reading "Virginia Bruce" on the register, mistook me for the old movie actress of that name and asked if I had any autographed pictures. I felt it necessary to disillusion him and the switchboard girl who was also behind the desk so I did and they became fascinated and asked so many questions that I didn't get any dinner till 11:30 PM. More late night.

Saturday Cynthia 35-S-4 FPE drove me to the airport and Carol 35-L-3 FPE met us out there so I got in some more visiting. Found that I had left a couple of items behind in the motel room so had to impose on Cynthia to go back for them and mail them to me in Boston. Thanks Cynthia.

I flew to Chicago and was met at O'Hare by Gus who is more widely known as Gisele 12-J-2 FPE and taken to her home which has practically become my home away from home when I'm in Chicago for which I'm very grateful. Fran, our FPE Exec. Secty. came down from Wisc. and the three of us spent the afternoon working over a number of FPE problems which we hope will make the organization more viable and interesting as well as making the problem of interviews much simpler. That evening we went to a party of the Beta Chapter for about 40 minutes and then Gus and I had to leave to go do the Marty Faye show on WCIU. This was a repeat from last fall but at that time Marty himself was on vacation so another man handled the show. This time it was Marty himself and again things went smoothly. We went back to the Beta party where the gang had watched the show on TV and continued the fun till about 2 AM and then home. But Fran, Gisele and I had to chew up some more fat so we didn't get to bed – I didn't, that is, till about 3 AM. Unfortunately, the KUP show which I had been scheduled to tape earlier in the day had been cancelled because of some timely event that had to be covered and it was too late to make arrangements for the other competitive show that also wanted me. This was a disappointment because the KUP show is a panel show where various things are discussed and TVism isn't

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