFERBERG, DAVID PALEY art director, ANTHONY LA ROTONDA associate editors, JONATHAN BRAUN, MARY ANN CAVUN, LINDA CUTSTEIN. NOEL HUMPHREYS, BEFORE THE FAIL : SOUTH VIETNAM'S THIEU AND HIS WIFE Q. Why was King Faisal, the assassinated leader of Saudi Arabia, buried in an unmarked grave? Ted Fuller, Salem, Mass. A. Moslem tradition holds that in death all men are the same. A simple grave is accorded both prince and peasant. Q. Isn't it a fact that the Japanese government recently awarded former Sen. William Fulbrighl a prize of $S million which has been kept very ? L. F., Little Rork, Ark. A. Senator Fulbright was presented in Tokyo some weeks ago with a Japan Foundation Award accompanied by a 5 million yen cash prize, which comes to $17,000 in U.S. currency.- Fulbright was honored for student instituting a Japan-U.government-finance- d exchange program after World War II. 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