European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 17, 1967, Darmstadt, Hesse                              On the set killer Widmark is All business All actor. Stay out of his eyeline by Harold Heffernan Nana staff writer dating Back to his shocking killer debut a Quarter of a Century ago Richard Widmark has demonstrated through 50-plus films that he s an actor who wraps himself up so intently in a role that he has no time for anybody or anything. Even the pushing of a crippled old Ladin a wheel chair Down a Steep flight of stairs to a horrifying death in that Start off film kiss of death was a planned and contrived piece of business tha Widmark As he admits today studied for a week in Advance. I have never seen such concentration by a performer is the compliment paid by Don Siegel who has just finished directing him in Madigan a hard hit Ting police drama in which Widmar plays a detective. If More players took a Leaf from his Book of acting rules Hollywood might have Many anymore real pro actors than it does  on the set at Universal Widmark appears cordial and cooperative but he does t hang around the sidelines Mak ing Small talk. He marches off to his dressing room barricades himself in an studies. He is Friendly with the press but refuses to make himself available during the shooting of a picture. When action begins he asks Crew members to remain out of eyeline so that sudden offstage movements won draw his attention and hinder his con  Crew understands All about that he says. If our combined efforts Don put As Good a picture As possible up there on the screen we Haven t done a honest Day s work. Nothing enrages me More than a Sloppy film scene that did thave to be like that Ann Landers dear Ann Landers i am a14-year-old girl who spent $6 to hear the monkeys give a con Cert last night. It was one of the greatest experiences of my whole life. Something happened at the Hall and i need to know if i was right or wrong. My girl Friend and i were screaming a lot which is Only natural when the monkeys per form. A Middle aged woman about 30 was sitting in front ofus. After the second number she turned around and said if you kids Don t Stop scream ing in my ear i am going to scream in  i told her in a polite voice that we came to scream and if she does t like screaming she should have stayed Home and hemmed Tea towels or some thing. She said i had a big Mouth for a Little girl and afew other things along that line. Don t you think kids have aright to scream if they feel like it when the music is great will you please say something about older people who go to teen age concerts and criticize kids for doing what is Only natural thank you. Monkey Lover dear Lover if you screamed in Church or at the Ballet i would say the woman had aright to complain but scream ing at a Monkey concert is not Page 14 Only in order it is practically compulsory. I Don t think it was Neces sary to bring in the Tea towels however. You were right about the screaming and she was wrong but your  your position and strengthened hers. Dear Ann Landers i assure there Are some people who think you Are evading the Issue or looking for an easy Way out when you say get professional help or go to a psychiatrist and talk it out of your  i though so too but now i know  wrote1 to you a year ago about my horrible fear of spiders. It got so bad i could t eat without examining Ever bit of food. I was sure spiders were everywhere. At night had to Check every Inch of bed clothes to make certain there were no spiders under the sheets or in the Pillow  make matters worse when i found an occasional spider on the window ledge i became so paralysed with fear that i could t kill it. You told me to get professional help be fore i became afraid of every thing that moved. I took you advice. And now seven months later i am a new  from the Bottom of my heart. Helped and Happy dear helped i m Happy  be said it before and i la say it again. Therapy has prove utterly useless to some people and it has opened a whole new world to others. I am delighted it worked for you. Dear Ann Landers i am Anold Man now but i still have a very Good memory. When read the letter in your column about the Mother who slipped Candy bar into her Young son s pocket As she checked out her groceries in the super Market i recalled a Story heard in my youth. A neighbor of ours was found guilty of murder. Before1 he was executed he asked to be granted one last wish a Good Bye kiss to his  was granted and his Mother was brought to his cell. He leaned Over pretend ing to kiss her and bit a chunk out of her ear. He then said to the guards when i was Achild my Mother taught me to steal. From stealing i went to violence and finally murder. I wanted my dear Mother Mohave something to remember me  i think this True Story i Worth printing. Silver thread dear threads that s a grisly Story sir but it does make Point. 