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Show ASK THEM YOURSELF Want to ask some famous persona question? You can- through this new column, and we'll get the answer from the celebrity, government official, athlete, scienres or other prominent person you designate. Send question, preferably on a post card, to Ask Them Yoursalf c/aRobert Curren,Fondly Packt, 405 Park Ave. New York, N.Y. 10022, We cannot acknowledge questions, but $5 will be paid for each one used, FOR DANNY THOMAS @ Is it true that Milton Berle helped you get started?—V.L.C., East St. Louis, Il, ce © In my first appearance in New York at the Martinique, hecklers harried me. Milton kept them off my back. For this act of kindness, I shall never forget him. FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ability to serve with the unit.is.assured-would be accepted. Unit commanders are authorized to make ex- ceptions to this policy if the individual's prior military service or significant civilian experience warrants it. To further reduce allegations that reserve units are 2 draft haven, policy of giving priority for reserve enlistment to predraft-age men is being formulated. These policies should assure that there is no preferential treatment of professional athletes or any other special groups. FOR JOAN RIVERS @ How does your husband feel about being mentioned in your act?—D.G., Yuma, Aris. @ When tell a joke about Edgar, I make certain that he’s not the butt of it. And as long as he’s not, he doesn’t mind being mentioned, At home, he's definitely the boss. We've been married a year and « half—and still have to call him “mister.” ple who are in their teens.And my opinion of them is that they are A.O.K. They are better informed and more. serious about.the world than my group-was at that age. If they seem strange to you, perhaps it's because you haven't taken the time to understand them. FOR ED McMAHON © Now that you are successful on tv, de you have any ambitions for something else?—Sam Roudebush, West Haven, Conn. eiAcn a Gs aad hag sae emai constant changing of goals, a heightening of standards. I am-very happy to find myself where I am. I would like to continue that for awhile and possibly move into the motion-picture business. Broadway is a possibility —if someone wants me and the part is right. ij FOR ROD STEIGER t ill happening?RR. Yost, Portland, Ores. @ To assure fairness and equity, the Deputy Secretary of Defense on Dec. 19, 1966, signed a memorandum stating that the earliest applicant for enlistment who meets the minimum qualifications and whose avail- FOR BOB DENVER @ Since you've played a beatniktype teen-ager, what is your real opinion of them?—C.B.D., Scottsbluff, Nebr. @ I resent the term, beatnik. And there’s also somewhat of a stigma today attached to the word, teenager. I always refer to the younger generation as peo- WHAT WORLD! The Village Smithy |f your son should announce that*he wants to become a blacksmith, don't arque— there's still big money in it. At one of the racetracks, a smith made Kids, Kids, Kids Mork Miller, star of NBC-tv's “Please Don't Eat the oat | for office. It’s not that they may not be qualified. What worries me is that too many people will vote for a famous or a handsome face rather than for the intrinsic worth of the man. Nowadays, if you photograph well on tv, you have an excellent chance of being elected to office. As for me, I have no plans, norwill I ever, to run for anyoffice. exactly as it did when Abraham Lincoln was assassinated there more than a century ago.It is assumed that the theater will present asits first production “Our American Cousin," the play Lincoln was watching when IN THE By ALLEN GARVIN if] © How do you feel about actors in ey politics?—J.R., Rome, Ga. 4 @ Tm dead-set against actors running John Wilkes Booth shot him. Miller. ond his "tv" family 2/y, and Marisa, 4. When he's not attending kids’ birthday parties, etc., on weekends, he's visiting children's hospitals to entertain and cheer up kids. Miller himself was bedridden for almost three years as a child, when a broken leg led to complications, necessitating 18 operations. Appro- vantage. Recently, with three appointments to keep, she got tired of waiting for taxis and hitchhiked along Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip to Burink. “I looked for nice cars," she priately, Miller has been named the 1967 honorary chairmanfor the Crippled Children's Society. Assassination Monument This summer in Washington, D.C., Ford's Theater will be reopened—looking You are invited to mail COVER your aan * od Coffin, 11, of Glenheod, N. Y., and his pony Skipjack compete in a Vermont horse show—one of thousands across the nation. See story, p. 4. Betsy Thrasher photo. cranatomantOat a eetierwil recere eeerae Wei, ‘405 Park Ave., New York, WY. 1 0022. Hitchhiker Puppeteer Shari Lewis doesn't drive—and- on the West Coast that's a considerable disad- First-Class Trains The trains in Europe are roaring ahead with special features and services. Aboard Germantrains, passengers can make phonecalls to anywhere in the’world via Telstarsatellite.Italian trains feature cars set aside for shopping. Daisies,’ sols 10 hours a day on the MGMset with his “tv"kids (four boys}—and then goes home and plays with his two daughters, Penny,2 They're equipped with show windows and sales counters. In Sweden, complete fashion shows are held. confesses. "Met a lot of interesting people—including one man who sold me some insurance!” May 21, 1967 Family Weekly the newspoper Mogerine LEONARD $. DAVIDOW President Sa Senior Consultant RUSSELL L SPARKS WastoreAdoring Baainl ice ehoratio Noa WesCeeST) 28Sce Sh anh Wha OdaeAgavs Pmt oe PHMLIP DYKSTRA Dicecte UMELADHEDEPROFPoodRéter Associate Editors: Resatyn Abrovaye, PootSppechoiac tee 1, © 1967,FAMLY WEY,a TIC. |