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Show AskThem‘Yourself FOR RUTH MONTGOMERY, author of “Hail to the Chiefs: MyLife and Times with Six Preidents” has affected the occurrence of earthquakes except for triggering small ones within a few miles of the test site. of tv's “Ironsides” During your show, do you ever unconscious- told you her husband could be the life of the party when he wanted to be?—Ann Regan, Brighton, Mass. @ In a 1959 interview, Pat Nixon told me that if she had her preference, Dick would not be in politics. She had no desire to live in the White House and described her husband as “gay and fun.” “That’s what so few people seem to know about him,” she said. “In small groups, he is the life of the party, telling funny stories and mimicking until he has us doubled up with laughter. He is very affectionate, and so are our daughters. We like the simple life, and home means everything to us.” = ly find yourself getting out of your wheel chair?—Mrs. Alice R. Resell, Battle Creek, Mich. © No, I don’t find any difficulty in maintaining the characterization—although I am always glad when the scene is over to be fortunate enough to get out of the wheel chair and walk off the set. Occasionally I play a joke on the director and during rehearsal I will leap to my feet during a scene. It always startles him—mostof the cast and crew come to think of me as being a real paraplegic during filming, and they forget I am not really Robert T. Ironside. bad SEN. ROBERT PACKWOOD, z 5 Oregon FOR JAMESJ. ROWLEY, Director of Secret Service Is the opposition to , legalizing abortions medical or moral?— How do banks handle or account for counter- R. W., Salem, Ore. feit currency they @ Abortion today has become a medically simple procedure. For example, Modern Medicine conducted a poll of more than 27,700 physicians in 1967, and 87 percent of them favored liberalization of abortion, Obviously, a physician has the best interests of his patient at heart and would not favor performing an abortion if great risk were involved. My proposed legislation simply says that a woman—as a matter of personal right —is entitled to an abortion if she so chooses as long as the abortion is performed by « licensed physician. Government has no right to compel a woman to bear an unwanted child any more than it has a right to compel that same woman to have an abortion. It should be the get?—Mrs. Schwehr, Sanborn, N.D. Professer of Seismology, Emeritus, California Institute of Technology How many earthquakes have been recorded world-wide since the atomic blast by the United States in the Aleutian Islands? How many were recorded during the same time period in the preceding year?—Mrs. Helen Dalby, Hollywood, Calf. @ We estimate that millions of earthquakes occur every year. Of course, most of them are small. Only an uncertain fraction are detected and recorded by instrument, and by no meansall of those are entered on published lists. There is no good evidence that auclear testing Robert @ All national banks are authorized by Federal law to act as representatives of the United States Governmentin seizing counterfeit money. Such counterfeits are immediately referred to the U.S. Secret Service. Banks are not permitted to return counterfeit money to the depositor or to any person other than a special agent of the Secret Service or some other law-enforcementofficer. FOR FRANCES KNIGHT, FOR GENERAL WILLIAM R. KNOWLTON, Superintendent, West Point Seattle Pilots and the Houston Astros. Recently I read in the newspapers about U. S. citizens having “dual citizenship.” When I X44 what conditions can a U.S.citizen have “dual citizenship”?—E. R. Norman, Edinburg, Texas @ Dual nationality is the result of separate, sometimes conflicting laws of different countries. The Department of State therefore recognizes that some United States citizens may also be nationals of two or more countries at birth; for example, a child born in the United States of alien parents would become a United States citizen because of his birth in this country, and may also acquire United States citizenship through his parents and a foreign nationality by birth in his native country. Dual nationality could sometimes be acquired by a United States citizen after birth by operation of foreign law. FOR ~ BOUTON, pitcher and author of “Ball Four” Was it revenge that made you write your book?—Mike Swardinz, Yardley, Pa. @ By revenge, I presume you meanre- Point cadets granted each year by went to Tool, aU.S.citizen could not be citizen of another country —one way to lose your citizenship was to pledge allegiance to another flag. Has this been changed? Under How much moneyare “ West the Government?— Mrs. Ted Bushnell, @ The pay of a cadet is established as 50 percent, of the basic pay of a second lieutenant with two or less years of service. Under present pay tables, this amounts to $2,505.60 annually. From this, the cadet must pay for all of his uniforms and equipment, his textbooks, services such as haircuts, laundry, and dry cleaning and all other incidental expenses. FOR SUSAN SAINT JAMES,actress With “Name of the Game” operated like three separate tv series with different producers, does it affect your "Hie, marriage going from one set to another?—Susie Minich, Oakland, Ore. @ No, not a bit. ’m generally working on oneepisode at a time, so I don’t work any more often than if I were a regular in a single series. FOR LAWRENCE WELK E How did your famous “bubbles” theme originate?—-John Tibor, Seattle, Wash. venge against the Yankees for trading roe GUNILLA KNUTSON, to's “Take It Off” girl I read that you were | opening « midi department woman’s decision. FOR DR. CHARLESF. RICHTER, an account of my experiences with the Director of Passport Office FOR RAYMOND BURR Is it true thet Mrs. Richard Nixon once been handicapped since birth with half a right foot. store. Do you prefer having your own me, or maybe you meant revenge against the batters who havetreated me co poorly these past few years. When you read the book, you will discover that only a small part is devoted to the Yankees or to opposing batsmen. “Ball Four” is mostly @ A long time ago, when the orchestra was appearing at the William Penn Ho- tel in Pittsburgh, someone dubbed the Welk music “bubbly like champagne .-.” and the name stuck. I wrote the music for “Bubbles in the Wine,” our theme. business?—Mr:. L. D., Waco, Texas @ When you're a model, you have to do wi at other people tell you such as “stand up” or “sit down” or “cry” to the point where you wantto tell other people what to do, and now I can. Want to ask « famous FOR CURT GOWDY,sportscaster LEONARD S. DAVIDOW President MORTON FRANK Publisher W. PAGE THOMPSON Advertising Director MARIUS N. TRINQUE Art Director Dee Donald M. Hufford; Marketing Siresbo i nas York Saleser Gerald Western Adv. 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