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SWAP LEATHER AT GUCCI BRAWL ofioa Grassosi aaodaa ramnraonnoa afanraaa noonaa onooaooara oaaoiaa oaizi anoa aofiTi arasa asrai oaaoi so ira noaao suna oaaa annoa aaooo oaooo ansia sraiaaa astrassi a riaa oaaa wanna asraaaao rm ra ram fVflj HTU fWEI (7211 (PB fVB CJ9fin ananiaia aguama Siam armanm uaaa maoao aniaraia aaaiarai antiaaa naa aaaaa asman aaaaao an aaaaa naaaa suiaaaa tadorna maman aana naa auauaaa uaaaa aann amata a taamtata nsao aaaaa tamtntia aaaa aaaaia taataa tamaa aaa aaaa aaaa aaa a A RITZY, star-studded fashion show in Hollywood ended in chaos last week. A sort of celebrity brawl. Stars Abbe Lane, Charo, Joanna Carson and Helen husband Jeff Wald, watched in amazement as the prestigious boutique turned into a prize fighting brawl. The initial trouble at the invitar tion-only fashion show featuring stunning models in $20,000 gowns and furs involved four guests: Army Archerd, a famed Hollywood gossip columnist, his wife Selma, and two interior designers, Bob and Gene Woolf. Mrs.

Archerd claims she was standing next to a man in the crowd who was smoking a cigarette. Fearing her Calvin Klein suit might get burned, she asked him if he would stop smoking. His reply, she says, was: if you like Mrs. Archerd moved, but almost immediately a man behind her, believed to be one of the Woolf brothers, puffed smoke which blew directly into her face. was she said.

In retaliation, Selma flung her glass of wine at the man, drenching him. Another glass of wine was flung from the opposite side, missing Mrs. Archerd, but shattering on an innocent woman bystander who collapsed in a bloody mess upon the runway where a model was showing an $18,000 silver fox cape. Army Archerd joined the me- lee but was thrown to the ground, losing his toupee in the process. Gene Woolf, who with his brother filed a $2.5 million suit against the Archerds, was later treated at Medical Center for a gashed head, and received 28 stitches.

The police, who arrived after the paramedics, made no arrests and say they are still investigating. As one guest said later: Mel Brooks is writing another film about Hollywood, he has to use the Gucci heavyweight bout in one scene. It was Five ways taitreat heartburn and avoid expensive surgery EARLY diagnosis could save three out of four sufferers of chronic heartburn from having costly surgery, says a leading gastric specialist. heartburn is all too often confused with says Dr. Mark B.

Orringer, director of the University of special clinic for swallowing problems. when the trouble is left untreated it can cause irreversible The most common cause of By CHARLES BROWN chronic heartburn is stomach acid flowing up into the esonhogus, the pipe tnat carries food from the mouth. Surgeons are now able to replace a damaged esophogus by making new food-carrying pipes from portions of the patient's intestines. But this costly remedy could be avoided by taking some simple steps to treat heartburn before it Selma Archerd grapples with designer Bob Woolf while his brother Gene tries to break up the brawl at posh Gucci's boutique, Hollywood. The all-star show ended in chaos.

serious, says Dr. Orringer. iere's what he recommends: eat or drink at least two hours before going to bed When you lie down, stomach acid is more likely to run into your esophagus from your stomach, and stomach acid levels rise after you eat. If you suffer from heartburn, indigestion or nausea, take antacids after meals and before you go to bed. Many heartburn patients are overweight.

Part of their problem is that big gut pushing on the stomach, forcing the acid up. smoke or drink alcohol They are drugs which have been proven to reduce the strength of the valve mechanism at the lower end of the esophagus. When heartburn still troubles patients at night, place four to six-inch blocks under the head of the bed. This often gives fairly dramatic relief. Acid, like water, run uphill.

Dr. Orringer said that many doctors have problems diagnosing chronic heartburn because they lack the proper machinery most readily available method is the barium he explained. swallow barium, and an x-ray checks whether any barium runs back into the esophagus. barium is the consistency of wet marshmallow a lot different from watery Dr. Orringer said.

Instead of that technique, his clinic uses tests developed at the Mayo Clinic and Massachusetts General Hospital which measure the flow of stomach acid itself New Eve treat: $500 TIRED of spending yet another New Year's Eve watching old Guy Lombardo on the tube? For the couple willing to splurge a little this year, the Diplomat Hotel in Hollywood, is featuring a show Sammy Davis Jr. and Liza Minnelli together for two-and-one- half hours. The price: about $500 a couple. PUZZLE SOLUTION in horrar as Bob and Selma fight on. Concerned guests try to revive unidentified woman after she was accidentally hit by glass.

GIRL NEWCOMER TROUNCES MARINES AT SHOOT JUST four months after she first picked up a high-powered rifle, a pretty brunette became the first woman to win the U.S. Marine top marksmanship honor. Sergeant Jamie Trombley, 19, beat nearly 700 of the best military and civilian rifle shooters to take the Marine Corps Cup at Camp Perry, Ohio. think I was going to like it at Jamie told The Star, kind of shy. I got up there, I was still nervous, but I tnink I handled myself pretty Corps headquarters in Washington agreed, and sent down a brigadier general to promote her to sergeant.

Sgt, Trombley, of Fulton, N.Y., has been in the Corps for 18 months. She first fired a rifle four months before the Perry Match, after a sergeant at Parris Island, S.C., where she is stationed, showed her and a few other women how to fire the M-14 rifle. Women Marines, barred from combat by an Act of Congress, are not normally trained to use weapons. Sgt. Trombley fired 237 out of a possible 250 with the weapon, and the Parris Island rifle team quickly asked her to join..