European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 8, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Walter Scott a personality Parade q thought Ralph Fiennes gave a riveting per forma Nee As a nazi officer in a a Schindler Zuj Tell us what if anything in this i. A in cd actors past life prepared him for that role a marry Leonard Lexington Tkv. Nothing in his personal life prepared British a. Born Ralph Fiennes pronounced Rafe fines32, for the role of the sadistically evil is commandant a a performance that won him an Oscar nomination As Best supporting actor a shy soft spoken Man wild is married to the actress Alex Kingston Fiennes is a rare hybrid a classically trained shake Spearman actor who uses the Stanislavsky method to delve into his feelings in order to prepare for a part. For the role of Amon Goth he studied nazi is Rcd in fitment films and read interviews with holocaust survivors. He also worked with a voice coach to achieve an austrian accent and put on 26 pounds by wolfing Down huge portions of pasta Beer and weight gain powders. Q whatever became of Ramiro Martinez the Texas police officer who shot berserk sniper Charles Whitman at the University of Texas in 19669 a r.b., Maplewood Minn. # a an official at the Texas department of Public Btl safety reports that Martinez became a narcotics agent in 1969, was promoted to Texas Ranger in 1973 and retired in 1991. He is now 54. Martinez and another Austin policeman Houston Mccoy bravely climbed the University of Texas Tower on aug. 1, 1966, then sneaked upon the heavily armed Whitman 25, whose rampage that Day left 16 dead and 30 injured. Despite some controversy Over which Lawman s bullets killed Whitman Martinez was credited with ending the snipers murderous spree. Q my Cousin and i Are having a dispute As to whether Claudette Colbert is still alive. My Cousin says the actress passed away. I say she is alive and Well recently remarried and is living in Barba Dos. Who a right a Jean Lynch South Hempstead,. It a a a a a you re closer than your Cousin Colbert a the a. French born Star who is perhaps Best remembered for her Oscar winning performance opposite Clark Gable in the 1934 romantic comedy it happened one night celebrated her 90th birthday last september at her Home in Barbados. She is recuperating from a stroke she suffered a year ago which affected her right Side but not her speech or her face. The actress uses a motorized wheelchair to get around Colbert has not remarried since the death in 1968 of her second husband Joel Pressman. Jackson Browne the former flame of actress Daryl Hannah docs he have a history of Kathleen Battle before her ouster with Herbert von Karajan and the Vienna philharmonic in 198k q being physically abusive and did his first wife commit suicide a Carla Williams Jacksom Ilc Fla. A the negative publicity surrounding his breakup with Hannah a who subsequently began a Well publicized Romance with John Kennedyjr. A was Only the latest personal disaster for Browne. His first marriage ended with the suicide of his wife. Phyllis major in 1976. His second marriage to Lynne Sweeney ended in divorce in 1984 after three years. And Browne a eight year affair with Hannah ended in 1992 with published accounts alleging that the Blond Beauty had suffered a Black Eye a broken Finger swollen lips and body bruises. There is no description of these injuries in the police records of the incident however and Browne has no reported history of physical abuse. The brooding 43-year-old Singer songwriter refuses to discuss his last evening with Hannah 33, a a a q / read that Soprano Kathleen Battle was fired from the metropolitan opera for a unprofessional conduct. Quot exactly what did this talented artist do. To deserve that treatment a , Frankfort 111. By a a v v the Battle weary opera world has gossiped for. Years about the divas backstage manners a and frequent Lack thereof besides missing numerous rehearsals and cancelling performances without proper notice Battle reportedly has refused to obey conductors ordered chorus members not to look at her Mouth while she was singing and even thrown another sopranos wardrobe out of a dressing room. One source at the met says the talented Singer was fired not for one episode but for a a succession of As for the 45-year-old Soprano herself she says a in the arts ego must play a q As i recall the 1970s musical comedy hit a the Best Little whorehouse in Texas was based on a real incident a the closing of a Brothel in the Lone Star state. Is the new Broadway sequel also fashioned from real life a lm., Indianapolis. A yes says Larry l. King 65, who co authored the Book for both the original musical and its a sequel the Best Little whorehouse goes Public. According to King and his Collaborator Peter Mas Terson the Wacky facts behind their new show Are these in 1990, the internal Revenue service seized a Nevada Brothel for failing to pay its taxes a bankruptcy referee then ran the whorehouse on behalf of the irs and tried to take it Public by Selling Slock. Incidentally King Points out that whereas the pro Duccos paid $800,000 to bring the Best Little. Whorehouse in Texas to new York in 1978, its costing $8 million to mount its sequel on Broadway. Want Tho lads opinion1? truth Ortto Waller 5001, Fand Central station. Now York , 10163-5001. Reprinted by permission of Parade Magazine. A 1994 Parade publications inc. Ail rights Parade Quot and a Waltar Scott s Par Sona Tity Parade Quot Are trademarks of Parade publications inc. Parades special lady Bird Johnson s Mast Hurrah there Are those who question Hillary Rodham Clinton a speculation in the commodities Market and whether the Whitewater investment was on the up and up but our current first lady has the respect of at least one former first lady. A i done to know her Well but i applaud her dedication to what she feels is one of the most necessary things in Public life these Days which is health care a lady Bird Johnson told Parade a my hats off to her. I do like workers. Johnson who left the White House 25 years ago met Hillary Clinton during the 1992 Campaign and later was impressed by How the first lady wooed a crowd of 1,000 at a health care symposium in Texas. Lady Bird logged in thousands of Miles campaigning for her husband who died in 1973.now-she�?Ts standing up for her son in Law sen. Charles d-va., in his re election Campaign a pos Smiy against Oliver North. She plans to make another appearance or two though a minor stroke last year left 1ntelugence report her with reduced Energy. Lady Bird will be Back in Washington on wednesday a along with Barbara Bush Nancy Reagan Rosa Lynn Carter and Betty Ford a when mrs. Clinton is Host of a tribute to americans first ladies Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis will not attend the event is a fundraiser for the National Garden a showcase next to the . Botanic Garden in the capital. The project is dear to Johnson. In her White House years she created a Campaign to beautify the capital and encouraged the planting of wildflowers along americans highways. A a it a enormously satisfying to have planted the seeds a she said. A me and a million \ today at 81, lady Bird is enjoying her family and working on what she Calls her a last Hurrah a the National wildflower research Center in Austin Texas w hich she founded in 1982. Does she miss Public life a gosh no a she said a having finished our Lime in Washington we came Home to what was always Home. I just like the police off leers who died in action Cpl Betty smothers a a 14-year Veteran in the Baton Rouge la police department and the Mother of six a was shot to death in january 1993 while helping with a Bank Deposit. She was the first of eight women cops to die in the line of duty . Smothers who was 36, will be one of the 151 slain officers honoured Friday at the National Law enforcement officers memorial in Washington . All died in the line of duty in 1993, and their names will be added to the 13,256 including 77 women already on the memorial. Attorney general Janet Reno will speak at the candlelight Vigil Friday which also will Honor the four agents killed in the raid on the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas on feb 28,1993. Reprinted by permission of Parade Magazine. C 1994 Parade publications inc All rights reserved. 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