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14-Santa Cruz Sentinel Thursday, July 24, 1980 ifrv i hi VS-jr Judiih Kronfz Ann Landers Phyllis Hamlin: New Miss Nevada Reigning Superstar of The Literary Marketplace Talking Animals 1 SbS The proverbial third time WAS the charm for Phyllis Hamlin, newly crowned Miss Nevada. Phyllis, daughter of Norman and Florence Hamlin of Ben Lomond, was Miss Santa Cruz County in 1976. Then she moved to Reno to attend the University of Nevada and last year as Miss Truckee Meadows in the Miss Nevada Pageant, she was third runner-up and Miss Congeniality. This year she tried again, participating in the competition shortly after she earned her B.A. degree in journalism and public relations from the University of Reno.

An accomplished pianist, for her talent she played The Warsaw Concerto. And she won. Home this past weekend to attend her San Lorenzo Valley High class reunion, Phyllis makes it clear that she doesn't give up easily. "When I establish a goal, I hate to settle for second or third best." Says her mother! "She's the type of a girl that never gives up." In addition to doing advertising and public relations work for a billboard firm in Reno, Phyllis now is making lots of personal appearances with three days in Las Vegas coming up soon. She says she'll use her Miss Nevada scholarship money to obtain a master's in journalism and an additional B.A.

degree in music. And when she goes to Atlantic City, included in her rooting section will be her mom and dad. Phyllis Hamlin Swedish Tennis Superstar Weds more out of my imagination. At that time, the newspapers here were full of Princess Caroline, the daughter of Grace Kelly, and Princess Yasmine, the daughter of Rita Hayworth," she recalls. "They had one thing in common American movie star mothers and foreign prince "That was the spark," she says.

"The rest was fiction." Obviously. Her heroine, Princess Marguerite Alex-androvna Valensky, called Daisy by everyone, is the daughter of an American movie star and a Russian prince. She is also the center of a soapy, sexy melodrama which, at various points, touches on incest, lesbianism, mental retardation, polo matches, advertising agencies and the workings of a multi-billlion dollar conglomerate called "Supracorp." As in "Scruples," Mrs. Krantz' heroine is involved with two primeval forces sex and money. "Daisy is always thinking about money," she says.

"If you think about it, money has always been one of the primary subjects of fiction from Dickens' Bleak House' to Jane Austin and Proust." Mrs. Krantz concedes she was amazed that some reviewers claimed "Princess Daisy" lacked the rampant sex that spiced "Scruples." "You can't imagine the abuse I took because of the sex in says Mrs. Krantz. "Now they complain bitterly that there's not enough." "When I wrote I went a bit overboard. I didn't know anyone was going to read it.

With 'Princess I knew people would read There isn't as much graphic sex. But there's just enough. "I thought it would show that I could write a good story without leaning on sex, that I didn't have to use sex to make the pages turn." At 48, Mrs. Krantz is a late bloomer as a novelist. After college, she wrote for women's magazines, married movie producer Steve Krantz, had two sons and became a regular contributor to Cosmopolitan magazine.

"I was really working at one-tenth of my potential," she says now. husband had been after me to write fiction. He thought I had a novelist's eye for I was afraid I didn't have an imagination, that without my steno pad and tape recorder I would have nothing to say." Then the idea for 'Scruples' occurred. "Everything just came together, and I started to write." By LINDA DEUTSCH BEVERLY HILLS (AP) If Judith Krantz were describing the scene it might go something like this: "She stepped into the fabled half-light of the Polo Lounge, a small, -blonde woman alert to the buzz that trailed her, swept along by whispers of her name and the heady thrill of admiring glances in a world built on vast acres of money." But then, if Judith Krantz were really describing it, we also would know the color of the walls and carpets and tablecloths not to mention the designers of furs and jewels adorning luminaries at nearby tables. Judith Krantz, author of "Scruples" and the current best seller, "Princess Daisy," reigning superstar of the literary marketplace, credits at least part of her staggering success to her carefully crafted word pictures of the golden boudoirs and executive suites of the upper crust.

"People feel they've been to the places my characters go," says Mrs. Krantz, whose fictional jet-setters hop from Rodeo Drive and Fifth Avenue to Lausanne, Switzerland; Big Sur, London, Paris, Venice and the shores of Deauville. "I get letters from people in such tiny small towns, someplace in Arkansas you never heard of. To them, it's a world they know exists but they'll never get to it," she says. "It gives them a glimpse, a taste." These glimpses coupled with stamina and a knack for fashioning updated fairytales steaming with sex have made Judith Krantz an instant millionairess.

