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Show run scon s Want the facts? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Want informed opinion? Write Walter Scott, Parade, 750 3rd Ave., New York, N.Y. 10017. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested Volume of mail received makes personal replies impossible. Q. Can you sort fact from fiction about the late Q. Last year at the centennial of Radcliffe College, Marilyn Monroe ? I'd like to know specifically if she had affairs with Frank Sinatra, Yves Montand, joe Schenck and Montgomery Clift Is it true that she never wore underclothes and was illegitimate? the women's adiunct to Harvard, Radcliffe awarded honorary degrees to the 10 most outstanding women in the world. I never heard of any of them. Who, for example, are Mary Avery, Helen Franken-thaleAda Huxtable, Bernice Cronkhite, and Shirley Williams? Stephanie Feldman, Springfield, Mass. A. Radcliffe's first honorary degrees were not awarded to the world's most outstanding women but to women of achievement, who certainly are among the most outstanding Dr Mary Ellen Avery is a distinguished professor at Harvard Medical School and a pediatrician renowned for her research on lung disorders of the newborn Helen Frankenthaler is one of the leading abstract expressionist artists in America Ada Louise Huxtable is the architecture critic of The New York g Times and a Pulitzer journalist. Bernice Cronkhite, the first dean of the Radcliffe Graduate School, is a great educator who held that post for 25 years. Shirley Williams, secretary of state for education and science in the Callaghan Cabinet, is the highest ranking woman in Britain's Labor Party. P. T., Freeport its first r, III. A. Marilyn, a basically honest young woman, told friends that she had affairs with Sinatra, Montand, and Schenck (one of the founders of 20th Century-Fox- ) drunk, Montgomery Clift was a homosexual and depressed much of the time so you can rule out anything sexual there. It is true that Marilyn rarely wore undergarments and that she was born out of wedlock. drug-ridde- n Prize-winnin- 0. Q. Tony Franciosa, the ac- 3 tor who was married to Shelley Winters, was quietly " busted " by Scotland Yard the other week. For what and with whom? I. T., Youngstown, Ohio. A. Franciosa, 50, was convicted and fined $250 for cocaine and cannabis in his room at the London Hilton. He's the star of a new British film, "The World Is Full of Married Men," based on a book by Jackie Collins. possessing makeup Q. Does President Carter wear extra-heav- y when he goes on TV? When hes shown on location, like in Mexico, his facial blemishes show. What's the story? R. Shuben, St. Petersburg, Fla. A. When the cameras catch Carter on location, he is not wearing TV makeup When he is telecast from the White House, the TV makeup camouflages his facial blemishes Q. I am interests in learning what has happened to Chris Tom Lehrer, a talented pianist and lyricist III. Luckey, Berwyn, A. Tom Lehrer teaches math and music at the University of California at Santa Cru, divides his time between there and Cambridge, Mass If nominated and elected President, does Ronald Reagan plan to serve only one term? After all, he would be 74 at the start of his second term A. Erickson, Los Angeles, Cal. A. Reagan's supporters plan to downplay their man's age, which is now 68, will describe him in the upcoming campaign as a vigorous, indefatigable Republican in the full bloom of robust health Q. true that our hometown celebrity, novelist who had a lewish mistress named Bernstein? Will H., Asheville, N.C. A. It is true. Thomas Wolfe (1900-38- ) was imbued with a deep streak of But it did not prevent him at 25 from falling in love with a Jewish theatrical set designer, Aline Frankau Bernstein, married and the mother of two. They met aboard the ship Olympic, entered into a tragic and tempestuous liaison that endured eight years. Aline Bernstein is thinly disguised as "Esther Jack" in two of Wolfe's novels, "You Can't Go Home Again" and "Web and the Rock." "I shall love you all the days of my life," he wrote her. "And when die, if they cut me open, they will find one name written on my brain and in my heart. It will be yours." Aline Bernstein died in 1955. For details on the affair, read "Aline" Klein. Carole by Q. Is it Thomas Wolfe, was an anti-Semi- ld I Wolfe-Bernstei- n Is Margaret Mitchell, author of "Cone With the Wind," the former wife of John Mitchell? Joe Sveinsson, Gonzales, Cal. A. No relation between the late Miss Mitchell and the former attorney general. Q. Woody Allen in love with Ernest Hemingway's granddaughter Mariel? That's the rumor. How old is Woody? lo G unther, jersey City, N.j. A. Woody Allen is 43, has been seen with Mariel Hemingway 27 years his junior in age, 5 inches his senior in height but the friendship has not developed into a Lolita affair as of this writing Q. 1 6- - Is year-ol- d fr)WAlTFRS(()IT14) executive vice president, JOSEPH S MtENTEE editor JAMES D. HEAD managing editor, WALTER ANDIRSON senior editor,, DAVID CURRIER, MARY ALICE KELLOGG, HERBERT KUPEERBERG dree tor of photography, ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN art director, ANTHONY LA ROTONDA food editor, SYLVIA SCHUR associate editors, LINDA GUTSTEIN, MARGUERITE MICHAELS, PAM PROCTOR, MARTIN TIMINS, HANK WHITTEMORE art associates. CANDICE Clll BERT, Al TROIANI assistant dues tor of photography, STEPHEN SHAMES assistant art director, ROBERT L. PETERSON editorial assistants, JULIA JUDGE, DORIS SCHORTMAN rartoon editor, LAWRENCE LARIAR Washington, bureau thief, JACK ANDERSON, OPAL GINN, MICHAEL SATCHEll president, THOMAS H. FERGUSON editor at large, I LOYD SHEARER 1)79, Parade Publications Ini 7S4Mhifil Xve Sis, Vml NV X)1 Z All rights reserved under International and Pan Amem an Mart a Reg Copyright ( onventions Keprodur tain in sstmle or m part ot any artir le witliout fiermissinn is prohibited PAKAtll Please address editorial contributions to Artn les. Parade, 7V) Ihird Ave New York. N Y 10017 Although reasonable care will be taken. Parade is not responsible toi unsolu ited material publisher, WARREN J. REYNOLDS THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE APRIL 22, 1979 |