The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 151

PEOPLE etc. Got a question? Write to: People, co The Cincinnati Enquirer, 617 Vine Cincinnati, Ohio 45201. Letters will be answered through this column. How's newcomer song writer Jim Webb faring financially? W.J. Miami.

A By the time he got to Phoenix his beautiful bank balloon was going up, up and away; over $1 million this year. He's got enough money to buy MacArthur Parkbut QIs it true that Frank Sinatra cancelled a TV Christmas special? If so, why? Miss A.D., Pompano Beach, Fla. A Because he claims that Dean Martin is a Rat Packer who deserted the Sinatra ship. It began when Frank lost a tooth in a brawl at the Sands Hotel, Las Vegas, and moved over to Caesar's Palace. Martin stayed at the Sands, later signed a lush contract with the Riviera, Caesar's rival.

In a huff, Sinatra then cancelled a repeat of last year's Christmas special featuring both men's fami I I I -J OAs a nurse, I wonder how many doctors are involved yearly in malpractice suits? S.C., Houston. A The American Medical Association says that one of every seven doctors (14 per cent) is involved in a malpractice suit sometime during his career. Payment of claims against doctors runs at $25 million a year. Didn't former Georgia Governor Marvin Griffin once forbid a state team from playing college with a Negro in its lineup? L.M., Atlanta. A Segregationist Griffin and the Georgia Board of Regents refused to give Georgia Tech permission to play the University of Pittsburgh, with Negro Bob Grier, in the 1956 Sugar Bowl, but backed down when football officials countered with a breach of contract suit.

(Tech won 7-0). The governor and the board then forbade integrated games to be played in the state. Turnabout is fair play, Griffin found, when George Wallace substituted Gen. Curtis I.eMay on the presidential lineup because of Griffin's "we won'i do it" stand on integration. lies.

Is Jimmy Hoffa an alcoholic? T.G., Memphis. A Hardly. Even if the tough Teamsters boss weren't serving time in the federal prison in Lewisburg, for jury tampering and embezzling, he wniilrln'r. rnnrh r.hp stuff. Hoffa preaches L2Shk abstention from alco 21-year-old Jim limits himself to a Wichita lineman's budget $50 a week.

OWhat lies ahead for Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis apart from a few hundred million? Mrs. T.P., Detroit. A Would you believe First Lady of the Parthenon? The present Greek junta is seriously considering revising the constitution (which at present allows for a King and Prime Minister) to enable Onassis to become Greece's first President. QI remember a huge protest when graduate students' draft deferments were cancelled. How did this affect enrollment in grad schools? B.S., Minneapolis.

A The bark was worse than the bite. Since the new rule became effective in September, 1968, the drop in enrollment has been less than 10 per cent. OWhy are twins who are joined bodily called Siamese? Roy Green, Charlotte. A Chang and Eng, the first known set, were born in Bangesau, Siara, in 1811. In 1829 they began exhibitions through the U.S.

and Europe and amassed a fortune from their tours. They married sisters in 1843 and died in Mount Airy, N.C.in 1878. Chang died of a blood clot and Eng died of fright when he woke and found he was carrying his dead brother on his back. hol, tobacco and even coffee. Seems any kind of stimulant is a Hoffa hang-up: he once walked out of a sexy Latin Quarter show in New York and is embarrassed by a risque joke or a striptease.

OI've heard that TV star Chuck Connors once saved football star Doc Blanchard's life. True? J.D., New Smyrna Beach, Fla. A Doc's career, maybe, but not his life. While teaching tank warfare at West Point, Doc, then Chuck's pupil, wanted to see if a tank would splinter a tree. The tree fell and so did Connors, who took the rap so that West Point wouldn't lose one of its greatest sports heroes.

Chuck was confined to quarters for three months while Doc ran loose on the football field. QWhat caused the rift between director Alfred Hitchcock and Kim Novak? O.M., Milwaukee. A Hitchcock has a mouth almost as big as his belly, and alienated many stars with his remark that "actors are like cows stupid children." After filming Alfred claimed Kim couldn't act and that the only reason he chose her for the role was "because Vera Miles was pregnant." 1tt Enquirvr 3titfjaaini 1 I COVER: Blond Susie Sedler and Gail Plogsted inspect the colorful stairway at the Eye Opener gift shop in Mt. Adams. A picture sampling of some of the other interesting boutiques on "the hill" begins on page 18.

Next Week Naturalist In East Africa JkI Camm, litttar Htwj lUf. Art Director tllM Kn, Molo tutor Page Street Scenes In the 7 Inner Space Revisited 13 Curse You, Red Baron! 14 COLOR: The Shops Of Mt. Adams 18 Probing A Pharaoh's Tomb With Cosmic Rays 25 Take A World Tour And Never Leave Ohio 30 Warming Up To Flaming Dishes 32 Eight Lives To Go 38 Cover Photo By ALLAN KAIN ilf I 2 THE ENQUIRER MAGAZINE. SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 1969.