In a now-famous auction, the paperback rights to "Princess Daisy" were scooped up by Bantam Books last fall for a mere $3.2 million the highest price ever. A year before, "Scruples" fetched $500,000. "That's two books in two years," Mrs. Krantz notes with a hint of weariness. "The next time I won't rush like that.

It's crazy. "But I did it for a reason. I wanted to prove I wouldn't be a flash in the pan, a one-book author. I was determined to get 'Princess Daisy' finished as soon as I could." Within days after her first novel was sold to Crown Publishers, she began outlining "Daisy." "In a first book, you tend to use a lot of things that are autobiographical, your own experiences," she says. For instance, she, like her "Scruples" heroine, lived in France for a year after her graduation from Wellesley.

"The second book had to come much 'w 11111 t. "'VA' By STEPHEN H. MILLER BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Millionaire Swedish tennis superstar Bjorn Borg married his longtime Romanian fiancee today, and the two later kissed under an archway of flowers and tennis rackets outside the Bucharest City Hall. A crowd of about 2,000 Bucharestians, held back by squads of gray-shirted police, cheered as the blue-blazered Borg and Mariana Simionescu appeared on a balcony to wave and smile following the 20-minute civil ceremony required by Romanian law. Fifty children in tennis suits lined the steps of the hall, lifting tennis rackets in their right hands and red and white gladioli in their left to form an archway under which the newly married couple emerged from the building.

City officials had arranged for the civil service to be translated to Borg in English. An estimated 80 guests, including the Swedish Davis Cup team, tennis stars John and Chris Evert Lloyd and Vitas Gerulaitis, along with Borg's trainer, Lennart Bergelin, applauded as the couple were pronounced married and signed the official register. The bride wore a $7000 wedding gown embroidered with 2000 pearls and 1000 rhinestones for the second ceremony, a Romanian Orthodox service in the isolated monastery of Caldarusani. Borg, who may earn as much as $5 million this year from tennis and business ventures, is expected to keep his tax-refuge apartment in Monte Carlo where the couple have lived for the past four years. She was once a Wimbledon junior runnerup.

Dear Ann Landers: I enjoy a little humor as much as the next person, but the letters from those kooks who believe their cats can talk had me and my wife in stitches. Dogs? Yes. But cats? C'mon. Our son's dog, Sampson, has a vocabulary of two words. When asked, "What's on the top of the house, Sam?" he answers, "Roof!" When asked, "What's the outside of an oak tree?" he replies, "Bark!" What is even more incredible about Sampson is that he can read.

I saw proof of this with my own eyes when we were walking through a park last summer. Sam saw a sign on a park bench that said "WET PAINT." So he did. Bragging In Florida Dear Bragging: Big deal. We once had a Mexican chihuahua who didn't need any signs. He always knew when he was on expensive carpeting and that's where he "went." Dear Ann Landers: I am a 50-year-old woman who is planning to marry a man of 60 in a few months.

We have been going together for two years. has never made any physical advances toward me, although he has had many opportunities. A close friend of mine says he is probably impotent. If it's true, I couldn't handle such a situation. I am a youngish 50 and would hate to think of living the rest of my life without sex.

I would appreciate any ideas you might have to offer. Madison, Worrier Dear Madison: You gave me very little information that might have been helpful. For instance: Is a widower? Divorced? A bachelor? If it's the last, chances are good that he's asexual, homosexual or impotent. One thing is certain: if you've been going together for two years and has made no physical advances, something is out of kilter. I suggest you discuss it with him before you buy that beige lace dress.

A healthy, normal man of 60 who is interested in marriage would be inclined to show some sign of physical affection after two years of courtship. Surely you realize his purely platonic behavior indicates a problem that eventually will bring you to grief. Dear Ann Landers: May I borrow your column to register a legitimate complaint? There are a zillion of us older women who are looking for a hairdresser who will fix our hair the way WE want it. We don't have the patience to fool around with curlers, and we can't wash our hair every night and fiddle with blow dryers or curling irons. What we need is a simple hair-do with some good, solid backcombing that will get us through the week.

