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Show WALTER SCOH'S Want the facts? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Want informed opinion? Write Walter Scott, Parade, 733 3rd Ave. New York, N.Y. 10017. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume of mail received makes personal replies impossible U.S. astronauts took the first still pictures of the moon, was a German, Japanese or U.S. camera used? John Gregory, Danville, Va. Q. When the A. A Swedish camera, the Hasselblad, was used to take the first close-u- p photos of the moon. The created camera was by Victor Hasselblad, whose in 1967 with the Naa contract company signed tional Aeronautics and Space Administration. Victor Hasselblad, founder of the company, died in August. I have heard from friends in the movie colony that Jon Voight has the most beautiful roommate of any actor in Hollywood. Who is she? M.L., San Francisco, Cal. A. Jon Voight, who starred opposite Jane Fonda in "Coming Home," lives with Stacey Pickren, an attractive brunette who had a small part in the film. Q. Each time a new First Lady moves into the White House, who pays to redecorate the living quarters to her personal taste her husband or the U.S. taxpayer? Janice Grimm, Prineville, Ore. A. The taxpayer. Q. I understand that the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company is paying actor Jimmy Stewart $5 million to provide it with a new public image after its radial tire hassle. True? George Allen, Reno, Nev. A. Actor James Stewart, 70, good friend of Leonard contract for apFirestone, has signed a three-yea- r TV million as $1 spokesman for the proximately Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. Stewart will do spot commercial announcements on network telecasts of the World Series, various golf tournaments, pro football games and other sporting events. Q. Q. At various times in her life, wasn't screen star Joan Fontaine "kept" by David Selznick, Joseph P. Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Howard Hughes and Adlai Stevenson? Cindy T., Marblehead, Mass. A. Joan Fontaine, 60, has always had to work for a living, even though she was married to actor Brian Aherne, producer William Dozier, writer Collier Young and sportswriter Alfred Wright. In between marriages, actress Fontaine participated in living arrangements with various men, but in most. cases she was the breadwinner or an equal contributor to the payment of the monthly bills. Of the men you mention, all now dead, Joan Fontaine knew Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson only slightly because she never considered Washington, D.C., her sphere of influence. She was, however, friendly with Joseph P. Kennedy butaiever accepted his offer to make her his West Coast mistress. As for Howard Hughes, Joan says, he offered to commit the supreme sacrifice and marry her, but she turned him down, never did live with him. Her relationship with Adlai Stevenson was more than brotherly. In the 1960's rumors of an impending Fontaine-Stev-enso- n marriage were circulated widely in New York City, where Stevenson was ambassador to the United Nations. But one afternoon Stevenson explained to Joan that he still had political ambitions and that, under the circumstances, he felt it impolitic to marry an actress. In truth, Stevenson didn't want to marry anyone. The David Selznick-Joa- n Fontaine relationship was primarily an employer-employee one with a few episodes. Q. When Aram Khachaturian died at 75 this year in Moscow, his obituary in Pravda was signed by Leonid Brezhnev. How come? N. Horowitz, Hartford, Conn. A. Composer Khachaturian, best known for his "Saber Dance," was considered ' a loyal Socialist" who never gave the Soviet authorities any trouble. During the splendid state funeral the Soviets accorded him, Premier Aleksei Kosygin was one of the honor guard. Q. How come Sen. Alan Cranston (D., Cal.) and I John Tower (R., Tex.) got quietly divorced and re- married while Sen. Edward Brooke (R., Mass.) and Herman Talmadge (D., Ga.) made such messy head- lines with their divorces? T.L., Newton Centre, ' ' r Mass. A. Cranston and Tower came to terms with their first wives, Brooke and Talmadge did not. -- VIVIEN LEIGH AND CLARK GABLE IN "GONE WITH THE FOR 20 YEARS WIND," LICENSED TO CBS-T- V Q. CBS-Tpaid $35 million for "Gone With the Wind." Does this mean that the network owns the film outright? T.T., Chicago, III. A. MGM owns "Cone With the Wind," produced by the late David O. Selznick in 1939. It has licensed the film to CBS for exclusive TV runs in the U.S. over the next 20 years for $35 million. The network will pay five installments of $7 million starting September 1979. After 1998 TV rights revert to MGM. chairman of the board, Q. How is Adm. art associates, CANDICE CULBERT, AL TROIANI assistant art director, ROBERT L PETERSON editorial assistants, TODD MOORE, DORIS SCHORTMAN cartoon editor, LAWRENCE LARIAR Washington, bureau chief, JACK ANDERSON; FRED BLUMENTHAl, OPAL GINN, MARGUERITE MICHAELS, MICHAEL SATCHELl 1978, Parade Publications. Inc., 733 Third Ave., New York, N Y. 10017. All rights reserved under International and Pan American Copyright Conventions. Reproduction in whole or in part of any article without permission is prohibited. PARADE; Maica Reg. Please address editorial contributions to- Articles, Parade, 733 Third Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Although reasonable care will be taken, Parade is not responsible for unsolicited material. d our Central Intelligence Agency, regarded in the intelligence T.E., community? San Diego, Cal. A. He is considered in some quarters to be an intelligence neophyte with a quick mind and driving energy. What he lacks, of course, is experience. JAMES McALLISTER editor, JAMES D. HEAD president, THOMAS H. FERCUSON executive vice president JOSEPH S. McENTEE senior editors, DAVID CURRIER, HERBERT KUPFERBERG large, LLOYD SHEARER managing editor, WALTER ANDERSON director of photography, ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN art director, ANTHONY LA ROTONDA food editor, SYLVIA SCHUR associate editors, LINDA CUTSTEIN, PAM PROCTOR, MARTIN TIMINS editor at Stans-fiel- Turner, director of publisher, WARREN J. REYNOLDS THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 24, 1978 ; |