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nir. consists of baring one's backside to te breeze Aching Back Veteran actor Charles Laugh-ton, 62, yesterday was in Memorial Hospital amid conflicting reports over what ailed him. The rotund actor's manager. Bob Hulter, said Laughton was telling me how healthier and happier my kids would be if I moved to the suburbs. Having an air-conditioner take over an nour to cool a room.

Commuters who swear that their 90-minute trip admitted to the hospital for treatment of sacroiliac trouble and for other "routine" checks. But other sources said the actor was scheduled for surgery today for re l. VJ) rv I i wi WWWWW WWWW1 BWWMSIBW WW. WBWWWlwawBWNP moval of a kidney malignancy. He entered the hospital Sunday.

Laughton's most recent film, "Advise and Consent," in which rom the open window of speeding sports car. Israel will soon have a Hollywood of its own. They're setting aside 2.500 acres fur a film studio near Tel Aviv. Now that Cliff Robertson is set to play JFK in 'PT 1W will the U. S.

Steel Hour continue to cast him in its TV he plays a Southern senator, givea them a chance to read the paper and relax. Anyone who ends a statement with the question: "Know what I mean?" Rooting for a team that gets one run on 10 hits. Having trouble regulating the water when I take a shower. Straw hats with loud polkadot bands. People ho have no idea why we're trying to send a man to the moon.

People who tell me they know exactly why we're trying to send a man to the moon. I can do without hearing how great Eddie Fisher's singing is now that he's a loser in a love affair. Drinking with a gay keeps looking at his watch. Seeing a good saloon torn down to make room for an office building. Being stranded on a opens here thiseek.

He is prob-ablv best known for his portrayal of Cant. Bligh in the first "Mu Joanne Woodward Slimi BenzeH tiny on the Bounty." Sues for Million In Plunge Death Mrs. Joanne Johnson, widow of one of the four window cleaners who were killed May 29 when their platform plunged to the sidewalk from the floor of Inmat? Janne Woodward and Paul Newman are joining the Miiiion Avenuers in residence at Westport. Having obtained I i Yarn's John H. Harris will hare a West Point number in hi rcfnr efiitin of Iee Capades." Singer dancer NicheHe ni writes into the Bn Soir tonight.

7rra ln-time buddy, painter Ngoot Lee. and pretty the Equitable Building, Sixth Ave. and 51st sued yesterday for $1 million. She and her late bus-land, Ulysses, 35, lived at 1923 Second Ave. Mrs.

Johnson sued the Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States, building owners, charging negligence. Her action was filed in Supreme Court by Norman Goodman of the law firm of Levy, Myers, Katz and Goodman, SO E. 42d St. FREE GUIDED GREENWICH VILLAGE TOUR 001 deserted island with Sinatra. Sammy Davis and a Connie Francis album.

Seeing girls at the beach who wear no makeup, have uncombed hair, but have polished their toenaails. I can do without insects that fall madly in love with me. Having to buy new shoes. Demure girl singers who modestly bow their heads even though no one really applauds. Cocktail parties where men outnumber tha girls six to one.

Anyone who can play musical instruments by ear Seeing movie shorts on bowling or skiing. Eating or drinking at joints with sidewalk tables. Being told by a 25-year-old chick that she likes "older men." People who say "tempus fugit" when they realize they're late somewhere. Girls who tell me I'm gorgeous, thoughtful, generous and dashing, then have trouble remembering my name. Clean gypsies.

I can do without getting nothing for something. Short daily doubles. Trotters who do the mambo in the stretch. Maitre d's who have Swiss bank accounts and hood manners. Chanteasea from the Bronx.

Finance company ads full of good cheer. People who begin their talk with, "Frankly." Any more awards to Huntley and Brinkley. My wife setting clocks ahead. People who have a credit card for everything. Automobile horns that stick.

Bathroom mirrors that get steamed up. Girls who use white lipstick. Waiting for a cab on a rainy night. Changing typewriter ribbons. Dead cigars left in ashtrays.

I can do without riding on a slow elevator with a guy who's smoking a pipe that hasn't been cleaned in years. Taking the garbage out. Trying to find a drug store open on Sunday. Girls who are always hungry when I take them out. Getting a busy signal on the phone.

Operators who want to send me stamps instead of returning my dime. Movie ad3 that make pictures look like wild orgies. Figureless skinny chicks who wear tight slacks. Walking in a heavy drizzle while not wearing a hat. Teen-age rock and roll singers who are billed as "recording arti3ts." Helping a friend move his belongings to his new apartment on the fifth floor of a walkup.

I can do without local trains that don't wait for incoming express trains. Paying bills still left over from Christmas. The sameness of every building going up in New York. Fat girls who wear flowers in their hair. Cold hot dogs on soggy rolls.

Bus drivers who give you all your change in nickels. A warm can of beer on a hot day. Air-conditioner repairmen who learned their trade from TV repairmen. Sunlurk. Konzkalone.

a Siamese, were married Sunday at Zero's houe in Mjnhallan. Girl press agent Frances Kaye. quitting Nr York fr HuINaond. will be partied by her friendi June 13 in the grand ballroom of the Pierre. Clara Ward and her Gospel Singrrs have a pleasant summer lined ap.

First. Bermuda (Forty Thieve lub. then Neport (Newport Jaza Festival); aest, the French Kiir (Anfihes Jail Festival), and finally San Francisco (uer IlitI (lub). Of course, they'll be working, but would you mind working with a schedule like that? Jackie Mason has something in mind fur that White House stenog who datelined a story front the pwl. It's a job endorsing pens that write nnder water.

Althousb Mimi Benzell has a big place in Manhasset. renting an l'jft Side apartment for July and August so she can be ta town for duties as New York's Summer Festival hostess. www A furicy r.ew restaurart named the Regal House opens Thursday at St. ar, 1 Lexington Ave. In show business, you grow up quirk.

Thirteen-year-old Barry Gordon, of A Thousand Clowns," that hi recent MGM records didn't sell well because "Hhey didn't dtt'much promotion and besides, the material was a little re." When liarry was six, his recording of Nuttin for Christ-ma sold two nuihon copies. Chris Connor opens at the Village Ijata tonight with Herbie Mann's Afro-Jazz sextet. www Mre People You'll Never Meet at Grandma's House: Back Sta Bennv. a wMful little guy who once a week for the last 25 jrr has been waiting at the Copa'a exit with a handful of posies and a pitrh for a never-rotten date with the chorus girls. During the dav he pre- ouits.

Dreamboat lkra. the 300-pound onetime stripper who peddles photos of berself ia Third Ave. bars. The px-tnres hw her when she was young and beautiful. Coffee Houie Connelly, the grav-bcarded delivery boy who roller skates aandwirhe and coffee to workers in the Maiden Lane district.

Potato Pete, who walks around with his pockets bulging with potatoes and stick wmd. He has an ancontrollable mrgr for baked potatoes and will make them anywhere, inside or outside. He is barred from mt movie houses. Dr. Band Aid, who patrols Fuhth Ae.

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