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Super Snoops in
Sunny Maly •
A red jeep loaded with riot
police raced through the predawn
streets Of Rome, Its tires scream-
ed as• it wheeled sharply up to
Bricktop's femaus nightclub on
the Star-studded; scandalehaun-
• ted Via. Veneto: The jeep Screech-
ed to -a halt. A man and woman
emerged front. the club, arm in
term. She• wore etleopard-skin
Coat; he had a rumpled head of
hair. Once again, the running -
story of Liz and Dickie was in
high gear.
And to high gear, too, was the
flamboyant, fast-moving band of
news photographers known as
the paparazzi. Before the car-
abinieri could jump from their
jeeps, the paparazzi surged for-
ward, Flashbulbs blazed from
every angle.
"Conte on, let's get out of here
fast," said Dickie to Liz. "Easy.
easy now," said Liz to Dickie,
They pressed toward Dickie's
gray Cadillac, more flashes light-
ing the way. As the police kept
the paparazzi at bay, the Caddy
roared off through the sleepy
• streets.
The car eased to a stop at Liz's
place Except for the chauffeur,
they thought they were alone,
But as Liz and Dickie stepped
from the car, they found com-
pany, From the bushes, cameras
flashing, leaped more of the
peppy paparazzi.
Everywhere, e, the press rang the
Liz and Dickie and Eddie tri-
angle. To news columns and gos-
sip columns, this was The Affair.
The big news - official word
Liz and Eddie would part -
didn't stop the news flood.
Mopping up, New York report-
ers noted that Eddie never really
suspected that his marriage was
on the rocks. t"He must have
been getting his information from
the CI -A," said comic Dick Greg-
ory.) And the day after the split,
reporters reported that Dickie
left Liz's villa at 8.30 am. "after
entering sometime earlier, unno-
ticed by watching photograph-
ers." When the paparazzi spotted
him, Dickie dropped the Siamese
cat he Was carrying. Suzy, New
'Fork Mirror gossipist, promptly
revealed that Dickie's male Si-
amese had a thing about a fe-
male cat of Liz's.
Meanwhile, back at the set of
"Cleopatra," a movie Liz and
Dickie are making in Rome, the
shote went on: "The Unsinkable
Liz Is All Biz as She Sails Into
Orgy Scene." was the way The
New York Daily News head-
lined it. But one Italian news-
paper broke into the set's biz.
The paper said it wasn't Dickie
at all that caused the breakup.
It was Jese n L. Markiewicz,
three e of "Cleopatra." Liz was
in lave with Mankiewiez, Dickie
was ; cover-up. Mankiewiez par.
ried t e report: "The real truth
is that: I an in love with Burt, n
and `.Liss Taylor is the cover-up
for Eventua:le. the papers
were red'.icee to eueseing where
Liz v o for the divorce -
prc,:.gi bly-uLas seg-_. site of • the
tnese.eage three ,'ears ago
Eveeybedy had a eaiseer. but
no group got more fun out of the
SALLY 5 sALir,S
oa. if
arena.
'Tor two dollars you ran be
! er atturinz er exotic."
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shenanigans than the paparazzi,
the scaneengers named after a
photographer, Paparazzo, in di,
rector. Federico Fillini's film "La
Dolce Vita," Fellini devised the
name, he said, because it made
luta "think of a buzzing, darting,:
stinging !meet."
Some Roman photographers,
of whom perhaps 40 specialize in
invading the privacy of celebri-
ties, resent being lumped with
the paparazzi. "I ant no papar-
azzo," said Umberto Spagna, a
free-lance who sells his shots to
weekly magazines and foreign
press agencies for. $$5 to $300
each, "They are bunts, and I am
a professional." Spagna, the pro-
fessional, boasts: "I was the pho.
'tographer who hid under Filip-
pino Orsin's bed for seven hours
waiting for him to enter with
Belinda Lee, When. I shot the
picture he hit me over the head
with a chair, but I, got my eul-
paceio,":
A culpaccio is a big scoop!
Prefer 'Brandy Dogs'
To Helicopters
The mountain folk of. French
Savoy prefer dogs to helicopters
as a means of.rescue. They claim
that St, Bernards ere.more effic-
lent in rough weather.
These famous rescue dogs -
traditionally equipped with a
small barrel of brandy - are.
now making a comeback after
having been in danger of becom-
ing extinct.
A Frenchman, M. Charles Cle-
ment, and his wife, who own five
dogs, are opening a. breeding
farm at Bourg St. Maurice, in the
Savoy. This picturesque village
is near Petit St. Bernard, and its
now - abandoned monastery, one
of the passes across the math
chain of the Alps.
The monastery was once the
centre for these massive 'dogs
which stand up to twenty -seven -
and -a -half inches at the shoulder,
St. Bernards have been kept by
monks at the Hospice of St. Ber-
nard in the Swiss Alps since the
latter part of the seventeenth
century. But over the years work
for the dogs has been reduced by
the building of new roads and
railway tunnels.
