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Show MUD SSOIT'S Walter Scott, Parade, 7 33 3rd Ave., New Want the facts? Want to learn the truth about prominent personalities? Want informed opinion? Write of mail received makes personal replies impossible. ork, N.Y. 10017. Your full name will be used unless otherwise requested. Volume Q. Q. Trader Horn, produced by MCM, is the worst picture I've seen this year. Who's responsible for bomb ? Curtis Carver, San Francisco, Calif. MARTHA AND JOHN MITCHELL Q. Isn't it a fact that a few years ago, Martha Mitchell was about to divorce her husband, John? And isn't it true that her presence has always embarrassed the NEWSPAPER MAGAZINE AUGUST 5,1973 boutique-owne- r, Fred Clusman. Now I read he's filing for divorce in Reno. What happened? Mavis Jordan, Las Vegas, Nev. A. It is always dangerous to marry on the rebound, which is what Miss Carroll did when she and David Frost suddenly dissolved their engagement after announcing marriage plans. Marriage is not an escape mechanism from sorrow, and perhaps Miss Carroll was using it as such and Mr. Glusman took umbrage. I read recently that singer Pat Boone has lost both his hair and his money and that he will soon declare bankruptcy. Is there any truth to this? F.L., Knoxville, Tenn. A. Boone, 38, who wears a hairpiece, is one of the most personable, charming, religious, and trusting men in show business. Although he is politically conservative, he is financially daring and has invested his money and his name in land and franchise deals which have turned sour. Result: he has lost about $2 million to date, may eventually have to declare bankruptcy. entering politics as Richard Nixon's campaign manRoth-bla- tt ager. She also had other domestic problems. talked her into waiting it out, and the domestic discord subsided. Because Martha's behavior is frequently quixotic, the Nixons reportedly were uneasy in her presence during the years John N. Mitchell was Attorney General in President Nixons Cabinet. THE SUNDAY Las Vegas Q. Nixons ? Helen West, Staten Island, N.Y. A. In the summer of 1968, Martha Mitchell consulted attorney Henry Ro hblatt of New York City about divorcing her husband. She was not happy about his pgl&tfe Carroll married a this A. James Aubrey, president of MGM, salary $208,000 per year, took the 1931 version of Trader Horn, had additional footage shot in Southern California and pieced it with the old footage into what is surely one of the worst films ever perpetrated on the public. The trade newspaper. Variety, describes it as "a laughably inane remake of the 1931 MGM picture." Q. When Leonid Brezhnev visited President Nixon in Washington this past June, didnt he secretly meet with leaders of the American Communist party ? E.K., Belmont, Mass. A. According to Pravda, the Soviet daily, Brezhnev met with Gus Hall, general secretary of the U.S. Communist Party, and Henry Winston, its national chairman, on June 22, 1973, in the Soviet Embassy along with Soviet Foreign Min:ster Andrei Gromyko and Soviet Ambassador Anatoly F. Dobrynin. A few weeks ago Q. How old is Barbara Walters of the "Today" TV show? How old is her CBS rival, Sally Quinn? Aren't they both aggressive, career dames? G.T., Washington, D.C. A. Barbara Walters is 42. Sally Quinn is 32. Neither is the shy, retiring, demure type or they wouldn't be where they are. hard-drivin- g, super-ambitio- The U.S. Senate Caucus Room in Washington, D C., where the Watergate hearings are being telecast isn't that the very same room where the Teapot Dome hearings of the 1920's were held? My father says it's the very same room. I say it is not. Which one of us is correct? Mary Helen Ames, Germantown, Pa. A. Your father is correct. It's the same room. Q. Q. When Jackie Kennedy was First sist upon being served breakfast Lady, did she inin bed? Ruby Fields, Jackson, Miss. A. Yes, she was always served on a tray in bed. PAT BOONE AND WIFE SHIRLEY Q. If President Nixon knew nothing about Watergate, the coverup, political sabotage, the perjury, the payoffs, and the rest of the scandal, and if Bob Haldeman knew nothing about it, and John Ebrlich-ma- n knew nothing about it does that mean that John Dean was running the country? Chris Bender, Newark, N J. A. Surely that's a logical deduction if one accepts the hypothesis. chairman of the board, ARTHUR H. MOTLEY editor, JESS GORKIN president, DANIEL D. KINLEY publisher, WARREN J. REYNOLDS editor at large, LLOYD SHEARER senior editor, DAVID PALEY art director, ANTHONY LA ROTONDA associate editors, SAM ANCELOFF, ILENE BARTH, fllDA CUTSTEIN, LARRY JACKSON, HERBERT KUPFERBERG, JOHN G. ROGERS. ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN . art associate, AL TROIANI assistant art directors, JOHN N. TIERNEY, ROBERT L. PETERSON editorial assistants, SUZANNE CURLEY, NOEL HUMPHREYS, DORIS SCHORTMAN assistant to the editor, MARION LONG cartoon editor, LAWRENCE LARIAR home economics, DEMETRIA TAYLOR fashion, VIRGINIA POPE Washington, bureau chief, JACK ANDERSON; FRED BLUMENTHAL, OPAL GINN west coast bureau, CHARLES PETERSON europe, CONNECTICUT WALKER 1973, Parade Publications. Inc , 733 Third Ave., New York, N Y , 10017. All rights reserved under International and Pan American Copyright Conventions. Reproduction in whole or in part ol any article without permission is prohibited. PARADE, Marca Reg |