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Show rhAsk Them Yourself FOR WERNHER VON BRAUN, rocket expert In what year will the first space station FOR DR. DONALD A. DUKELOW, American Medical Association Ethel Kennedy recently had her fifth Caesarian be ussem- f bled in space?—Miss Karen Drennen, Central Point, Gre, @ An embryonic space station, called the Saturn I Workshop, will be flown in 1971. It is made from an orbiting Saturn upper stage and has more than 10.000 cubic feet of interior space where the astronauts can work and live. Modular space stations are only in the study phase. When they will fly depends upon the funding that NASA receives for this program, FOR DON DRYSDALE, Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher What ball park do you dislike the most?—Mark * Wunderlich, Ellis Grove, 4 ml. @ J wouldsay the Cincinnati Reds’ ball park. Thank heavens, they are currently building a new one! FOR SHEILA MACRAE It was announced in the yy spring that you were go- 4 ing to have a baby by > your second husband, but ant I have never seen an announcementof your having it. Vhy not?—Mrs. A. C. Howell, Jefferson, Ohio @ The rumor was false. FOR BILL FRANCE, president, National Association jor Stock Car Auto Racing I read where Darlington International Raceway is 4a one-groove track and that it should not be used for Grand National races any longer. Will there be any 1969 races there?— Bruce Freeman, Waterloo, lowa @ Darlington Raceway has been criti- section. Whatis the great- Mrs. Walter L. Harris, Sedalia, Mo. is coming. accompished on any one woman?— © Asfar as is known,the 12 Caesarian deliveries experienced by Mrs Francis Madden of Oak Park, Ill, the last of them in September, 1962. would certainly come close to a record. FOR ELIZABETH POST, etiquette expert Is it proper for a lady io wear gloves when she and her husband ave greeting the church congregation? —Mrs. Larry Birdsall, Morrill, Neb. which would makethe track much faster Grand National races are scheduled in 1969 at Darlington onstration? But this one will have no occupyingof buildings, no vandalism, no picketing, and noviolence.Instead, students and faculty at Massachusetts’ Springfield College—raising moneyfor unhappy teen-agers, your lovely time Those “other” students Properly Sheltered French model Genevieve Gilles has turned American movie star at 22, in a short subject, “World of Fashion.” She was schooled in a Paris convent and believes that conventstrictness (“It’s not a jail!) is the school’s new expansion—are demonstrating this week their guaranteed readiness to take on any odd job the community will offer. They're leaving the fee up to the generosity of the employer. They’re demonstrating also to makethe statementthat the majority of American students are hardworking, quiet, and law-abiding. proper for her to remove them. American Damon and Pythias As kids, Thomas Jefferson and his best friend, Dabney Carr, climbed around FOR ROBERT D. BLASHEK, executive vice president, D. L. Blair Corp. a What are the chances of winning anumbers sweepstakes in a maga- zine?—Mrs. C. Jane Winn, Willow the only way to raise a daughter. “If Little Mountain near Charlottesville, Va., and made a pact: both would be buried beneath their favorite tree atop the hill where Tom intended to design his mansion. Years later, according to the booklet “Thomas Jefferson Still Not too much make-up or dates too ferson left to become minister to Genevieve Gilles Creek, Calif. | had one, | would keep her at home. @ The number of winners is directly proportionate to the number of people whorespond, i.e., the percentage of the soon; 18 or 20 is okay. The boy must people of the total circulation who send in their numbers to find out if they are winners, It is rather difficult to give you the odds on an average “lucky number” sweepstakes because the odds will vary with the number of prizes offered and the total circulation. FOR JACK WEBBof “Dragnet” What does the hand and hammer pounding the Roman numerals on a door at the end of every “Dragnet” show signify? @ They signify my “Mark VII Produc- banking on the third and fourth turns, Work Week Another campus dem- @ It is perfectly proper. In fact, it is im- cne-groove track, but this is the other grooves, and top speed cars ould not necessarily go through there side by side, However, they can pass the slower cars, There are portions of the track wherecars of equal speed can pass. Lead changes havebeenfrequent in races at Darlington, proving this point. Dar lington Speedway officials have announced plans to increase the degree of never had acne, according to a der- matology seminar sponsored by Winthrop Laboratories. So hang in there, the third and fourth turns is faster than not necessarily so. One groove through Surprise! The youngster who has acne andoily skin during adolescence will probably have a younger-looking skin for many years than those who est number of Caesarian sections that have been successfully —Mrs. Richard Summers, Smithfield, Utah cized as a WHAT ri: WORLD! tions, Ltd.” company. I was impressed with the arm and hammer on the soda box when a child. The iron door also signifies strength, but, specifically, there is no great meaning FOR BARBARA WALTERS of the “Today Show™ Is your baby an adopted child?—Mrs. A. F. Kline, Torrance,Calif. © Yes, she is adopted Want to ask famous person a question? You rough this column, and we'll get the answer from the prominent person you designate. nd question, preferably on a Weekly, 641 Lexington Ave., New York, N.Y. post card, to Ask Them Yourself, FFs 10022, We cannot acknowledge questions, but $5 will be paid for each one used. ask my permission to see her. He can- Lives” (Arthur Price Foundation), Jef- France. Dabney died and wasburied in the vill&ge cemetery. On Jefferson's not take her to dinner in a restaurant return, the statesman arranged for the says of her future daughter's future ticello today—which, not incidentally, before they are engaged.” Genevieve father: “Maybe| will propose to him.” dual grave, and thus they lie at Monis Mr. Jefferson's birthed ~y. Hello, Doggy! The venerable Cab Calloway, now singing the role of Mr. Horace Vandergelderin “Hello, Dolly!” has always owned a large dog as a pet, Then Mrs. Calloway got Muffin, a Yorkshire terrier, os a present from their oldest daughter. Somehow Muffin woofed her way into Cab’s heart enough so that he agreed to take her to the Barbetta Masquerade (a dress-alike fashion show for master and pet) en route to his show, her costume being that of Dolly. When Family Weekly asked him what was special about Muffin, Cab replied, “She's the smartest and funniest little thing we ever owned.” Cab and Muffin Family Weekly The Newspaper Magarine April i3, 1968 LEONARD S$. DAVIDOW President ROBERT FITZGIBBON Chief MORTON FRANK Publisher JACK RYAN Managing Editor WALTER C. DREYFUS Senior Consultant MARIUS N. TRINQUEArt Director W. PAGE THOMPSONAdvertising Director MELANIE DE PROFT Food Editor DONALD M. HUFFORDAssociate Advertising Manager Associate Editors: Rosalyn Abreveys, JOSEPH R. INZERILLO Eastern Advertising Manager Schoortel; RUSSELL L. SPARKS Western Advertising ioecasera | Peer J. Oppenheimer, West Coast. Advertising,Offic Office: 64)Lexington Avenve, ceceRditorial 10022;401 N. 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