Daily News from New York, New York • 147

mi the Towm By ED SULLIVAN U300iiiyuj By HEDDA HOPPER Getting Into the Act Hollywood, Nov. 28 If you are among the millions of Americans who would like our soldiers in South Viet Nam to know we're with them, you can help by giving to ACT "American Christmas Trains and Trucks" which start rolling Dec. 7 across the nation, collecting cloth, clothes, sewing kits, school supplies, medicine, tools, toys, candy, soap. By CHARLES McHARRY Strip Burly Prices Fresh out of Kansas City and equipped with a bundle of KC cash, former candy butcher Wally Knox is in town, readying a burlesque show which he intends to open Dec. 13 at the Hudson Theatre at prices ranging from 99 cents to $1.95.

Tickets to the burly attractions currently at the Mayfair and Gayety Theatres go at about $4 Believe it or not, there's no more Believe Men and Mauls, and Stuff Bookies made Navy a 7 pt. favorite over Army, so they blew a bundle on 7-7 tie! Clay already 212 to 1 over Terrell. Barbara Harris, Stem sensation in "A Thousand Clowns," says she'll wed Arnold Wein-stein. Cardinal Cushing's neck tumor operation mending slowly. Johnny Mize selling insurance.

Barbara Bel Geddes niece, Anne Ulanov, weds Al Pie-trasanta, Dec. 18. Ethel Merman-Ernest Borgnine divorce final. Westchester C.C. golf partners George Abbott and Fred Felhaber producing "Anya" at Zieg-feld Theatre tonight.

Young generation at Toots Shor's: Bert Bell Jr. with sculler Jack Kelly's Liz; Bill Hearst 3d and Tommy Harmon's lass roaring at Bob Hope's quips. The Sid (Beatles) Bernsteins named her Denise; sons for the Carl Foremans and Bill (Voice of America) Robsons; daughters for Pat Harrington Jr. and Jeff (CBS) Gralnicks. r- GO 03 to The Junior Chambers of Commerce, in cooperation with both Young Republicans and Young Democrats, hope to collect 100 freight cars full of merchandise to load on a special ship, provided by the U.S.

Navy, sailing from San Francisco on Christmas Day, bound for U.S. troops in the field boys who must win friends while they fight a war. Raymond Burr, national chairman, tells me CBS news man Jim Hardiman lined up the first three donations: $5 million worth of medical It or Not on Broadway. The offering has been replaced by an exhibit called the French Wax Museum Bobo Rockefeller, despite the millions she has to play with, is still a pretty shrewd gal with a buck. Last year when she rented an apartment in Switzerland, she took in a student boarder, thereby beating the residence tax levied on foreign visitors by the Swiss.

This year, she checked into a hotel, again avoiding the tax Sandy Sentry dog drill teams trained by Air Force guys fnr duty in Viet Nam and guarding SAC B-52s and KC-135 refueling-tankers nightly at North Carolina bases, performing a tremendously effective job. Tip to U.S. collectors of rare coins: Any British penny dated 1933 is phevny! No pennies were issued for general circulation that year by the Royal Mint. Only a few were minted and three of them are under foundation stones at London U. and two British churches.

Russian publishers working day and night to give their Jean Arthur supplies from Direct Relief Foundation in Santa' Barbara; 11,000 cases of soup (528,000 gallons) from General Foods; 6,000 pounds of Castile soap from Los Angeles industrialist Richmond Rust. The Association of American Railroads is supplying free freight across the country, and if your town doesn't have a railroad connection, trucks will gather good3 from local Chambers of Commerce and deliver them to the rails. Join up wtth this Operation Santa Claus and ACT. It may help save the lives of thousands of boys. On might be your son.

Jean Arthur is back from her home in Carmel: "We had a storm and the old house shook. I had to keep fires in the fireplace day and night the electricity went out. It was marvelous. I love everything primitive. It's difficult for me to keep my shoes on here, and I'll no doubt be arrested for walking in the rain." She starts her pilot as soon as the script is finished.

It's the firt thing she's done in color. Jean settled the wardrobe quickly. Her friend, Bridget, of Magnin's Carmel flew down, went with her to the store here, and in two hours they found everything, including a Dior. Jean is living at a hotel, but when the series starts rolling, she'll get a house and bring her cats down. Gene Tierney returns after the New Year to star in "Color Mommy Dead" for Joe Levine.

You can gather from the title that it's another of those "Baby Jane" things. Levine is trying to get Dana Andrews to play opposite, which would reunite the stars of "Laura," way next season in "Daphne Anita uos for Cottage to be produced by Michael Ellis. Duke Ellington will give a concert of sacred music at the Fifth Ave. Presbyterian Church on Dec. 26.

It will be the first event of its kind in the church's 157-year history The musicians who supported Peggy Lee at the Copa presented her with a Steuben glass hale on closing night. The boys needed no help with their manners, but their spelling might be looked into. Their accompanying card read: "To the singer who really whales." George Eherhardt, owner of the House of Vienna, is opening a spot Wednesday in Miami Beach called the Concourse Motel. He intends to fly back and forth every other day Duo at the Ground Floor: Anita Loos and producer Morton Gottleib. Cooking up a Broadway project? A Village espresso house found a good spot for a "Think" sign.

