| Show i I SCOTT’S WALTER Want the tecti? Opinion? Truth? Write Welter Scott Eersonalitij Varade 140 N Hamilton Dr Beverly Hills Calif 90210 or phone 12131 Ill Q Friends who spied Bill Cosby and his family vacationing on the French Riviera this past summer say Cosby is a member of a financial syndicate that has quietly bought control of the Hotel du Cap at Cap d' Antibes Any part of this gossip true ? — Kathy L Bala Cynwyd Pa I z j I II Vv lli By almost all accounts the individual Mrs Aquino trusts most to help advise and guide her is Jaime Sin the Roman Catholic Cardinal of the Philippines It is reported that Mrs Aquino consults Cardinal Sin frequently relying on his honesty and frankness Gil Arthur Tempe Ariz j A The famous “w aste- - land” speech — delivered in May 1961 by Newton Minow then chairman of the Federal Communications Commission — was written by John Bartlow Martin a speechwriter for John F Kennedy Hubert Humphrey and other Democratic bigwigs Martin a magazine journalist and the author of 16 books also served as ambassador to the Dominican Republic during the Kennedy Administration about Johnny Carson's three wives QU’e read time to time but rarely does he say La Wis anything about Chris Cory and Rick the three sons he has by his first wife Jody Wolcott Carson Why is that? — Evelyn Anderson Arlington Va Jackie Onassis was ill at A President Kennedy? — wedding Jackie not the running of the Philippines? And who might he be?—N Rimos Chicago III scribed programming as “ a vast wasteland" ? Urn it Minow or Ted Sorensen special counsel to Onassis looked not just fashionably thin but ema- dated Unless my TV set is in trouble Jackie ap- peared to have large liver- npe spots all over herface Crosse least one man Aquino have at QDoes Corazon life whom she trusts to advise her on wrote Newton TV At her daughter’s is she ill?—VW name will be used unless otherwise requested Volume of mail makes personal replies impossible j9Minow’ s famous 1961 speech in which he de- - A Cosby and his family have vacationed on the French Riviera and have stayed at the Hotel du Cap but the comedian has no financial interest in the hotel —except to pay his bills He has bought no property in the South of France Full the wedding of her daughter Caroline nor did she have “large liver-typ- e spots all over her face” She is scrupulously careful about her weight and at this writing enjoys good health Corazon Aquino and that most virtuous Cardinal Sin it true that Betty White of “ The Golden was born in Greece and that her family discouraged her from becoming an actress because some Greek immigrant parents in the old ' days didn t consider acting a respectable profession ? — Kaleope Theodosopoulos Astoria NY QIs A Johnny Carson 61 one of the entertainers in show business sees no need to discuss his family with the news media He will acknowledge on occasion that one of his sons is a golf pro in Fort Lauderdale Fla one w'orks as a stage manager and one is a guitarist He also will acknowledge when pressed that his brother Dick was director of “The Merv Giiffin Show" Q4 guy I know savs he walked home from high with Lucille Ball in Bessemer Mich Is that possible? Also what is Ball like as a person? H ’hat is she worth ? — Ken A nderson Oregon U is A Betty White was born in Oak Park 111 Her maternal grandfather was Greek White’s parents did not object to her becoming an actress old is Deng Xiaoping head of the Republic of China? What is his official position? And who will be his successor? — William Kong Bremerton Wash QHow A Lucille Ball 75 is a high school dropout who never attended school in Bessemer Mich By nature she's a worrier with a high anxiety quotient As the result of her lengthy and successful experience in show business as both a performer and entrepreneur she’s tough domineering frank and forthright In 1967 Lucy sold her production company for S 7 million in stock toGulf Western the corporation that owns Paramount Pictures She has held onto the stock and consequently is easily worth more than double that amount today Deng Xiaoping 82 is chairman of the cen- tral advisory committee of the Communist Party and generally regarded as leader of the republic As in most Communist regimes the identity of his successor remains a question of pow'er politics Some possibilities: Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang Defense Minister Zhang Aiping and Yang Dezhi chief of the general staff waiter scon mt - 1 PARADE THE SUNDAY A NEWSPAPER MAPAZINE DECEMBER 21 1986 Address editorial contributions to Articles Parade 750 Third Ave New York N Y 10017 Although reasonable care will be taken Parade is not responsible for unsolicited material SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Milton Lieberman Carlo Vittonm EDITOR Walter Anderson PRESIDENT Frank McNulty EDITOR AT LARGE Lloyd Shearer Larry Smith DIRECTOR OF DESIGN Ira Yoffe SENIOR EDITORS Sara Brzowsky David Cumer Herbert Kupferberg Gael McCarthy SENIOR COPY EDITOR Martin Timms SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Eddie Adams ARTICLES EDITOR Fran Carpentier PHOTO EDITOR Brent Petersen CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Diane Ackerman Cleveland Amory Stuart Berger Lisa Birnbach James Brady Jane Ciabattari Haskell Cohen Bob Colacello Ovid Demans David Halberstam Larry L King Elinor Klein Peter Maas Norman Mailer Lynn Minton Willie Morris Michael O'Shea Dotson Rader Michael Ryan Carl Sagan Al Santoli Marvin Scott Tom Seligson Gail Sheehy Tad Szulc Michael VerMeulen Lally Weymouth LIFESTYLE EDITOR Elizabeth Gaynor ART ASSOCIATES Joseph DiBlasi Al Troiam SENIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATES Ann Cammett Arlene Puesche! 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