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Show Ask Them‘Yourself FOR LAUREN BACALL FOR SEN. STROM THURMOND, South Carolina Would you comment on speculation that you might support Gov. Ronald Reagan for President in 1972?— James Starrs, Waco, Texas @ | understand President Nixon plans to run for re-election and that, if he does, Gov. Reagan will not oppose him. If, for some reason, President Nixon does not runfor re-election, I should be pleased to support either Gov. Reagan or Vice President Agnew for the Presidency. FOR MILTON CANIFF, x | cartoonist andcreator of a = “Steve Canyon” I rcad that your credo is “Draw for the guy who pays for the paper.” Could you elaboraie?—R. M. Wallace, Salt Lake City, Utah @ I have always admonished myself to write for the man on the bus or the woman who is having her second cup of cof- fee after her husband and children have been sent off for the day. At these moments we are alone together, and I bring them an uninterrupted display of my wares, The playwright can have the advantage of chain-reaction emotion stemming from mutual appreciation by many people crowded together. I am happy to have my reader alone for the few minutes each day during which we have a rendezvous. FOR SHEILA OSTRANDER, coauthor of “Psychic Discoveries Behind the Tron Curtain” at > You looked so good when I saw you onTV recently. Would you consider having your own TV series?—Laurie London, Santa Fe, N. M. @ There are no plans at present to seek additional astronauts—male or female. Requirements would beestablished at the time a decision was made to select new astronauts. The United States has no women astronauts in training. In past selections, except for two groups ofscientist-astronauts, basic requirements included 100. hours of high-performance jet pilot time or graduation from a recognized test-pilot school. Scientist-astronauts were not required to be pilots at the time of their selection, but they were required to complete the regular 53-week Air Force pilot-training school after selection. They were required to have a doctorate in medicine or one of the physical or biological sciences, and their initial screening was conducted by the National Academy of Sciences. Requirements have neverspecified a certain sex. I read years ago that the Russians “<5 you've provided, why caused Dr. Leonid Vasilev to tell the Soviet hiearchy, “The discoveries of the energy underlying ESP will be equivalent to the discovery of atomic energy.” This led to the ambitious program, FOR DONALD K. SLAYTON, "{ Director of Flight 2g3 Operations N.A.S.A. quirements for women astronauts, if " years of good music <> ~~ are you being cancelled e on TV? Is there anything we, the general public, can do to keep you on?— Mrs. Ira Hyatt, Ashdown, Ark. @ Our showis not going off. We will be syndicated by Pedderson Productions and will be formatted identically to the any? Also, are there any plans to have women astronauts?—M. Nerak, North Chelmsford, Mass. of the exact nature of the program. Were they never informed of the circumstances of Joe Kennedy’s death—namely the faulty control panel wiring which may have caused the explosion of the drone in which he was flying?—Mrs. Lewis M. Bolt, Chickamauga, Ga. @ | am not completely sure,butit is my impression that they did not know about the strong possibility that a faulty control panel caused the explosion. One man knew all the details: Earl Olsen, former Navy Lieutenant (J.C.). He fought for changes in the wiring, and was overruled. He could have told the whole story to President Kennedy years later when Kennedy visited the Naval station where Olsen is now a civilian administrator. But Olsen chose to keep a survey of the November 1970 election showed that, in the 18-to-24 age group, about 60 percentfailed to register, largest nonparticipation of any group. FOR JOHN B. CONNALLY, a} gee Secretary of the Treasury Why were the Silver Certificates taken out of circulation? Are mum. FOR ARNOLD PALMER they of any specific value if they haven't been turned in?—Mrs. Frieda Cope- Can you explain how the timing of a live televised golf match is land, Jefferson City, Miss. vy @ The Treasury stopped issuing Silver Certificates in 1964 because of the declining supply of silver bullion, which was used as a backing for the notes. The Act of June 24, 1967, provided that Silver Certificates would not be redeem. able in silver after June 24, 1968, but would continue to function as legal ten der at their face value. As Silver Certificates are received in Treasury, they are destroyed. Whether the public attributes extra values to special issues of currency is a matter into which the Treasury does not inquire. always so w-ll coordi- Bom, nated to hove the wine ners finish last and on schedule with the end of the show? —Cthristine Wright, Tenafly, N.J. @ Tournament officials know approximately how long it takes us to play an 18-hole roundin a tournament. With that in mind, they set up the starting times so that the last group should finish at just about the time the telecast is winding up. The leaders after the third round play last in the fourth round, since they are the potential winners. Wantto ask a famous person a question? You can through this column. Send your question, preferably on a postcard, to Ask Them Yourself, Family Weekly, 641 Lexington Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022. Don't forget your name and address. We're sorry, but only those questions published can be answered. Five doliars will be paid for each one used. series you saw in other years. FOR MAURICE H. STANS, Secretary of Commerce If the voting age is lowered, how much will teen-agers be able to affect our Government?—Mrs. Irene Rohr, Devils Lake, N. D. out the current rea y wal , Could you please find pating in the Aphrodite program during World War Il. I got the impression from your book that the Kennedy family remained unaware not willing to sell my soul to the company store—never have been. I confess that there were a couple of times when I madefilmsjust for money. I've regretted it ever since. I especially regret it when they come back to haunt me on that idiot box. I immediately turn to another channel when I see one of my movies on TY. I don’tlike to look at myself. Maybe that’s why I don’t spend too much time in front of the mirror. considered extrasensory perception as “old wives tales of the decadent @ In 1959 French journalists reported that the United States Navy had contacted the atomic submarine “Nautilus” through extrasensory perception. Though the story was never proven to be true,it Mission” you speak of the death of Joe Kennedy while he was partici- @ There’s only one reason to dotelevision, and that’s money. I'm FOR LAWRENCE WELK mg After all the many Democracies.” What caused them to start such an ambitious program as you described in your book?— Michael Moore, Bloomingham, Ind. FOR JACK OLSEN, author In your book “Aphrodite: Desperate @ Allowing 18-year-olds to vote in all states wili add an estimated 11,159,000 potential voters in 1972, only eight percent of the nationaltotal. In 1970, young people voted at age 18 in Georgia and Kentucky, 19 in Alaska and 20 in Hawaii. It is hard to predict for 1972, but EF: amily Weekly The Newspaper Magazine LEONARDS. DAVIDOW, Chairman June 27, 1971 MORTON FRANK, President and Publisher W. PAGE THOMPSON,V.P. and AdvertisingDir. MORTPERSKY, Editor-in-Chief Advertising Mgr.: Donald M. Hufford; Marketing Director: Sid Layefsky; New York Sales Mgr.: Gerald S. 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