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THE SACRAMENTO BEE Monday November 12 1979 Page B5 Continued From Page B4 Presley month in alimony and child support Lisa Marie her 11 -year-old daughter is said to be the sole heir to the Presley multimillion-dollar fortune Priscilla Presley is in fact her daughter's legal guardian Dear Abby By Abigail Van Buren i star if only by association Presley had been trained to deal with the press with the enormous pressures of fame She married a multimillionaire and an idol when she was only of high school age The eldest of six children of Air Force Col Joseph Beaulieu Priscilla met Elvis when she was 14 She was a brat" he was a star and they caught sight of each other across a crowded room in a German cafe His 'Virgin' Hardly Ever Was And of course she has There are areas Priscilla Presley will not discuss One is the recent television program that alleged personal physician Dr George Ni-chopoulos overdrugged Presley who was found dead on his bathroom floor at age 42 also the suggestion of a coverup Autopsy reports indicated Presley died of heart failure not of toxic levels of barbiturates Even to begin to pose this reality to Priscilla Presley is to see her more angry than before She reminds you she is doing this interview as a beauty queen have feelings" she says with emphasis want to get into personal conversations These arc questions been asked and asked wanted to be my own person" she says a lingering hunger in her soft voice Yet despite her strident desire for individuality Priscilltl Presley is aware she is still the one and only Elvis Presley" Presley had i other women but no other wife By the same token there have been other men in her life: Mike Stone the karate expert: Elie Brazer the hairdresser: Michael Edwards a model-nctor with whom she lives now She has dated John Travolta and Peter Law-ford But she has not traded the Presley name for any of theirs If you ask why she has not married again she blushes violently the blood gushing to her face in embarrassment and irritation But she is struggling to be professional and she answers the question as professionally as her emotions allow EAR ABBY Mama 32-year-old reasonably successful man never married but very much in love with a beautiful young woman with a Southern mountain background My hangup is that 1 have a strict New England heritage and am accustomed to dating girls who would not even consider kissing a fellow on a first date This girl admitted she let every guy she ever dated have his way with her She says all young giris those hills" were raised that way and it until her family moved to a major city that she learned from So here I am a man who has always dreamed of marrying a virgin in love with a girl who even remember when or how she lost her virginity (She she was 12 or 13) 1 would like to convince myself that I can forget her past and marry this ex-tramp and live happily ever after I am desperate for professional advice -SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN DEAR GENTLEMAN: As long as you view this girl as an I would estimate your chances for a happy marriage are zilch The poor girl has already been the victim of an amoral upbringing spare her the added burden of a than husband 1 HE STORY HAS BEEN told a thousand times including the fact that at 15 she visited Presley and not much later went to live at Graceland the Presley mansion in Memphis finishing 12th grade at a local Catholic school She and Elvis were together 10 tumultuous yeprs five and a half as man and wife Now sitting quietly in a Pierre Hotel interview she is reviewing in general terms her life with Presley His name crosses her lips infrequently If the questions get too close if his image becomes too clear she says crisply she is here to talk only of her career But yet despite the invisible barriers the memories of Elvis spill and even without specifically naming him you know whom talking about on top people hope she is saying "When down people build you up There is no happy It is this insecurity that haunted Elvis Presley have to be a masochist to be in the public she explains learned that from Elvis Her eyes assume a faraway look had a close-up view of all that" says Priscilla Presley learned it all by of UT NOW SUDDENLY in the wake of new unsubstantiated reports that Elvis Presley died from indiscriminately prescribed barbiturates taken in excessive amounts we have Priscilla Presley coming out of hiding she uses the word to become more or less a public figure Has she been a closet feminist a woman who yearned to try her own wings? believe in femininity" she says Later she adds other interesting thoughts on the liberation movement: believe in militancy it scares men A woman should have choices but she should know how to get them without demanding" The question then is simple: Why is she working? been secluded Maybe I should say secluded myself But you see I had to seclude myself I had been around the public too She is talking about her life as Mrs Elvis Presley and the mass hysteria that came and comes with the territory needed the rest The whole thing was beginning to affect me I couldn't do what I wanted to do HETHER OR NOT SHE knows it Priscilla Presley is referring to the brunette stage of her life she says bringing herself up to date want to travel I want to be with the public again not so totally dedicated to my career that I have no leisure time for myself I can work and I can be at leisure when I want It is the best of both worlds" She chooses to answer the question of why she is working by talking first about Elvis "Elvis was a legend I understand the love that people had for him" She hesitates a moment not locking to be on top" she says about her new job not seeking It becomes clear she has seen and paid and watched Elvis pay the price and pressure of being a star "All she says working at something interesting You feel she knows she is indeed a EAR ABBY: There is this real cute guy at school who follows me in the hall pulls my hair and socks me on the arm He has tried to trip me grab my jacket and shove me against the lockers He kicked me on the bus once and hit me in the head with his books All the kids say he likes me So why does he act this way? -LIKES HIM IN ANAHEIM DEAR LIKES: his way of making you notice him If you react probably lose him Ignore him and you'll drive him wild JLATER AT THE END OF the interview she says doing interviews is scary because the Presley death questions live on and to have a conversation about them is to experience and It is well known that Priscilla Presley has been begged to do a memoir of her life with Elvis and so far has not She listen to his records or watch his movies lie was a bigger-than-life personality and he was her man Now her daughter Lisa Marie faces the same dilemmas Lisa sees the movie magazines the gossip newspapers in the supermarkets she is saying of herself and Lisa about everything explained everything to her She does not read the trash ubout Elvis Frankly not allowed to She knows none of the gossip about her dad is It would seem impossible if not impractical that Elvis daughter could sidestep all the headlines I've told her trash that those stories arc lies I tell her not to read them Why