The new operators don't know how to do anything but hack off hair and brush it. Of course, the shop makes more money because they can handle many more customers. Longer hair and back-combing take time and know-how. Please, Ann, speak for those of us who are being penalized because we are comfortable with our "old-style" hair-dos and don't want what's "new." Michigan Flapper Dear Mich: Shake hands with an Illinois Flapper. I refuse to part with my hair-do, because 1 am more comfortable with what becomes me than what's "in." There ARE hairdresser who will fix your hair the way you want it, and I urge you (and others who share the problem) to shop around until you find one.

It's not always easy to recognize love, especially the first time around. Acquaint yourself with the guidelines. Read Ann Landers' booklet, "Love or Sex and How to Tell the Difference." For a copy, mail 50 cents and a long, selladdressed envelope with your request to Ann Landers, P.O. Box 11995, Chicago, Illinois 60611. COPYRIGHT 1980 FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.

(AP Laserphoto) Swedish tennis ace Bjorn Borg and his bride, Mariana Simionescu Book Signing Party And Films Friday A champagne book signing and a women's films benefit are planned for Friday at Louden Nelson Community Center, Laurel at Center Streets, Santa Cruz, by Resources for Women, Inc. The book signing celebrates the latest publication of the local non-profit organization, which is titled ESTABLISHING YOUR BUSINESS: A Handbook for Women. The champagne party is free, with hours from p.m. Show times for the films are at 7 and 9:15 with $2 50 admission at the door. The film benefit features the work of women directors, including "The Double Day," a documentary depicting the efforts of women in Latin America to win equality in the home and work place.

Another film, "Women of the Toubou," is about a nomadic matriarchy in the Sahara which has resisted all efforts by governments to control them. In addition there are several animated films with unique women's imMr- 'J 1 0mu my ii Auihor Judith Krantz credits at least part of her staggering success to her carefully crafted word pictures of the golden boudoirs and executive suites of the upper crust. "People feel they've been to the places my characters go," she says. AP Laserphoto Proceeds from the film benefit go toward various projects at Resources for Women, which serve the community, such as the publication of women's career handbooks. Other books published by the group include THE WOMEN'S YELLOW PAGES and ON THEIR OWN: Women Entrepreneurs.

All are available at local book stores. "The goal of Resources for Women is to encourage more women in our community to recognize their enormous inner resources and to use these resources to become financially and spiritually self-supporting," notes Donna Maurillo-Martin, managing editor. She points out that this philosophy is reflected in both the films and career handbooks. She notes that in order to defray the initial costs of publishing the business handbooks, donors of $10 or more will receive a copy of the latest book which will be available at the booksigning. Books will be mailed to out-ol-county donors.

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P.M., Car 6 or Surfing. IE Piano (Organ Ballroom Donee Classes Slated Ballroom dance instructors Todd Tsukushi and Candi Ledwich announce the start of a new session of classes in the Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation ballroom dance program. Pre-enrollment for the classes is limited and information is available from the office, 429-377. Classes begin July 29 and 30. Starting July 29 will be two classes; one in beginning ballroom, including waltz, foxtrot and swing, as well as a class in intensive tango.

Wednesday's classes will be Latin dance, including rhumba, samba and cha-cha, and the second class is intermediate for those completing the beginning classes. In the fall, Todd and Candi will offer similar classes at UCSC. CQSL Your choice of Sports or Sightseeing, cost incl. option Sliding or lennii (A Hanama Bat snoikling ill day moped or but. Suggestion: Oceanic Sea lite Perk (14.50 ddmitt.) hour but trip (25') Cm option amiable' $70 for non $63.00 lor members, members.

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Demonstrations will include woodworking, metal sculpture ceramics, doll making, fabric painting, quilting, portraiture the Japanese Tea Ceremony, weaving, photography and painting in all media. Entry fee is $10 with no commission on sales. Artists will supply their own booths or display boards. More information from 688-5718, 688-0464 or 688-4333. Amigo Potluck For Singles Friday Parents Without Partners invites all single parents in Santa Cruz County to its monthly Amigo potluck Friday at 7:30, p.m.

in Aptos. New and prospective members will have the opportunity to meet other single parents in an informal atmosphere, and may obtain more information by calling Vernette at 688-7842 or Virginia at 724-4111. Sugg Picnic Soil Tour soil Woklkl (f.M.) Coif SI 3 addmonal. lghfwdtlnj or Cor option July 23rd, Wednesday 7:00 p.m. at Watsonvllle YMCA 10 discount fionoJ RalnRidg Fortlt four (mud slTdtsJ Cos) Loinnci.

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