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LOS ANGELES AP Since that morning in February when he was arrested for questioning in the Hillside Strangler murder case actor Ned York says he has been punched by friend dropped by his agent and forced to go on unemployment benefits He says he has been followed stared at and whispered about Being an actor always wanted to be famous York 33 said in an interview never wanted to be infamous God knows it wasnt oublicitv stunt Who the hell would want that kind of publicity Police still have not caught the strangler although they are questioning former convict now being held in US federal prison in San Diego Calif in two of the killings York said people believe he was released not because he was innocent but because police did not have enough evi dence to file charges People look at me with hate he said And it blows me away Maybe if they catch the stranglei it will stop Theres one thing really dreadwhat if they never catch the guy York said that for the first time in eight years he is unemployed He was earning about $400 day for his acting jobs but now must live on $104 weekly unem Eoyment benefits As result he will ve to give up the $475amonth Hollywood Hills home he has been renting for three years and so far two apartment rental applications have been rejected The Lord will forgive you but the public wont was the warning he said he received from triend singer Pat Boone Yorks arrest came the day after Los Angeles police released part of sixpage handwritten letter purportedly sent by the Hillside Strangle in January to Mayor Tom Bradley letter police say York did not write The night before his arrest York said he was smoking PCP and talking with friend who had been questioned by police after the murder of Kristina Weekler the stranglers seventh victim The friends name had appeared in Miss Wecklers 12 the examiner SamrdayJun¢a 1978 diary York said his friend whom he did not identify told him of the questioning he had undergone about Miss Weeklers death At the time York had been de pressed because his marriage of two years had broken up three weeks earlier He doesnt know exactly why he icked up the phone that morning but he id and called the police He made certain statements that provided investigators enough cause to Bad luck dogs actor following phone call make the arrest Daryl Gates then assistant police chief told news con ference after the arrest dont know what said to the police that morning York says now Eventually York was released after pleading guilty to charge of illegal possession of marijuana and was fined $105 The only jobs he has had since the arrest are looping putting his voice on film offscreen Mary Hartman is behind her By IIK KLEINER HOLLYWOOD Neal If you have any compassion at all after an hour or so with Louise Lasser you find yourself wanting to reach out and touch her and say There there Everything willbeallright She has the air of put upon soul of little girl who has been told she has to go to bed without her supper There is something obvious ly that keeps her from en joying her success something deeply troubling that hovers around her con tinually And she admits it am tortured soul she says and you dont often find tortured souls any more Some of that torture comes out in television drama she wrote which NBC grandly called Louise Lassers Just Me and You They also called it zany human coma edy and it had some zane about it but lot of tortured soul too In the recently telecast film Louise Lasser played an unhappy lady who answered an ad for driver rider and found herself drive ing cross country Wlllt Charles irodin who played Louise Lasser tortured soul very square salesman The format permitted Miss Lasser in her first writing effort to say lot of things which she confesses arc autobiographiczil Unc cxam Sally Lippman 77yearold disco queen of New Yorks Studio 54 dances with actor Dustin Hoffman photo at left recently at the midtown disco Sally is regular at the disco and in the three years she figures she has left on this planet she wants to dance dance dance in photo at right Sally sets her sneakers shuffling to But it can be satisfying says Augustyn ple is this speech her character Janet had Id like to feel uh less anxious all the time about what Im gonna do this day or this night or this holiday or this Sunday dont wanna worry about that Louise Lasscr says that anxiety is big thing with her That contributes to the tortuing of her soul She says she has always worried been nervous anxious Even when theres nothing to be worried nervous or anxious about At the moment you would think she would be anxiety frcc Aftcr all she is major success thanks to the Mary Hartman Mary Hartman hit Hut that carried thc sccds of more anxicty for her despite its marking hcr major star The problem with Mary Hartman was that it was too tiring too demanding too allrconsuming Shc star red in It cpisodcs of the soap otxirarforadults For hcr doing those 325 shows with virtually no brcak was IIIlIll boggling Worsc it also bogglcd hcr body and hclpcd bogglc hcr emotions too was exhausted shc says and was heat Aftcr the disco beat The fourfoot iOlnch disco queen says you dont have to look classy there Studio 54 even though some of the dances are pretty classy Sally is dancing with one of her beaus Yannis Touros AP Photo Meet the newlook Lasser it was over went to may apartment and withdrew for five months It was she says real withdrawal She seldom went out She seldom entertained She sat and read and wrote and for hours did nothing Im still not sure lni over it she says When she came out of the apartment she was new person Mary Hartman had gone in with her braids and bangs Louise Lasser came out with totally new hair style The braids and hangs had been Louises own style at first but it got be so close ly identified with Mary Hart man that shc couldnt stand ll Now With new hair style shc is seldom rtxogiiizcd by the public Mary Hartmans fans arc looking for braids and bangs and Louise Lasscr has none Mary Hartman is dead And Louisc Lasser sur vives Shc isnt sure whcrc shes going however tffcis fcclcrs scripts deals arc flooding in to her with all the cigar chomping Hollywotxl iroduccrs wanting hcr xcausc she is important now Dancing never really tunKain IOHONTt IP When when she had had the most fun ever dancing Karen Kain one of Canadas most fa mous