Show BLOOM COUNTY BY BERKE BREATHED WRIGHT AMP IT UGLY STINKY IMANPIMT MUCH CARE FOR NIGHT MKlM(r UP' CH6BR NOW MB CHEER INC UP me OR SO HELP MB IT I'LL WFRIENPSHIP T’TySSMr JPi :cv !h v- -s THE GREAT JOHN HERE &£! otfe —— Big production will limit city stops on Jackson tour 5 1984—29 LOS ANGELES (UPI) — Entertainer Michael Jackson and his brothers are meeting daily to refine their upcoming $30 million concert tour C at — P&ople The Herald Journal Logan Utah Thursday April Ifc-- i L BY DON ADDIS BY RALPH HEIMDAHL LAST TRY AT WALKIM6 ON MY HANDS? BUGS BUNNY but a spokesman says it will be weeks before concert dates and locations are announced “It will be at least a few more weeks before we have an announcement” tour coordinator tour will begin Larry Larson said The about June 15 Howard Bloom a spokesman for the Jacksons in New York said in a telephone interview that the Jacksons made a “verbal agreement” last Thursday with a promoter and that contracts should be signed this week The Jacksons held a press conference months ago to announce boxing promoter Don King was signed as promoter for the Jacksons tour but several reports have surfaced since indicating Michael Jackson wanted King out as promoter Bloom would not reveal whether King was still promoting the nationwide tour “A small army of attorneys worked over details this past weekend on the promoter contract” said Bloom who refused to identify the promoter “My guess would be roughly 10 days before any dates or cities are known “The central figures behind this tour are six people — Marlon Tito Randy Jackie Jermaine and Michael — the Jacksons They meet every day and are concentrating on an album and putting together a stage show “Because this tour is so large in scope it can only be staged in 14 cities It is not an easy thing to truck around The Jacksons must pick the cities and they want to perform for as many fans as they possibly can” Bloom revealed a grass roots movement in ty Michael Jackson in concert several cities petitioning the Jacksons to come to their town is apparently gaining momentum but he was unable to determine whether the various actions ould have any effect on city selection “Fans have filled out coupons in Boston we understand” Bloom said “Also in Ames Iowa some 25000 people have signed a petition to bring the Jacksons to Ames I don’t know where else this is taking place” Streisand fans will picket Oscars EEK & MEEK HOWIE SCHNEIDER BY (UPI) — Feminist members of Barbra Streisand fan club plan a mass demonstration outside this year’s Academy Awards ceremony to protest the fact she did not receive an Oscar nomination for “Yentl” where the Oscar ceremony will take place “I know Barbra She is very headstrong and we don’t frankly get along” Ms Sheffield said “Strong-headedetermined people like her and More than 10000 flyers have been distributed by a group called PEP for Principals Equality and Professionalism in Films calling on fans' and feminists to picket the Oscars April 9 PEP’s organizer Simone Sheffield said this week Ms Streisand produced directed film about a and starred in the MGM-UEastern scholarly woman in Europe who dresses up like a man in order to study Jewish scripture which was forbidden to women at the time Despite favorable reviews and modest commercial success the big budget musical failed to be nominated in any major category by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences “Yentl’s” creator is a victim of male chauvinism Ms Sheffield said “If Sidney Lumet or even Roman Polanski had directed it it would probably be up for best picture he’d be up for best director and she would be in the running as best actress” she told United Press International Ms Sheffield a film producer and former Motown executive predicted busloads of sympathizers from San Diego San Francisco and Palm Springs would picket outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in downtown Los Angeles Hollywood HOLLYWOOD a d Orson te ALLEY BY OOP DAVE GRAUE BY you AND FOOZYGO BACK AND WATCH THE END OF THE RACE JUST AS IF NOTHING HAS HAPPENED NOW AND LEAVE UPPER VORCH'S (VUKAX JIM DAVIS "1 (UPI) — youngest son will cover next week’s Academy Awards for NBC radio — that is if he’s able to procure a press pass LOS The ANGELES network announced Tuesday that Ron Reagan a freelance print journalist and a former dancer with the Joffrey Ballet will make his broadcasting debut as host of “Screen Scenes” a daily film industry feature for The Source NBC’s radio network one-minu- LW THE FOOTHILLS IUVYEKNOSE I TOMK RYAN BY RACE ON E(THE WHAT IT GLOWS' ) PL12T AN' Motion W BY FRANK AND ERNEST BOBTHAVES Lojmg ThFY Aj ST To A ZiP COPE- will be a show in - 4 0tnfcutdtNeAlrt I KEEP GETTING THESE O&SCENE FERN CALLS I CXJNNO" WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? Arts and award The Academy Awards presentation which