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After playing the bumbling Inspector Clouseau in five Pink Panther pictures, Peter Sellers is reveling in his role as the dashing playboy King of Ruritania in a new film version of Anthony Hope's 1894 novel, The Prisoner of Zenda. "I rather enjoy being called Your Majesty all day," says Sellers. He is especially pleased at getting the royal treatment from his real-life wife, Lynne Frederick, 24, who co-stars in the film as the king's betrothed, Princess Flavia. So enamored is Sellers of his new cinematic self, a role made memorable by Ronald Colman...
...That was a 560% increase since Jan. 1. Not bad for a company that has never paid a cash dividend. Resorts will soon split 3 for 1, and it is scarcely the only big winner. Some others, with their rises from April through August: Caesars World, 583%; Playboy, 351%; Bally, 283%; Del Webb, 281%; and Harrah...
...rush to gambling stocks is not likely to slow soon. Already negotiating or planning to open casinos in Atlantic City are Caesars World, Playboy Enterprises and Bob Guccione, owner of Penthouse. Despite strong suspicions, so far unproved, of underworld ties to the gambling industry, other states are following New Jersey's lead. A referendum that would legalize casino gambling in fading Miami will be on the ballot this fall in Florida. New York State voters may be asked to approve a similar measure next year...
Talk about strange bedfellows. There were Feminists Valerie Harper, Jean Stapleton and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke clustered around their hosts, Hugh Hefner and his daughter Christie, who were throwing a $100-a-plate dinner in support of the Equal Rights Amendment. Reasoned the president of Playboy Enterprises, Inc.: "Playboy is clearly a major factor in the sexual revolution. And clearly the social-sexual revolution is related to the women's movement." Nor were the feminists shy about accepting Hef's hospitality. Said Burke: "The people we have to get to support ERA are some of Hefner's constituents...
...starting quarterback suffered a neck injury in the season opener, and went on to lead the Ivy League in passing and total offense. As a senior, Brown finds himself listed alongside the likes of Penn State's Chuck Fusina and B.C.'s Fred Smerlas in this month's Playboy as one of the top players in the East...