People, Aug. 26, 1974

"We had a big family meeting around our kitchen table with Mom, Dad and me," recalled Entertainer Ann-Margret, 33, last week. "We decided that I would drop my last name so they wouldn't be hurt. Sometimes things get printed that aren't very nice." Most of what has been written about the curvate star in recent times, at least, has been eminently printable. For her special this winter on NBC, the durable sex kitten is taking the step of readopting her full name: Ann-Margret Olsson. The highlights of the show will doubtless be her...

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