Banner Graphic, Volume 22, Number 35, Greencastle, Putnam County, 12 October 1991 — Page 4

THE BANNERGRAPHIC October 12,1991

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People in the news Henley treks back to Walden NEW YORK (AP) Singer-songwriter Don Henley says audiences at his benefit concerts for Walden Pond are surprisingly well informed about the historic site where writer-philosopher Henry David Thoreau once lived. “I was expecting maybe 10 or 20 percent of the audience to show some signs of recognition but a good 60 percent to 70 percent of the audience cheers when I mention Thoreau’s name and Walden Woods,” he said in a recent interview. The former Eagles band member is part of a group of conservationists, entertainers and politicians who are fighting to preserve the area where Thoreau wrote the classic “Walden” in 1845. Last month, developer and magazine publisher Mortimer B. Zuckerman announced he’d sold his interest in a proposed office park near the pond, saying he was tired of fighting the conservationists. Developers say they’re willing to sell the property, which sprawls across Concord and Lexington, Mass., to the conservation group, but haven’t agreed on a price. • STATELINE, Nev. (AP) - A face from the past turned up at a talk by Watergate burglar G. Gordon Liddy, and the two disagreed on who was the mastermind behind the bungled operation that disgraced a president. Former U.S. Rep. Jerome Waldie, who served on the committee that considered President Nixon’s impeachment, confronted Liddy at a lecture Thursday at Harveys Resort Hotel-Casino at Lake Tahoe. Waldie lives in the nearby mountain community of Placerville, Calif. “You arc the central figure of Watergate,” he said. Liddy acknowledged responsibility for the June 17, 1972, break-in at Democratic headquarters in the Watergate complex that ultimately led to President Nixon’s resignation on Aug. 9,1974. “The errors that led to the detection were mine,” he said. But he said he was just taking orders from fellow burglar E. Howard Hunt, who served 32 months in prison for his role in the burglary. And the ringleader, he said, was former While House legal counsel John Dean, who served just 127 days in prison after pleading guilty to a single count of conspiracy to obstruct justice. Liddy, who spent nearly five years in prison, called his sentence “an occupational hazard.” • LOS ANGELES (AP) Flush with its record five Emmys, HBO Pictures, the movie side of cable TV’s Home Box Office, has announced plans to produce more new films. “Miss Sherri” will star Sissy Spacek, “Citizen Cohn” will feature James Woods, and “Ishi” will star Jon Voight. “Stalinha,” with Robert Duvall, begins filming in the Soviet Union in October and will be directed by Ivan Passer.

Dear Abby Dog not a welcome guest at dinner table

DEAR ABBY: I need your help. Yesterday, I invited my sister-in-law over for dinner. She came with her dog. When we were clearing the dishes off the table, she took a plate with some leftovers, set it on the floor, and let her dog clean the plate. I was appalled! This was the second time she has done this. I said nothing because there were other guests and I didn t want to embarrass her. When we had pets, they had their own dishes. I hate going to her house for dinner because I know that every dish and bowl has been licked by her dog. She has no dishwasher. How would your readers react? She reads your column, and I am hoping she will realize how offensive this is to some people. NAME WITHHELD DEAR NAME WITHHELD: Have I got an idea for an ideal house gift for you to give your sister-in-law! Buy a couple of dog dishes especially for her dog. You can order some with the dog’s name on them. (The dog can’t read but your sister-in-law can.) * * * DEAR ABBY. Thank you for many

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DON HENLEY On Walden Pond

OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) Oscar-winning I actress Katharine Hepburn has become a local politi- I cal activist, contributing SI,OOO to the campaign of Republican Thomas O’Brien, who is running for the 1 job of first selectman. O’Brien, who is challenging Democratic incumbent Roger Goodnow for the town’s highest elective I office, says he believes Hepburn made the contribution to his campaign because the two have mutual friends. The 81-year-old stage and screen legend maintains homes in both New York City and Old Saybrook. Hepburn won Academy Awards as best actress for the movies “Morning Glory,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “The Lion in Winter” and “On Golden Pond.” • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Gospel award winners Steven Curtis Chapman, Sandi Patti and Carman will top the bill when the “Young Messiah Tour” hits the road again in November. The show, which includes Christmas carols and hymns and anupdated version of Handel’s “Messiah,” is booked in a dozen cities through December, tour spokesman Rick Hoganson said Friday. Other performers include Larnclle Harris, Sheila Walsh, Wayne Watson, the Bill Gaither Trio and Vocal Band, Michael English, and Dick and Mclodie Tunncy. Chapman was voted artist of the year for the second straight year al the 22nd annual Gospel Music Association awards in April. He also picked up awards for No. 1 male vocalist and top songwriter. Patti was voted best female vocalist for the 10th straight year and also won awards in the categories of contemporary recorded song and inspirational album, both for “Another Time, Another Place.” Carman won two video awards for “Revival In The Land.” • NEW YORK (AP) David Mamet’s 1984 Pulitzer Prize-winning play “Glengarry Glen Ross” has begun principal photography in New York at the Kaufman-Astoria Studios and at various New York City locations. Al Pacino, Jack Lemmon, Alec Baldwin, Ed Harris, Alan Arkin and 1991 Tony Award winners Kevin Spacey (“Lost in Yonkers”) and Jonathan Pryce (“Miss Saigon”) star and James Foley directs. “Glengarry Glen Ross” is the story of small-time real estate hustlers whose ruthlessness, competition and conflict creates a climate of extreme desperation as they try to sell tracts of Florida land.

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Abigail Van Buren

years of sensible, down-to-earth answers to problems that may or may not have entered my life they were enlightening anyway. Now for my silly problem. My husband and I (70ish) recently took a trip in our RV and stopped at a favorite restaurant in Pennsylvania that serves “family style.” In other words, platters of food are on the table for all to share. Upon leaving, I visited the ladies room, and since the woman attendant was bustling around the lavatories, I skipped washing my hands, intending to do so in the RV. I was shocked when the attendant stopped me and asked if I was entering the dining room. I said, “No, I’m leaving.” It was very embarrassing, to sav the least. I’ve heard of potty parity” what is this? “Potty police”?

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KATE HEPBURN Friendly politics

Is this custom prevalent? RED-FACED IN CONNECTICUT DEAR RED-FACED: I’ve never heard of it, but the attendant must be a mother. And once a mother, always a mother. Old habits die hard. * * * DEAR ABBY: I’m only 13, but I really need your help. Recently, the mother of one of my friends was strangled in her home. She is a classmate of mine and I’ll have to talk to her because the thought of ignoring it sounds unbelievably rude. The problem is, I have no idea what to say! I don’t want to hurt her. What should I say? Or would it be better to say nothing at all? LOST FOR WORDS IN TENNESSEE DEAR LOST: Say, “I’m sorry about your mom ...” * * * People are eating them up! For Abby’s favorite recipes, send a long, businesssize, self-addressed envelope, plus check or money order for $3.95 ($4.50 in Canada! to: Dear Abby, Cookbooklet, P.O. Box 447, Mount Morris, 111. 61054. (Postage is included.)

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