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TTT7T Ffij, May 30, 1986 Asbury Park Press 2 Movies 9 Lifestyle 12 Television Mike noYi(o UC3 "DKO Mvlwe WHAT'S Mt-WE? Candidate got votes for treats? not easily shocked. And I thought that I was beyond being disillusioned by any betrayal of the public trust. But I have to admit that the scandal in Minneapolis has left me wondering if honjsty and goodness exists anywhere in His country. Jf there was one city where I thought things were run on the legit, it was Minneapolis. We expect political scandals here in Chieago.

It's so much a part of our heritage that we do little more than shrug and chuckle when our aldermen takeihuge hunks of cash from an FBI mole and say, gosh, they just thought the nice man was making a campaign contribution. And who but the most naive was surprised when New York politicians were revealed to be on the take. We'd be amazed if they weren't I Certain cities are identified with such political mischief. Newark, Miami, Detroit, maybe New Orleans. But Minneapolis? It has always been a do-gooders town.

The people there think it's an outrage to catch a pike while carrying a lapsed fishing license. I don't know why they are so honest. Maybe it's because so many of them are of Scandinavian ancestry, simple folk who want little more in life than to occasionally swallow a herring and own a sturdy snow shovel. I But this squeaky-clean image of Minneapolis is no more. Not since the "recent indictment of the notorious George L.

Belair. -1 I can't imagine how anyone could unaware of this shocking story, but in case you happened to miss it, here aje the facts. I Mr. Belair, age 71, was a candidate election to the Minneapolis City -Council last Novemember. I Although he lost the election, Mr.

was indicted a few days ago for violating the state's campaign laws. It seems that as part of his campaign strategy, he would visit -senior citizen groups. That's not unusual. Most politicians the elderly vote. And the elderly "like being visited by politicians, which lf is more than they get from their children.

But Mr. Belair went beyond making his campaign pitch. When he went to see the geezers, he would give them free Twinkies and Ho Ho's. That's right An investigation has that during his campaign, he passed out free Twinkies and Ho Ho's that had a total retail value of more than $31. Make them last with special aids By T0VA NAVARRA Press Staff Writer 0 Old Olympic's Towering Tops, A Finn And German Viewed Some Hops.

What's that you say? It makes no sense? Ah, but it's the only way to re member the names of the cranial nerves: olfactory, ocular, oculomotor, and so on. Just ask any nurse or doctor. It's also a samDle ot the many techniques used to store information in your brain. A mnemonic (from the Greek "to such as the one above is a formula to aid memory. Music teachers through the ages have tnnnted Evprv rood bov does tine lor the notes of the treble staff lines, and 'All rnws eat erass tor the spaces ot the bass clef.

And remember the popu lar advertising mnemonic trom yesteryear. LSMFT? Luckv Strike Means Fine Tobacco still lurks in the memo ries of even non-smokers. The people who make those commercials might have a harder time remembering their lines than the millions of viewers who are saturated with them between mime-time TV shows. (Any one for the old game show, "Concen tration 7) How do actors remember an entire script's worth of lines, especially difficult Shakespearean or classical language? One basic concept is stimuli-response, from the days of Pavlov and his dogs. Your fellow actor says a bne or word that is your cue to respond.

After you've heard that line a hundred times, responding to it is second nature. This ends up being sheer reflex your mouth says the line before your brain has a chance to think. There is no substitute for repetition (or even better, repetition with a solid understanding of the material) to reinforce information the brain has processed. Remember writing "I will not talk in class" a hundred times after school? Joey Cantaffa, 15, an aspiring actor of Howell Township who has appeared recently in Monmouth College and Barn Theater productions, has his own method for learning lines. "I read through the whole script and go back to the first scene and read the cue for my first line," Cantaffa said.

