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"I would like to be known as Sir Charles, not Sir Charlie," announced Charlie Chaplin, 85, shortly after receiving his long-overdue knighthood from Britain's Queen Elizabeth II. Chaplin, who arrived for his investiture at Buckingham Palace clad in morning clothes and blue suede shoes, accepted his dubbing from a wheelchair, then retired to the Savoy Hotel to accept congratulations from Prime Minister Harold Wilson and other fans. "I was too dumbfounded to talk to the Queen," confessed Sir Charles later. Less awed was his daughter, Actress Geraldine Chaplin, 30, who came to London for the ceremonies with her son Shane. Since Shane was born out of wedlock two months ago, his citizenship is in question. Mother Geraldine is of mixed American and British parentage, and his father, Film Director Carlos Saura, is Spanish. "If they can make my father a knight," protested Geraldine shortly before her arrival, "they can damn well make his grandson British."
Once again San Francisco Examiner Editor Randolph Hearst found himself printing news about one of his own daughters. And again the news was bad. While entering the U.S. from Canada, Anne Hearst, 19, younger sister of Fugitive Patty Hearst, was stopped by customs officials in Niagara Falls, N.Y., and her car and its occupants searched. Agents found a plastic bag containing a dozen amphetamine tablets stuffed in the sock of Anne's driving companion, Donald Moffett, 21, and promptly arrested the pair for possession of dangerous drugs. U.S. federal agents rushed to the scene, hoping Anne could provide information about her sister, who police suspect may now be hiding in Canada with the remnants of the Symbionese Liberation Army. The agents apparently learned nothing, and after Hearst and Moffett posted $1,000 recognizance bonds, they were released. "Twelve pills to keep awake on a 1,000-mile drive is not excessive," said Anne's father of the incident. "If it had been anybody but a Hearst, nobody would have ever heard about it."
"I had an extra ticket for the Grammys," quipped Singer-Composer John Lennon after showing up for the annual record-awards show with his estranged wife, Artist Yoko Ono. Lennon revealed that he and Yoko put their marital act back together after an 18-month breakup and have been "happily ensconced" in Manhattan for the past month. "Our separation was a failure," said John. "We knew we would get back together; it was just a matter of time. Thank God it happened."
The guest list showed stars aplenty, but most of the sparkle came from champagne after the Hollywood preview of At Long Last Love, the newest movie from Producer-Director Peter Bogdanovich. "I think we bombed in there," fretted Burt Reynolds after 500 guests of 20th Century-Fox had left a pre-supper screening of the musical in which he stars with Bogdanovich's live-in true love, Cybill Shepherd. The Hollywood elite, including Liza Minnelli, Gene Hackman, Gregory Peck, Roy Rogers, Merle Oberon and Valerie Perrine, adjourned for veal and ambrosiana amid the opulent sets used in the film. Shepherd, perhaps sensing the dour mood of the crowd, made good her getaway. "I've got another party to go to," she announced as the first dinner guests arrived, then vanished, leaving Boy Friend Bogdanovich to play host alone.