16
THE
CITIZEN,
Prince
George
-
Friday,
March
26,
1976
John-Boy
says
wife
expecting
NEW
YORK
(AP)
-Richard
Thomas,
who
plays
John-Boy
on
The
Waitons,
says
his
wife,
Alma,
is
expecting
a
child
In
July
and
he
is
expecting
her
to
stay
home
to
tnke
care
of
it.
"The
idea
of
women
working,
and
leaving
their
children
in
day
care
centres,
doesn't
depress
me
personally
because
my
children
will
not
have
to
face
this
danger,"
Thomas
said
in
an
interview.
The
24-year-old
actor,
who
stars
In
the
television
drama
of
a
closely-knit
family,
says:
"To
me
a
family
consists
of
parents
and
children
and
doesn't
Include
paid
employees
taking
the
responsibility."
Houdlnl
marker
NEW
YOHK
(AP)
-
A
new
bust
of
legendary
escape
artist
Harry
Houdini
was
unveiled
Wednesday
at
his
grave
In
Queens,
replacing
a
life-size
statue
that
was
destroyed
by
vandals
a
year
ago.
The
new
bust,
a
two-fool
sculpture
valued
at
$500,
was
donated
by
the
Society
of
American
Magicians.
"I
think
the
person
thai
smashed
the
sculpture
thought
there
was
a
message
inside
from
Houdini,"
said
Frank
Heilly
,
one
of
the
magician's
only
living
relatives,
who
denied
Houdini's
widespread
reputation
to
have
had
supernatural
powers.
"Houdini
was
a
regular
guy,"
said
Heilly.
"He
was
just
a
good
magician
and
a
good
showman."
Nureyev
plea
LONDON
(AP)
-
Russian
ballet
star
Rudolf
Nureyev
has
appealed
to
the
British
government
to
help
him
arrange
a
reunion
with
his
mother,
whom
he
has
not
seen
for
15
years,
government
sources
say.
The
dancer,
who
defected
to
the
West
in
1961,
has
asked
Prime
Minister
Harold
Wilson
to
use
his
influence
with
Soviet
authorities
to
arrange
for
his
mother,
Farida
Nureyev,
now
in
her
70s,
to
be
allowed
out
of
the
Soviet
Union.
Wilson
advised
the
ballet
star
in
a
letter
the
British
embassy
in
Moscow
would
do
what
it
could
to
help,
the
officials
said.
Sinatra
baby
LOS
ANGELES
(AP)-Singer
Nancy
Sinatra
gave
birth
to
a
nine-pound,
ll-ounce
girl
Wednesday
night.
Astoria
gives
city
1
1
hotels
With
the
official
opening
Monday
of
the
Astoria
Inn
on
Second
Avenue,
Prince
George
will
have
11
full-fledged
hotels.
The
new
Astoria
is
the
successor
to
the
old
Astoria
Hotel
which
burned
down
Feb.
5,
1974.
The
new
hotel
will
increase
Prince
George's
bed
capacity
by
22.
Each
room
has
television
and
prices
start
at
$13
for
single
occupancy.
Owners
Joe
and
Kathy
Buyer
were
In
the
hotel
business
in
Smlthers
and
Hope
before
they
bought
the
old
Astoria
here
in
1963.
The
new
hotel
features
a
cafeteria,
tavern
and
will
have
a
barbershop
and
souvenir
store,
featuring
Ukrainian
Easter
eggs,
arts
and
crafts.
Buyer
said
he
employs
12
perons
in
its
operation.
To
celebrate
the
official
opening,
an
open
house
will
be
held
Monday.
The
hotel's
tavern
has
a
seating
capacity
of
216
and
the
cafeteria,
managed
by
Cal
and
Bride
Nelson,
seats
88.
The
cafeteria
specializes
in
European
food
for
consumption
on
the
premises
as
well
as
for
take-out
service.
Buyer,
who
used
to
trap
in
his
younger
days,
said
he
is
calling
his
tavern
the
Trappers
Room.
The
decor,
chosen
by
Buyer,
features
a
lot
of
red
cedar
woodwork
and
displays
pictures
of
hunting
scenes.
COMMUNISM
BLAMED
MADRID
(AP)
-Alexander
Solzhenitsyn,
the
exiled
Soviet
writer
and
Nobel
Prize
winner,
said
in
a
Spanish
television
appearance
that
communism
has
taken
the
lives
of
110-million
persons
In
the
Soviet
Union
in
this
century,
including
at
least
63-million
persons
in
purges
and
other
internal
actions
between
1917
and
1959.
