
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: FRIDAY, April 6, 1990                   TAG: 9004060497
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: E9   EDITION: METRO 
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

Ivana Trump, whose estranged husband, Donald, said he paid her $1 a year and all the dresses she wanted for running the Plaza Hotel, plans to make fashion her business, Women's Wear Daily reported Thursday.

Trump has decided to launch her own collections of ready-to-wear clothing, accessories, jewelry and luggage in 1992, according to the trade daily.

\ Peggy Lee won the first round in a $12.5 million lawsuit against Walt Disney Productions over videocassette release of "Lady and the Tramp" for which her voice was used for four characters.

She said Disney needed her approval before releasing the 1955 animated classic.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Huss established Disney's liability in the case and now will schedule a trial, Daily Variety reported Wednesday.

\ Marc Christian, Rock Hudson's ex-lover, has filed a $22 million libel suit claiming a book portrayed him as a psychotic criminal.

Christian, who won $5.5 million from the Hudson estate a year ago in a landmark AIDS lawsuit, said in the Los Angeles Superior Court suit filed Wednesday by celebrity lawyer Marvin Mitchelson that he was shamed by the book's depiction of him.

The Tom Clark and Dick Kleiner book "Rock Hudson, Friend of Mine," released last month, referred to Christian as "a criminal, a thief, an unclean person, a blackmailer, a psychotic, an extortionist, a forger, a perjurer, a liar, a whore, an arsonist and a squatter," the suit said.

\ Former President Ford was said to be resting comfortably in Rancho Mirage, Calif., after surgery to replace his left knee for injuries dating back to his school football days.

Ford, 76, was operated on Wednesday at the Eisenhower Medical Center. Dr. Robert Murphy replaced the knee with a titanium prosthesis.

\ Corey Feldman, whose voice is heard in the hit film "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," warned his fans to steer clear of drugs after he appeared in a Los Angeles court to face cocaine and heroin charges.

The 18-year-old actor was arrested March 9 after authorities said they found 25 balloons of drugs in his car during a traffic stop. He could receive up to eight years in prison. His arraignment, set for Wednesday, was moved to April 25.

Outside court, Feldman, who is free on $5,000 bail, read a statement in which he warned against drugs and said, "You can see how serious it is, so please keep the faith in God, keep the faith in me and please say a prayer for me."

by CNB