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Show Ask Them Yourself FOR GOV. RONALD REAGAN Is it true that you feel the ae >) state of California has far ion much public land y and that you favor sell- FOR JOENNY CARSON Does yeur program continue during commer- =, Clals, or does the audi- ence also watch them?— 4 y ing some of it to pri- S vate interests?—Elaine Van Houton, Council Bluffs, lowa @ This is not true. I believe that since the Federal government owns nearly onehalf of California, it should not take even moreland for the proposed Redwood National Park without deeding some Federal land in return to the state for possible recreationaluse. I also have recommended @ The audience sees and hears the commercials on the monitors in the studio. that certain undeveloped state park lands be surveyed and, if unsuitable for park purposes, be disposed of and replaced with more suitable park land. FOR EDITH HEAD,fashion designer What movie, in which "you designed the clothes, * i is your personal favorite? Which stars have ht you particularly enjoyed designing for?—Mary L. Healy, Norwood, Mass. @ Alfred Hitchcock's “To Catch a Thief” is my favorite movie mainly because Grace Kelly was such a delight to work with and wore clothes so well. I especially enjoyed creating the designs for Shirley MacLaine in “What a Way to Go” and, more recently, for Mary Tyler Moore in “What's So Bad About Feeling Good?” aC. C., Racine, Wis. FOR JOSIAH THOMPSON,author of » “Six Seconds in Dallas” lm Have any critics of the ve ae Warren Commission rex port examined the KenwS nedy autopsy photos and X rays?—D. B., Topeka, Kan. @ No. Rep. Theodore Kupferman of New York has asked that he and two of the nation’s foremoet forensic pathologists, Dr. Cyril Wecht and Dr. Milton Halpern, be allowed to see such photographs and X rays and perhaps shed additional © Contact lenses are better for tv. FOR DR. NORMAN VINCENT PEALE From what source have Signs of the Times Traffic andstreet signs, a current fad as wall decorations, have been detoured to a new line of tote bags which the designer, Stella Jolles, calls “ego bags.” “They are flirtation symbols,” says Miss Jolles, “and the symbol she chooses tells a lot avout the woman. One with a bag that says ‘Stop’ or “Private Drive’ is sure enough of herself to scy maybe before she says yes. The ‘Exit’ bag? Well, I'm leaving. How cout coming along?’ A shyer woman would want her message to be absolutely clear, so she might try a totally different sign—like ‘Help Wanted.’ ” Hot Seat Racing drivers can thank astronaut Gordon Cooper for the sport's latest safety feature. Fire scfe coveralls. Cooper, a racing buff and owner ot a championship car, was distressed when a driver was burned to death in a crackup. He asked the people who The Simple iife A Paris-pink tent? ANile-green cookstove? An electrically inflated, floral air mattress? These are just glimpses of what's ahead for next summer's camping. Purists may object, but now that the ladies cre joining their menfolk in the great outdoors, manufacturers are convinced that drab old khaki just won't do. light on the controversy, All such re- quests have been turned down by the White House, the National Archives, and the Kennedy family. FOR SALLY FIELD of “The Flying Nun™ FT recently read that you Ly have cut a record.Ie this ~ true, and, if so, has it = been released yet?— Rick W. Coulter, Jr., Lancaster, Pa. @ Yes. I recorded an album,“Sally Field Sings,” released by Colgems. FOR HENRY FOWLER, FOR TOMMY SMOTHERS I have seen you recently wearing dark-rimmed glasses. Why don’t you wear them on your show?—-Mrs. R. Roberts, Potosi, Wis. ORLD! WHATrit Se * Secretary of the Treasury } — Has a woman's picture ever appeared on U. S. Paper currency? If so, QO Scho?—Mrs. Jeannette Turniansky, Highland Park, N.J. @ Martha Washingtonis the only woman whose picture has appeared on U.S. paper currency. Her portrait appeared on the face ofthe $1silvercertificates, secies 1886 aud 1891, and on the back of the $1 silver certificates, series 1896. McClusky and Cooper make the protective Beta glass astronaut suits to demonstrate them to racing drivers. Among the speedsters now playingit safe are A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, and Roger McClusky. Time Lapse Watch carefully when King Arthur (as played by Richard Harris) smiles toothily in “Camelot.” If you catch a glint of gold fillings, you've spotted one of those boners that turn movie bosses gray. Metal fillings, you see, weren't used ti! 1542, centuries after King Arthur's time. As -moviemakers know, audiences notice these goofs. One moviegoer, for instance, was miffed when she spotted a rocking chair in “Guns Along the Mohawk,” a film set a few years before the rocker was invented. It Rhymes with Moon Oneof the earliest Valentines was a wooden spoon, elaborately carved with the beloved’sinitials. According to New York’s Marriage Museum, Welsh boys used to spend almost o whole winter whittling the spoon. Overeagersuitors carved whole sets of eating utensils. If the girl accepted the spoon, they were engaged and, presumably, could now indulge in “spooning.” One question lost in the dark past: if the girl and her whitiing beau eloped, did the neighbors whisper that the “dish” had run away with the spoon? you learned the most in your life?—Frances Fenton, Columbia, Mo. @ From people—especially older ones. T've spenta lot of time probing the minds of people older than myself, especially those who have been reflective thinkers. And I've learned from them—simple ev- eryday people who have experienced life's deepest secrets in .the sometimes hard school of daily living. FOR GEN. WILLIAM ECKERT, Commissioner of Baseball How are major league umpires paid—weekly, monthly, or by the game? What is their salary range?—Dale Crutcher, Albany, Ga. @ Umpires,like ball players, are paid on the Ist and 15th of each month. Annual salaries range from $8,500 to more than $20,000, depending upon service. +] the answer designate. Send question, preferably on « post card, to Ask Them Yourself, Family Weekly, 405 Park Ave., New York, N.Y. 10022. We cannot acknowledge questions, but $5 will be paid for each ome used. Family Weekly the newspaper Megotine LEONARD $. DAVIDOW President MORTON FRANK Publisher WALTER C. DREYFUS Senior Consultant JOSEPH R. INZERILLO Eastern Advertising Manager RUSSELL L. SPARKS Western Advertising Manager February 11, 1965 ROBERT FITZGIBBON Editor-in-Chief JACK RYAN Managing Editor ANTHONY C. LA SALA Art Director MELANIE DE PROFT Food Editor LUTHER V. 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