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INSIDE THE TUBE Tele-Vuei Mala Powers: Actress turns literary By BILL MAIIAN Everybody wants to write. It seems that actors actresses especially want to write. Some of them do, but usually it's tlioir autobiography, in which their skeletons are handled by a skillful ghost. Mala Powers, one of the finest female actresses in the business today, recently got involved with a job that can be even more difficult than writing. She revised and edited two books by the late Edin Blyton.

Miss Blyton Is considered one of the foremost writers of children's books In the world. Her books had never been printed in this country until Mala's husband, Hughes Miller, was able to make the deal for the United States. Mala made over 1,400 editorial revisions, adjustments and corrections on "The Secret Seven and the Old Fort Adventure," being distributed by Children's Press, Chicago. Mala and Hughes Miller got together in a strange sort of way. It seems they to be an Investigator.

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Anyway, they got into good old-fashioned argument. What Mala didn't know was that the entire conversation was being pre-recorded for later radio airing. She found It out when she heard herself on radio. Instead of luing, Mala became i great friend of Miller and eventually married him. Mala Powers has per- formed in 19 plays, 20 or more feature motion pictures, including the role of Roxanne in "Cyrano de Bergerac" opposite Jose Ferrer, Innumerable guest shots on various series, and she played with Anthony Quinn in the hour television series "Man and the City." Unfortunately "Man and tile City" was canceled, but It certainly wasn't for lack of talent.

Considering that in one recent month Mala was seen or heard on no less than 27 television and radio shows, lack of work really Isn't her problem. As to the future, sure she wants to work. Preferably a good role In a feature, but television suits her fine, too. Besides the fact that she is a good actress and very beautiful, the tiling that impressed me most about Mala Powers was her plain old good sense. She has what I call "middle class morality," but it's coupled with the ability to grow.

Mala didn't know It, but we worked together once. I was hired as the assistant firm editor on "Man and the City." Then this column became syndicated during the first 20 minutes I was on Uie job. I had to resign. I doubt my presence would have saved series, but who knows? GEORGE PEPPAKD stars as a private investigator in "Banacek," part of the "NBC Wednessday Mystery Movie" on Channel 4. GINO NARDO of Seal Beach has role of Anne Baxter's first husband, whom she is suspected of killing, in an upcoming episode of "Columbo" entitled "Death by Starlight." Peter Falk stars in "Columbo," SELECT YOUR BEEF-SELECT YOUR PRICE! WATCH IT CUT, WRAPPED AND TAKE IT HOME.

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