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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, September 13, 1995                   TAG: 9510050076
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: FROM WIRE REPORTS
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

``He can say three or four words at a time now,'' Benjamin Reeve told the syndicated ``American Journal'' TV television show in an interview.

``We talk about everything from the food to the people who visit to successes with the children and the things they do each day,'' Benjamin Reeve said, referring to his brother's two sons and a daughter.

The 42-year-old actor, best known for his title role in the ``Superman'' movies, is being treated at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange, N.J.

He broke his neck after being thrown from a horse while riding in Albemarle County during the Memorial Day weekend.

\ Imagine a new song by John Lennon.

An anthology of Beatles music to be released in November will include ``Free As A Bird,'' a ``new'' song built around a vocal track Lennon recorded in 1974, Capitol Records said Monday.

Lennon was shot to death in 1980. Surviving Beatles Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr completed the song in February 1994.

``The Beatles Anthology Volume One'' is the first of six planned compact discs. It will be released Nov. 20 to coincide with the airing of ABC's six-hour, three-night TV documentary on the Fab Four.