Someone hung it on the wall squarely between the men's and women's restrooms. As far as producer Hal Prince is concerned, Princess Margaret is the queen of party poopers. She arrived at the party he gave for her at 11:30 P.M. and was homeward bound 45 minutes later Stripper Titian Dal is shedding her mate and will return to the boards Liberty, Freedom and Independence are more than just words. Liberty Pappas is an assistant manager at Seafare of the Aegean, Freedom Gavin is a secretary at the Sudler and Hennessey ad agency and Independence Lightfritz is at the reservations counter at the Henny Youngman, Barbara Harris and Alan Jay Lerner readers science fiction, largely translated from U.S.

and British science mags. Sales of each book soaring into the hundreds of thousands. one of our most successful mysteries. Clifton Webb gave himself and friends a birthday party that was gay and without speeches. Just good food and conversation, and some entertainment from Lenny Gershe.

He's been getting laughs all over town with a skit about Tallulah Bankhead and me, so I persuaded him to show us. It's based on an encounter that happened when Taloo did the "I Love Lucy" show and we both dined with Lucy Hotel Concord. All three are girls The big noise at the Absinthe House the other night was not caused, for a change, by owner Marc Reuben. The argument was between two psychiatrists and their wives over the merits of Alan King's 'The Impossible Years," which is about a head shrinker who can't handle his own children The Les and Larry Elgart Band opens at the Mark Twain Riverboat on Friday. Columbia Pictures purchased of David Merrick's Sir Stork en route to the Bab Prechts (Betty Sullivan), Red Buttons, Edward Goodmans (Andy's lad), Bill Tallmans, Richard Egans, Dick (Giants) Lynches, Florence Henderson Bernstein, Copa Lounge mgr.

Carmine Favas, Dr. Howard and Christina Bellin. Bill Saroyan's son, Aram, at Pen Pencil with Carol Bruce's Julie. Henny Youngman's son-in-law, married to Marilyn, gravely ill. Alan Lerner meets with Jack Warner, to plan "Camelot" flicker and discuss Lerner's current smash, "On A Clear Some N.Y.

dep't store Santa Clauses have agents to o.k. contract clauses. Lotos Club dines Meyer Davis tomorrow. Marvin Schenck and Olga flew back to Coast after funeral for brother, Samuel. Detroit tackle Alex Karras' recipe to stop Jimmy Brown: "Give each linesman an ax and pistol." Couples married 50 years will receive Cardinal Spellman's special award from him at St.

Patrick's Cathedral Jan. 9 (contact Msgr. George Kelly, 451 Madison by Dec. 11). For laughs, Fernandel tips N.Y.

waiters in francs! Paul Anka tells audiences N.Y. dep't stores are lit up like Xmas trees. Speaking of Santa Clauses, 73-year-old Charles Gutman gave $500,000 to Henry Street Settlement House and $350,000 to Beth Israel. Now he's raising money for Child Mental Care Waldorf Ball, Dec. 19.

Gen. David Samoff at Plaza, Feb. 13, gets Concert Artists Guild Award. Nancy Sinatra Jr. and John Ellis at H'wood Beachcombers.

Ditto Dick Chamberlain and Joan Marshall. Roberta Sherwood into LQ. Gene Barry's wife, Betty, mending, bad fall. Clay (WPIX) Cole to wed Sandy Kettler. Durante, too tired, nixed three N.Y.

cafe dates. Tony Martin's Nicky an Army Lt. Sissle's ex, Harriet, died. Bardot here Dec. 16.

France Nuyen and Dr. Thomas Morell finis. Ditto Henry Silva and Ruth Earl. 7th ann'y Congrats to Sen. Ted Kennedys.

Ziegfeld Club's 28th ann'y party, Friday at Waldorf. Jack Jones and Chris Noel at Les Champs. Gary Crosbys in court Friday. Myron Cohen-Felicia Sanders an Americana smash. John Derek and Ursula Andress separated.

Arthur Mur-rays to Hawaii. Edd Byrnes' mother, Mary, wed Tom Taussig. Friars salute Sammy Davis in March. Wahoo McDaniel The Cactus Flower" is believed to Broadway-bound and Desi. but Lenny gussied Dn Andrews it up.

He should do it in night clubs it's hilarious. Roger Edens asked if I remembered the night we went to a party and met Ann-Margret and her parents: "She was shy, natural and delightful. What's happened to her?" I summed it up in one word success. Too much, too soon. The Sam Engles came in for cocktails.

He's suffering from a back injury. Jimmy Pendleton, on crutches, said he had gout. New House and not a Leak! Virginia Mayo and Mike O'Shea, after a five-year breather, are back in action. Virginia finshed a picture for Producers Studio. Their little girl is 12 now, and mama Thinks it's time they branched out.

They moved into a Spanish home which they built in Thousand Oaks. And, glory be, it doesn't leak. Peter Ustinov spoke before the Association of British Directors (they're businessmen), and told them to unzip their pocketbooks and support the arts as did the Medicis during the Renaissance. They gave him a standing ovation that cost them nothinsc. be the largest pre-production deal ever made for a non-musical.

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