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Show t iMk WItosidldl9ysi 0 H&ihkidw? :::y by Rick Drouth ' w '.'.fw MI Jff KjHjMlMlIHaaB i-sjjjBjBgjjgjiuMj Jr T "-ib Local thespian in television drama Mitchum meets Mitchell: Acting giant Robert Mitchum has worked with the greats of Hollywood, including John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, John Huston and Marilyn Monroe. But, after 30 years as a star, Mitchum finally got around to doing a picture with Dick Mitchell. The local actor has a role in the ABC TV-movie "Casa Grande," which filmed scenes in southern Utah and at the state penitentiary. Mitchum plays a convict who is sprung from prison by his three sons. Dick played a prison "screw" who is surprised by the cons and locked in a room with other guards. Dick said he got the chance to shoot the breeze with the legendary actor on set, and after work. Mitchum has been known to drop in on a bar occasionally, and he's equipped for it. In person, said Mitchell, one of Mitchum's most conspicuous features is an ample "bay window" beer belly to the rest of us. You ever wonder if your life has any impact on people? Will it be remembered? remem-bered? We offer this story as one answer. Robert Organ is 69. He's a semi-retired semi-retired chemical salesman. He served in The Big One World War II on Okinawa, where he ran into a mine and was hospitalized. Before that, he remembers vaguely, he was stationed in Southampton, England around 1943. Having nothing else to do at the time, he dropped in on a local nightclub there, and sang with a British combo. He crooned there every night for 14 months. Organ forgot about it later. But the women of Southampton didn't. They recently reminisced for reporters about the young man with the beautiful voice who brightened the gloom of war days. Newspapers put out an appeal-where appeal-where was the young crooner? So 40 years later, Organ was rediscovered. re-discovered. (Ironically, he had tried to start a career as a vocalist in the 1930s and '40s.) He has been invited to Southampton next June 6th to celebrate cele-brate the anniversary of D-Day. He will sing with the remnants of the Glenn Miller band and, no doubt, hold a reunion with the most faithful fan club any singer could ask for. This is the first and last installment of our Whaddyaknow Handy Household Hints section. Today's topic: How to take care of your flag ! Recently, the doggedly generous Senator Orrin Hatch sent us a full-scale American flag as part of the "Honor America" program. The enclosed Old Glory, he told us in a letter, was flown over the U.S. Capitol on June 14, 1983. This was accompanied by a brochure on proper flag care. The headline there says "Only you can prevent premature flag failure!" It tells how, with proper care and consideration, one can continue to give good flag. Among other things, it warns you to guard against high winds, rain, chemicals and dirt. Don't handle the flag with hands that are greasy from oil or gasoline! Another important section ("No excuse for neglected frays ") advises you to watch the "fly end" of your flag. "..This is normally the first area to show signs of wear... Remember, a stitch in time saves Old Glory." It also says, "Concentrations of smog, exhaust fumes and many industrial gases actually destroy flag materials... Don't blame it on the flags, only we can do something about these conditions." (I hope this gives the lie to you Sierra Clubbers who thought Senator Hatch didn't care about pollution!) Along the same lines is a press release we received from the extension service of Utah State University in Logan on how to preserve one's wedding dress. Says clothing specialist Linda Tipton, "Start preserving your wedding dress when the honeymoon is over (either figuratively or literally)." She also suggests airing it out every six months. "If possible, hang it in a conspicuous spot in your house near the time of your anniversary." A 1 1 due respect to the developer, but Parkites are beginning to take notice of the Aerie project, and the large house which juts into the skyline from Masonic Hill. The building (or, as some of us like to call it, Wuthering Heights) is beginning to provoke wicked comments. One of our staff heard from a local realtor (and notorious wag) that the house is affecting property values. The most valuable land in town, he said, are the parcels situated so far away from the house that you can't see it! For homes that are closer, the only solution would be to install large "horse blinders" that could work for an entire building! Note to the Aerie builders: Cheer up! At least you're not Sarah Vaughn! The noted jazz singer has sued the publishers of a parody publication called "The Irrational Inquirer," which made her the butt on one of their gags. A satirical ad in the paper shows Ms. Vaughn endorsing a remedy for intestinal gas! The singer is suing for invasion of privacy, and invasion of the right of publicity. The "Irrational" publisher, meanwhile, has said he's disappointed Vaughn didn't appreciate the humor of the piece. Just when you thought it was safe to read the newspaper again... All the weird creatures of the movies are starting to appear in real life. Just as "Jaws, 3-D" hits the theaters, the Associated Press reports that young Amber Fairley, swimming in a lake near Hurley, Wisconsin was bitten by a fish which left her with a bloodied foot and teeth marks. Locals have suggested this confirms the legend that a 7-foot monster muskie lives in the lake. "Oh, I always wondered what happened to the old senator from Maine after he finished serving as secretary of state for Jimmy Carter ! " No, dolt! Not Ed Muskie! We're talking about the muskellunge, a toothed game fish in North American lakes which is famous for mangling the lures of any fisherman who tries to catch them. Meanwhile, young Amber reports that people don't believe her about the attack. My God, folks, don't you understand you've got to close the benches. ELSEWHERE, Virginia man has filed a legal motion which demands the federal government give up the bodies of several E.T.s. According to a Scripps-Howard report, Larry Bryant has filed a writ of "habeas corpus extraterrestrial" in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. He contends that the Pentagon, State Department, and FBI are covering up evidence of the existence of UFOs. He cites a 1950 FBI report, quoting an Air Force investigator, that three flying saucers were recovered in New Mexico. Bryant also said some of the extraterrestrials might still be alive and are being held by the government in violation of their constitutional rights! How, then, do we rewrite the Statue of Liberty's motto? "Give us your green, your scaly, your huddled masses yearning to phone home?" The best headline of recent days appears in last Sunday's Deseret News, which reported "Plane Crash Fails to Dislodge Radioactive Material." Mate-rial." This conjures up the image of an officer yelling, "Okay! Take it up and crash it again! We're gonna do this until we get it right!" Fresh from their appearance at a Salt Lake belly-dancing festival, the Park City troupe Arabian Daze continues to attract public attention. Dazed dancer Anne Bowman said they have already received an invitation to appear next March at a charity benefit to be held at the U. of U's Kingsbury Hall. The next step, we suppose, is for them to be Tom Jones' opening act at the Salt Palace. Smile when you call her "Officer Smurf." One of the shortest cops in the country is 4rfeet-ll-inch Marilyn Betz, of Buffalo, New York. She promises, "If I have to stand on top of the bar to stop a fight, I'll do it." By the way, who's the shortest officer in Park City? (Help, doctor! I feel a Dan Valentine attack coming on!) |