| Show The Herald Journal Logan Utah Friday November 17 1995 — Page 17 CALVIN AND HOBBES THIS IS A PHOTOGRAPH OF ME WHEN X WAS TWO SM A SLOBBERING NUDIST WITH LESS LIKE LINK — L SAUSAGES : — m TO) KNOW £ CANT STAMP TO WAD A SO KT By Liza Ishaghoff n bootlegging days and himself the boy who enjoyed books the beach music pavilions and the great outdoors of Wilmington NC David Brinkley’s wry measured drawl deep Brinkley shares fond memories of his days on blue eyes and distinct arched brow have long been “The Huntlcy-Brinkle- y Report” when he and familiar symbols in TV journalism But even Chet Huntley what was during most before television Brinkley was reporting the news of its run television's newscast on radio There is no shortage of delightful anecdotes from playing poker with President Truman to riding the rails with Winston Churchill Brinkley’s writing features the same wry wit and laconic delivery that distinguish his newscasts As he writes in his new book “David Brinkley” On the air Brinkley reports the news with a (Knopf $25) for more than 50 years he delivered detached manner But in his book his views and “the back side of the moon and the bottom of the passion are clear He writes about Sen Joseph sea and about everything in between” into our livMcCarthy whose executive secretary was Brink-leying rooms sister Mary: His memoir is an engaging one that recounts the “During McCarthy’s life Mary and I were eminent people and events of this century as its unable to discuss her work because I so detested subtitle indicates: “11 Presidents 4 Wars 22 Politthat whenever his name came up in our McCarthy ical Conventions 1 Moon Landing 3 Assassinaconversations I routinely pronounced him to be tions 2000 Weeks of News and Other Stuff on what he was a loudmouthed liar’ Television and 18 Years of Growing Up in North Brinkley has a knack for inspiring a chuckle or a Carolina” tear with one tight sentence His brief cnm''-tarie- s It is a journalist’s nature to cover a story without ' on “Huntley-Brinklc- y mr viun 1f becoming the story Although Brinkley follows Awards and 51 captured ing percent of the v this practice in his memoir as well this very priaudience during the 1960 political conventions vate man also writes quite candidly: about his No doubt his autobiography will similarly stony relationship with his mother his father’s delight and entertain a large audience of readers BLANKET IN Mtf Newsman David Brinkley ’s latest story focuses on himself small-tow- The Associated Press MOOTH 14-ye- CATHY MEI6HT-L0S-S top-rat- ed Book review DO YOU THINK THE WEEK BEFORE THMKSftUlltffr IS A REALISTIC HIRE TO START A NEU ar PA06RAM DO VOU ACTUALLY YOU CAN HABITS UNDO BEUEkT THE EATlNfr Of THE LAST THREE ? 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BEETLE BAILEY PEAR PIARX ALMOST EVERYONE IN CAMP HAS SOMETHING MENTALLY WRONG WRONG WROHS ITS LIRE EACH OF THEM HAS SOME QUIRK QUIRK QUIRK AS IF THEY ALL HAVE SOME KINP OF TIC TIC TIC I ENOUGH FOR NOW ALL THE BEST BEST I BEST PR BONKU5 I Philip Roth celebrates his second National Book Award NEW YORK (AP) — Philip Roth celebrated his second National Book Award by quoting Herman Melville: “I have written a wicked book and feel spotless as a lamb” Roth’s “Sabbath’s Theater” about an aging puppeteer whose mistress dies was chosen Wednesday as this year’s best fiction The award comes 35 years after Roth won the HAGAR THE HORRIBLE same award for his debut work “Goodbye Columbus" Tina Rosenberg’s “The Land: Haunted Facing Europe’s Ghosts After Communism” (Random House Inc) was the nonfiction PEANUTS win- ner Stanley Kunitz won the poetry award for his “Passing Through: The Later Poems New and Selected” (WW Norton) “1 want to thank my readers and despite the prevailing impression there are actually readers of poetry in this country” said Kunitz a Pulitzer Prize-winn- er Historian David McCullough received the National Book Foundation’s annual Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters McCullough won a Pulitzer MOTHER GOOSE AND GRIMM Prize for his biography of President Truman and is known to millions of TV viewers as the narrator of PBS's “The American Experience” and “The Civil War” Roth has been nominated six times but won just once before the United States Madison Smartt Bell’s Roth’s “Sabbath's Theater " about an aging puppeteer whose mistress dies was chosen Wednesday as this year’s best fiction in 1960 for his first book “Sabbath’s Theater” is his 21st The winners were chosen from 15 nominees — five each in the categories of fiction nonfiction and poetry — previously announced by the National Book Foundation About 600 people attended the ceremony at the Plaza Hotel with humorist Calvin Trillin as host The dinner is a for the National Book Foundation's “The Writfund-rais- er ing Life” program which sponsors reading discussion groups at libraries inner-cit- y schools Indian reservations prisons nursing homes and other institutions Roth from suffering bronchial flu did not attend the ceremony but sent a statement In addition to Roth's book the nominees for the 1995 fiction award were: Edwige Danticat's “Krik? Krak!” (Soho Press Inc) short stories about life in Haiti and “All Souls’ Rising” (Pan- theon) about a black slave uprising in Haiti that culminated in a massacre of whites Rosario Ferre's “The House On The Lagoon” (Farrar Straus and Giroux) about Puerto Rican families Stephen Dixon's "Interstate” (Henry Holt) about parents whose children have been victims of violence In addition to Rosenberg’s book the nonfiction finalists were: Dennis Covington’s “Sal- vation on Sand Mountain: Snake Handling and Redemption in Southern Appalachia” (Addison-Wesle- y) Daniel C Dennett’s “Darwin's Dangerous Idea: Evolution and the Meanings of Life" (Simon & Schuster) Jonathan Harr's “A Civil Action” (Random House) Maryannc Milters’ “Ghosts of Mississippi: The Murder of Medgar Evers (he Trials of Byron Dc La Beckwith and the Haunting of the New South" (Little Brown) In addition to Kunitz's hook the poetry finalists were: Barbara Howes’ “Collected Poems (UniArkansas of Press) versity Josephine Jacobsen's “In the Crevice of Time: New and Collected Poems" (The Johns Hopkins University Press) 1945-199- 0“ Host wants more say Gifford threatens to quit show FOX TROT MoM DlD You EVER NoTM GET MUTES FIMA A School SECRET ADliiRER WHEN TOO WIRE m school BuTTX YEARAFTlR college WAS LIVING M AN AND SOMEONE KEPT SUPPING X DID TOO EVER APARTMENT MEET ANONYMOUS LOVE LETTERS UNDER MY DooR REAL LIFE ADVENTURES HiM? WHAT WAS HE LIKE? WELL HE TURNED OUT OH -- BUT TO BE A MARRIED REAL NERD HIM NOT AT AU ANYWAY WHAT NEW YORK (AP) — Kathie Lee Gifford wants a bigger say in who appears on her talk show or she might quit newspapers reported today of the Gifford discusses her future as a st X X HEARD THAT co-ho- “Live With Regis and Kathie Lee" syndicated I morning program on tonight's Charles Grodin talk show on CNBC She reportedly tells Grodin she's a better judge of guests than producer Michael Gclman “I think I understand a little bit better the kind of guest (the audience) might want to see" Gifford is quoted as saying “Most of our audience is women Most of them are mothers and they don't live in an urban environment they're out in Mid- CLOSE TO HOME dle America” Gilford also took a personal slam at her producer “After wc burp him wc get him to book a guest" she tells Grodin A spokesman for the program Gifford with Regis Philbin said Gclman would not discuss her interview because it was related to “contract negotiations" according to today’s Daily News Gifford's contract expires in August Today's New York Post reported that Gifford also wants to spend more time with her sports broadcaster husband Frank Gifford and their two children She also feels there's too much suffering in the world for her to continue hosting a perky morning show according to the Post co-hos- ts Win at bridge By Phillip Alder As HG Wells pointed out “Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent and' not one is altogether vile" At the bridge table players can be trusted most of the time especially early in the play And you cannot get earlier in the play than the opening lead You are in a contract and d lead from receive a it You confident can be length lead Almost is a no one falscca'ds on opening lead: it is just loo dangerous South should have borne that in mind on this deal South might have rebid a forcing three diamonds but with major-su- it stoppers he went for the logical game After winning the first trick no-tru- low-car- fourth-highe- SHortY after the Scots invented golf they Invented scotch I st with his heart jack South played a diamond to dummy's ace and continued with the diamond queen When East correctly withheld his king declarer con- tinued with three rounds of clubs No luck — East won with the jack and switched to the spade king However South wriggled he couldn't win nine tricks The best line is deceptively difficult to spot If West's heart four is an honest card he has at most five hearts So the first trick should be won with heart ace Then declardummy er continues with the ace and queen of diamonds East holding up his king New South plays a heart to his king! (True with spades 3 a spade to the ace work too but the heart play is s!igb:I safer ) Then South con-t- ir jes wvh the diamond jack 4-- The defenders may cash three heart tricks but South has the rest C 1995 Newspaper Enterprise NORTH 0 4 3 A S A Q A K 10 S 4 SOUTH A S 2 VK J J I 10 5 3 3 Vulnerable Neither Dealer North Asrv |
