Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, June 24, 1995 TAG: 9506270010
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 9 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: From wire reports
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Newton, who lived in Roanoke as a youth and claims to be a descendant of the Powhatan Indian princess, wants to exhume her remains from the St. George's church graveyard in Gravesend, England, where Pocahontas was buried in 1617.
Whether the locals will allow such an adventure is an open question.
Although Newton hired two professors eight years ago to locate her grave, the Rev. David Willey, in charge of the cemetery, told Thursday's New York Post that the location is still unknown and that he doesn't want any graves disturbed.
Pocahontas, the chief's daughter who saved the life of colonist John Smith and later married Englishman John Rolfe, died of smallpox at 21.
Newton said his father is half-Irish, half-Powhatan, and his grandfather was full-blooded Powhatan.
Capt. Kirk is filling in for Superman.
William Shatner, who rode one of his own horses in ``Star Trek: Generations,'' agreed to narrate an equestrian-safety video after a jumping accident May 27 left Christopher Reeve paralyzed and unable to complete the project.
The video promotes the wearing of helmets and should be ready for national distribution in about three weeks, producer Jean Gulden said.
Reeve was wearing a helmet when he was thrown from his horse, but landed on his head and broke his neck.
Kato Kaelin has been honored by the National Society of Newspaper Columnists as recipient of the organization's coveted Sitting Duck Award, which is presented to ``the target most useful to a columnist on a slow day.''
The Kato-dude joins the illustrious company of such past winners of the Sitting Duck Award as Roseanne and former first canine Millie. ``Hair today, gone tomorrow,'' said society member Sheila Stroup, columnist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, about the prize awarded to Kaelin ``for being such a perfect example of fleeting celebrity.''
by CNB