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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 16, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Newith or. Paul Kurtz a philosophy professor at the sity of new York at Buffalo. Kurtz Heads the r the scientific investigation of claims of a one of the Many questioners of Paracsy contended that parapsychology has never i bite to repeat the precise results of expert is in the Laboratory and that other investigator been unable to duplicate the findings that e Tod other parapsychology its have claimed. J Rhine you can t expect someone with Noe to be Able to do  also complains that opponents like Kurtz Lump Bolo gusts with Little Green men from Mars. Per Power and Bigfoot. Not so says Kurtz. Rhine must i due credit or trying to apply the scientific i but Kurtz doubts the significance of Many of pm Primenta  thinks the general tendency to Lump esp with occult and the far out has Hurt the serious study of Chic Phenomena. A recent Gallup poll showed 51 per i of americans believe in esp but that 57 percent  findings Don t really discourage Rhine who feels i most people believe or disbelieve in esp without any Ifica  live outside Durham on an abandoned farm where she raises vegetables and Flowers never vacation what is a vacation she asks 6travel mainly to parapsychology meetings. Rhine is also cooperating with two historians who f not to write the history of parapsychology. Is a certain state of ripeness. It has been 100 i since it turned experimental says Rhine. And he filhe future is expanding. Be done most of our stumbling in the past. We Are a fast. We re getting better training but we have to go. We know now we re not going to go on the \ we re not boastful not cocksure but we re hard to dominated career of the Rhines Are both scientists. Producer Katherine Browne on set with husband Darrin Mcgavin. Movie produce Rand Star in one family by Bob Thomas associated press its still a closed male club on the business Side of the movie business says Katherine Browne who nevertheless has   did she do it very simple she explains. "1 use or. Darrin  Why not. Since she is mrs. Darrin Mcgavin the result of their collaboration can be seen in the nation s Heaters this summer. Zero to sixty a comedy Chase with Mcgavin. Sylvia Miles. Joan Collins the Hudson Brothers and Young Denise Nickerson is being released by first artists. It s a departure for first artists which generally has sponsored films by us founders barbra Strei Sand Paul Newman Sidney Peltier Dustin Hoffman and Steve Mcqueen or French made comedies. It s a romantic comedy with heavy action explained producer Browne. Denise is a 16-year-old who can do anything. Darren is or. Square America. They get into the business of repossessing cars. In fact the repossess an entire used car lot. Katherine Browne grew up in san Luis Obispo in mid California As a movie crazy kid. I always wanted to Bein the movies and then i saw my first play she re called. I thought that it would be much More  fortunately she had a supportive Mother who allowed Kathie to enrol in Little Heaters in los Angeles. Next came television Mannii. Code county and movies Man s favorite sport the brass bottle. Television i did t enjoy it seemed too fast and temporary observed the Willowy Blond. Movies last. I became fascinated with How they Are put together and spent my time off in sound departments and cutting rooms watching How things Are done. Then i met Darrin and fell madly in love. Fortunately he did. Too. And we were married on new year s eve. 1970. He had just finished his outsider series and wanted to do movies. 1 wanted to do them. Too. But i would t accept jobs that would take me away from him. I think if you re going to bother to be married it should be in  As an actress Kathie Browne realized How few really Good roles come along for women. She decided to put her film making knowledge to work in another capacity she co produced with her husband run. Stranger run which was released by Cinema v in 1974. They combined again on b Musi die for Allied artists in 1975 and american reunion for Universal in 1976.zero to sixty came to Browne from an actress writer. Peg Shirley who had a Friend in the car repossession Trade. Shirley and Judith Bethany wrote the original Story which was turned into the final script by w. Lyle Richardson. Browne offered the project to several companies and several expressed interest. First artists chief Phil Feldman made a  did t blink an Eye at the Prospect of a woman pro Ducer said  hired Don Weiss As director and cast the Zany Hudson Brothers to play a repossession gang in their movie debut also to contribute the title song. We made the picture for under $2 million on budget in 28 shooting Days and two in Post production the producer Relor cd proudly. It s now being released exactly a year and a half after i read the first  Kathie has t abandoned acting but she admitted a greater interest in producing an actress feels shut out. Isolated from the rest of the creative process. Producing is an overwhelming experience you re directly involved with 120 other people of the movie. You can feel the creative  116, 1978 the stars and stripes Page is  
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