People: Aug. 16, 1968

Down the road rattled a coach carrying six young Frenchwomen to the California goldfields. Up on the ridge, a leathery old horseman rose in the stirrup, turned and boomed over his shoulder. "There's a stage coming in!" Very good, approved Director Joshua Logan. There were cheers from a watching cluster of stars, extras and technicians, for that eight seconds of flawless acting was turned in by none other than Oregon's Senator Wayne Morse. Seems Morse was seated next to a movie executive on a recent plane ride, who suggested the Senator would make the perfect saddle man for a bit in...

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