ballet dancers said Dancing is never really fun Sometimes afterwards you can say That was really good experience and really en joyed it but youre con centrating so hard on what youre doing that the only time its ever really fun is when youre feeling no pain and things seem to be going well Frank Augustyn her equally famous partner said Its very satisfying feeling if per formance goes well and we both feel very fulfilled Hut enr joying it well enjoyment usu ally conics afterward and its usually feeling of satisfac tion guess that would be better word to describe it Some of the most satisfying places where the two National Ballet of Canada dancers have perfoimed arc Moscow New York Toronto Montreal and Vancouver PRAISE AUDIIINt IJS Augustyn said Toronto au dienccs are getting very vcry good If they feel anything theyll show you and thats al ways good because were taking chance by saying Ihis is what have to offer Im going to do something We begin conversation with the audience and some times if the audience doesnt respond you wonder if anyone is out there at all But were getting some feedback from the audiences and along with mu 90percent sellout houses its very exciting Miss Kain 27yearold nae tivc of Hamilton said said to Frank one night during the last Toronto season Are we really in Toronto This feels like New York because people were throwing flowers all over the stage at the end and they were claiming clapping and they didnt just rush out to tllt parking lot They stayed and they stood and they showed us that they really apprtxiated what wed done And for us that makes it all worth whilc We dont just do all that hard work for our selves you know UNSPUILEI RY SUCCESS Augustyn also native of Hamilton and two years younger than Miss Kain said Montreal is getting much bet ter now Vancouver is terrific think were developing quite good audience in Canada But they dont let success go to their heads When asked what he thought made him an especially good dancer Augustyn hemmed and hawed and said have musicality have good pliysi Lie have interpretative qua itiesemo tional qualities that can use on stage to develop roles Miss Kain added Hes strong partner Yeah im an OK paitncr but what have to work on is developing my technique more and more Pressed to elaborate Augiistyn said Sonic dancers are virtuoso dancers some are circusytypc danccrs lm placed in category of being poetic and stylish and have to work on some circus stuff good combination of everything makes you better dancer Miss Kain said she is strong strength helps when you get to doing threehour ballets Not many people have the stamina to get through them Her other good points are my musicality and think can act and dance together SINCERITY IMPORTANT When asked what qualities they see in themselves that will maintain their popularity she said Sincerity think au dienees instinctively can feel whether or not an artist is sin mm Augustyn said Its fright ening iii way because Steve Allen the comedian was once quoted as saying Ieoplc ad mire people who have success and not Ipeople who have tal cnt Am its difficult for an artist to think along the lines of using your talent and taking it wherever it may go rather than concentrating on stardom As soon as you get little bit of stardom you have to have enough discipline to say Well got there because of how was working here so mustnt change the way was working Ballet dancers do hours of wannup exercies each day be fue rehearsal Just to point out that it takw an hour and half to con dition the body each day to do classical ballet only says little bit of how much strain were putting on our bodies said Augustyn at dr Thor otherwise knows as 24yearold John Mikl of Vancouver Is being promoted by RCA Records in Canada as rocks next sensation In his show He sings and bends mike stands Thor twists mike stand into pretzels and fights animated laser light demons CP Photo knockabout kind of life for Canadian poetauthor 73 ltiRtiNlt ItlJ llittlt Hiincy 73 says lic is in the pmccss of dying but post txningdcath lhc taiiadinn pott author rcscmblcs robust gardcncr Canadians tour US ililILlll int ttlI group of tanadian traditional folk musicians and stcp dancers led by iuclph singer Dorothy Hogan has cmharkcd on sichck tour of thc United Statcs and will bring thcir music right to oiigrcss tallcd Maplc Sugar the group includcs fiddlcrs banjo pickers SltpdilllttIS folk singcrs and st uarc dancc call em Thcy wii be introducing Americans to traditional ana diati fiddlc tuncs and step danccs from all parts of thc country Their sixcity tour bcgan May and will continuc until June 11 highlight of thc trip will be when the group brings its music right to thc US ongrcss with txrforiiiancc in plaza op positc the Library of ongrcss Gallant signs big contract MONTREAL ttlt lwo time Juno award winner Patsy Gallant has signcd multi show contract with the TV television network which could make her the highest paid anadian ptrfornicr in the history of Tanadian television Ed Richardson cxccutivc producer of The Patsy Gallant Show said in an interview from his Toronto officc that the series of 21 halfhour shows is scheduled to debut in Septcm ber He refused to be pinned down on the contracts value because reruns and possible sale of the series to the United States and elsewhere would increase its value WttitS kllitkirctbltilttl shirts and green cotton pants and writes stcadily in down town apartmciit liiicd with plants llxccpt for typical old mans mcmory liii in good shapc hc said in an in tcivicw lhc impaired memory makes inc social cmbar rassiiicnt somctimcs meet soiiicoiic and two A3 aWlt minutcs later cant remember the name Hirncy has lived what he calls knockabout kind of life of his youth he has writ tcn was doing heavy farm work with horses bcforc was 12 at 16 axenian 17 swinging picks and sledge hammers on wintcr relief 18 oiling swamps against mosquitoes with 4tpound Star in sandbox barrcl pump on my back Hc has been radical soldier and an academic and twice has won the Governor Gcncrals Award for poetry inc of his novels Turvey was awarded the Stephen vaicock Medal for Humor and he has travelled from Peru to Port Moody BC Birncy has completed final book of versc Fall of Fury to be published this fall Singeractress Barbra Streisand pictured In scene from movie Up Sandbox to be presented on CBC television Wednesday June i4 AP Photo