"Then I go to my second cue and line, third, fourth and so on, until I can remember my lines scene by scene. It takes a few weeks. If I have difficulty Personalities Press IllustrationA. PRENDIMANO places and events since I was 4 and nobody argues with me about my accuracy. "My memory was a means of earning a living when I worked with other choreographers," she said.

"I can still do a 45-minute ballet that I danced in 1936." Remembering a language other than that of music or dance is enviable, though Paris-born Ms. Pourmel, who speaks French, German and Russian, says you can get stale if you don't use it much. "Once you know it, you don't forget it, even if the words are slow in coming," said Ms. Pourmel, who learned to speak English by memorizing Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers songs. While the telephone company gladly reminds you of your neglect through notices or removal of your dial See MEMORY, page F10 to avoid admitting the real reason for forgetfulness unless you are senile or experiencing repression due to trauma.

Amnesia couldn't possibly prevail in a world where memory is synonymous with daily living. Phone numbers, addresses, Social Security numbers, vocabulary, job skills, situation comedies, jokes you name it and we remember it Adda Pourmel, director of the Red Oak Music Theater, Lakewood, feels everyone has his own system for memorizing, depending on how his mind works. "A cast member from our production of 'The King and who had never performed in the show before, knew the script in 24 hours," Ms. Pourmel said. "She did some paraphrasing, but the content was there." Of her own powers of memory, Ms.

Pourmel said, "I've been blessed with an excellent memory (even in my feet since I'm a dancer). Sometimes it's a handicap. I can remember people, of paper out of the heap which provided "bone-up" information about the client and his son "a manly little fellow," Fields was able to say to charm the client Bereft of "cheat sheets," cue or "idiot" cards, tapes to be played while you sleep and executive memos, one must rely on concentration, good listening skills, assertiveness sorry, would you repeat your name and association. Word association can be applied to names and faces if the association is appropriate. One teacher thought a student resembled a cute storybook dragon, which helped her remember his name: Dragonette.

Some teachers seat students in alphabetical order, another version of cue-type association. Whatever the device, if it works stick with it. People who claim they just can't remember anything may not want to remember. "I plumb forgot" is an age-old way with some lines, I'll write them." If you are not a Shakespearean actor but a business person, how do you remember names and appointments without writing them down? Many feel that no responsible business person would be caught dead minus his weekly minder, the little calendar book with space to write in appointments and things to do (such as buy his wife a birthday present and other issues of consequence). Also, referring to an appointment book is more sophisticated than wearing a string around your finger or an elastic band around your wrist.

A "business executive," played by W. C. Fields in one of his films, established what he called his memory system. His desk was mountainous with unkempt stacks of papers. When his secretary informed him of an old client's imminent arrival at the office, Fields nonchalantly tweezed one sheet Horror Films.

"Back to the Future" won a Saturn award as Best Science Fiction film. It also won Best Special Effects and the movie's 24-year-old star, Michael J. Fox, was named best actor. "Fright Night" was chosen Best Horror Film and also took best writing honors. Roddy McDowall, the film's co-star, was named best supporting actor.

"Ladyhawke," the story of the transformation of a woman into a bird, was chosen the Best Fantasy Film. Additionally, the best costume award went to Nana Cecchi, who appeared in the movie. Coral Browne, wife of actor Vincent Price, was named best actress for her role in "Dreamchild." Her 75-year-old husband, who has appeared in more than 100 movies, including chillers like "House of Wax" (1953), "The Fly" (1958) and "The Tingler" (1959), won a Life Career Award. Woody Allen was given The President's Award for his whimsical "Purple Rose of Cairo." Talk about roomers Here is a list, courtesy of USA Today, of some monthly rents celebrities are paying in Manhattan. Rent control lives.

Mia Farrow, 10 rooms on Central Park West: $1,870.31. 'K ft I it 3 th4L Under the state's campaign laws, it's illegal for a candidate to give away tooa or; drink in hopes ot gaining votes. Even Twinkies and Ho Ho's, Apparently Mr. Belair was not very furtive when he spread around the Twinkies and Ho Ho's. He didn't slide them under the table or pass them along in an unmarked bag.

