Banner Graphic, Volume 10, Number 73, Greencastle, Putnam County, 28 November 1979 — Page 11

People in the news

No such thing as a 'lo', star says NEW YORK AP) but I'm not a ‘lo,’ " said Bo Derek, the stunningly beautiful 22 year old actress who plays one man’s fantasy of the perfect woman in the current film "10." “There is no ‘lo,’” she said. "It’s just an image, an illusion we created for the movie. It's not me.” Who is Bo Derek? Some would say she’s an illusion created by her husband, actordirector John Derek, who has what’s been described as an hypnotic or Svengali-like hold over his young wife. "John is my ‘lo.’ He’s all my fantasies, my perfect man." the actress said. “He’s honest above all things. He’s beautiful and loving Love is the most important thing to him." It was about five years ago when John Derek first laid eyes on 80. Then she was Mary Kathleen Collins, a 17-year-old California girl Derek insists on being the only one allowed to photograph her. and during interviews, he is like a guardian angel, offering protection and approval, and giving an occasional "thumbs up" response when Bo gives an answer he likes. It was Derek's idea that his wife audition for "10." 80. however, felt overweight and far from the “perfect” woman she would have to play in the film His confidence and encouragement made up for her lack of it, however, and she followed his advice. Although she maintains she’s nothing like the woman she plays in "10," she shies away from letting the public know who she really is. "I don’t want people to know much about me,” she said, smiling at her husband. “The ‘me,’ I want to keep private always. People will just have to pick up on little pieces. I like it that way.” • The fact that he wore no trousers when he accepted his second Grammy award for a best-selling comedy album should have given us a clue about how Steve Martin feels about the awards. But in case he didn’t make his point, the 33-year-old comedian now makes it perfectly clear. "The Grammys are the stupidest awards ever," he says in an interview in the January issue of Playboy, obviously not worried about whether he'll ever win another Grammy. The reason he went pantsless at the awards ceremony, said Martin, was "it’s making fun of the situation.” “All these awards and people in tuxedos," he said, “die history of awards is that they’re usually wrong.” • NORFOLK. Va. (AP) Women of the military, Playboy Magazine wants you. Newspaper ads here and in other Navy cities, worded like wartime recruiting posters, are asking women in uniform for a brief biography and a picture. * And Playboy Enterprises in Chicago says the response is good. “We’re having so many girls call from your area...we’re sending a photographer down later in the week,” a secretary 7 at the Playboy Mansion said Tuesday. Cmdr. Bill Dingier, a Defense spokesman in Washington, said his office was checking to see if any military regulations prohibit a display of flesh from beneath govern-ment-issue uniforms. • N,TV YuRK (AP) Peggy Cass has confirmed weeks of rumors that she will marry accountant Martin Feeney, with whom she has been living for two years. “I wanted it to be in December,” she said Tuesday, announcing the January wedding. “But my first marriage was in December. I’m very superstitious.” Miss Cass was divorced from her first husband, Carl Fisher, in the late 60s. He has since died Miss Cass, probably best known for her years as a panelist on the television game show "To Tell The Truth,” was last seen on Broadway in a brief run of "Once a Catholic.”

House Call

Diaper rash and diapers

By G. Timothy Johnson, M.I). Dear Dr. Johnson: Is it true that cloth diapers are less likely to cause diaper rash than disposable diapers?-Mrs. Charlotte M.. Des Moines, lowa. Dear Charlotte: The general impression among pediatricians is that cloth diapers are less likely to cause dialer rash. Some preliminary and! rather superficial studies supfwrt that impression. Bfct since most infants don’t develop significant diaper rash with disposable diapers -- and sincje the latter are so convenient - you can at least try theiji If they work, fine. Ifjthey don’t; then something will} have to be done. In some cloth diapers must be usefl. at least temporarily. * fifear Dr Johnson. I’ve seen a lot es articles lately stating that a pregnant woman who drinks heaSvily can damage the fetus. Does that also apply to a woman who was a heavy drinker but quil during her pregnancy? -- Mr* Alices.,Chicago. i Clear Alice: The fetal alcohol synjirome is one of the most important public health discoveries of the past few ye&rs Evidence now clearly links heavy drinking and severe datriage to the developing child The evidence gathered so far indicates, however, that if a hegvy drinker stops, druing her pregnancy, the chance of

damaging the fetus is small or absent altogether. Dear Dr. Johnson: I’ve been told that people who’ve undergone radiation therapy should never go out into the sun. Is that really true? -- Leland K., Sandusky, Ohio Dear Leland: It’s impossible to generalize, but I can say that most people who’ve been through radiation therapy can

