Sunday News from Kenosha, Wisconsin • 21

Sunday October "8 1989 Entertainment Kenosha News Bll Kirk Douglas honored for business not acting By Vernon Scott UPI Hollywood Reporter HOLLYWOOD (UPI) Kirk Douglas ranked among the first of star-producers will be honored Oct 13-15 with a celebration of the accomplishments of his Bryna Company American Cinematheque will screen eight of films during a three-day festival at the participation that finally got Douglas said in Beverly Hills headquarters "I guess you could say I was the first actor to start his own company I was never under contract to a studio and I was intent on finding good properties to star in Independents were fairly unique at that time especially those formed by actors Directors Guild of America Douglas will attend the screenings and participate in question and answer sessions along with Jack Valenti president of the Motion Picture Association of America director John Frankenheimer and performers Bo Hopkins and Dorothy McGuire Actually the first superstars to form an independent company were Charlie Chaplin Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks back in 1919 when Hollywood was in its infancy Their alliance was called United Artists But United Artists immediately became what amounted to a major studio along the lines of MGM Warner Bros 20th Century Fox Paramount Columbia and RKO It was Douglas however in 1955 who decided to make his own pictures under the corporate banner of Bryna (named for his mother) That made Douglas was a pioneer of sorts and his timing was perfect The major studios were dropping their contract players and television was raising havoc at the turnstiles Happily first few independent films were hits of with the then unknown Stanley Kubrick directing and others Now some 34 years after branching out on his own Douglas has seen 15 of his projects through to completion including Flew Over The which he spent a dozen years trying to finance until my son Michael put it all together with Shipwreck survivors sought DEAR ABBY THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB IS PROUD TO SPONSOR THE TREMPER GOLDEN STRINGS MTAMARf IMRIRflEIHi Sunday October 15 1989 AT THE ITALIAN AMERICAN CLUB 2217-52nd STREET KENOSHA 1 1 AM TO 4:00 PM CONTINUOUS SERVING ADVANCE DONATION 1500 (ADULT) 8300 (AGES 2 TO 10) AT THE DOOR $550 (ADULT) $350 (AGES 2 TO 10) ENTERTAINMENT BY THE TREMPER GOLDEN STRINGS Directed by Stanley Nosal Dear Abby: I cut this article out of the American Legion magazine several years ago: THE FOUR CHAPLAINS on the morning of Feb 3 1943 the US troop transport Dorchester was wallowing through icy seas off Greenland Most of the 900 troops on board were asleep in their bunks Suddenly a torpedo smashed into the flank Frantically pounding up the ladders the troops milled in confusion on the decks "In those dark moments of panic the coolest men aboard were four US Army chaplains 1st Lts Clark Poling (Reformed Church of America) Alexander Goode (Jewish) John Washington (Catholic) and George Fox (Methodist) The four chaplains led the men to boxes of life jackets and passed them out to the soldiers with boat-drill precision When the boxes were empty the four chaplains quietly slipped off their own precious life preservers put them on four young and told them to jump Dorchester went down 25 minutes later in a rumble of steam Some 600 men were lost Dear Abby: My cousin is planning to get married next month (I am going to be one of her bridesmaids) All the wedding plans have been set since last August The problem is our grandmother has recently been admitted to the hospital with a 50-50 chance of recovery The invitations church flowers caterer and dresses are all set to go My mother and my mother (who are sisters) both feel that the wedding should be postponed indefinitely until all can enjoy themselves My cousin and I are very close to our grandmother and want to be disrespectful to her or our wishes but we feel that the wedding should go on as planned What is your opinion? 50-50 Dear 50: I vote to proceed with the wedding as planned and hope for the best If your grandmother is like most grandmothers she would want her granddaughter to go ahead with the wedding and somehow gather the strength to give them her blessings even from her hospital bed Add my prayers to yours (50-50 are not bad odds but the heroic chaplains had helped save over 200 The last anyone saw of them they were standing on the slanting deck their arms linked in prayer to the one God they all Abby I have often wondered if anyone knows what happened to the four young GIs who received the life preservers Who were they? The article states that although some 600 men perished when the Dorchester went down about 200 were saved Perhaps a survivor or a relative or friend of a survivor will read this and write to you I realize this happened 46 years ago but maybe a reader will have some information pertaining to this historic event Herman Powell Calhoun Falls SC Tickets Available From: A Golden Strings Member Italian American Club Store Music Southern Lakes Credit Union At The Door aces On Bridge LOOK TO FOR RHO bids one spade How much strength do I promise if I double one spade? No Gimmes Houston Texas Answer: A double of one spade is for takeout: you are forcing partner to bid at the two-level Considering the fact that his pass has denied as much as six HCP you need a very good hand at least 17 HCP with good distribution Dear Mr Wolff: My LHO deals and opens three diamonds and partner overcalls a vulnerable three no-trump Should I correct to four hearts with this hand? Safe Spot San Antonio Texas SPADES 3 HEARTS 9 8 7 5 DIAMONDS 10 3 CLUBS 9 4 2 Answer: I would not stab does not guarantee good hearts he may have a lot of club winners and a good hand Dear Mr Wolff: Would you consider this hand too flat for a takeout double of one diamond? Good Tickets Newark NJ SPADES 9 8 3 HEARTS A 6 3 DIAMONDS A 7 2 CLUBS 9 Answer: The shape is a minus but the hand does contain 14 gilt-edged HCP I would definitely double I would pass had the opening been one heart Dear Mr Wolff: Does the un-! no-trump convention (minors) have any upper limit on HCP requirements? 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NOW THROUGH OCTOBER 16TH Sun Interference causing temporary interruption of your satellite viewing This is caused by the direct alignment of our satellite dishes the satellite itself and the sun It will occur on different channels at different times throughout the day in 30 minute intervals The times range from 1 Listed below are the Request TV movies that will be effected We will not offer these movies even though they are listed in the guide Request TV-2 Ch 28 106 300pm Burt Rigby THOUSANDS OF DESIGNER FRAMES pTXyboy sunglasses You're A Fool Gun Far From Homo Under The Boardwalk Baachas Naked Gun Ram Man 107 108 109 1011 1012 1013 300pm 300pm 230pm 230pm 3 00pm 200pm 10 SENIOR CITIZEN DISCOUNT INSURANCE: WE ACCEPT MOST COMPANIES FcniiTiiiiiviQoQikiiiiiiiyAvgitiiifioatJifgswTninngi 3446 52nd St Kenosha NEXT TO FOOD-4-LESS WAREHOUSE FOODS IN SUN PLAZA Phone 656-1400 JONES INTERCHbLE ATHI HI-TECNM0L06Y KYK CUSS SYORI 4 UBS.