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it I rttr OA l i ALlUlM KfDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1979 Career conflicts prompt Farrah, Lee Majors split United Press International fLLYWOOD — One day after kfixth wedding anniversary, giaour girl Farrah Fawcett an- miced she has separated from dr Lee Majors. he blonde television and movie itr said recently there was no third /rty involved in the split-up and Bernstein, the couple’s man ner, blamed the separation on ;ress caused by career conflicts. He said the couple, who do not have children, hope to reconcile sometime in the future. Bernstein said the separation was the result of “a strain on the mar- raige by too many separations caused by their careers.” Fawcett-Majors filmed “Some body Killed Her Husband” in New York. She then flew to Acapulco, Mexico, to film “Sunburn” for nine weeks and then went to London for 15 weeks to star in “Saturn 3” with Kirk Douglas. 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During an interview with this re viewer upon publication of her un forgettable novel, “A Book of Com mon Prayer,” she said: “Most of the writers I know — I don’t mean writers of fiction — journalists — were very confused by the end of the 60s because the stories seemed to be harder to find.” In the area of nonfiction. Miss Didion seems still to be experienc ing difficulty in finding thought- provoking stories. Does anyone really care that much about the California State Water Project Operations Control Center — no matter how roman ticized? And what of the “Many Man sions” essay on the California gov ernor’s resident built by Nancy and Ronald Reagan and now, according to Miss Didion, an empty monu ment to bad taste? Interesting, but better left to fea ture writers for the daily press. And there are others. “In Bed.” Anyone who has ever suffered a mi graine can readily sympathize with the author. But do we really want to read about her headaches? There are gourmet morsels, but the overall meal is humdrum. Lillian O’Connell The Fuehrer Seed by Gus Weill (Morrow, $9.95) Suppose Eva Braun gave birth to Adolf Hitler’s son a month or so before she and Der Fuehrer died in that Berlin bunker. And suppose the son became a successful politician in West Ger many not knowing his true identity until it was revealed to him by a dying Martin Bormann. It never happened but the idea germinated in the mind of novelist Gus Weill and he developed it into an interesting piece of fiction. Weill’s anti-hero, Kurt Hauser, becomes the leading vote-getter in a minority party. When he learns he is the son of Hitler, he calls a press conference and puts his fate in the hands of the West German people. In return, they elect him governing mayor of Berlin by a record major ity. And a small group of influential West Germans starts a furtive cam paign to disinter the Third Reich and install Adolfs son as the new fuehrer. It so happens that a hit man in Israel, Max Levy, gets an assign ment to kill the mayor, now known as Kurt Hitler. Weill creates a true atmosphere of suspense as Levy stalks his prey. At times the reader finds Kurt Hi tler a warm and normal human and Max Levy cold and almost abnor mal. There are a couple of nasty in cidents tat warn the reader not to be too sympathetic toward Kurt Hitler as the novel begins building up to its logical climax. William D. Laffter Return to Albion by Richard Kenin (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, $16.95) This book tells some of the story of some of the Americans who went to Britain, the Mama country, to live and paint and invent and marry and become famous and make England their home. It has an introduction by Alistair Cooke, an Englishman who made America his home. It has many pret ty pictures supplied by the Smith sonian. It has many anecdotes and is pleasing, probably, to those who enjoy their history rather starched and unsullied by the meatier bite of truth-telling. Richard H. Growald Newspapers second choice for Ed Asner mg. Barcelona APARTMENTS NEWLY REMODELED ! ALL UTILITIES PAID and... Individual Heating and Air, CableT.V., 3 Laundry Rooms, Swimming Pool, Security Guard, Party Room, and Close to Campus. 693-0261 700 Dominik, College Station A&Ptiiwtxsipii wmSnsi .