First Lady Betty Ford, 56, told PEOPLE she did not worry about her image: "I think it's silly to lead a fictional life. I do smoke occasionally, and I have a drink with [President Ford] when he comes home."
Courting Celebrities
Ethel Kennedy (above) hosted the third annual Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Tennis Tournament in Forest Hills, N.Y., August 24. Dustin Hoffman, Bill Cosby and Charlton Heston were among those who played in the charity fund-raiser.
Millions for Malone
Moses Malone became the first high school basket-player to go directly to the pros without playing college ball when he accepted a $3 million, seven-year contract from the A.B.A.'s Utah Stars August 29. Malone (left, with Stars president Jim Collier) went on to a 21-year pro career and helped win the 1983 NBA championship for the Philadelphia 76ers. Now retired in Sugar Land, Texas, Malone, 44, lectures students, telling them to stay in school.
DIED THIS WEEK
AUGUST 26, 1974
Charles Lindbergh, 72
THE HOTTEST!
"(You're) Having My Baby" topped the charts this week for Paul Anka. It was one of 33 Top 40 singles for the entertainer, who wrote the theme for Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. Today, Anka, 58, a minority owner of hockey's Ottawa Senators, lives in Beverly Hills and still performs.
Saved by the Bell Reunion
The hookups, the meltdowns, the memoires
The case reveals what was really going on what they think of each other now!
