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Elizabeth Taylor, Burt Lancaster Win Coveted Movie Academy Awards
TUESDAY. APRIL 18, 1861
Santa Monica, Calif.- (UPD -
Elizabeth Taylor, beset by
jtragedy and scandal in recent,
years, stood with her golden
Oscar today at the pinnacle of
"her career-the best actress of
t The dark-haired beauty won
-the coveted award for her role
pf a footloose lady in "Butter
field 8."
. But her acceptance of the
statuette Monday night at the
.33rd annual Academy Awards
presentations was as drama-
-tic a moment as any she had
been called upon to play in
ithe movies.
Leaving a sickbed to attend
her triumphant, hour, Miss
Taylor was accompanied by
husband Eddie Fisher and her
physician. She is still recover
ing from a near-fatal attack
of pneumonia suffered last
month in London.
Lancaster Honored
Muscular Burt Lancaster
won the best actor award for
his performance as the hell
raising preacher in "Elmer
Gantry."
After receiving the award
Lancaster said, "Next year I
hope to coslar with Liz in 'A
Child is Waiting,' about re-
Try and Stop Me
By BENNETT CERF-
A COMMUTER from Mt. Vernon, N.Y., has a fortunate
disposition: he can see the good side of everything.
, ' For instance, when they constructed a distillery on one side
(ct nis nome and a
slaughter-house on the
ether, his wife had a con
niption fit. Not our hero,
however, "Don't forget
the big redeeming fea
ture," he reminded his
jWife.'From now on we'll
" always know which way
' the 'wind is blowing."
,
1 A young couple was ar
rested in a parked vehicle
: ton the shoulder of a public
throughway. When the man
, produced irrefutable evi
dence, however, that the
girl was his lawfully wedded wife, the case was thrown out of
r court . -
"I'm sorry," apologized the cop who had made the arrest. "I
!- Sever dreamed the girl was your wife."
"That's perfectly all right," nodded the man. " "Neither did I
. till you flashed that light in our faces." .-!-'; ..
. . 1961, by Bennett Cert. Distributed by Xing Features Syndicate
tarded children. Liz' says she
wants to do it very much."
Shirley Jones won the best
supporting actress award for
her portrayal of a prostitute
in "Elmer Gantry." She was
offered the role by Lancaster
after a succession of good-girl
roles in musicals.
Bearded Peter Ustinov, the
English character actor, ran
off with the best supporting
performance award. He play
ed a rogue in "Spartacus"
who ran a school for gladia
tors. Best picture voted by the
Academy was "The Apartment."
First for All
All four winners in the act
ing categories were . first-
timers, v
Billy Wilder accepted three
awards best director, best
original screenplay (with
I.A.L. Diamond) and the pro
ducer's award for best pic
ture, all for "The Apartment."
All the top winners were
involved in rascality and sex.
Miss Taylor played a girl of
In the Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
; ; Arthur S. Daniels, professor
tof physical fitness at the Uni
versity of Indiana, and presi
dent of the American Associa
tion of Health, Physical Edu
cation and Recreation, ad
dressing the Northwest re
, gional convention of the asso
ciation in Seattle, offers this
bit of advice:
"When you send Junior to
ihe corner grocery store, don't
give him the keys to the car.
. Let him walk. It will be good
for him." ;
pROBING question:
' When Junior isn't around,
and something is needed from
"the corner grocery store, do
' you reckon Professor Daniels
' takes his own advice 'and
' WALKS? Or does he climb
'into the car and chauffeur
himself to his destination?
You answer it.
I'm ashamed to. -
rpHE learned professor of
-'A physical fitness intimates
"(although he doesn't come
"right out and say ' so) that
there was a time when people
Walked by PREFERENCE.
One wonders. There are
people still living who can re
member when the water for
.household purposes came
t from a well. It had to be car
ried in a bucket. And, in that
remote day, the well was apt
r to be located a considerable
distance from the house; may
,be as much as 100 yards.
ri Did Junior walk to the well
. in that period of our history?
.. NOT when he could help it
7 especially if he happened to
own a pony. In that event, he
was likely to keep the pony
tied to a post, and when Moth
er needed a bucket of water
T he would ride to the well, fill
the bucket at the pump, set it
' on a handy goods box, mount
"i the pony, lean from the sad
' die, pick up the bucket of
water, and thus transport it to
'where it was needed.
I,
THE Juniors of yesteryear
were not too unlike the
' Juniors of today. They seldom
'walked when they could ride.
Nor were their fathers too un
like them. They seldom walk
ed when they could ride.