«» ..jmkest; - 4? Texas Avr. A; Af.M CoTT Course c E c BARCELONA * *WbaL aburp.or A YAIRI by Kazoo Yairi Alvarez Yairi guitars are handmade with the most select woods. These all wood guitars are stored in cases safely away from display. Be sure and ask to see the ones of your choice. Reasonably priced at Keyboard Center. KEyboAnd Center Baldwin Pianos, Organs, Fun Machines, Player Pianos. 3 Manor East MaII Bryan • 779-7080 Randy Stuart, Owner Your Favorite Songs In Easy Play Speed Music. 3 OPEN 6 DAYS TILL 6 WE RE SPREADING THE NEWS United Press International HOLLYWOOD — After two years of playing hard-boiled city editor Lou Grant on his TV series, stocky, beetlebrowed Ed Asner concludes he wouldn’t mind being a newspaperman if he weren’t an ac tor. The press corps generally is com posed of competitive men and women who will do almost anything to get a story and, increasingly, often are involved in the drama of the stories they are writing, accord ing to Asner. That is what “Lou Grant, the hour-long CBS-TV drama is all ab out. Newspapermen also are wont to laugh at the antics of most dramatized films and TV shows wherein reporters are called “scoop" and editors holler “stop the presses” and “hold page one!” Traditionally, newsmbn are ob servers, reporting the events of the day whether it be a fire fight in a Middle Eastern war or a "leaper on a building ledge. Rarely are they protagonists. Heroics don’t go with the terrain. But because “Lou Grant” repre sents an idealized version of jour nalistic verities, Asner has become a sort of champion of the print media. He is in demand as a speaker at journalism conclaves and banquets. He is asked to stop by city rooms around the country to pose for photogs, sleeves rolled up, behind a desk, often with a fraternal arm around the editor. He has addressed a convention of Sigma Delta Chi, the journalism so ciety, the USC Journalism Awards banquet, a group of publishers in Portland, Ore., and a Family Weekly publishers meeting in At lanta. Asner likes newspapermen al though newsmen not infrequently give him hell for occasiotj on the show. "By and large newspape sympathetic and sayli editors pretty well,” Asner ing a shooting break; studios. “The press feels misiitj and unloved. Maybewitkj son. Newsmen aren’t raii on popularity polls and® of not doing their jobs. “Our show is compo* bunch of decent actors tm resent journalists asdecem sible, not as unprincipled in-the-grass as enemies ofj like to picture them.j "1 think our fictitious p$ Los Angeles Tribune,( the principles of what a a can do and the moral cmS occur on any newspaper “We aren’t passiveob We’d have no show if tkati case. There’s a certain; hype. “Our cast is a catalystdi tion within the stories ered. There’s drama; behind the stories interhs "Our show is compm hunch of decent acforsli) represent journalistsm as possible, not as unpir snakes-in-the-grass « of the press like to them." 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"1 am a Jew who remefl did not have to flee Hitler, R Uni( “1 didn’t have to survive . lywood blacklist. So I n 'RMorton blessed. But I must neverlft| DIAMOND IMPORTERS & WHOLESALERS SUMMER SALE (Special offers extended till Aug. 4, 1979) 1 -Carat Rubies 10-pt. Aggie Diamonds 70 oo 3109 Texas Avenue Bryan, Texas 77801 | RESTAURANT presents Happy Hour 4-6 (7 days a week) 2 for 1 per person 10% discount for ail A&M students with current I.D. Mon.-Thurs. only. forget the people who HL from those things. I’ve got j e man back for the good fortunel ceived. s pen n Asner, whose only realba , ^ journalism was as a staffer g ut ^ Kansas City high school ne» 1( j ^ believes he enjoys morel , au ^ or and clout as an actor thanlf j“T} lroi as a newspaperman. “I wonder how free tbi really is,” he said. “Thead« Dodgsor the publishers, and the ir j st under the publishers, make ., decisions. ;pects^ “I got my first glimmer r( j 0 f he when I called Anita Bryanii ease fro at the Atlanta publishers« , ikn,.,,.. Half the publishers booe! || len ^ knew then and there that lit )oof or ^] isn’t objective. There’s censi m I 1 ! ! ! ! ! I ! L i i I j ! L □ i i L! i HH-T The arrival of precision-made car receivers by JENSEN R420 ” 18 watt/channel Receiver list 399.95 NOW *359®* AM/FM/Cassette player with Dolby, separate bass & treble, touch electro balance & fader, auto tape alarm, auto mono/stereo switching, locking fastis & rewind, FM muting, plus biamp capacity. 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