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CI fterade (Art.) Kl Barova Jan. Hollywood By BOB THOMAS AP Mevie-TeievMea Writer HOLLYWOOD (AP) Those battling the Smothers, appear to have reached an agreement for peaceful coexistence with their television net fight each other only on their Sunday night variety show There screen combativeness has lately been directed at CBS. which they believed was taking a necked attitude about some of the topical humor the boys were attempting. CBS censors applied a heavy pencil, the Smothers claimed, to jokes about President Johnson, the Vietnam war, dope, protest and other topics. "The worst came when they eliminated an 11-minute routine on censorship by Elaine May." said Tom.

adding gleefully: whole thing was later printed in the New York The climax of the Smothers' winter of discontent came last month when they went to England for the beginning of the show on television there. In interviews they said there flatly that network interference had made the show intolerable and they intended to quit. "We meant it." declared Dick, the bass-playing straight man of the act. "We were going to finish out the season so CBS wouldn't lose money on sponsorship and would have time to line up another show. But we had definitely decided not to added Tom.

the comical brother. "Why should we absorb that kind of punishment? Here we were trying to do a show that said something about what is happening today, and they thwarting us at every turn. Who needs Both surmise that the London declarations convinced CBS of the seriousness of their intentions. They report that the censorship situation has greatly improved since they returned to the show early this month. "Let's face it: CBS had a lot to observed Dick.

"We were the first show that could make any headway against Bonanza" "We also have been able to get the young crowd; our biggest audience is between 16 and 18." added Tom. "That's an important segment, and it shows that we are speaking their Even with the improved climate on the Smothers Brothers show. Tom declared that he will end his performing career after one more season "It takes too much out of he said. "1 am physically and mentally exhausted. played my character so long that now just doing to by rote; only giving SO per cent of what I Sister Says Rose Had Nine Lives By JEAN SPRAIN WILSON AP Newsfeatares Writer NEW YORK (AP) Next to women, Billy Rose loved headlines.

He even shortened his name from William Rosenberg to accommodate the headline writers. Two years after his death still in the news as his wives and sisters battle in courts over his burial and the disposition of his estate. "I think Billy planned it that way. Otherwise, why did he omit the no clause in his asked his sister Poily Rose Gottlieb, who with sister Miriam recently lost one legal round (not final) of protest. Mrs.

Gottlieb is doing her best to give him the attention he adored She has just finished his biography, "The Nine Lives of Billy which is sure to raise some hackles. "I'm the only person alive who had the kind of relationship with him that could possibly write this book." said the author who usually paints instead of writes The closest thing to his heart was to have his biography written. He had Maurice Zolo- tow write it with the stipulation that if he didn like it he could pay him $25.000 to bury it. And he (Earl Conrad has also written a book about the many-faceted man which Mrs Gottlieb describes as "unauthorized The supenhowman who also excelled as a song writer, columnist and financier was a well publicised failure at what he wanted most, as he often said "to be a happily He was about to try for the sixth time with a woman he had already married twice, Joyce Mathews, when he changed his mind a few weeks before his BHOWBEAT Doug Fairbanks In Dad's Old Role V' By DICK KLEINER NEA Hollywood Correspondent HOLLYWOOD (NEAl It very often that Hollywood tosses a big, gaudy party for a bit player, but we just had one. Of course, this particular bit player was Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

and that made the difference. Fairbanks, now silver-haired but still exciting-looking, even with his swash unbuckled, is playing a small role in "The Legend of Robin see it on Feb 18. with Fairbanks coming on in the last few minutes as Prince Richard. just a he told me, my father played the part many years ago, so I wanted to do It. Besides, I had some business in Hollywood anyhow, so It was convenient.

No, It doesn't mean I'm coming back to at this late date." They had all the others players in an exceptionally fine cast at the McDowall, Noel Harrison, Walter Slezak and two young English actors, David Watson (Mr. Hood) and lovely Lee Berry (Maid Marian). Mod clothes are still and Harrison were way out and even Slezak turtle-necked it. This is a George Schlatter-Ed Friendly production, and George's wife. Jolene Brand, was the most beautiful thing there.