has an estimated worldwide TV audience of 300 million has been the focus of protests by various interest groups The Jewish Defense League picketed when Vanessa Redgrave a supporter of the Palestine Liberation Organization won the best supporting actress Oscar for “Julia” in 1977 Vietnamese protested “The Deerhunter’s” portrayal of their countrymen when it earned best picture and best director awards in 1978 And American Indians have demonstrated to condemn their treatment by Hollywood on and off the screen Ms Sheffield said the city has granted PEP a permit for the demonstration a Woodyard vice president and general manager of The Source said “We are delighted to add Ron Reagan to our roster of feature personalities He has keen insights into the medium We are confident that his fresh perspectives and offbeat humor will be received with enormous enthusiasm by The Source’s young adult listeners” Reagan is not the only member of the President’s family with broacast experience His half-siste- self-describe- movie fanatic said I’d Reagan noted that The Source’s target audience is year olds and “at 25 I’m right smack in the middle I believe this audience identification is a tremendous advantange and I plan to reflect it in my reporting on the movies” Meredith 18-3- 4 ra Wolfe but we also use it as a part of NORTH J 9 8 VQ8 84 5 2 Q 6 4 7 5 3 2 WEST EAST K 5 V 10 4 3 6 4 2 VJ975 10 82 A Q 10 9 8 J 9 5 3 K J A no-tru- Q 10 7 3 A K6 A K 7 64 Vulnerable: Both Dealer: South West North East South NT Pass Pass Pass 2 NT 1 Pass Pass Pass 1 3 Pass Opener rebids two of a minor minor or with a three-car- d rebids his major suit if he has six cards in that suit With a really good hand he makes whatever rebid seems best to him In today’s hand South’s second bid was a raise to two to show a hand too strong for a one opening North players dutifully but reluctantly bid three spades South carried on to four which was made with the loss of two clubs and one spade What happened to players who were not using a forcing Either North passed one spade and the contract was played there or South opened a two which all North players raised to three West Against three 10 of the clubs and the opens defenders start with five club tricks They eventually get a spade setting the contract by two tricks Of course declarer was unlucky Most experts including us Jacobys do open a hand with two However with a major and an unstopped suit we would open one spade not two no-tru- SOUTH 44 p? 20-poi- Opening lead: 4A formal movie-watchin- g was a radio talkshow host and an reporter for “Entertainment Tonight” Before beginning his film career the president was a sports announcer in the Midwest After leaving the Joffrey in 1983 Reagan wrote freelance articles for the Washington Post Newsweek the defunct The Movies magazine Parade the Ladies Home Journal and others He has interviewed Jimmy Stewart Fred Astaire Barbara Walters and Tom our bidding method no-tru- no-tru- statement “While I can't boast of having a PhD in film criticism if they gave out degrees for surely qualify” the president Win at bridge d in a Maureen r Reagan currently serving as liaison to women’s groups for itself” Werden foresees no security problems if Reagan covers the Oscars “Our security is pretty tight and he has his own (Secret Service) bodyguards” W’erden said Future segments of “Screen Scenes” will include movie reviews celebrity interviews and editorials by Reagan BY SALISBURY SNAKE TALES Picture Sciences said that NBC requested a press pass for Reagan after the deadline for submitting requests NBC already had four reporters accredited so Werden suggested the network give Reagan one of their passes Werden said NBC said it would get back to Werden but never did Werden said If the President’s son does attend the April 9 extravaganza Werden said “His presence Reagan ©6AuS0UKY-iq&- a spokesman for the Academy of NECK NEETL-- HEAP CONNECT! WE'VE Z&N Circling up HEpf CHANGED oup-- PLIGHT NufAgEtf youth-oriente- d But Bob Werden AN'HOWYEK LIMY frightened always Reagan’s son will announce Oscars President Reagan’s TUMBLEWEEDS have Her total shutout (from the nominations) had to do with how the academy felt about her personality rather than her film” Ms Streisand who won the best actress Oscar for “Funny Girl” — her 1968 film debut — is in Europe promoting “Yentl” which recently opened there In February staff members of the defunct Barbra fan magazine lodged a formal protest with the Directors Guild of America which also failed to nominate Ms Streisand for its annual A GARFIELD Welles By Oswald Jacoby and James Jacoby Back in 1940 Alvin Roth and Tobias Stone invented the forcas a response ing one to an opening one-biof a major suit It is now almost a “must” bid for modernists We aren’t modernists p d five-car- d p nt five-car- d no-tru- ® Newspaper Enterprise Assn |