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...CHARLTON HESTON, you adorably cranky gun-toting thing, you. Is it because you're president of the N.R.A. that you feel you can shoot from both hips? In an industry in which public criticism is an unforgivable faux pas if not a cardinal sin, you opened fire on two of show-biz-land's most beloved citizens. First there was the charming advice you told the New York Daily News you gave ROBERT DE NIRO, that he ought to do Shakespeare. "It's ridiculous for an actor that good to keep playing Las Vegas hoods. That's terrible," you said...
...Charlton Heston and his disciples each be allowed one single-shot, muzzle-loading flintlock musket." SHEP SCHWARTZ Deep River, Conn...
...With Charlton Heston as its newly elected president [SPECIAL REPORT, July 6], the National Rifle Association hopes to appeal to mainstream America. The plan may backfire. Even an actor who has portrayed Moses can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. And though Heston's celebrity attracts media attention, the hateful sentiments conveyed by that golden voice will more likely guarantee a continuing decline in N.R.A. membership. Heston's outspoken and controversial reflections may win the applause of the right wing, but his inflammatory rhetoric is repugnant to most Americans, including real sportsmen. KATHLEEN GREGG Pearl...
...opening its membership, an incredible feat. He was an incredible man. To walk behind him was one of the most memorable experiences of my life, and I'm very proud to have been the first major actor to speak out on civil rights, against all advice in this town. CHARLTON HESTON Beverly Hills, Calif...
...name politicians, business leaders, entertainers and other professionals with an interest in the arts. In 1992 former Presidents Reagan and Nixon attended, and virtually every Republican President in recent history has been a member. Other members (on a roster the club keeps secret) reportedly are Charlton Heston, Walter Cronkite, Alexander Haig...