1967, Publ Hert Hall Syndicate the stars and stripes the firearms controversy Pri editor k the Mailin the category of letters to the must be a Rar tar in the military Community i feel that cat Tom necessary if the newspaper they Are addressed to is to retain the image based on fact of Freedom of the press. It is with this in mind that i respectfully take Issue witha recent trend that has been appearing in our military Community s newspaper. T?111"" a past 10 Days the stars and stripes has presented a one sided picture of the National Rifle association. In the first Issue stripes told the Story of policemen in one of our a turn s cities being required to become Era members before they could Purchase an my carbine from the Era for $20 with the Price of a one year membership this meant that a policeman desiring to join for the express purpose of acquiring a carbine spent $25 for it. Your second Story appeared about 10 Days later and revolve around a member of Congress inquiry into the Era acting As sole distributor for military surplus my carbines. In both stories you presented All of the reasons for objection on the part of some individuals. Stripes did not however present enough information to enable your readers to see both sides of the Coin and make up their minds freely. In the first Case police need not join the Era to Purchase and a carbine they can make the same Purchase through any of the multitude of weapons suppliers located throughout the  an Canada for the going Price on the regular Market $75 to $110 based on condition of the carbine and place of Purchase. I think any Reader encountering this fact can see the Absurdity of the argument raised by the police at being required to pay the$5 membership fee in order to Purchase the weapon for $20. But a More important part of this answer lies in the part of the second Story that you did not even mention the Era distributing military surplus my carbines. I will not even go into the Absurdity of the sole distributor part of the charge because stripes was honest in ignoring it. As far As the Era acting As a distributor for military surplus weapons the wording was Correct but the wording was also mis leading. In order to join the Era a person must be proposed for membership by a military officer or local police or another Mem Ber who has gone through the same recommendation process in this Way a system of checks is maintained on membership and part of the police Job of insuring that unstable people Don get their hands on firearms is accomplished. I think that the net effect of the two stories that appeared pinstripes would have been quite different if the fact had been presented that the police were actually saving a very considerable amount of Money by joining the Era and very Many police offi cers belong in their own  further think that the requirements for membership could have been explained without difficulty in the second Story in order to balance the argument raised by the member of Congress. I am Only one of the Many thousands of Era members who enjoy the sport of shooting. I held no office with the association and have nothing to gain in writing this letter other than the knowl Edge that i will have worked to make the quotation from presi Dent Johnson on your Masthead a Little closer to reality ". The United states is an open society in which the people s right to know is cherished and  capt. Joseph a. Klodzinski Goeppinger Germany editor s note the stars and stripes merely reports the news. The first Story noted that the Detroit police officers association had complained about police officers having to join the Era to Purchase cheap army surplus carbines. The second Story quoted sen. Robert p. Griffin of Michigan As asking the Senate armed services committee to find out Why the Era had become an exclusive sales agent for surplus army weapons. Aaa agh aaa agh aaa agh who Pray Tell could even bother to write few lines to try to deprive the majority of Young americans overseas military dependents included of a measly half hour of music which used to be labelled Rock Roll and by the Way who is Godfrey Michael d. Benedic Karlsruhe Germany in reply to aaa agh my wife and i enjoy the trashy Rock n Roll program which replaces the Godfrey show. It s one of the few programs which Cater to the younger generation s tastes Anda great part of the an audiences Are the Young generation in uniform. It would be a great loss to discontinue the Jim Pewter show which we greatly enjoy. Richard i. Rui Nuernberg Germany the Jim Pewter show is definitely a step in the right direction for the armed forces radio network. Despite what some people say there is a great number of troops who enjoy hearing Oldie but goodies and the new soulful beat songs of today. Is an or arts planning to present More shows of this nature during prime morning and evening time spec. 4 m. J. Maday Heilbronn Germany availability Gap How Long Are the radio shows on an delayed before being played on an Europe i refer specifically to the Arthur Godfrey show which on aug.15 contained a reference to Dorothy Kilgallen. It was obvious that at the time the show was taped she was very much alive when in fact she died More than six months ago. Name withheld by request editor s note an Frankfurt replies the Arthur Godfrey program like Many others received from arts los Angeles was played on an approximately four months from the Date of the original broadcast in the . The four month figure to average and delays can be several months longer. Tuesday october 17, 1967