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BOTH SIDES - The two sides o the person-shine. At right, a lonely, insecure Marilyn
ality of the late Marilyn Monroe are Ulus-leaves her New York apartment Nov. 11, 1960,
tralcd in these photos. At left she Is the bub-after announcing her intention to divorce her
bling sex goddess, soaking up the Florida sun-playwright husband, Arthur Miller. (UPI)
Marilyn Monroe's Private Life
Difficult Despite Movie Fame
Editor's note: This ii the
second of lhre dispatches on
Ihe life and death of Marilyn
Monroe, written by UPI Hol
lywood corresponded V e r
non Scoti, who was a close
friend of the late star.
By VERNON SCOTT
Hollywood -DPIl- Marilyn
Monroe's 37-23-37 measure
ments and her cascade of pla
tinum hair became universal
sex symbols in the mid-1950s
when she reigned as Holly
wood's top glamour queen.
Her initials, "MM," became
famous in themselves.
Cheesecake photos, cute
quips (All I have on when I
go lo bed is the radio); an
nouncements that she wore
no undergarments and sizz
ling romances were all part
of a classic studio build-up.
Her movies, however, were
uniformly mediocre, panned
by the critics bin boxoffice
hits with the public.
Audiences wanted to see
the sexy blonde who posed
;nude for a calendar picture.
Terrified by cameras, know
ing she couldn't act, Marilyn
wiagled through her roles
Willi a breathy falwllo to he
'come a caricature of herself.
' Among her credits were
"Niagara," "Gentlemen Pre
fer Blondes," "There's No
Business Like Show Busi
ness" and "Seven Year Itch."
While her career boomed
and her fan mail mushroom
ed. Marilyn's private life be
come increasingly difficult.
She began regular psychiatric
treatment and was subject lo
physical breakdowns.
Tried lo be Sexy
She found it impossible lo
live up to her reputation as a
sex symbol off-screen. She
wore tight skirts and sweat
ers and si rove to be a femme
fntalc,
Security and happiness con
tinued lo elude the emotion
al girl. She studied dramatics
with Lee Strasbcrg and form
ed Marilyn Monroe Produc
tions Willi photographer Mil
ton Greene.
The company never pro
riiiccd a frame of movie
film.
Marilyn thought she had
found the solution lo her
problems with her marriage
to Joe DiMaggio. He was as
famous as she was.
But after nine months Mari
lyn announced, "we have ab
solutely nothing to talk
about," and asked for a divorce.
The blonde beauty turned
her attention lo work.
Caused Cosily Delays
Hollywood continued to
cast her in second-rate pic
tures. In turn she became
more difficult. Her truancy
on the set was so bad that
casts and crews were left wail-
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Ike Receives
Warm Greeting
From De Gaulle
Paris - IUPII - Gen. Dwight
D. Eisenhower, greeted heart
ily as "Cher ami" by Presi
dent Charles de Gaulle, today
lunched with his former comrade-in-arms
in the private
apartments of France's head
of state.
De Gaulle met F.isenhower
at the door of the Elysee
Palace when Ihe former prcsi
dent arrived. ' Observers said
it was an unprecedented act
of friendliness and warmth on
the part of the French presi
dent. De Gaulle called Eisenhow
er "cher ami" (dear friend)
and shook his hand vigorous
ly. The two then posed smil
ing for photographers and ex
changed a few words in Eng
lish before going inside for
the lunch.
First Meeting
It was the first meeting be
Iween Eisenhower and De
Gaulle since the abortive sum
mit conference in Paris fol
lowing Ihe U2 incident in
May, 19(10.
Mine. De Gaulle received
the 14 guests In the apart
ments. Mrs. Eisenhower did not at
tend the lunch. She was con
fined to her room al the Hotel
George V for another day on
doctor's orders lo recuperate
from what was said to be a
touch of influenza. Eisenhow
er's granddaughter. Barbara,
13. also stayed behind.
But grandson David, 14, ac
companied Eisenhower lo the
lunch at the historic palace in
the heart of Pans.
David smiled when De
Gaulle addressed him by his
first name, but with a decided
French pronunciation.
YOUTH HELD Dennis Olio
son, 16, an Arlington, S D.,
farm youth, has admitted the
murder of Ihe five-member
Hugh Paulson family. The
youth, who lived less than a
hall-mile from Hie Paulsons,
was arraigned in Juvenile
court. (UPI)
4-H NEWS
Eagle Point Ranchers
The Eagle Point Hamhers
4-H club held a meeting al
the home of Nancy Carroll.
