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THf SAW ANTONIO 2 1977 PAOK 23 Meanwhile, some of biggest names have rallied behind the Polish-born film maker, who could face a prison term of one to 50 years and possible deportation for his offense. Actresses Mia Farrow and Ruth Gordon, producers Dino de Lau- rentiis, Robert Evans, and Howard Koch, and Roman Harte, one of the chiefs of the prestigious American Film Institute, have all written to Judge Rittenband who will eventually decide fate. Mia Farrow described Polanski as a and brilliant She told how Polanski and his late wife Sharon Tate, who was murdered in 1969, stood by her at a time when her own life was shaky She wrote: wili always be grateful to them for their generosity to me during this Miss Farrow said Polanski was loyal friend, important to me, a distinguished director, important to the motion picture industry, and a brave and brilliant man, important to all Producer Robert Evans described Polanski probably the most proud and determined PUZZLE SOLUTION PIOIRITIAIU tiUHH HI9UE3U UlUtiJUJM CH CE ACH ff il tarara AB jt A AD ft 0 I BL I Is A 3. La III SS Anjelica Huston tells for first time about assault on teen Roman Polanski: Some top stars have made a plea to the judge who will sentence him. Bob Evans: He issued a call for compassion.

Ruth Gordon: She said he had an Steve ropes in By IVOR KEY SCREEN beauty Anjelica Huston has revealed for the first time what she saw the day film director Roman Polanski sexually assaulted a 13-year-old girl. Miss Huston, the former live-in girlfriend of superstar Jack Nicholson, said in a statement to police that she saw the girl soon after the offense was committed. She said the youngster appear to be at the time. The actress said she saw Polanski and the girl after they came out of a bedroom in home on Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills. She said of the girl: was breathing high in her throat when she came out.

she seemed sullen, which I thought was a little Miss Huston said she appeared be one of those kind of little chicks between any age up to The actress added: know, she did not look like a 13-year-old scared thing. She seemed quite tall to me she seemed a pretty well-developed girl. I would not have thought that she was Polanski was charged on March 11 for assaulting the girl. In a statement to police he said he gave the girl two glasses of champagne, allowed her to take some quaalude a tranquilizer drug and jumped into a Jacuzzi whirlpool oath with her. Then Polanski admitted he made love to her in an adjoining bedroom.

Polanski, 44, pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with the girl think has been ordered to jail for 90 i.i days to undergo psychiatric ex- IIB amination. Judge Laurence Rit- Lflli MtiiN tenband in Santa Monica Superior DllU mull Court delayed the order until December to allow Polanski to complete the movie The Hurricane in Tahiti. In her statement to police, Miss Huston said she not feel that Polanski would rape an unwilling girl. She said: feel that about him. I have seen him as a man of compassion, not a man who would forcibly hurt another person.

is very opinionated. And he has a strong character, but I think a bad man I think an unhappy Miss Huston agreed to give evidence for the prosecution in trial. of blackouts across nation DELIBERATE are likely thro blackouts Anjelica Huston: girl seemed sullen a man just an unhappy Mia Farrow: She said Polanski is a and man. person I have ever known or worked Evans added: ever a person is deserving of compassion, I think it is Roman. I only hope it is afforded Actress Ruth Gordon said Polanski was a great talent.

She went on: has lived through awful days glad he thinks of me as his friend. I count him as one of London-based film producer Gene Gutowski wrote to the judge: is, in fact, very little that is dark and sinister about Roman. to this public image he is a compulsive worker, an outstanding athlete and a brilliant skier, who has always led a very organized and highly disciplined ughout the country within the next five years, energy experts warned this week. The southeastern states will probably feel the pinch first as early as 1979 followed by some of the mid-west states. Rotating blackouts and other power curtailments during the peak of summer could be nationwide by 1981 because of the strain on energy sources, the experts said.

Walter Brown, executive vice- president of the National Electric Reliability Council, told THE STAR: would probably start by appealing to the public to cut back on use when peak de mand, usually in mid-summer, means that the safety margin is in danger. that does not help there could be involuntary cut-backs for industry to say 10 percent, and then a neighborhood could be blacked out for an hour or In its recent annual report the Council said that power curbs would mean adverse changes in American lifestyles and an era of an energy-limited economy. Mr. Brown added: avoid a major cascading blackout we have to have a cushion there all the time and we run the reserves down to zero before we act. So when the squeeze comes be over-cautious because the only way to insure mere is no major uiacKoui.

The council said utilities had slowed down the building of new capacity because of uncertainty about what fuels will be available, and about changing environmental protection legislation. The Edison Electric Institute, a utility group hat gathers data on electricity usage and supply, has confirmed the gloomy findings. STEVEN FORD has given up his Hollywood career and returned to the rodeo circuit, but he can still rope in the leading ladies. Recently he turned up arm-in-arm with actress Denise Galik at a dinner in Los Angeles honoring his mother, the former First Lady Betty Ford..