B.J. Becker

Sylvia plays duplicate

South dealer. Both sides vulnerable. NORTH 4 10 9 6 4 <?Q6 3 OKB 6 2 ♦ QJ WEST EAST ♦ A 43 2 <7 K J 10 9 7 5 8 OQIO 4 0J975 ♦A9B♦IO 7 6 5 4 3 SOUTH 4K Q J 8 7 5 <7 A 4 2 0 A 3 ♦ K 2 The bidding: South West North East 14 2 ♦ Pass 44 At first, believe it or not, there were some members of the club who claimed they could fathom the workings of Sylvia’s mind. But it did not

LIV ULLMANN: One ringie-dingie There are people who run up huge bills talking at great length on the telephone; others dislike the instrument so intensely that their conversations on it are brief to the point of rudeness. And then there are people who actually loathe the telephone. One who does is Liv Ullmann, who finds herself in an ironic position. Wednesday night, on public TV stations, she’ll be seen in Jean Cocteau’s “The Human Voice,” a one-woman tour de force in which her character spends nearly an hour on the telephone in an effort to keep her lover from saying goodbye for the last time. Throughout, there is nothing onscreen except Miss Ullmann and the telephone. The actress, known for her strong opinions, made it clear she could never be like the woman she plays. “I hate the telephone,” she said. "I really hate it I can’t talk on it, either apart from my daughters, I love to talk to them. But otherwise I never pick up mv telephone.” How does she avoid that? Simple: “I have it in the refrigerator, with the tomatoes and things, and I don’t hear it ringing, so the answering service picks it up.” • CHICAGO (AP) Mayor Jane Byrne is recuperating from minor facial surgery at home and is expected back in her City Hall offices later this week, her press spokesman says. Mrs. Byrne had “very minor cosmetic surgery” to clear up scar tissue from surgery to remove facial cysts several years ago, assistant press secretary Bob Saigh said Tuesday. The cosmetic surgery was performed last Wednesday by Dr. Peter McKinney at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. The mayor remained at the hospital overnight for observation, a hospital spokesman said. Mrs Byrne currently is working on her mayoral duties from her Near North Side apartment and is feeling fine, Saigh said. She is expected to return to her office later this week. • MEMPHIS. Tenn. (AP)-The parents of Elvis Presley’s former girlfriend, actress Linda Thompson, have been taken to court in a dispute over a house bought by the late singer. Mr. and Mrs. Sanford Thompson were named as defendants in a Chancery Court suit filed Monday by the executors of Presley’s estate. The suit asks that the Thompsons be evicted from a house Presley bought in 1974 or be forced to pay $250 a month in rent. The Thompsons, the suit says, were allowed to live rentfree in the house because Presley was dating their daughter, who appears on the television series “Hee Haw.” After the relationship ended in 1976, the suit says, the Thompsons were allowed to remain in the house because Thompson was disabled and his only income came from Social Security benefits.

continue to enjoy getting out in the sun -- if they do it judiciously. Like everybody else, they should avoid severe sunburn. It is possible, that some who’ve been through radiation treatments run a higher risk of skin cancer, so they should avoid excessive exposure. Still, even these people usually don’t have to completely hide from

take them overly long to disabuse themselves of this ridiculous notion. They discovered soon enough that Sylvia’s extraordinary ideas of how one should apply the general principles of the game resulted in an approach far different from that of any player they had ever seen before.

Take this deal that arose when Sylvia participated in her first duplicate tournament at the club. Perhaps she should not have been allowed to play, but most of the members felt that she would surely add zest to the game and they certainly were not wrong in this expectation. Thus, in the accompanying deal, Sylvia was West and found herself on lead against four spades, a contract that was reached at all 13 tables. All the other West players led

the sun. (You’ve heard the claims about eating a diet high in fiber. Dr. Johnson separates fact from fiction in his latest book. For a postpaid copy, send $1.75 to “Food Fiber,” c/o this newspaper, P. 0. Box 259, Norwood, N. J. 07648. Make checks payable to Newspaperbooks.) (c) 1979 by The Chicago Tribune

either the jack of hearts (won in dummy with the queen) or a low diamond. In every one of those cases, declarer easily made the contract. Sylvia, at this stage of her career, had already learned the “rule” about leading the highest card of a suit her partner had bid. But, since her partner had not bid any suit at all on this occasion, she decided to lead the highest card of her own suit. Accordingly, she led the king of hearts! As a result of this fantastic lead, poor South could no longer make the contract. He won the king with the ace and played a trump, but he was fighting a losing cause. Sylvia took her ace of trumps and returned the jack of hearts. East ruffed dummy’s queen, led back a club, and Sylvia proceeded to take her ace of clubs and ten of hearts to put the contract down one.

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