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The Gossip Column
QUESTION YOU NEVER
ASKED: Does Kirk Douglas
know he has a new little
namesake? Israeli actress
Dahlia Lavi, married to
American speedboat racer
Peter Rittmaster, had a son
recently. She named the baby
Alexander Kirk. The middle
name was a thanks to Kirk
Douglas, who met Dahlia
when she was a child while he
was making a film in Israel.
Douglas was so taken with the
youngster that . he paid for
acting and dancing lessons for
her until -she was 20.
Q: Why was the George
Harrison tour a flop?,— F..T.,
Brookline, Mass.
A: 'I he firmer Eleatic
mu, h un(l(l ill influence
BY ROBIN ADAMS SLOAN
of the Indian musician Ravi
Shankar and insisted on using
quasi -mystical photos of
himself with Ravi on the
posters. This led many to
believe it wasn't going to be a
rock concert. But if you did
buy a ticket, your money went
for various good
charities—every dime of it.
Q: I really loved Bob -Crane
on "Hogan's Heroes." Why
doesn't he do another series?
All you can see now is Crane in
re -runs. — W.V., Beaumont,
Tex.
A: No sooner asked than
done. The man who rose to
fame playing an irrepressible
POW from World War II will
soon he on the tube in a new
series backed by the Mary
Tyler Moore people. Title :
"The Bob Crane Show."
QUESTION YOU NEVER
ASKED: How to make 600
people very nervous? That's
what rock king -queen David
E3owie did at the Liza Minnelli-
JackHaley, Jr, wedding
reception tossed by Sammy
Davis, Jr. David smoked dope
right in front of everybody,
throwing such luminaries as
[.i,. Taylor and Alice Cooper
into a sweat over a police bust.
Q: Who won that squabble
between the book publisher
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and William Safire, the for-
mer Nixon speechwriter? I
remember he turned In a book
and the publisher didn't like it
and refused to pay some huge
sum.—M.K., N.Y.
A: The case between
William Morrow and .Com-
pany and Safire went to an
arbitration board which ruled
against the author. Safire
could keep his first payment of
$83,000, but Morrow was not
required to pay the rest of the
$250,000. Safire has sold the
book to Doubleday at a
bargain basement price of
$10,000.
BITING THE BULLET: TV's
T3a.v.id Janssen, hero of the
popular "Harry 0", plays a
former detective reduced to
private eye status by having a
bullet lodged in his back. But
the action will pick up on
"Harry 0" soon because
Janssen as "Harry" is going
to have the bullet taken out of
his back and start really
swinging.
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Robin Adams Slaon
welcomes questions from
readers. While Sloan cannot
provide individual answers,
questions of general interest
will be used in the column.
Write to Robin Adams Sloan,
care of this newspaper.