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D8 -Sunday July 18, 1976 VAUEY MORNING STAR Former Monkee Heads Industry Revolution SAN a giant step from the strains of Train to Clarksville" to the stark white multimedia package of book and music called1 Prison But Michael Nesmith has been surprising people ever since his commercially successful group, The Monkees, faded from the limelight The group, Nesmith and three other young men. had soared to fame with a string of hit records and a successful television show named for the group that featured its zany antics. Nesmith says the group never had true control over its own work He first shook up fans by telling a magazine reporter 10 years ago that the Monkees didn't play their own instruments Later, on his own, Nesmith recorded six articulate but relatively unsuccessful albums, and he appeared headed for a quiet, unnoticed end. But exMonkee Nesmith, once the object of adoration for hor des of howling fans, was not ready to give up on his career. He moved to the California coastal community of Carmel south of here and with his wife.

Kathym. set up Pacific Arts a company with two records to its credit that seeks to teach the young artist of the wiles and pitfalls of corporate artistic control Arts grew out of my experience in Los Angeles with various people involved in the corporate handling of raw artists and he said in an interview was very intrigued with what appeared to be the problem between what an artist was doing and what the corporation would actually do with his the 33-year-old singer said. is allegorical attempt to illustrate his feelings on artistic freedom. The music is good by itself, but works even more effectively as a soundtrack to the book illustrated with drawings by youngsters from nearby Monterey. idea is that when you read a book you play it like a movie L.

your he said music is like a soundtrack to that mental movie. Pacific second album is by a group called Kaleidoscope. TTiey are the first but not the last. Nesmith hopes benefit from Pacific Art's unique contract. kind of contract we offer is so different that it would strike major firms as he said The contract provides such unusual features as sivity, control of the master recording by the artist, quantity discounting for sales to distributors, payment of royalites for all records sold and a pledge that the record will always be available for sale Perhaps the key is permitting the artist to maintain control of the master copy.

Nesmith said This permits him to maintain artistic control of the ultimate package and makes him a part of the entire creative process WESTMORE LEGACY "Makeup artists belong to a very exclusive club," says Frank Westmore, shown here with Muriel Davidson, co-author with him of "The Westmores of Hollywood." HOLLYWOOD HOTLINE It's tough to be a makeup artist HANGAR 1 "BOOTS RANDOLPH" July 28th Make Your Reservations Now! One Performance only Show time 8:30 Call 425-1212 HOLLYWOOD Frank Westmore, youngest of the Westmore brothers who, with their father, became most famous makeup artists in the days of the movie moguls, says he constantly gets letters from kids who want to become a part of his glamorous profession. all he can tell them is, Or almost so. The studio makeup artists belong to a very exclusive club, a tight union, which admits newcomers only when rare vacancies occur. Westmore says, are training 10 new people to fill vacancies as they And, since the trainees perforce include various types, an Anglo-Saxon male would have a tough time being added to their charmed circle. you apply for the Westmore continues, will be considered only if had two years of accredited art school or have a state cosmetologist's Since next to unpossible for the average young aspirant without special connections to crack into the close-knit ranks of Hollywood makeup artists and hair stylists, Westmore suggests to the young people who write for advice that they try for jobs at television stations and theaters in smaller cities as their best potential outlets for creativity.

The youngest of the original Westmore brothers (a new generation of Westmores has been added to the tribe) has a new book in the shops, Westmores of Written with Muriel David- son, it recounts not only the triumphs but its peculiarities. To cite a peculiar passage from Westmore history, Bud, the most romantic looking of the brothers, stayed married to the then-very-young Martha Raye for approximately three months even though she spent their wedding night with a gun under her pillow and an apple pie in bed between them case he tried to get at a true Frank asserts when asked whether this tidbit included in his book is plain fact or funny fancy intended to help sales. I heard from Martha since the book came out. But I must say that always liked her, not too surprising that her marriage to Bud didn't work out. He was only 19 years old at the Westmores of presents George Westmore, father and founder of the makeup dynasty, as a tyrant with an unpredictable temper, so extreme as to be near- mamacal.

was a very talented man and at times a very warm Frank remembers, like so many men of his generation who were from Europe, he demanded that within his family his word be law Ln writing the book, Frank let all the family wants show Yet, over all, the work is a tribute to the brood. wrote it as a Westmore legacy to Frank says. felt someone should leave the motion picture industry a record of what my father and brothers did for AUUSSHAKE JDairU Queen Dairy Queen is having a super 49c sale on Malts and Shakes July 18 thru 22 Just 49c for your choice of good okl fashioned fudgey chocolate, or ripe straw berries, or golden chunky pineapple or delirious Dairy Queen vanilla. Each and every one has the thick, rkh and creamy taste of the Malts and Shakes of the gtxid otd days. like good things nrnvm at Dairy Qween.

At participating stores. IVH 0 (J 1 A In Southwest Expansion Studied AUSTIN, Tex. (UPI) Hearings on Southwest application to add Austin, Corpus Christi, El Paso. Lubbock, Midland and Odessa to its regular air service will begin Monday. Southwest is seeking a permit from the Texas Aeronautics Commission to provide scheduled air service among the six cities and four cities it currently serves, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Harlingen The hearing is expected to last through Aug 6 Interstate carriers bitterly opposed initial flights between Dallas, San Antonio and Houston but lost a three-year court battle when the U.S.