Monks still keep some St. Ber-
nards today. But there are only
about 100 left in France and less
than fifty in Switzerland.
There are just two breeds of
dogs whose task is saving life -
St. Bernards and Newioundlands.
St. Bernards. a c c o m p an y i n g
monks, have saved hundreds of
lives, particularly workmen
trapped by snow or storm.
St, Bernards are faithtfui, gen-
tle and highly intelligent, The
original breed is extinct and the
present breed was produced by
crossing _Newfoundland with Py-
renean sheepdog.
The only training puppies need
is to run with the older dogs on
panni tours.
They are difficult to rear, but
it is untrue that they can be
raised only in Switzerland. There
are a few brerziers in America
and elsewhere.
St. Bernards can be trained to
become good "nannies" - they
Will look after children with
great care and tenderness.
• Muir of the St. Bernard's res-
cue work :s legendary. People it
the Fre:eh Savoy distr.en stit
talk of the fanteus "Barry." He
one carried feed and drink to
eiszlityafive people ov dur-
ing. storms. he died in the
snow Ict,k:' , for his master.
Q. If a inen is standing on a
crowded bus near his fiancee,
who is seated, and -the seat next
to her is vacated, may he proper-
ly seat himself next to her, or is
he supposed to allow- one of the
standing women nearby to take
the :eat:'
A. He should certainly allow a
nesarby everean tes take the seat.
SYMBOLIC OF THINGS TO COME? — "There's something
that loesn t love o wally said the poet Robert Frost, and
Eliot "something" has toppled 90 feet of the Berlin "Wall
ff Shame " as it is called. Many in the free world hope the
ail of the wail above v.11 be symbolia of things to come.
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SAND DOIN'S — With summer just around the corner, the
beach sand of'the French Riviera is screened to get it clears,
preparing for the many holiday and vacation sunbathers,
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HRONICLES
<,1NGERF.Al2M
tws.dnttne D Cle,eka
Good Friday, as everyone
knows, was a beautiful day -
and were the neighbours ever
busy' in their gardens!. And so
were the fire -reels. Three tunes
in this district bonfires get nut
of control; three times fire
sirens- came screaming along the
highway. Twice they turned
down the road leading to our
little subdivision and in a short
while each fire was subdued,
leaving only the charred ground.
Thank goodness no buildings
were involved - but there could
have been an odd shack or MO
except for the prompt action of
the fire department. What would
we do without it? There is a lot
of waste ground around here
and of course it is infested with
weeds, Naturally the ownere get
busy at the first opportunity,
cutting, raking and burning, not
realizing the ground is unusual-
ly dry for this time of the year.
Needless to say the fires created
plenty of excitement for the
children,
Like everyone else we !save
been poking around in the gar-
den, looking to see what trees
and shrubs have survived the
winter. Actually they • all look
pretty healthy-. Ile rabbits:
didn't get a chance to nibble at
the roots as Partner had a tar-
paper wrapping around e a e h,
shrub. Our biggest surprise was
inside the house, not out. Our
Christmas cactus, that was :m
full bloom at Christmas, is now
b:ooniing agate, for Easter. I had
that happen once before. Seems
to me the cactus is a tempera-
mental sort of _ant and just
blooms when it feels like It.
More power to l; anyway. Saes,.
a tact^u 'blooming out of season
right but ch dear, hew
much better it would be to see
the hare treed cc -e' -e• into. :eat..
But of co: rte. yoe k o v haw
it goes - .ate Easter. hate sp:is.g.
Well. there leave been mere
arreastir.g zep.- e<r..ver-_..et
this last week than eardens and
bare trees. Th dissohatien cf
fer instance and toe
promise of a Fede rai elec:'::n
en J ne 18 One thing you car.
be stare of thee col sem. erili
not indulge in one-eided pot
It is bad enough to mina ee :Wes
Denims' political propaganda
without adding to it. Anyway,
Partner and 1 .ave never been
blared to the extent Of saying-
"Th.s is my party, right or
wrong' We think there es -
waysgood and bad on either
side. Naturally when it conies
to a vote we have to make a de-
cision. And then if we lose our
votes we don't immediately
think the country is doomed to
destruction, nor that fernier
friends automatically become
our erect-... This is still a free
country se whyshouldn't we
admit that we don a:: have to
thin alike.
Also :see week there was
plenty c exeitenent abet; t
N.H.L. Hockey - espec:a.:y
about those two unpredictable
games in Chicago a n d Toronto.
