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Edie embraces Kippie (left) and Belle after custody fight. custody battle, resumed a career, life "leveling off" again piling up, and I had to do something. So one day I opened the door and walked in. "It was a man's room. Paneled walls, armor, heavy furniture. I didn't want it changed, but I couldn't take that oppressiveness. I had a white piano moved in. It looked silly there, so I moved in some other frilly things. Then I could get down to work." Edie was not alone, however. Her mother, Ada Enke, closed her home in Tenafly, N. J., and flew to Los Angeles to help with the children. And the latter, in Edie's words, "were simply wonderful." "Betty had always been conservative," Edie explains, "but Kippie well, Kippie is a lot like Ernie. She had her own riding horse, and she loved it, but one day she came to me and said: 'Mother, how much is that horse costing us a month?' I looked it up and told her. 'Let's sell it,' she said. 'It's something we can do without. We can grow up.' " In the past months, Edie admits she has "pushed" her career as never before. "I always figured one full-time career was enough for any family. Besides, the older girls needed somebody who could take time with them." Betty and kippie were children of Ernie's first mar riage; they unquestionably needed extra attention. In their early years they were pawns in a prolonged and bitter custody battle between Ernie and his first wife. The court awarded custody to Kovacs, and he and Edie set out on the difficult course of "making things up to them without spoiling them." The custody fight resumed after Kovacs' death. The children's natural mother sued to regain them. The courts decided the girls were old enough to decide them selves which mother they preferred to live with. They chose Edie. Meanwhile, Edie's career spurted forward. She con tracted to do six television "intimate musical reviews" for Ernie's former cigar-company sponsor, and she filmed "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" for Stanley Kramer. Then came a tentative offer to costar with Bob Hope in "Call Me Bwana." It was a big break for a comedienne. But Edie hesi tated. Was she getting these offers because of her talents or because people felt sorry for her or, worse, because they could capitalize on the sensational but painful pub licity surrounding Kovacs' death? "I won't sign until I'm sure it's me they want," she said, and then she put a ban on interviews that might "exploit" her personal problems. On the basis of her past performances, Edie seemingly had little to worry about. A no-nonsense student who wanted to be a music teacher, she had spent five years at the famed Juilliard School of Music. Her attempts to ( Continued on page 14) family Weekly, November II, mi 13 HWB -it i. . - - ' ' 'f--lllli- M MIIM Sleep light, sleep tight under a General Electric Automatic Blanket Set the control on your General Electric "Waverly" Blanket to your preferred sleep ing warmth. Now ease into a pre-warmed bed. Ahhh. No icy sheets. Stretch out in soft, cradling warmth. Ever feel such delicious lightness? Warmth without weight. (Happy thought only one blanket to store, one blanket to wash. It launders beautifully, even in an automatic washer!) (Before you buy any electric blanket, insist on seeing this seal.) Itassuresyou that you're getting General Electric Sleep-Guard," the warmingsystem that eliminates lumpy ther mostats, protects over every inch of the heated area. The bedside Sleep-Guard con trol adjusts automatically to temperature changes in the room. Comes in four decorator colors. Moth proof, allergy free. Nylon bindings, twin or double-bed sizes, single or dual controls. General Electric Company, Housewares and Commercial Equipment Division, Bridgeport 2. Connecticut. Trogress k Our Most Importont Product GENERAL ELECTRIC New Low-Silhouette Blender! Only lO'i inches high; stores any where as a unit. Blends, chops, grates, mixes, grinds. It has a large, break-resistant decanter. New Llghted-Dlal Wall Clock. Dial lights up by itself for easy timc-tclling at night. Wall-hugging design. In wall-telephone col ors. Ask for the Wall-Lite. Cord-Reel Cleaner retracts h cord at the touch of your toe! Powerful suction for rugs, gentle suction for abovc-thc-floor clean ing. Complete with attachments.
