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Show Walter Scotts Hjpsoaafitu oarade The real reason the press dislikes Warren Burger, Chief lustice of the U.S., and writes defamatory things about him isn't it because Burger engaged in a fistfight with CBS Washington correspondent Phil I ones and knocked him down?R.B., Cardiff, NJ. A. Mutual distrust does exist between Burger and Q. Q. In all the obituaries of Darryl Zanuck, the Hollywood movie mogul who died recently, no mention love affair with his was made of his long-lastin- g brightest star, Marilyn Monroe. How c ome?R.P., Chester, Pa. A. Zanuck engaged in hundreds of affairs but never one with Marilyn Monroe. He considered her dull and bovine His taste in women inclined toward dark, sultry Europeans such as Bella Darvi, Juliette Greco, Irina Demick, and Genevieve Gilles all of whom he tried foolishly and unsuccessfully to promote to film stardom. Marilyn's "movie mogul" affair was with Zanuck's boss, the late Joseph Schenck, one of the founders of 20th Century-Fox- . reporters, but not because Burger engaged in a with Phil Jones in 1 970 (At the annual meeting of the American Bar Association, Burger attempted to grab away Jones's microphone but failed ) Some reporters find Burger uncooperative and pompous, and some trained in the law judge him a "legal mediocrity." He was graduated magna cum laude from the St. Paul (Minn ) College of Law in 1931, working as an insurance salesman in the day and attending law classes at night Burger was appointed Chief Justice of theU.S. by Richard Nixon in 1969 on the recommendation of John Mitchell, one of the worst Attorney Generals in American history Thomas Dewey, former Cover nor of New York and Republican Presidential candidate; Herbert Brownell, Attorney General under Eisenhower; and Potter Stewart, Associate Supreme Court Justice, had all previously declined the position In the past 10 years, Burger has voted s media with the court majority in its decisions which undoubtedly is another reason why reporters do not hold him in the highest light fist-fig- ht anti-new- a. Darryl Zanuck Marilyn Monroe Q. For what reason did Queen Elizabeth wait until Alfred Hitchcock, the famous film director, was 80 before she knighted him Sir Alfred? Helen Sheppard, Pensacola, Fla. A. In some quarters of the British establishment, Alfred Hitchcock has long been regarded as an expatriate who left England in 1939 to establish residence in Los Angeles, remained in the U S. during the war years, and eventually became a naturalized American citizen The new prime minister of Portugal, Dr. FranSa Carneirois he really a midget, only 4 feet Q. cisco Ron Burns, New Haven, Conn A. Dr Francisco Sa Carneiro, 45, Portugal's new But because of his promprime minister, is inent nose and sharply defined features, he is known as "the cartoonists' delight " tall? president, CARLO VITTORINI editor at large LLOYD SHEARER Q. Is it a fact that when Gen. George S. Patton lr. died in Europe following World War be buried II, he could not in a military until Congress cemetery passed a special act? Ken Foley, Seattle, Wash. A. No special act had to be passed because Patton was buried before December 1946, the deadline established for "war casualties" overseas After that date, no World War II veteran could be buried in an American military cemetery overseas Patton was not killed in action He was injured in an automobile accident near Mannheim, Germany, then hospitalized in Heidelberg "Old Blood and Guts" died Dec 21, 1945, and his body was interred at the U S War Cemetery in Hamm, Luxembourg Barbara Walters interviews Shah last Thanksgiving TV that the of told her he had to be flown to a New York hospital because his illness required the use of a body scanner and there were no body scanners in Mexico. Q. Barbara Walters said on ex-Sh- Iran that true?H. Lopez, San Antonio, Tex. A. The Shah may have told her that, but it's not true On Oct. 22, 1979, when the Shah arrived in New York for hospital treatment, there were nine CAT (Computerized Axial Tomography) scanners in Mexico City, three in Guadalajara, three in Monterrey, one in Tlapan, and probably others elsewhere in Mexico. Of these 16 known scanners, 11 are used to scan both body and head On Oct 23, the Shah's in a New York hospital abdomen wasCAT-scanne- d Presumably it could have been scanned as well or more quickly in a Mexican hospital had the Shah remained in Mexico CAT scanners are available not only in the U S. and Mexico, but in almost every developed country in the world According to estimates by manufacturers of medical instruments, about 2600 scanners have been sold to date Is there any playwright living who, like the late Noel Coward, has had five plays running in London at the same time? Hal Bourne, Bangor, Maine. A. To date, one: Alan Ayckbourn Q. Is Want the facts? 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