Remember her with Ernie Kovacs and on the old Guestward Ho series? She quit to have a family, and she says she miss acting in the acting misses her. I talked to Leif Erickson, the highest ot The High Chaparrals, just before he left for Vietnam. He had a twofold reason for going the patriotic thing, and, second, the personal desire to visit his son. Young William Leif Erickson is a PFC with a paratroop unit. he joined Leif says, "he went to Mexico City for a vacation.

1 wondered if he would come back: a lot of boys are staying in Mexico or Canada to avoid service, you know. felt that whatever he decided to do would be all right with me. I'd still love him, that goes without saying. But he did come back and he said that the thought of staying there had crossed his mind several times, lie finally decided It was something he had to It's good to hear a father talk that way. After listening to that repulsive Letter to a Teen-Age is refreshing to hear a normal father again.

NBC series is doing well and he is optimistic about its chances of coming back. In fact, he says there is scuttlebutt that it will be enlarged to 90 minutes, and there's also some talk that he and his onscreen wife (Linda Cristal) will have a baby. "The love affair between John and Victoria he says, been developing slowly. The experience last season of Barry Sullivan and Kathryn Hayes on The Road found some of the public objected to the romance between a young girl and an older us a lesson. We took it very slowly, ana that seems to have worked.

Now getting letters asking when kiss Tony Franclosa is no born-in-the-saddle cowboy. In fact, Man Called shooting at Universal, is his first and he admits he doesn't know the lingo. "I had to ask what some of the words meant," he said. Among the stumbling-nouns in his script: Brazos double, single cinch, gullet, cantle. turn out to be all parts of a saddle (Newtptpar In Ur Attn GOP Errs In Format Of Answer By CYNTHIA LOWRY AP Tdevtsioa-Radio Writer NEW YORK (AP) The Re publican leadership of the 90th Congress, in an hour provided by CBS Tuesday night, chose to use it to present "a picture of our we look, how we as House Minority Leader Gerald Ford said.

A picture, however, is helped by its frame, and the or which he Republicans chose to answer and criticize President State of the Union address did not help a bit. After a brief introductory message from former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, 14 senators and congressmen stood in turn before the cameras and a live, applauding audience, and prompting devices often were brief, formal. campaign-style speeches on subjects ranging from taxation and government spending to strife in Vietnam and tension in the Middle East. The administration, of course, came under sharp attack from most speakers.

Despite the efforts of the moderator. Sen. George Murphy of California, to inject a lighter, informal note in his introductions, the hour dragged by. It was too crowded, too busy, and had too many people trying to cover large complicated subjects in a few words. Television is an antimate medium and the producers of the program erred in trying to carry a party rally into the living room.

Some of the speakers- particularly Rep. Ford and Rep. Melvin more interesting and incisive when they were interviewed off-the-cuff as part of a panel appearing on ABC immediately following President Johnsons address last week. Poker? IHro? HoraeN Lady Luck Is Fickte Koval flushes are 64 you find any! Four of a kind? are much better, but you II still have a rough time at There are 36 possible combinations in one of which can give vou snake eyes. That gives a probability of one in 36 that rock the boat with such a toss.

But even if you should get snake eyes 100 times in a row. the probability of getting it on roll 101 is still one in 36! Chances of marriage? Well, marriage in itself can be a gamble! But there are definite odds regarding men and women coming together with a hitch! A girl Has 78 chances in 100 of marrying at 25. By 30. her chances are 55 out of 100. And at 32.

the odds are slightly against chances in 100. A man's chances of mating are somewhat better! At 30, he still has 72 chances in 100 of finding a wife, and the odds turn against him until the age of 35. when he has slightly less than one chance in two of marrying. A woman of the same age faces three-to-one odds against such a proposal!) Already married? Theoretical odds against having twins arc MMo-onc! The odds against a threesome are Quads? Quints? Forget it! says you repeat the accomplishment of Papa and Mama Dionne! One probability is that if an infinite number ot chimps sat at an infinite number of pianos for eternity, one of them would come up with the silly millimeter cigarette jingle But the odds are just as good that they'd discover Beethoven ifth first. (Naw spaper fnttrpntt Ann.

