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People in the news Montana folks a tad perturbed KALISPELL, Mont. (AP) A Christmas television special starring singer Amy Grant has some people around these parts upset because “Montana” isn’t in the title. The original proposal for the title, “Amy Grant: Christmas in Montana,” was changed early on to “Amy Grant... Headin’ Home for the Holidays,” Hick Ludwin, NBC vice president for specials, said Friday. The show is to be broadcast Dec. 21. Douglas Hammill, who helped bring the production company Smith-Hemion to Montana, said he and others don’t like the title. A letter-writing campaign is under way to get “Montana” back in the billing, said Hammill, of Glacier Horse Ranch. Ludwin said the Montana connection will be obvious to viewers: “The first 45 seconds show Amy Grant and her husband in a montage of scenes from Montana. There are constant references throughout the show to Montana.” • LOS ANGELES (AP) Sean Penn and Joan Rivers join Kurt Waldheim and Moammar Gadhafy on the list of those honored in the fourth annual Bozo Awards. The original television Bozo, Larry Harmon, said Friday that the only criterion for his awards is “Bozoosity,” a term that should need no explanation. In the show business category, Penn was the handsdown choice for his bouts with those trying to photograph his bride, Harmon said. “Ever since he met his wife, Madonna, he seems to be a prima donna, and he can’t even sing,” Harmon said. Miss Rivers is the Funster of the year, Harmon said. “Her family feud with Johnny Carson could have used a little of what the comedian always seems to say: ‘Can we talk?”’ Miss Rivers, once the permanent guest host on the Carson’s “Tonight Show,” left NBC abruptly earlier this year to begin her own syndicated late-night talk show. Waldheim, the president of Austria, won the award in the political category, and Harmon said “his fancy footwork in attempting to deny his much-publicized past makes him well-suited to be Vienna’s new ‘waltz king.’” Documents released by a Jewish group have accused Waldheim of being part of a Nazi brigade that slaughtered Yugoslav partisans and deported Greek Jews to concentration camps during World War 11. The government award went to Libya’s Gadhafy. “We think he ought to change his name to Ka-Daffy, although we’d really like to see his regime Ka-put.”

Dear Abby

Mummy's surprise visits are driving her crazy

DEAR ABBY: My mother-in-law just left after one of her surprise visits, and I am ready to explode. Mummy has no husband and can come and go as she pleases. She lives 20 miles away and we never know when she’s coming or how long she’ll stay. (Overnight? For the weekend? A week? Two?) It’s maddening! Arthur and I work different shifts. We have two children and our free time is limited. I work from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m., so I need to sleep in the morning. Mummy always brings her dog, who barks all morning and ruins my sleep. I’ve asked her to please not bring him, but she brings him anyway. Yesterday, Arthur and I spent our only day off together in two weeks entertaining her. We had made other plans, but had to cancel them when she showed up. How can we tell Mummy to back off without offending her? Arthur is her only child. Lord have mercy on us! We’ve begged her to please call and let us know when she’s coming, but she says, “I’d rather ‘surprise’ you that way I’m sure you won’t go to any extra trouble.” Abby, can you or perhaps one of your readers who has had to handle this problem help me? Arthur says, “Just don’t pay any attention to her.” But you know that can’t be done. HATES SURPRISES DEAR HATES: There appears to be a communication gap here big enough to jump a horse through. Sit down with Mummy and stress the inconvenience and unfairness of her surprise visits. If your pleas are ignored, then your husband’s solution seems the most practical. Don’t

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) Ava Gardner has left the hospital after a six-week bout with pneumonia. Miss Gardner, star of “The Barefoot Contessa” and “The Snows of Kilimanjaro,” developed the illness after entering St. John’s Hospital for a checkup Oct, 9. • NEW YORK (AP) NBC’s prime-time programs ran up the score during the November “sweeps” period, CBS fumbled two miniseries, “Fresno” and “Monte Carlo,” and ABC sat on the sidelines thinking about next year. It was NBC’s seventh straight sweeps win. CBS and ABC recorded their lowest ratings average ever in a sweeps period. Local affiliate ratings are measured during four such periods each year, determining advertising revenues for the coming months. Traditionally, the three networks load their schedules with special programming to help their local stations. But this year, in the face of declining revenues, the networks cut back. There were 14 hours of miniseries this November, compared with 29 hours in the comparable period last year. NBC, which has been first in the ratings every week this season, recorded an average A.C. Nielsen Co. rating during the period that local stations are rated of 17.5. CBS recorded a 15.9 and ABC a 14.2. CBS’ lowest previous sweeps rating was a 16.7 in 1984. ABC’s previous low was 14.9. The rating is a percentage of the 87.4 million U.S. households equipped with television. Overall network viewing was down 6.5 percent.

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change your plans; just go about your business as though she weren’t there and spend whatever time you have available with her. The barking dog problem is one Arthur should handle and firmly! Dogs can be trained to be quiet, you know. And if this one isn’t, he should be banished from the premises. * * * DEAR ABBY: With the holidays just around the comer, many people are wondering what they can give an elderly parent or friend who “has everything.” I’d like to share with you a gift I gave my mother. Mother was a great cook, but her eyesight was failing, and she had a difficult time reading her recipes, so I printed all her favorites with a felttip pen in large block letters and put them into a three-ring binder under plastic-covered pages. We all enjoyed her delicious meals until she died at 89. With a felt-tip pen, I made an alphabetized file of the addresses and phone numbers of all the friends and relatives she wished to

correspond with. This, too, I wrote in extra-large letters, and easy-to-read numbers. I included the doctors she saw regularly, utilities, store, emergency numbers, etc. Mother was a thoughtful, active woman and these small things I did helped her to remain independent and better able to take care of herself. BETTY JO MINGS, GARDEN GROVE, CALIF. DEAR BETTY JO: Thank you for an excellent suggestion. Helping an older person to remain independent is one of the greatest gifts one can give; it’s also one that money can’t buy. * * * DEAR ABBY: Here’s a suggestion for the woman who felt frustrated and helpless because her mother’s clothing kept vanishing in the nursing home: Since your mother is either in bed or in a wheelchair and on view from one angle only, take a great big black indelible marker, and in large letters write her name across the seat of all her clothes expensive ones and all. I guarantee that your mother’s wardrobe will remain intact. ROBERT TAYLOR, HOUSTON * * * (To get Abby’s booklet, “How to Be Popular: You’re Never Too Young or Too Old,” send a check or money order for $2.50 and a long, stamped (39 cents), self-addressed envelope to: Dear Abby, Popularity, P.O. Box 38923, Hollywood, Calif. 90038.)

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