The meeting was called lo ;
order by our vire presidenl. I
Darrell Dowell We discussed j
record books and our leader.
Mr. Dowell, talked lo us about 1
preparation for Ihe fair. :
Mrs. Carroll served refresh
menls and the meeting was;
adjourned. We hope lo see
everyone al Ihe (air.
Carol Sue Burrill,
Reporter.
Antelope Club
The monthly meeting o (the
Antelope 4-H rluh was held
in the home of Don Ander
son. Friday. Aug 3 at 7 p m.
One class of Hereford cows '
and one class of fal Hereford ;
steers were judged before Ihe;
Hireling The meeting was
called lo order by the prrsi
dent of the beef cluh, Alice
Woolfolk. .lennifer N r v I n, j
secretary, read the minutes, j
Under new business Mr. Big- i
ham said thai the fair board j
would supply the first bedding :
lor the livestock.
A dairy meeting and a beef
meeting were held after 'lie
meeting
Manl Hansen,
Reporter
Ing for hours at a time while
Marilyn went over her roles
with coach Paula Strasbarg
(Lee's wife) in her dressing
room.
To enhance her standing as
an actress she appeared with
Sir Laurence Olivier in "The
Prince and the Showgirl"
which was roundly panned by
the critics.
Still, the calendar girl was
on top of the heap, the suc
cessor at 20th Century-Fox to
Alice Faye and Betty Grable.
At the height of her popu
larity in 1956 she decided to
forego Hollywood in favor of
Improving her mind. She en
rolled. I:i New York's Actor
Studio and went on what she
called a "culture kick," read
ing the classics and associ
ating with eggheads.
One of her new friends was
playwright Arthur Miller, a
Pulitzer Prize winner. In
June of 1956 they were mar
ried secretly in a Jewish cere
mony.
Hollywood hailed Ihe mar
riage as a mixture of brains
and beauty and for several
years Ihcy were happy. Mari
lyn retired from movies for
two years. In 1957 and I95R
she did not appear before a
camera.
During this time she suf
fered a miscarriage. She also
was hospitalized on three oc
casions for minor surgery.
She relurned to Hollywood
lo coslar with Jack Lemmon
and Tony Curtis in "Some
Like It Hot," one of her most
successful pictures.
She wanted children from
her marriage lo Miller.
Brush With Scandal
A second miscarriage in the
waning months of her mar
riage numbed Marilyn. Once
again she directed her energy
lo nor career and costarred
with French aclor Yves Mon-
land in "Let's Make Love. '
which provided her first brush
with scandal.
Rumor had it Monlaud and
Ihe blonde beauty were in
love off screen, despile denials
on all sides. The pair, how
ever, nm see one anolher
while Miller was in New York
and Montana" s wife, Simone
Signorel, was in France.
From thai point on in 19ti(l
Marilyn's third marriage be
gan lo slip away from her.
Late that year she co-
starred In what was lo be her
final picture, "The Misfits."
w itli Clark Gable. On location
In Nevada and at Paramount
Slndios In Hollywood Marilyn
just went through Ihe motions
of acting. She was discour
aged, overweighl and peril
ously overwrought emotional
ly. Next: Marilyn, realising
her career was nearly over,
discovered there was noth
ing left to fill the void.
House Committee Presses Action on Federal Drug Act
Washington -HOT- Chairman planned to rush its work on
Orcn Harris of the House
Commerce Committee prom
ised today to complete hear
ings on an administration bill
to strengthen the federal drug
act "even if it should take
night sessions to do so."
"In view of recent develop
ments," he said, "the legisla
tive situation with regard to
drug legislation has changed
materially." Harris did not
say so directly but it was
clear his reference was to re
cent disclosures about the
drug thalidomide, which has
been blamed for many de
formed births in Europe. The
drug was widely used in Eu
rope but only on an experi
mental basis in the United
States.
New Controls Expected
Health, Education and Wel
fare Secretary Anthony J. Cel
ebrezze said, meanwhile, that
he probably would issue Fri
day new, stiffer controls over
distribution of new drugs in
the nation.
Harris indicated in a state
ment that h I s committee
new legislation to tighten ex
i s 1 1 n g government regula
tions on drugs.
