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Clinton News-Record, 1975-03-27, Page 21ALVIN'S TV ROGER MAJESTIC COLORED TELEVISION ANTENNA & TOWER INSTALLATIONS & REPAIRS DIAL 524-9089 GODERICH, ONT. 162 MARY ST. The Gossip COIumn I-DOLATRY PER- SONIFIED: Why —are you seeing the Shah of Iran all over the place? Well, not just because he is head of an emerging oil -rich country but also because the Shah spent $8,000,000 (repeat $8 million!) last year on personal publicity alone. That's on himself, nothing to do with what Iran spent promoting itself as a country. - Q: Why would a New York professional soccer team pay nearly a'.quarter of a million dollars for the Englishman George Best, who hasn't played for a couple of years and is a playboy to boot? I didn't -know soccer drew big crowds in the U.S. — R.D., Syracuse, N.Y. ..A: The owners of the New YorkCosrtiO§ in the North American Soccer League hope to boost their gate receipts enormously by showing off Best's undoubted playing 'talents and developing him into a media super -star a la 'Joe Namath. Namath, however, has been careful never toilet his swinging life- style interfere with his foot- ball; Best has been known to • miss a scheduled game en- tirely rather than interrupt one of his many amorous adventures. d BY ROBIN ADAMS SLOAN Q: I heard on the ABC TV Gossip Show the other night that Princess Lee Radziwill neglects her kids, leaving r them in England with her ex while she goes gadding about in New York. Can this be true? — R.T., Newark, N.J. ..A: No, it's completely wrong. Lee and her ex, Prince "Stash" Radziwill, have an excellent understanding about the mutual custody and best interests of their two children. Their daughter, Tina, is living happily in Manhattan with her mother and going `to school there. Their son, Anthony, is completing his school term in London as agreed upon by Lee and "Stash." WOMEN'S LIB: So who says women aren't forging ahead in films? The sister of the Shah of Iran, Princess Ashraf, bas had the entire Iranian , cinema industry turned over into her pretty little hands. Long a ,movie buff, now the Princess will produce and provide financing for movies to be made in Iran and out. Those petrodollars should make big box office! QUESTION YOU NEVER ASKED: Why is David Susskind mad at Hollywood's Joyce Haber? Oh, only because gossip columnist PAGE 3 Joyce was scheduled to ap- pear on a recent TV special conceived by Susskind and on ' the day of taping she failed to show, saying she was sick. +Who said there was no money in crime? The producers of 'The FBI' television series, Warner Bros. and Quinn Martin, are offering nine years' worth of the police drama series for sale on the syndication market. Some 234 hourlong episodes are up for grabs. Martin has made a business out of tv crime - aside from 'FBI', lie has 'Cannon', 'The Streets of San Francisco', 'The Manhunter' and 'Bar- naby Jones'. A quick•check on your pocket calculator will tell you what financial bracket Mr. Martin falls into these days - and for years to come, thanks to the miracle of reruns! Q: I read that Elvis Presley is buying the Robert Vesco jet plane. Doesn't sound like he is very sick to me. — Nashville, Tenn. A: That story got a big play in the press but it has since been denied by Presley followers. The big story is that Elvis, 40 and overweight, may be suffering from a serious liver ailment. W?'ll report more soonest` 51"