CULL
J Tn those davs B.A. (before
automobiles) there WAS quite
a little walking. Why? The
answer is relatively simple.
In that period of our history,
one didn't simply go out and
step into the single-seater top
buggy (which was the sport
car of the era), step on a but
ton and take off. It was more
complicated than that.
Before the horsepower of
that day could be utilized for
transportation, the horse had
to be curried if a good appear
ance was to be made. It must
then be harnessed. After that
it must be hitched to the bug
gy. And then tied to the hitch
ing rack while you went in
and changed into your Sun
day clothes. '.
rrHR tinint is that tleODle of
- r rr
J. that Hav mrin't walk hp-
cause thev loved to walk. Or
because walking was good for
their health ana promotea
longevity.
Thpv walked because it was
EASIER to walk than to get
the familv steed ready to
serve as the motive power for
a contemplated mtle trip.
That s-the long and snort
of it.
TOW for the HEALTH an-
gle touched upon by the
physical fitness professor from
Indiana university, who inti
mated to his fellow fitness
professors up in Seattle the
other day that it would-be a
lot better for us all if we
walked more and rode less.
Either he is wrong or the
census people have been kid
ding us for lo these many
years. These census sharps tell
us that we're LIVING L.UNU-
ER THAN ! PEOPLE EVER
LIVED BEFORE. Yet we
walk less than people ever
walked before.
There's a screw loose somewhere.
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easy virtues with many lov
ers. Lancaster portrayed a
preacher who specialized in
seducing women. Miss Jones
was an out-and-out prostitute,
and Ustinov's role called for
him to provide girls for the
gladiators. -
"The Apartment" ' was a
study in loose morals with co
star Jack Lemmon providing
his living quarters as a tryst
ing place for his bosses.
The two-hour, ton-minute
Oscar show was nationally
telecast with Bob Hope as
master of ceremonies as a
crowd of more than 2,500 per
sons crowded Santa Monica
Civic auditorium. Another 5,
000 movie fans stood outside
in the fog-shrouded evening
to cheer their favorites.
Cooper Gets Award
A dramatic moment was the
presentation of a special
award to Gary Cooper for his
"many contributions to the
motion picture industry."
The actor was at home, ill.
His friend, Jimmy Stewart,
accepted the Oscar on his be
half and was almost overcome
with emotion as he said,
"Coop, we're very, very proud
of you. All of us are tremen
dously proud."
Miss Taylor appeared tired,
showing the strain of her ill
ness. She was pale, and circles
rimmed her violct-blue eyes.
She spent 15 minutes in the
ladies room before she was
able to take her seat in the
auditorium.
Hepled by Husband
In the past three years she
had been divorced from actor
Michael Wilding; her third
husband, Mike Todd, died in
an airplane crash, and she was
the storm center of the trian
gular scandal when Eddie
Fisher and Debbie Reynolds
decided to divorce.
She was helped to the stage
by Fisher, who turned to kiss
his wife before she limped to
the rostrum to accept the Os
car from Yul Brynner.
In her brief acceptance
speech she whispered, "I real
ly don't know how to express
my gratitude for this, after
everything. I guess all I can
say is thank you. Thank you
with all my heart."
Two-Car Crashes
Claim Four Lives
By United Press International
Two two-car crashes in the
Portland - Vancouver area
claimed four lives Monday, In
cluding the wife of the chair
man of the board of Portland
General Electric Co.
Mrs. Sarah C. Delzell, 59,
and Roy J. Abbott, 72, Port
land, were injured fatally in a
two-car collision on the Sun
set Highway 25 miles west of
Pprtland Monday afternoon.
Mrs.' Delzell's husband,
Thomas Delzell, is board chair
man and chief executive offi
cer of PGE.
In Vancouver, Wash., a two
car collision claimed the lives
of Tracey Peebles and Rosa
lind L. Weger, both Vancouver.
, l WitwM' 1
Pl - led
AWARD WINNERS Winners of the main awards in the
33rd annual Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
presentations Monday night at Santa Monica, Calif., are,
from left, Peter Ustinov, best supporting actor in "Spar
tacus;" Shirley Jones, best supporting actress in "Elmer
Gantry;" Elizabeth Taylor, best actress for her role in
"Butterfield 8;" and Burt Lancaster, best actor, for his
part in "Elmer Gantry." (UPI Telephoto)
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Coogan, 46, a famous child
star during the era of silent
movies, pleaded guilty Mon
day to a drunkenness charge
in Malibu Justice Court and
paid a $52.50 fine.
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