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Sob Mope: End oi the Koad?
Editor's mote: "Have Tux, Will
Travel" Bob Hope wrote exuber
antly a few years ago as America's
most tireless, globe-trotting enter
tainer. His travels were legend;
they won him the affection of GIs
the world over; no place was too
remote to be visited if it brought
a laugh to one American service
man. But the pace eventually took
its toll and now a worried, ailing
Bob Hope is talking about possible
retirement for his health's sake
and his family's. This is the first
of three dispatches in which the
noted comedian speaks frankly of
the change that has come over his
life. i
By VERNON SCOTT
UPI Hollywood
Correspondent
Hollywood- (UPD -Bob Hope
is at the crossroads of his
laughter-filled career. He
knows it, and he's not laugh
ing. The next few months will
spell out retirement or con
tinued titillation of the na
tion's funny-bone for the
rapid-fire comedian. '
' Everything depends on his
health..
In any case, the "old" Bob
Hope - the one who tireless
ly performed in movies, tele
vision, personal appearances
and benefits simultaneously
has disappeared forever.
The 56-year-old comedian,
relaxing in the plush com
fort of his patio, surveyed his
seven-acre estate thoughtfully
and mused aloud that retire
ment for Bob Hope also
would mean the end of a
small empire and unemploy
ment for scores of employees.
Not Being Idealistic
"More than 80 people are
dependent on me and my
ability to perform," Bob said.
"I think about their futures
as well as my own.
"They include writers, tech
nicians, press agents, direct
ors, domestic help, agents, sec
retaries and a flock of others
"But I'm not being idealis
tic. If I don't get better-and
soon-I'll retire damned fast
and use my energy to get
well. I'm the only person who
can really help myself.
Felled by exhaustion and a
blood clot in his left eye
while entertaining American
troops in Europe last Decem
ber, Bob still is a sick man.
He suffers frequent dizzy
spells, and twice collapsed
during recent television re
hearsals.
"This is not a temporary
slow-down for me," he said.
"I plan to keep taking things
easy when I get my health
back. This eye will take one
or two years to clear up, and
I've got to improve my gen
eral health.
"I'm not a semi-invalid. I
want to make that clear. But
when I told my doctors I
wanted to keep working they
said, "your corpuscles don't
know you're getting laughs.'
Takes Heavy Medication
"If that clot had hit my
heart or my brain instead of
my eye, I can't tell what
would have happened."
Hope admitted his phy
sicians are continuing to make
examinations and that he is
taking heavy medication.
"Medicine alone won't do
the job," Hope told me.
'1 run down to Pa In
Springs every week. I lie
around like a lizard and once
in a while play nine holes of
golf, riding around in a cart
between shots. The truth is
I need even more rest than
I've been getting. My eye is
better, but the trouble is
vascular, and that's a long
haul."
Call Off Trip
A' look at Bob's schedule
for the next few months is
evidence of his enforced slow
down. He has just finished
taping one more TV show,
and that's it until he is able
to get back ' into fuller ac
tivity. He was scheduled to go to
New York next week in con
nection with the opening
there of his latest film, "Alias
Jesse James," but that was
called off four days ago on
orders of his doctors.
This started rumors he had
suffered a "setback" but Bob
said this was not so. He ex
plained: '
"The doctor said I'm still
doing too much and not fol-
Neuberger Suggests
World Medical Pool
Washington - (UPD - Sen.
Richard Neuberger (D-OreJ,
taking part Friday in a panel
here of the second annual
Conference on World Health,
suggested international pool
ing of medical discoveries as
a pathway to world pace and
better health for citizens of
all nations.
He emphasized that many
great medical findings have
come . from other lands and
cited the x-ray from Germany
and the stethoscope from
France.
The depths of channels be
tween the Great Lakes are
measured in inches. This is
for profit, not danger. Added
water in the channels means
ships can carry added cargo.
Colorado has a new state
law for the aged that guaran
tees the state's pensioners
$100 a month, plus hospitaliz
ation and nursing home costs.
Main channel of New
York's harbor is dredged to
a depth of 45 feet.
lowing the schedule he laid
out. He told me I shouldn't
go back into another can of
worms. It's a little too much
for ' me - the trip to New
York and I have to cool
down again. The doctor is
afraid all the confusion at
the airport, the Perry Como
show, the interviews and so
on, would knock ine out.
"The doctor said, 'if you
don't cut this out I'm going
to hire a psychiatrist for both
of us.'
Going to Canada
"In August I plan to take
the kids for a vacation in
Canada.. Maybe I'll spend a
couple of weeks at Pebble
Beach in June. But no work,"
he said.
"One good thing about this
situation is I'm seeing more
of my family. The first few
days I suffered from the jit
ters sitting around doing
nothing. Fortunately, I've al
ways been abie to turn my
self off and go to sleep any
where, anytime. Tne drugs
have helped keep me calm,
too. - ;
"I try to grab eight or nine
hours sleep at night and a
nap in the afternoon. But my
blood pressure still jumps
when I get excited.
"What a different pace
from my old routine!
Audience Like Dope
"Nobody moved as fast as
I did. My physical problems
began a few years back when
I was doing morning and eve
ning radio programs, a week
ly television show, movies
and personal appearances.
"An audience is like dope.
Once you're used to it ap
plause and excitement - you
have to have it again.
"I took on all these pro
jects back in 1952 - and that's
when the dizziness started. It
was all because I'm a big
ham.
"It was ridiculous. I used
bad judgment. The folly was I
couldn't keep the money, and
I was fighting myself on all
mediums. During that period
I did some of my lousiest TV
shows."
Next: Bob reviews hit
past his climb up the lad
der - and how he amassed
a fortune that runs into
millions of dollars.
Superhighways Help
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DefrolMScience Service) -Our
new and better highways
have been credited in part
with last year's record-low
traffic fatality rate. The Na
tional Safety Council report
ed 5.6 deaths per 100,000,000
vehicle miles for 1958. The
Automobile Manufacturers as
sociation here said evidence
"continues to pile up that the
growing interstate system of
limited-access superhighways
already is making an import
ant contribution to highway
safety." It cited the New York
Thruway as having a death
rate of 0.88 per .100,000,000
vehicle miles, or about 17
deaths in nearly two billion
miles of travel.
The present production of
diamonds in the Union of
South Africa is valued at
more than-. $50 million an
nually. ,
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