should she upset herself? I tell her not to bother herself by reading all that Priscilla Presley likes to think of herself as an old-fashionedd mother or as she puts it updated old-fashioned She is a sophisticated beautiful woman whose experiences make her a good teacher I Marriage" she says not a need of mine This is a different day and Did the marriage to Elvis Presley scare her? The answer is an unhesitating: "Yes in the beginning I had a different kind of life There were sacrifices and The anger flashes again The interview has gotten too close She realizes that and the anger bursts suddenly and completely print that" she says not going to say any more to that She calms down The bits and pieces of anger that surface in this interview are just hints of the bigger more overwhelming anger that widened the gulf between her and Elvis Presley They are signs of wounds not yet healed so easy to become she says so easy to marry for the wrong reasons Marriage requires thought and deep She says finally she has not out marriage I ever got married again it would not be with the thought of getting married and divorced What she says next is even more revealing considered in the light of a young teen-age girl coming to live under the same roof as Elvis Presley a teen-age girl chaperoned by dad Vernon but basically belonging to Elvis Presley Star SHE BLURTS "an adventurer at heart I want to experience everything always wanted to experience She says her curiosity about life has always been insatiable She says she never wants to ask herself: I do She says the same thing from the point of view of accomplishment want to be able to say to myself: donealotin my EAR ABBY I am 17 and I don't like to brag but I guess you could call me a girl I have a good reputation and want to spoil it but here is my problem After a fellow has taken me to a movie or a dance and somewhere afterward to eat I hate to turn him down when he wants to make out I never go too far but I feel sort of cheap afterwards I guess because in a way I am really trying to him for what spent on me not serious with any of these guys just dates But after a guy has spent his hard-earned money on me how can I turn him down? -ALLENTOWN DEAR ALLENTOWN: easy All a guy is entitled to on a date is the pleasure of your company And unless you want to lose your hard-earned reputation don't feel obligated to give him his worth Questions may be sent to Dear Abby Scene Section The Sacramento Bee PO Box 15779 Sacramento95813 Indians Continued From Page B4 1 LEARNED A LOT AT an early she is saying about her life with Elvis "I have prepared my daughter for her teens aware of the drug abuse problems Again the interview has gotten a little too close for comfort The words have slipped so she switches in midstream going from the sophisticated to the sweet "Lisa has been through all the little girl things Especially the white-lie stage And been caught I know about white lies told them ONE THING Priscilla Presley is aware of her name Not everyone is a Presley worshiper There are critics the ones who are already saying Priscilla Presley is cashing is on the Presley name now that there is new mass curiosity about the cause of her husband's death There are even those who are saying her timing is right that if body is exhumed her name will be thrust into the public eye again and again "I help what people she retorts realistically thought of starting a television commercial career long before Elvis died I had solid chances and offers I turned them down It have been right Then when he died it seemed less right The words that came next are vehement just happen to have that name this name" she says blushing not an easy name to carry After all dealing with history no changing that I have a daughter raising and She feels revealing too much and for a split second she retreats Then almost as if daring herself to be totally honest she comes out of the Shell for another split second always wanted to be my own person I didn't want me to be the effect of the public I wanted to be the causeof my own and alcoholism are just a few of the problems weighting down Indians "There are tremendous family feelings in the Indian world" she added we have two identities and we have to remain true to both the white middle-class working world and our own world" American children She explaine unique tribal ties and legal benefits are forfeited when Native American children are separated from their ethnic groups cannot afford that trickle of when they are trying to re-establish their she said want to participate but still remain intact" said Hedge who further is involved in WomenIn-dians in New Directions a recently organized group working to expand career and training oppor-tunties for Native American women Her work involves coordinating state and federal input into the Indian CETA programs throughout the state and is the way she describes the rural urban and reservation groups she works with in helping to set up employment training programs Arts Briefs CALIFORNIA STRAWBKKRY PATCH FOR DISCO DRFSS FOR HOLIDAYS AHEAD 1 The Broadway musical starring EARTHA KITT will have a limited engagement (Nov 28-Jan 6) at the Orpheum Theater San Francisco Call (415) 552-4002 BOB MARLEY and THE WAILERS will entertain at Freeborn Hall UC Davis on Saturday Dec 1 Call 752-2571 or 752-1915 A concert featuring MANHATTAN TRANSFER is scheduled Tuea-day Dec 4 at 8 pm in the Sacramento Community Theater Tickets available at the box office Tower Records and all usual outlets LUGHES HAS TAUGHT ARTS and crafts to Native American children in group homes juvenile halls and Indian education centers and is associated with the inter tribal council She is concerned about the rights of incarcerated Native Americans to practice their religion noting that an Indian Reli- gious Freedom Act was passed only last year order to have input into legislative policy a percentage of Indian people will have to get she said But years of and neglected have created a tremendous lack of faith in the governmental process Trujillo in addition to being president of the community commission for women is employed in the alcoholism program of the inter tribal council As president of the commission she says American women have been active in the community for a long time they just been Long an activist in community and political affairs she recognizes the native American tradition of staying out of the mainstream but she also believes that though Native Americans are unique that shouldn't prevent us from participating in the mainstream Trujillo also sees a change in the attitudes of the white community are very supportive and eager to learn Now seems to be the right And she has observed an equal willingness on the part of Native American women to step into established organizations adding that panel will be as an excellent opportunity to share mutual concerns While the strength and commitment to Native American issues is evident in each of these women Martinez may have summed it up best when she quoted the tongue-in-cheek observation of Sioux anthropologist Dr Bea Medicine: "Of course we did walk 10 paces behind documented And the reason we did it was to tell you where to go! 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