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JOURNAL, April 18,1984 Actor cut in hotel altercation HONOLULU (AP) Actor Jan-Michael Vincent received a small cut on his jaw when a fellow-guest at a report hotel on the Island of Kauai engaged him in a dispute, police say. The man, identified as Lawner Knox, 36, of Houston, recognized Vincent at the Waiohai Hotel on Sunday and went to the actor's room, began asking him about acting and became belligerent, police said. Knox asked the 33-year-old Vincent to punch him. Vincent refused, but an acquaintance staying with the actor, Craig A. Colich, 30, struck Knox, who later left, police said.

Later, Vincent encountered Knox by the hotel pool and Knox struck the actor, apparently cutting his jaw with a ring, police said, Knox was arrested and charged with third-degree assault, and Colich was arrested on the same charge later in the day after Knox filed a complaint against him, police said. Vincent, of Malibu, has apcared in nearly 20 films, including "Hard Country" and "The World's Greatest Athlete." I Potpourri Former first ladies to meet RAPIDS, Mich (AP) Three'former first ladies, plus various daughters and a granddaughter of five former presidents, are coming to Grand Rapids this week for a conference on White House life, says hostess Betty Ford. Titled "Modern First Ladies: Private Lives and Public Duties," the gathering Thursday and Friday at the Gerald R. Ford Museum'will be the first of its kind, Mrs. Ford said in a telephone interview from her office in Rancho Mirage, Calif.

Former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and Lady Bird Johnson accepted invitations, Mrs. Ford said, but Pat Nixon and Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis were not coming. Also expected to attend were Eleanor Seagraves, granddaughter of Franklin D. Roosevelt; Margaret Truman Daniel, daughter of Harry Truman; Caroline Kennedy, daughter of John F. Kennedy; Lynda Bird Johnson Robb and Lucie Baines Johnson Turpin, daughters of Lyndon Johnson; and Mrs.

Ford's daughter, Susan Ford Vance. Mrs. Ford said she was looking forward to the meeting, the first such gathering in history, because "there is so little (in history) about first ladies." 1 Studio sues Blake Edwards I LOS ANGELES (AP) MGM-UA studiosj sued last year by producer Blake Edwards over alleged mishandling of his film "Curse of the Pink Panther," has lashed back with its own $340 million lawsuit. The filed in Los Angeles Superior claims Edwards and his line producer, Tony Adams, "caused lavish, extravagant and unnecessary sums of money to be spent on production" of three films Edwards produced for MGM-UA. The films were "Trail of the Pink Panther," "Victor-Victoria" and "Curse of the Pink Panther." i Edwards was said to be filming on location Tuesday and could not be reached.

"Trail of the Pink Panther," made up clips from previous Pink Panther movies after star, Peter Sellers died, was a box office failure. "Curse of the Pink Panther," which did not have Sellers as the bumbling Inspector Clouseau, also performed poorly. "Victor-Victoria," the 1982 movie that starred Ed wards' wife, Julie Andrews, brought the studio-a moderate $10 million. Steer has 'steak' in new restaurant SAN FRANCISCO (AP) If you think you've heard the line, "Where's the beef?" too much, think of poor Blackjack the steer. The next time he hears it, he could be the answer, 'OUTBlackjack falls into the "you can't win for losing" category.

The steer walked off with Grand Champion honors Tuesday at the Junior': Grand National Livestock ExpositionVpuIling $11,000 in auction for his 10-year-old Alkire of- Portcrville. But Blackjack may not consider himself a winner. The highest bidder, Ann Harris, plans to open a restaurant in San Francisco next month, and Black-" jack will have a stake in the business he'll be a steak on the menu. Lighter side of the news Elephant, trainer die at circus SPRINGHILL, La. (AP) "The show must go on," the circus boss said, and so it did, even though a 2- ton Burmese elephant and its trainer were killed by an electrical shock while the beast was raising, the big top.

But the crowds were small for Tuesday night's shows of the Roller Brothers Circus, which had perform without a tent in a lot behind the' Piggly Wiggly Shopping Center. "They weren't able to have the big top up because they didn't have the elephant to put it up," said Smith, president of the local Jaycees, which brought the one-ring troupe to town to entertain children. The 40-year-old elephant, named Ellie, died Tuesday morning' when the central tent pole she was pulling into position with a chain touched overhead power circus supervisor Jim Silverlake. Ellie toppled over onto trainer Tim Mericash, 23, of Norwalk, Ohio, who also died of electrical shock. "Sparks were jumping and it seemed like it went on for an eternity before the fuse blew," said Silverl- ake.

"The lent was so full of smoke you couldn't see what was going on." The crew decicied'to proceed with the two shows scheduled for Springhill, a town of 6,800 in northwestern Louisiana on the Arkansas border. "The show must go oh: It's''an old circus tradition," Silverlake said. No talks slated in Vegas strike LAS VEGAS, Nev. rooms at two huge Hilton Hotels are to remain dark to avoid union confrontations, said a top executive who urged speedy settlement of the strike against 29 casino-hotels. No new talks were scheduled in the record-breaking strike by the 17,000 Henri Lcwin, executive vice president of Hilton Hotels said Tuesday he has asked negotiators for both the hotels and the four striking service worker unions "lo spare no time or effort" in settling the walkout that began April 2 over wages and benefits.

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