Banner Graphic, Volume 15, Number 199, Greencastle, Putnam County, 20 April 1985 — Page 4

The Putnam County Banner-Graphic, April 20,1985

People in the news Round six for old Jake LaMotta NEW YORK Neither of the Las Vegas dailies, nor, for that matter, The New York Times, reported in their society news sections the wedding of Jacob (Jake) La Motta, 63 years old, erstwhile pugilist, and, Theresa Miller, younger than the bridegroom and decidedly prettier. Perhaps it was determined in some editorial conclave that to cover one of Jake’s nuptials is to cover them all, for this was the sixth time he’s tied the knot. But to Jake, each, of course, is unique. His first wife divorced him, he says, “because I clashed with the drapes.” Another one, Vicki, complained about not having enough clothes. “I didn’t believe her,” La Motta says, “until I saw her pose nude in Playboy Magazine.” The betrothal of La Motta, the former world middleweight champion, to Miss Miller, this was her second trip to the altar, took place last Saturday night in Las Vegas at Maxim Hotel and Casino in a room stuffed with a wide assortment of beefy people with odd-shaped and familiar noses: They included such ex-champions as Gene Fullmer, Carmen Basilio, Willie Pep, Joey Maxim, Billy Conn, Jose Torres and, the best man. Sugar Ray Robinson. For La Motta, having Robinson as the best man was a sweet and perfect touch. “I fought Sugar six times,” he said. “I only beat him once. This is my sixth marriage and I ain’t won one yet. So I figure I’m due.” • CLYDE, N.Y. (AP) Dee Snider, lead singer of the heavy-metal band Twisted Sister, says that despite the lipstick and eye makeup he wears in concert to go with a wild shock of bleached-blond hair, he sticks to the classics when it comes to cars. Snider picked up his just-restored, $20,000 1969 Ford Mustang at an automotive shop in this upstate New York town Friday and drove the muscle car home to Long Island. “These cars are classics,” he said. “You go to any high school in America, 20 percent of the cars in the parking lot are pre-1972. Kids don’t want to drive a Toyota. Who wants to drive a Honda Civic or a Chevy Citation?” • BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) Deborah Secakuku, a 21-year-old Hopi Indian from Arizona, will get a new Miss Indian America crown Sunday because her dethroned predecessor has refused to return the old one, a pageant official said The former queen, Ann Louise Willie, was ousted last week by the pageant’s board of directors over a number of disagreements. Ms. Willie, 25, has said she will fight to regain the title. • MILWAUKEE (AP) Former Roman Catholic cleric James Groppi, called “that crazy priest” by the mayor when he led open-housing marches in the 19605, was hailed by the city for having “ or >nrage to open doors we were afraid to open.” Groppi, 54, part., ’,\ paralyzed after surgery last fall for a brain tumor, ret; ved a two-minute standing ovation Friday when he arrived for the City Hall ceremony.

Abby: 'What's new' is getting old now

DEAR ABBY: For 47 years I have been married to a beautiful, kind, affectionate, caring, concerned, bright and loyal woman. On the other hand, for 47 years she has been reading all my personal mail, and never have I received a phone call that she has not listened to on the extension phone. We have discussed this violation of my privacy many times in a calm and fairly amiable open discussion, but to no avail. Please understand, her policing of my communications has nothing to do with jealousy or suspicion—it seems to be an extension of “what’s new”—her keen interest in everything that’s going on. No guile or meanness is involved. What could I have done to improve the situation? I’m writing this at 4:10 a.m. W. IN BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. DEAR W.: If you had demanded your privacy, instead of discussing her violation of it in a calm and fairly amiable open discussion, perhaps you wouldn’t be writing to Dear Abby at 4:10 a.m. 47 years too late. How a kind, caring, concerned and bright woman can be so insensitive to the rights of her husband baffles me. * * * DEAR ABBY: Please warn people never to send cash to a charitable

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In the movies, Brooke Shields has been a child prostitute and has spent her teen-age years on a tropical island with Christopher Atkins. But in real life, she admits, she’s a virgin. Miss Shields, 19, makes that disclosure in “On Your Own,” her first book, due out in June. “Though I am sexually inexperienced, I’m as aware as any young woman of the power of body chemistry,” the college coed writes. “I’ve felt that physical attraction. But I know that it doesn’t mean love, and love is what I want to wait for.” She’s wishing while waiting, too, fantisizing a lot, she says, about spending “a week with (Australian actor) Mel Gibson on a desert island.” Miss Shields numbers among her male escorts rock star Michael Jackson. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Television host Ed McMahon’s apology for off-hand comments about Ohio’s capitol city only rubs salt into wounded civic pride, say officials of the state’s most populous community. McMahon, 62, said in a statement that he mentioned Columbus in an April 22 Newsweek magazine story about “Star Search,” a television show he hosts, only to make a point about small towns. The magazine quoted him as saying, “There’s always going to be that one kid who’s stuck playing in some small club in Columbus.” Columbus is Ohio’s largest city, with an estimated 1983 population of 570,588, even though Cleveland and Cincinnati have larger metropolitan areas. • WOODSTOWN, N.J. (AP) Amy Carter, the 17-year-old daughter of former President Jimmy Carter, will attend Brown University, her father said. The former president, appearing Friday at a church in Woodstown, to promote an organization that builds and renovates housing for the poor, said Amy chose the Ivy League school, one of four she earlier had said she was considering. Amy has said she was considering a studying physics and astronomy.

organization—even if it’s only a dollar! (Small amounts are more easily pocketed.) I worked for a highly respected charitable organization, and when I had been there a short time, I discovered that one of the employees who had been there for a very long time was taking money. Even though the giver received a receipt for the donation, a copy of that receipt to show that the organization had received the money was not kept. There are many fine charities that are 100 percent honest, so I am not discouraging people from sending money; I want only to advise them never to send a dollar or two in cash—give checks or money orders. I truly believe that if this letter is published, it will save a lot of money from going to places unintended by the giver. EYEWITNESS DEAR WITNESS: Most people send checks or money orders because they want a record of their contributions (for tax purposes), but it doesn’t hurt to remind those who think it is more “convenient” to just stick a dollar or two in an envelope. If this applies to you, Dear Reader, please don’t stop giving —just stop giving cash. * * * DEAR ABBY: I have never seen this problem in your column, but I

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know I’m not the only person who has it. I have always been a very quiet person, and rarely talk unless I have something to say. However, my problem is not that I am quiet, it’s people who introduce me and add, “She’s very quiet” or “Maybe you can get her to talk.” Then there are those who in the presence of others loudly ask, “Why are you so quiet?” I would never ask a person who talks a lot, “Why are you so loud?” Yet, quiet people are constantly asked, “Why are you so quiet?” Abby, people who are quiet are usually shy and lacking in confidence, which is difficult enough to deal with without having it pointed out in public. I am working on overcoming my shyness and am making progress, but nothing sets me back more than being asked loudly in a crowd, “Why are you so quiet?” Please print this. We in the quiet minority will thank you. THE QUIET ONE DEAR QUIET ONE: Thanks for an important message that came through loud and clear. * * * (Every teen-ager should know the truth about drugs, sex and how to be happy. For Abby’s booklet, also available in Spanish, send your name and address clearly printed with a check or money order for $2.50 (this includes postage) to: Abby, Teen Booklet, P.O. Box 38923, Hollywood, Calif. 90038.)

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