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Show 3rd Ave., New Want the facts? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Want informed opinion? Write Walter Scott, Parade, 733 makes personal replies impossible. York, N.Y. 10017. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume of mail received it true that to enter the U.S. Armed Forces a female has to be a high school graduate while a male need not? Anne Whitaker, Raleigh, N.C. A. Women have to be high school graduates or the equivalent. Men do not But it is not a question of law, merely preference by the services. Q. members and Q. have been his closest associates involved in such crimes as burglary, illegal perjury, and the obstruction of justice. the temerity to go on TV and describe the Watergate scandal as a "deplorable incident." Is he kidding or what ? M. Klein, New wire-tappin- g, Yet President Nixon has Is York, N.Y. A. From time to time Nixon practices understandably seeks to underplay what is most damaging to him and his Administration. Q. How good or bad are the chances that President Richard Nixon will be impeached ? Do the Democrats TOGETHER AGAIN: FRED ASTAIRE AND GINGER ROGERS WHEN HE WAS HONORED RECENTLY IN NEW YORK. really want his scalp? N.M.L., Philadelphia, Pa. A. At this writing the Congress seems to prefer that Nixon run out his remaining 1300-od- d days in office in a weakened and ineffective manner rather than involve Congress in lengthy impeachment proceedings, which, if successful, would result in the ascendancy to the Presidency of Spiro Agnew. is Fred Astaire? Does he wear a hairhis real name? Will he make a comeis What piece? back? Henrietta Kerby, St. Louis, Mo. A. Fred Astaire, at least 73, was born Fred Austerlitz, wears a hairpiece, has no intention of making a film comeback. would like to know who financed the trip of Shirley MacLaine and 11 other Women's Libbers to the People's Republic of China. Wasn't it the Communist Party? Mrs. C.R., Boston , Mass. A. Shirley MacLaine financed most of it. Q. Is Martha Mitchell writing a book in which she will tell all? E L. Ramsey, Rutland, Vt. A. Mrs. Mitchell is collaborating on a book with writer Winzola McLendon, but she is not about to tell all, surely not about the former U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell, her second husband. I Q. Q. Has Raquel Welch had her fanny reshaped? Virginia johnson, Chicago, III. A. Her nose and her bust but not her fanny. not a fact that the sin of H.K. Halde-ma- n major and John Ehrlichman, former members of die White House palace guard, was that they isolated Q. ) l V Is it Q. How old E.T. Thomas, Berkeley, Calif. deceptive? A. Governor Reagan of California is an actor not a lawyer. He is also a Nixonian apologist who plans to succeed Nixon as President of the U.S.A. Under the circumstances he is not about to denounce as criminals several fellow members of the Republican Party. Ariz. 5 f . 5 - RAQUEL WELCH THE SUNDAY NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE JUNE 17, 1973 , . LYNDON JOHNSON Q. Is there any difference in character traits between John Connally of Texas and the late Lyndon Johnson? Don't the oil interests in this country own Connally as they once owned Johnson? F.R., Houston, Texas. A. Connally, a protege of the late President, has many of Johnson's strengths and weaknesses. Connally is closely allied to and supported by the major oil corporat:ons, which was also true of Johnson. Q. I heard Cov. Ronald Reagan say on TV that the people involved in the Watergate jazz were "stupid and foolish but not criminal?" Is Reagan r.a've or President Nixon from Congress, the American public, and the Republican Party ? W.M., Tucson, A. Haldeman and Ehrlichman are combative men. TheV were corrupted by power into arrogance and reportedly isolated Nixon from others who disagreed with them. J JOHN CON NALL Y GOV. RONALD REAGAN AND WIFE NANCY BERNIE CORNFELD VALU DAVIS Q. Bernie Cornfeld, the Brooklyn social worker who made millions selling mutual funds overseas how did he come out on that rape charge filed against him in London? Ed James, Los Angeles, Calif. A.. Cornfeld pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting Valli Davis, 19, in his London town house. He claimed that a friend had introduced Miss Valli to him, and he understood that she was to become his mistress. He therefore walked naked into her bedroom one night in an effort to make love to her whereupon the girl fled half clothed and barefooted into the street and hailed a cab driver who drove her to the police. Cornfeld was fined approximately $1125 on two counts of unlawfully assaulting and beating the girl. To add to his troubles, the Swiss charged him on May 14th with fraud and mismanagement. chairman of the board, ARTHUR H. MOTLEY president, DANIEL D. KINLEY editor, JESS GORKIN publisher, WARREN J. 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