Everyone wants te know why
the Leafs do so badly in C:: a-
go and p:aysteth
-:
a goad gae
en nolle 'ce. Partner er hes an
idea be ause Toronto 'lee
is t:ven:y fee` 'longer. I say the
Leafs never play well its white
sweaters! Anyway, by rise time
this column gets in the :nail we
may know who has won the
coveted Stanley Cup - tied t'ren
the suspense will be over.
Another little matter, of quite
a different nature, really has me
puzzled - purely on a domestic
basis, It is tihis. I often wonder
ISS1rrE 19 - 1962
about the .unsettled lives af so
many young married couples -
is it a good thing, or isn't rt? It
am referring to the number of
families w b er e the father is
away from home so much -
calling on clients aR clay and
getting home - tate at night, or
working in a different distract
entirely and just getting home
week -ends. I -notice in such cases
Daddy makes a practice of
bringing home something for
the children each week -end.
And I rather fancy, because he
sees so little of the kiddies he is
inclined to be a little lax on
discipline. Children are quick to
take advantage of such a situa-
tion so it generally means that
mother gets left with most of
the training to do. After all a
man must go where his work
takes him and he naturally
wants to make up for last time
with his children when Lie gets
home. I mention it bust because
it may not have occurred to
Daddy that in spoiling his cbil-
dren, over the week -end he is
making it more difficult for his
wife during his absence. liuw-
ever- there is one thing any
young mother appreciates, amide
that is for Daddy to take the
children off her hands for
awhile. Do I hear re chorus e,£
approval?
Well, we are almost, to the ends
of Easter Sunday -. and we bad
aur Easter Bunnies - three o£
them. One full grown and twat
juniors having a grand old time'
021 Our back lawn.
Naw Iia going to watch the
hocke.y - sixth game ie the
finals. Next. morning. Well, we
watched the hockey ail right. -
and what a gains it, wits:: Leafs
finally won in Chicsgti-snorter
rte,
wirite sweaters and alit
Three cheer. Ler the Leafs .
yes, and the Hawks too. It was
a wen foenee sesenee. from be-
ginning to, end. But of course
we are glad the Leafs won:
1rH:' THE HOLE?
Quality paint brIlea:ea; general-
ly have a =mart ressand hole near
the end tef tee, hiandle sz that the.
b.rteeh - an suseended in a eel -
vent fir cleaelnegperp.se5. A.
brsieh -__ ..._ stared 011 its
briar:e "_.-.tae tee bristles
n
seen:eel a penneranet bend
wtsk110 rernevect If
tithe. nes !axle yeer brush
handles. yen ea= etesely ...she_ee.
whet. a :mini es elect c drin.
Parents that never seem to no-
tice: sonic booms ii t'e eihildterx
that slam doors..
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TruthSlow To
Overtake A Lie
Lake many another cortneatly,
E.L. du font de Nemours has
been dogged for years by a dame
aging rumor about one of less
products. As usual, the oartard
was as indestructible as it was
inaccurate. The fiction: "Tolima"
a tough, nearly frictionless plas-
tic used in a variety of indus-
trial tasks, emits lethal fiam•es
when heated.
The rumor gained currency
about the time du Pont started'
using Telforr as a non-stick litre
tng greaseless: firying pan's, The
company introduced the pans •151
Europe, delayed :selling them ire
the' D'.S, while three French, lab'-
oratories, in separate scientific
studies, checked out the stot'l"
and found' it baseless, Even sot.
the rumors and the frying pans
hit the domestic market srnr ii-
taneawelly.
Unlike most victims, du Pont.
chose to fear out of the frying
pan- Ira a pamphlet do was di'etnii-
buting. tc customers and news-
papers last month,the company
outlined the history of the. rumor
and its own: d'agged„ fruitless'
efforts to scotch it.
The, story apparently started in
the mid -8350s after [dui Pbnt
warned that under extreme'.heat
and poor ventilation,. Telfota,
fames could' tarodiice mi'l'd offbrte,
similar to symptoms ref' Cl'u, The,
fiction spread' maiisiS' tlb aught
military and industria•I safety
bull'etihs-usuatIlly with) at grate-
some little anecdote about a ma-
chinist who allegedly died after
smoking a ea-garette contaminated
with T'elf,n. In every ease, dill
Pant got a• eetracttbn, As one
case History shows, the rett'an-
tibes never caught up' whir the
rumors.
An Air Fbrce publiea+ion' in,
Texas printed the rumor lkstt
May. It apologized' a inonth:later;.
but the May story was picked' up'
in the bulletin of am Air 1t'tSnce
base in Michigan; the' base's fire,
chief' tarok the story to a fire:
chief's convention in Detroit;:
slit -Tie- thereafter; the Britl'slit
C'olumbi'a Fire Chiefs Associatioir
printed the report, and' a doctor
las Ki'tierat,. BIC".„ wrote anent itt
its a letter to the Canadian- Medi -
eat Association Journal.