Supreme Court ruled for the intrastate airline in 1970 Texas International also fought South wests extension of service to Harlingen four years later. ZOO POLITICS A caucus between two resident Orangutans, "Sophie" (left) and "Ichabod," at the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville seems right in order these days. Caught in pensive discussion, these two give promise of sorting out their own political differences Stamp Nook And Coin Notes By RON ANDRE Among the list of new stamps to be issued by Monaco is a two francs stamp paving tribute to Prince IV and a four francs stamp for Princess Ixjuise d'Aumont Mazarin The stamps will be printed by the engraved process Collectors interested in stamps of Monaco at face value might inquire as to the details from Office des Emissions, De Timbres Principality of Monaco A surprise issue by the Cook Islands has been issued for the recent visit of Queen Elizabeth to the United States Part of the quantity of stamps printed for the United States Bicentennial has been overprinted Visit July 1976 The values are the $100 and 12 00 stamps previously issued The 13 00 souvenir sheet has been overprinted with the inscription Royal Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the I 'nited States Regular subscribers to this country's subscription ser vice will receive these The balance of the stamps will remain on sale until the supplies are exhausted A new postal policy adopts is the allowance of cancellations on currency- at post offices on a handback basis The stamps need not be affixed to the curren cy but may appear next to the currency on a common backing piece A service fee will be charged for applying cancellations exceeding 10 Requests for 10 or more cancellations for any one customer on one day must be approved in advance by the Stamps Division Room 10422 Postal Service. Washing ton.DC 20260 First day cancellations for the 13-cent Commercial Aviation stamp totaled631 555 Freedom to Assemble totaled 128 171 The Pine Tree stamped envelope cancellations 824 The authorization of currency cancellation will probably tie used to link up certain values of currency with certain issues of postage stamps These will probably be promoted by some promoters United Stamp Calendar July 16 Olympics (four 15c stamps se-tenant), 1-ake Placid 12946 Aug 6 13c American Craft sman stamped envelope. Han cock Mass Aug 18 Clara Maass, Belleville, Sept 18 13c Ochs Details later In addition to the 13c imperforate souvenir sheet discovery noted last week it is learned that the 24c and 31c souvenir have been discovered in imper forate condition If you have some of these you might check them out The stamps are dif ficult to distinguish when it comes to perforations and values Other discoveries may have been made but due to the reprinting some may be waiting several years before letting it be known Reports seem to be cir cuiating that the postal ser vice may contrail with a large foreign stamp printer to print some of the United States stam ps Drosses of Athens sends us information that Greece is issuing a set of four Tourism stamps July 26 The stamps feature scenes of the Aegean Islands Values are 30 a0 75 and 100 drachmae Printing orders call for 600 000 complete sets Complaints continue to come in about the service severe limiting of the distribution of the Bicentennial souvenir sheets It is suggests! if you wish to write your com plaint to Pieitmaster General Bailar Postal Service Washington DC It might not hurt to also write to your representative and senators in Congress The limited distribution system certainly is not fair to the millions of collectors living in the less populated areas of our nation It does not make sense unless the powers that be want to create a shortage so more people will buy future issues the hopes of making a fat profit COIN NOTES The government of Colombia has released two gold coins in square shape The coins were of 1 000 and 2 000 pesos denomination and were struck of 900 fine gold Mintage of the coins amounted to 4 000 sets The coins were issued to honor the tncentennial of the city of Medellin and inscribed with the com memorative dates 1675-1975 The comers of the square coins are rounded and.

as far as we know are the first square coins issued by any South American country The Krause has announced the availability of its gold value chart for commonly traded and world gold coins The chart first appeared one of its publications It has now been reproduced in a con vement folder format on a durable high quality stock The chart gives the value of the gold contained in forty-five different and foreign coins which are commonly traded among collectors and inv estors Collectors can obtain free copies of the gold value chart by writing to Krause Publications Free Gold Value Chart, lola Wisconsin Free silver value charts are still available to interested also Reports indicaU1 the United States Mint does not plan to resume production of the Eisenhower dollars for 1977 As we mentioned here previously the mint is planning on a smaller dollar com The new dollar probably will have no silver content and may be thicker than the current dollar but smaller in diameter We will keep our readers infor as to developments on this proposed new com Many com dealers will not accept credit cards or charge cards of the nationally recog leaders in the charge card business The charge cards can add a sizable cost for the dealer which he must pass on to the collector You may find, in shop ping around, that dealers without this service may offer lower prices since cash in involved DEER HUNTING CITY Mo UPI Missouri deer hun ters look 51 823 during the 1975 firearms deer hunting season, the state Conservation Commission viid The number of hunters increased by 10 per tent from previous years Travels FRONTIER HALL FEATURES The Battk Of Bondi IVIRY FRIDAY MITE 9 P.M. 1:30 A.M. SOUTH TEXAS STYLE DANCING IVIRY SATURDAY NIT I 9 PM 1-J0 A.M. GUITAR JAM SESSION IVIRY SUNDAY NIYI 9 P.M. 12 P.M.

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