Dear Dick gossip column reveals old Hollywood rumors
Readers flood Dear Dick with questions about Olivia Newton-John rumors and other showbiz notes. Answers confirm no truth to sexual or engagement claims, recount past roles and family ties, and warn about copyright limits on film prints while sharing brief career updates.
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Olivia Newton-John
Lori Coffey
Eureka
Calif
Olivia
Helen Reddy
Kate Jackson
Lee Kramer
Robert Blake
Barcita
Blake
Shelley Unrein
Tucson
Aziz
Fred
Ronald Colman
Amesia
Smitty
Greer Garson
Colman
Clarence Knight
Athens
Arthur Godfrey
Frank Parker
Marion Marlowe
Joan Davis
Lea Cahow
Kalamazoo
Mich
Parker
New York
Miss Marlowe
Jean M. Vanderberry
Charlottesville
Scott Hylands
Rawkab Jamal
Vancouver
B.C
Dan
Kawkab
Gerard K. Nash
Amarillo
Tex
Thunderbird Films
Hex
Los Angeles
Peter Marshall
Bost
Hollywood Squares
J.ils
Columbus
Ohio
Marshall
Peter LaCock
Pete LaCock
Kantsas City Royals
Lon Chaney Jr
J.D
Williamsport
Chaney
Dear Dick
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Lensy
Alan Arkin
L.K
Fairhope
Ala
Alan
Adam
Inewspapen Enterprise Assn
Lamp collector cherishes oil lamps across decades and worlds
Joyce Hawkinson travels with more than 160 oil lamps ranging from 1820 to 1977 made of metal glass china and porcelain. The lamps cover various shapes from a prospectors figure to a Model A car and glow with scented oils in winter. Hawkinson amassed the collection worldwide with her husband a missile project worker, sourcing lamps from antique stores swap meets barn sales and friends.
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Hawkinson
Tost
Switzerland
China
Czechslovakia
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Fla
Some Unknown Person links Starr Faithfull case to novel
Sandra Scoppettone debuts Some Unknown Person a blend of fact and fiction about Starr Faithfull with sources from the 1941 case. The book reimagines final days, including a possible Italian American family angle, and hints at a later contract of seventy five thousand dollars for a subsequent title.
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NEA
Starr Faithfull
Long Beach
Long
Theda Bara
Theodosia Goodman
Cincinnati
Evanston
Ill
Helen Wyman
Starr
Helen
Frank Wyman
Stanley Faithfull
Stanley
Wymans
Faithfulls
Sandra Scoppettone
Greenport
Long I Island
Miss Scoppettone
Putnam
Bantam
Miss Scoppettane
Sandra
John O'Hara
Scoppettone
Miss Sceppelione
Theodore Dreiser
Miss Scappettone
Canada to shrink cent size with new smaller coin
The Royal Canadian Mint will issue a smaller bronze Canada cent next year with a 16.05 mm diameter and about 1.8 g weight, down from 19.06 mm and 3.24 g. The change cuts costs and aids the blind, with six maple leaf motifs flanking a prominent numeral one and the word cent below. The move alarms U S collectors and planners compare it to other small-denomination coins.
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Canada
Royal Canadian Mint
U.S
Denmark
Burt Reynolds Outlines Directing Joy in The End
Hollywood talks with Burt Reynolds who, after a break from directing, stars in United Artista The End a black comedy. He praises directing over acting noting energy, fatigue and creative focus, and shares surprise casting Sally Field relatives in the film. He reveals studio battles over The End and recalls vivid hospital memories inspiring the comedy.
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Hollywood
Burk Reynolds
Uus
Sally Field
Jack Mahoney
Burt
James Cagney
Holmby Hills
Barbra Steisand
Smokey and the Bandit
Kris Kristofferson
United Artists
Nina
Joanne Woodward
Lou
Pat O'Brien
Lo Burt
Yearbook of Agriculture history and access details
The article surveys the U S Department of Agriculture Yearbook, its origins dating to 1649, and its evolution from Patent Office reports to a single yearly subject. It notes notable titles and topics, distribution by senators and representatives, and sales through the Government Printing Office with prices and reprint editions.
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Uncle Sam
Foggy Bottom
Washington
Agriculture
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Department
Commissioner of Patents
Senate
Cuba
Mortton
Department of Agriculture
Patent Office
South
J. Sterling Morton
Nebraska City
Congress
Henry A. Wallace
Government Printing Office
Washington, D.C
USA
America
George Jones I Want a Sing review
A compact music note on George Jones and Firefall albums. George Jones I Want a Sing from Epic features the singer’s plea on Please Don’t Sell Me Anymore Whiskey Tonight. Firefall Luna Sea blends soft rock and country as Rick Roberts leads Colorado musicians with You Are The Woman once a chart staple.
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George Jones
Epic
Jones and Mae
Country
Jones
Atlantic
Rick Roberts
Tat Mnet
Are
Roberts
Colorado
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