I death in Jamaica. If Eleanor Holm, his second wife, had had "the stomach to take all the publicity that Billy's Joyce Mathews received in the according to his sister Polly, that marriage might not have ended in divorce far as Billy was concerned his excursions into boy- giri land were purely functional and had nothing to do with his home and Breaking up with Eleanor forced Billy to become a rich man, she says. "His private world really fell apart. That's why be locked himself up in his rooms and began to make a study of the stock market (Buying New York Central and A and T. stocks made him one of the wealthiest men in the world.) Though Miss Holm comes off as a darling, and his first wife Fanny Brice an understanding soul whose fame wounded Billy's ego, tbe third venture with Joyce Mathews is not described as prettily According to Mrs Gottlieb.

dence on pills discouraged Billy and sent him to Mexico for their second divorce. Though Mrs Gottlieb's treatment of Miss Mathews harsh, she says. "I have been very kind and Joyce knows although she admits that Miss Witch Rtf sir Prompt Ssrvki liM Malarial SELLER JEWELER WE STOP WALLS FROM CRACKING, FOUNDATIONS FROM SINKINC AND CASEMENTS ANO SWIMMINC POOLS FROM LEAKINC! Maafea Bocfc. Bttt Csaasrciii asi Pretiero I Statt Un ioti lai Istfwtso Casts Nr Sail fasto mi mi un antis ram mim INTERNATMMAL SOIL STAIELIZERS STATUR Bros. Qvartet CASI PERKINS JUNC CARTER fists WIIII ms Shtw MOTHER MAYSIUI and the CARTIR FAMILY FEBRUARY 2, Ml.

ONI SNOW ONLY MUNICIPAL AUOITIUM AOVANCE TICKETS ON SAU AT THE MELODY MART Actress Helen Hayes will turn up as a on ABC's daytime game show, The program, which features treasure hunting by contestants on and around a man-made lagoon near Palm Beach. claims the distinction of being the only show in its category shot in an outdoor location. Game shows are hardly Miss specialty, but "Treasure is brother- in-law, John Mac Arthur, is one of the packagers of the series and also owns the location, lagoon and all. CBS has chosen March 5 for its special Hurok Presents 2." Tbe first 90-minute program last season was a criti- REQUEST LITTLE ROCK (AP)-A resolution asking Congress to take the steps necessary to assure that the states receive full benefits of federal highway trust funds was adopted Tuesday by the state Legislative Council. Tbe resolution noted an announcement Monday that the federal government was planning to withhold five per cent of the federal highway user trust funds, apparently to help cal triumph.

The new program will present pianist Artur Rubenstein in his first television appearance in 10 years; Russian violinist David Oistrakh and the Bolshoi Ballet. All have performed under the aegis of Sol Hurok, ths impres- sario named in the title. Recommended tonight: ABC, 9-11 EST, with Lee Bouvier Radziwill in her television debut in the title role of the suspense story, Robert Stack and George Sanders. balance the federal budget. State Rep.

Talbot Feild Jr. of Hope, who sponsored the resolution, said the funds were intended for highway purposes, and that he did not want to see them diverted. GRILL STEAKS UWNKMMH sfivr on auN fries 50 FOOD SERV. Ill I NNMV Mathews has not seen the book. It a rough, tough book about she says.

"My aim is to make you understand him." In her efforts she enlightens her readers on such matters as why there was never a Billy Rose his occasional impotency, women who also ran but never became Mrs Rose, and lays to rest the rumored living ghosts of Billy Rose Altogether there is enough in the book to assure headlines for the length of nine more lives. I KOMS PRESENTS I IN PERSON VT JOHNNY CASH We've Color-Coded the Savings in January Clearance Sale. 9 White. You 10 Me oa ves Xou 20 Chack the merchandise in our ttoro for rad, and blua tags and furthar savings! Save on Appliances Eatira Stock Flur Sampla Off StRFRR PfcRRRgraphS, off Partakla Pkmcrapkf Witk AM-FM Off on Housewares SOPc.Staialass Steal Eatira Stock Wall, Traval, Elactric Off Silvar Hallawara, Flaar Simplas I Excats Stock Off Sarvica tor 1,4 Eatira Stock Raiias, Traasistar I Off Eatira Stock iff NEW you can win the Irish Sweepstakes? Wanna bet? The odds are 60,000 to one against you! turn what makes horse racing! The world of odds is rich in figures and interesting probabilities. For instance, tossing a coin should give you a more sporting chance to break even.

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