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continued GOSSI _ now acting like adults. Both admitted wrongs in their first fling at marriage. Both resolved to correct them now that they are back together. To doubly insure a solid marital foundation they decided to have another baby. All I can say is, I wish them well. If anyone cares, Jayne Mansfield and Mickey Hargitay are back together. There's another little Hargitay on the way, too. The Martins and Morells (no relation to McCoy) engaged in verbal bombasts. It all started when Claudia Martin eloped with Gavin Morell. Dean Martin burned with indignation over losing his eighteen-year-old daughter to a striving actor she met in a drama class. Jeanne Martin (Dean's present wife) also voiced her disapproval. Dino's first wife, Betty, blasted back. The first Mrs. Dino stated in no uncertain terms that Claudia was her daughter, and she not only had her permission but blessings to marry Gavin. However, the fact remains that the marriage may not be legal in the eyes of the California courts. (Gavin had obtained a Mexican divorce in order to marry Claudia.) Now, to make things entirely on the up and up, Gavin's first wife (the mother of his child) filed for a divorce in Santa Monica. I wonder if Troy Donahue knows that while he was in the wilds of Arizona on location for "Distant Trumpet," Suzanne Pleshette and Dick Chamberlain stepped out on the town. Where did they end up? Well, it certainly wasn't a place you'd expect to find the All-American TV medico. It was a strip club on the Sunset Strip. Well, I guess Dick could say he was just doing some research on anatomy. If any of you were beginning to think that Connie Stevens would be always a fiancee and never a bride — that's because she hadn't met actor Jim Stacy yet. She'll become Mrs. Stacy in a Catholic ceremony on October twelfth, if their present plans go through. It's their first marriage — and last, I predict. It was a close shave for June Allyson. She and Dick Powell's barber, Glenn Maxwell, called off their marriage when an attorney informed the widow that a new husband could cost her a hunk of loot as Dick's estate isn't officially settled. So June decided to wait. Meantime, Glenn went back to cutting hair at his Newport Beach shop. What's going on on the "Viva Las Vegas" set? Elvis Presley and Ann-Margret hit it off like Liz and Dickie Boy, but the director wasn't too impressed with the crooner from Memphis. He had directed Ann in "Bye Bye Birdie," and it's no secret that he admires her talent. So it may mark the first time Presley had to take a back seat in one of his films. I heard they cut four of his numbers. Poor little Natalie Wood. It looked as if she would break into tears when she accidentally encountered Robert Wagner and the new Mrs. Wagner, Marion Marshall Donen, at Barbara Streisand's Cocoanut Grove opening. Natalie was with her Arthur Loew, Jr. Just think, if Nat hadn't met Warren Beatty she might still be Mrs. Robert Wagner. But insiders say Loew would marry the actress on a moment's notice. She hasn't given him the notice yet — but I bet she will any moment now. Scooping Around: By the time Jackie Gleason and Steve McQueen finished "Soldier in the Rain" they weren't exactly pals. Steve had tried to establish himself as a Greater One to the Great One. . . . It's official. Barbara Luna will obtain a divorce from Doug McClure. . . . Want to see Polly Bergen boil? Ask her if she's emulating Jackie Kennedy in Polly’s latest, "Kisses for My President." Polly is a Republican. . . . Anna Marie Alberghetti and Claudia Guzman called it quits. . . . The reason why Ava Gardner lingered so long in Hollywood: Frank Sinatra. . . . All Hollywood is wondering how much longer Tony Curtis and Christine Kaufmann can maintain their "isolated" marriage. . . . Either Bob Conrad has the most liberalminded wife in the world or the two have decided to go their separate ways. Bob took off solo for a two-month fun trip of Europe. "I plan to live it up," he boasted to a pal. . . . It's Warren Beatty and Claudia Cardinale burning the romantic fires. . . . Keep hearing that Barbara Streisand and her handsome hubby, Elliot Gould, have called it a day. . . . Lana Turner and Fred May decided not to try it again. Ty Hardin and his German frau, Marlene Schmidt, were having problems. So Marlene, a former Miss Universe, packed her bags and flew home with the young Hardin offspring to her mother in Germany. Ty's trying to patch things up, but he's seriously hampered: she can't speak much English, and his command of the German language is nil. My pet gripe is a star who says down with publicity, but on the other hand encourages it. George Peppard falls in this category. I remember when a newshound asked him if it were true he and his wife had parted. George made a face and walked away. Later, the parting was confirmed. George maintains he's at liberty to do as he pleases when he's off-camera. What he means is that when he takes Elizabeth Ashley to a fashionable yet public place like the Cocoanut Grove, it's not the public's business. I feel that actors who feel their public life isn't public — should stay home — or get another job!! Here's the latest chapter in the Dolores, Hart story. Her mother, Harriet Gordon, is obtaining a divorce from a prominent restaurant owner. Dolores remains in the convent in Connecticut. She writes to Hollywood friends that she has found real happiness at last. However, she assumes a realistic attiude. It'll be two years before she takes her final vows, and if she isn't 100 per cent sure still by then, she won't. How to protect an idol. M-G-M did it by editing all of Dick Chamberlain's scenes in "Twilight of Honor." They eliminated all of the objectionable dialogue. It's a good thing that Lance Revenflow and his date, Sharon Pringle, didn't buckle their seat belts. Lance was at the wheel of a sports car in the Hollywood Hills when the vehicle went over a cliff. The two were thrown clear of the car upon the first im Even a veteran Hollywood star like Debbie Reynolds takes a lesson now and then. When non-smoker Deb found she had puffing scenes in “ Mary , Mary” co-star Barry Nelson showed her how. Here she clowns, but on screen, she looks like a pro.