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Cher
There is absolutely no one whom I ammore tired of hearing about, readingabout or seeing on the cover of countless publications than Cher.
I
find herneither talented nor attractive and amdismayed that a magazine of your stature would be duped into believingotherwise.Leonard D. BuszkiewiczMishawaka, Ind.What can I say? The cover is beautiful.The pictures are beautiful, the story isbeautiful. She's a beautiful lady.Ann A. MorenoPico Rivera, Calif.What you have in Cher Bono is a basically plain woman who must spendhours with her makeup and expensivewardrobe so she can feel secure abouther looks and probably her woman
hood.
To me she is not a symbol of
high-
class chic but of garish vanity.Jean ThomasChicagoI see no reason to try to make Cher aheroine. Her success in gaining custody of Chastity and the Bono house isthe result of California's favoritism tomothers in divorce suits. Don't call
Son
ny the villain. He made Cher what sheis today. Now she can use David Gef-
fen.
That's show biz.Merilee MacyDes MoinesYou state that Cher was born in "themostly Chicano exurb of El Centro,
Cal
ifornia." What urb is El Centro an exurbof? Mexicali? Calexico? Brawley?John Gregory DunneMalibu
San Diego is 85miles
away.
That's some commute alright.
—ED.
Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin bigger than the Beatles?No way! The Beatles changed the entire life-style of millions of teenagersworldwide. I dare say the only reasonthat Led Zeppelin outgrossed the Beatles on tour is because rock concertticket prices nowadays have gone sky
high.
Does anyone really believe that ifthe Beatles were to tour again, theycouldn't outgross Led Zeppelin?David CambriniCheektowaga, N.Y.Somebody mentions John, Paul,George and Ringo, and you know whothey're talking about, but Jimmy, Robert, John Paul and John?Susan OlburConcord,Calif.The mere rumor of a Beatle reuniongets more news coverage than any
thing,
including Led Zeppelin. Beatle-mania lives on.Jon SussmanMelville, N.Y.
Annie Laurie in the pool
What people won't do to get publicityand satisfy their egos. Disgusting! InCalifornia, where this disease seems tobe most prevalent, is there noS.P.C.C.?
Mrs.
J. ClarkBaltimore
Martha Griffiths
The motto on the wall of former Con-gresswoman Martha Griffiths and herhusband is "Don't let the bastards grindyou down." Was that inspired by theirexperiences in practicing law or hersin making the laws of the land?John McGuireChicago
The motto has hung in Hicks Griffiths' office for a decade. It came from a grateful client whose small business was harassed almost to bankruptcy by a multinational competitor. Griffiths fought an antitrust suit through the courts for two years and finally won.
—ED.
Chatter
Though we are not the Robert Redfordsor George Roy Hill or in fact JoanneWoodward, we are the people who presented Paul Newman with the sketchof the Coors beer can at his 50th
birth
day party. We're delighted youacknowledged Paul's half century, butwould like your readers to know who
really
gave him such an original gift.Anne and Joe DuffeyWashington
Duffey, general secretary of the
Amer-
ican Association of University Profes- sors, made an unsuccessful try for a Connecticut Senate seat in 1970, with the help of neighbor Newman; Mrs.
Duf-
fey is promotion manager of
RollingStone.—ED.The success of a Broadway show demands hard work, dedication and commitment from all involved. Most of all ittakes creative ability and strongleadership on the part of its director,leadership strong enough to withstandthe pressures and frustrations inherentin giving birth to a theatrical undertaking of this magnitude. We, the entirecast of
All Over Town,
feel that our director, Mr. Dustin Hoffman, exhibitsthose qualities and demand that youretract the false and misleading statement which said that he "whipped them[us] through rehearsals, needling,wheedling and finally pleading: 'I needthis success.' "The entire cast ofALL OVER TOWN(22 signatures)
Mrs.
Elizabeth Post
Boy oh boy! Mrs. Libby Post must be arelic from 1922 herself.
I
take objectionto her remark that "Divorce is afailure on someone's part." It is rather,and most definitely, an error in
judg
ment between
two
people, not thefailure of one.Conni A. KovalDavie, Fla.PEOPLE
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