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...American male sexual fantasies. And now he is, yes, 60. Last week Hugh Hefner celebrated his birthday at his $20 million Los Angeles mansion with 250 well-wishers, including his girlfriend of three years, Playboy Model Carrie Leigh, 22. Hefner, who spends his days working on an autobiography (with Yeager Co-Author Leo Janos), suffered a mild stroke 13 months ago, and he is taking care of himself a little more now. He has switched from Pepsi to Diet Pepsi, stashed away his once omnipresent pipes and uses an exercycle. "Not my style in the old days," Hef admits...
...YEAGER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Yeager and Janos...
...last week's grief, some people rebelled, a little brusquely, and asked whether the nation would be pitched into such mourning if, say, a 747 went down with 300 Americans. Chuck Yeager, protohero of the space age, observed, "I don't see any difference, except for the public exposure of the shuttle, between this accident and one involving a military or a commercial airplane...
...YEAGER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Yeager and Janos...
...space program. During his second shuttle mission of the weekend, Lobjois was given the job of communications officer. As the crew and mission control listened on the headphones, Lobjois' creamy French accent came over the air, offering commentary on the flight, caressing the NASA jargon. Maurice Chevalier as Chuck Yeager. The more characteristic accent of the weekend belonged to Alabama, one camp official lecturing earnestly on space "mah- jools...