He would show up at the nursing home meeting room and brazenly say something like: "Here, Myrtle, have a Twinkie. Clarence, would you like a Ho Ho with your coffee?" did not go unobserved. His sfiarp-eyed opponent, an incumbent ajderman, got wind of the free Twinkies ahd Ho Ho's and he brought the matter 10 the attention of the country 'prosecutor. I And after a lengthy investigation, 'evidence was presented to a grand jury. the jurors, undoubtedly dismayed by this assault on the moral fabric of their I community, voted to indict Mr.

Belair. The cops slapped the cuffs on him "and took him tq court. He will be tried at a future date, but he said he would glead not guilty and denied that he had given the Twinkies and Ho Ho's in hopes of getting somebody's vote. ii A story ever neard one- iNot that I would prejudge Mr. Belair, Jbut when a politician gives somebody a lfec Twinkie, what motive can he rpossibly have than to get a vote in return for the payoff? Are we to believe that he simply took pleasure in watching a room full of old coots gumming away at Twinkies Ho Ho's? If he's convicted, Mr.

Belair could be sentenced to up to 90 days in jail I and fined $700. That seems like a pretty soft i sentence for somebody who would do sqmething as cynical as give a potential voter a Twinkie. Well, at least he was caught and the word has gone out to others in Minneapolis who might be tempted to X' do the same. Or even worse. Who knows what it might have been the next time? A Big Mac with fries? 4 Mike Royko 'ssyndicated column 1 appears Tuesday alii Friday.

4 IfWh (This is the apartment featured in "Hannah and Her Barbara Bel Geddes, studio: $350. Mayor Ed Koch, one-bedroom in Greenwich Village: $351.60. Alistair Cooke, eight rooms on Fifth Avenue, overlooking the Park: $975.03. Angela Lansbury, one-bedroom in a city-owned, subsidized housing project: $872. Carly Simon, 10 rooms on Central Park West $2,208.75.

Can we talk? No! "I adore Oprah. I know if she were running the station, it wouldn't have happened." That's Joan Rivers, reacting as usual to the news that her scheduled appearance on Oprah Winfrey's Chicago talk show was canceled. A station spokesman cited booking problems and competitive reasons Ms. Rivers' new talk show may go up against the station's 10 p.m. news next fall.

Singing princess Monaco's Princess Stephanie is making her first visit to Spain to sing on a taped television variety show featuring humorist Pedro Ruiz. The princess, who was to perform songs from her new album "Hurricane" on the show, arrived Monday from Paris aboard a private plane. She was guarded by 1 5 civil guards and police at Barajas airport as reporters and photographers besieged her. Compiled by Getrge Beyroft Witch wanted Jack Nicholson will keep himself entertained with "The Witches of Eastwick" (screen adaptation of the John Updike novel). This script features three big female roles.

Michelle Pfeiffer and Susan Sarandon have two of them. It's reported that Anjelica Huston wanted the third. No doubt she thought she would get it. She has that fresh Oscar, and she is the lodestar of Nicholson's life, or at least his girlfriend. Ms.

Huston tested, and didn't get the part. Now, according to one report, Cher is about to sign on. Poison Penn letter Disturbed by negative reviews for the movie "Blue City," which featured his friends Judd Nelson and Ally Sheedy, film critic Sean Penn wrote a letter to the Los Angeles Times. Here is part of that letter, excerpted in People magazine: "The young actors earn higher salaries and notoriety than most staffers on the news circuit and therefore are considered fair game for 'writers' to scathe, thereby deriving needed therapy for the jealous, empty lives they lead." Flights of fancy Steven Spielberg's "Back to the Future," along with "Fright Night," and 'Ladyhawke," were chosen the best films in three major categories by the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and FOX Voted the best.