The Arkansas Democrat
said the House group would
resume hearings Aug. 20.
Cclebrezze said today the
new regulations would aug
ment tighter drug controls
proposed in legislation pend
ing in Congress.
The secretary, who has been
in office less than two weeks.
said the regulations would call
for more thorough and fre
quent reports- from manufac
turers on the results of drugs
being used in test programs.
Test Program
Thalidomide, a sedative
which resulted in deforma- j
tions in many newborn in- j
fants, was never sold commer- j
cially in the United States. I
But it was distributed to 1.248 !
physicians in a test program.
The U. S. distributor of the
drug pressed the Food and
Drug Administration to ap
prove it for commercial sale
in this country but Dr. Fran
ces Kelsey, an FDA medical
officer, refused to approve it.
She suspected its tragic side
effects because of an article
she read in a British medical
ournal. The drug was distrib
uted commercially in Europe;
and has been blamed for
about 3,500 deformed births
there.
Counties Receive
O&C Payments
Portland HTI The nureau
of Land Management sent
checks totaling $15 4 million
to IH Oregon counties entitled
to share in revenues from Ihp
Oregon and California (O&C)
Giant Lands, the BLM said
tnrlay.
This represents 50 per cent
of cross revenues from O&C
timber sales of s:IO million
during the last fiscal year.
Doug las county received
the largest share. $.1.RtiH.74.
Four counties received more
than $1 million and two more
than SHOO. ()(;)
Other counties and the
amounts received
Benton $4:15.82:1: Clacka
mas $814,807: Columbia $241.
782: Coos SS0.V527- f'ni-rv
$465,084: Jackson $2,414,741;
Josephine $1,851,096 Klam
ath $.168,06:1; Lane $2.376, 240;
Lincoln $55,440; Linn $409,
6411; Marion $227,922; Multno
mah $269,502, Polk $3:15.722;
Washington $100.10(1. Tilla
mook $67,780; Yamhill $110,-880.
More Witnesses
Called on Bill j
For Satellite j
Washington -IUPII- The Sen-1
ate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee today summoned Ben
jamin V. Cohen, a former
White House figure to testify
on the space communications
bill.
Cohen, a Washington law
yer who has served as a State
Department counselor and a
U.S. delegate lo the United
Nations and as a White House
aide during the New Deal
days, was one of two witnesses
summoned.
The other was Joseph L.
Rauh Jr., another attorney
and an offical of Americans
for Democratic Action. Mem
bers hoped il would be the
final day of hearings on the
bill.
Friday Deadline
Both witnesses were called
at the request of the commit
tee's three Democratic oppo
nents to the bill. The legisla
tion must be returned to the
Senate floor by noon Friday.
Liberal Democrats were ex
pected to resume their fili
buster against the bill then.
In three previous days of
hearings, the committee has
questioned six administration
officials, all of whom support
ed the bill.
Other congressional news:
Crime - The House took up
a bill that would provide
criminal penalties for wilfully
injuring or threatening to in
jure a person for giving in
formation lo the FBI or other
government agencies regard
ing investigations of nine
kinds of interstate crime. It
was part of Ally. Gen. Robert
F. Kennedy's anti-crime pack
age.
Flour Congressmen lined
up to try to persuade a House
Commerce subcommittee that
there's nothing wrong wilh
fish flour. The bill the sub
committee is studying would
require the Food and Drug
Administration lo lest the
product for purity and safety
and decide whether it should
be licensed for sale.
Billion Cherry Pies
Available From Crop
Washington - HTIi - Don't put
off cherry pie baking until
George Washington day in
1963.
The department of agricul
ture reports that more than a
billion cherry pies can be
marie from this year's crop of
169,000 tons of tart cherries.
And the department figures a
lot o( cherry pies must he
baked before George's birth
day to consume Ihe crop.
REFUSEsTcOMMENT
Washington HTO The De
fense Department Tuesday re
fused lo comment on a pub
lished report that Secretary
Robert S McNamara asked
Ihe FBI to investigate Ihe in
formation sources of Hanson
Baldwin, military writer for
the New York Times. Al
though he refused comment
on that report. Assistant De
fense Secretary Arthur Syl
vester denied that McNamara
has ordered or approved
'shadowing'' of any newsmen
in or out of the Pentagon.
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