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...Kurt Andersen. Reported by Sam Allis/Dallas and Houston
...Napoleon has finished its American tour, Coppola will be able to return to the projects he abandoned to conduct his score. He intends to write the score for Francis Ford's two upcoming movies, The Back Stallion II, and The Little Mermaids, which is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale. "I read that story recently for the first time. I want to capture the dreamy quality of it in my music," he asserts. Also in the works is a second opera, but first he wants to see Escorial performed; Sarah Caldwell has already expressed interest...
Even expertly managed private altruism cannot fill all the sudden gaps in federally funded social services. But now the citizen's obligation to help unfortunates, while no greater than before, is more compelling. - By Kurt Andersen. Reported by David Beckwith and Douglas Brew/Washington, with other bureaus
...retrieved safe will be opened on television as a gimmicky finale to the documentary. Until then the coffer will rest in the aquarium, not so much for display as for preservation and protection. "Sharks," observes Andersen wryly, "make good guardians." The great moment may be anticlimactic: the Bank of Rome doubts there is any treasure in the safe. If millions in forgotten diamonds do turn up, a great legal tangle could result. Underwriters could sue Gimbel for possession of any treasure on the grounds that they had not legally "abandoned" it. Original owners who had received insurance payments could then...
...Kurt Andersen. Reported by Joseph N. Boyce and Joseph J. Kane/ Raleigh and John F. Stacks/Washington...