Wistfully,at db. Pont official
said recehrt'lp• that the pamphlet.
was issues in the belief' that
"people are essentially fai're and:
wnen trey know the facts, they
will' give Telfon fair pias,"
Jcliir Kapp; d'u Pbnt toxicol=
egist, was less sanguine; "One'
company quite recently copied
the story;"' Z'app wrote in the
pamphlet, "en -d sent 13T' copies•
of its- versiber ter lboations in- the.
United States, Cenada and Mex-
ibo. And' while• this company
states that each of` these'lbcatibnss
has shire receiked a retraction;
one can- predict that the original'
will' live ranger there the retrac-
tion."'
Hair Sprays •— Are:
They Dangerous?`
Flair• sprays,. which. have. bee
some- nearly ass indispensable to,
well-groomed' women• as bobby
plias, cast, thee hair w,iti, a. thin.
Iayeh' of resin;• designed to make
permanents none .permanent:.
But three SI.. Louie physicians
last antis pxoduced evidence•
that the handy. spays gpod for
the coiffure,. may be bad for the-
lungs.
atelungs.
Ie the. tamale issue ors the re-
spected' New England Journal of
Medicinal. DL•s Martin .Bii ng:Panne
Jerome. Flame, and Herman M.
Blum -mined' of St Loads Jew!'sh
Hospital: report on twelve cases
af tsssa i s±Panunatioo i§n women
who lase hair spray: The.iu ltant-
rrratioI.C. the physicians believe„
was caused by inhalation of spray
partraltrs.- ,1 w a h. inflamin (iuni,
they tltitak,. can be fatal.
Nine of trite• women discussed[
lar the nacre were treated by'
Th, Bergmann' and' his col'l'eagues.
MI suffered fcora rung inflame
m'ajiion,. and: some bod* coughs.
and shortness of breath';. "ln' near*•
Xy alli eases,. the• inflaneneatlon lis.
appeared; when the•: women; atop, -
teed' using heir spray;"' ITt. Berg
mamas said,.
Bi'sidea their own patients,. the
St, Louise in'uastigata:s• studlezi
t'a'ng -tissue samples• t'a'ken. fivtm
three women whose cases were:
fanlight t0 Das. Bi;rgmann'a at-
tention or abet:ors out'sid'e.' St:.
Louis. These tliree'wamCni hs NaW
died' with evidence oft acute Ring
latflanmiution.
Under the micnascnpae the tis-
sue samples sliowera the Itiitdi oft'
inflammatory damage pattiolbe-
gi'st's usually' find' lir pateeth's •whe•
have' inhaled' "forcigni" irritating
material, I31::. i3ergmann explalir-
ed: Marc' iinportant,. ttie• investi=-
gators also saw tiity graa,ules int
the diseased tissue wtiihHh they•
believer weans' particles' ofl the
resin flicati've frorrr tiles Mair"
sitttnYo
The investigators, refused' to
say catbgoribally that Haii' spray
caused the ttiiee• deaths, Me of
the women; for e:utunpls, had a
heart comtilibn i whtcii:miiht thave.•
contributed' ten her deatt:l' in' aha
otilar case; a- complete • medical'
History was unavailable. Yeti n
the third ottse, a 2a year-o1d'gtrl•
who had' used' hai r •spray as often'
as fifteen [tines a day, "the -pul-
monary changas seem' t9 Have •
been the: primary' carne: of
demath,"'the Si. Louis dactors•re-
grated:
The: findings •do not: mean.. that
everyone should stbp'using hair*
sprays:. The sprays, Dr. Berg-
mann noted, are, proba}ily haz--
ardbus onij''fm' a relative}rsmatt1
number of "suscepttiiie'" women.
Thee dbetbr alto pointed' outs that
present laboratory tests,. are not.
accurate enough tb prove c?n--
altzsively that; the particles ob-
served iin the damaged lungs tis-
sue' were the hair=spray. resins..
"Nevertheless," said` Ur; Berg-
mann, "the fact: that symptoms
disappearett' when these' women
stepped. using' hair sprays per--
mits'ussttrmalee a•strong'eesum sa-
tien "
The New: England Journals
sounded' ret owns warning•; inn ant
cditbrial "This d$ngere must: be:
taken' into aceount."
From' NEWSWEEK-
EVEb IN RUSSIA —• Mady,,
ILeniiinigrad fashions snaggrzinel,
shows a sketeist hearing• a• far
tela;! ibcquelitne
Kennedy. It highlights es put'
skirt and rufti'ed bodice dress,.
And just looks: of that. 'bong -ant
ha rdo
ALL SORTS, SHAPES AND SIZES — Maybe the Greeks have a word far it but it would
to::e o real expert to identify all thiti different varieties of bents snu,tly at one nor in the port
of P}rous, Greece. Photo mitre! ay 1,1110TUANSA ttorntan ,iritttots