The
baby,
Amanda
Catherine,
was
delivered
by
caesarean
section.
It
was
the
second
child
for
Miss
Sinatra
and
her
husband,
choreographer
Hugh
Lambert.
Their
first
daughter,
Angela
Jennifer,
will
be
two
May
22,
Actor
sentenced
SAN
LUIS
OBISPO,
Calif.
(AP)
Former
child
actor
Tommy
Rettlg
has
been
sentenced
for
marijuana
possession,
his
second
drug-related
conviction
this
year.
Rettlg,
33,
who
starred
In
television's
Lassie
series,
pleaded
guilty
last
month
in
this
central
California
community
for
possession
of
three-quarters
of
ajiound
of
marijuana.
Judge
Richard
Klrkpatrick
sentenced
him
Wednesday
to
three
years'
probation
and
six
months
in
the
county
Jail.
The
Sears
Store
Hours:
Friday
9:30
An
incredible
buy!
3-oce.
wool
suits
impeccably
$QQ
Not
to
be
missed!
The
plain
truth
is
that
this
is
just
too
good
to
pass
up.
All
wool
3-piece
suits
in
plains,
checks
and
stripes.
Plains
feature
3
open
plck-stitched
patch
pockets
with
matching
stitching
in
coat
lapels
and
vest.
Checks
offer
the
more
traditional
flap
pocket
with
upper
breast
welt.
Stripes
are
styled
like
the
check
suits
with
additional
imitation
outside
ticket
pocket.
All
have
notched
lapels
with
a
2
button
front
and
3
button
cuff.
Jackets
have
Sani-guard
treated
Vz
linings.
Fully
lined
vests
have
5
Dutton
tronis
ana
wen
pockets.
Slightly
flared
pants.
Available
in
Navy,
Tans,
Blues.
Sizes
include
Reg.
Talis,
Shorts
to
fit
most
builds.
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BRIEFLY
Judge
suspended
the
sentence,
providing
Rettig
serves
a
sentence
handed
down
last
month
on
a
Los
Angeles
federal
court
conviction
for
smuggling
a
small
quantity
of
cocaine
from
Peru.
That
conviction
Is
being
appealed.
Monday
9
to
12
noon;
Tuesday
to
Thursday
9:30
to
5:30;
V
T
to
9
p.m.;
Saturday
y:.iu
o
styled
Park
Free
Son
cleared
VAN
NUYS,
Cdllf.
(AP)
Actor
Ted
Knight's
20-year-old
son
has
been
cleared
of
charges
of
burglary
and
receiving
stolen
property.
Ted
Knight
Jr.
and
co-defendant
Howard
Klein,
21,
were
charged
with
the
burglary
of
a
Woodland
Hills
dentist's
office,
but
the
charges
against
both
men
o:ou
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While
You
Shop
Sears
In
the
were
dismissed
on
Tuesday
for
lack
of
evidence.
Knight's
father
plays
television
newscaster
Ted
Baxter
on
the
Mary
Tyler
Moore
Show.
Stage
bias
BOMBAY
(CP)
-
Most
Indian
politicians
arc
said
to
dislike
film
actors
and
actresses.
A
Tamil-language
film
magazine
recently
reported
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Pine
Centre
that
one
MP
refused
to
at-te,
i
a
seminar
when
he
learned
that
among
the
participants
would
be
a
film
actor.
"This
Is
an
insult
to
Intellectuals,"
he
is
quoted
as
saying.
The
politicians'
dislike
of
movie
stars
is
understandable.
The
latter
draw
huge,
appreciative
audiences
wherever
they
go.
Barring
a
few,
Indian
politicians
are
poor
crowd-collectors.
An
average
Indian
will
put
himself
to
a
lot
of
trouble
to
see
a
famed
film
actress
In
the
flesh.
Recently,
40,000
people
lined
the
streets
of
Lucknow,
capital
of
Uttar
Pradesh
state,
to
catch
a
glimpse
pf
Zecnat
Aman,
the
movie
queen
of
Bombay.
Repeated
announcements
that
Miss
Aman
did
not
reach
Lucknow
because
of
a
delayed
flight
failed
to
disperse
her
admirers.