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At home he never stops talking, says Marcel Marceau's wife, but on the stage France's master of mime favors the silent treatment. Fresh from a three year, 53-city tour, Marceau, 55, has returned to Paris with some new acts. "It's harder and harder to innovate," he sighs. "My creations must always be more surprising." On Nov. 15 he will open a World Center for Mime on the Right Bank. The center, which already has 400 applicants, is largely underwritten by the city of Paris. "It's a dream that has been close to my heart," says Marceau. "The end of thirty years' effort."

It was Camelot again, if only for a few sunny days. "Now at last Jack has come back to Harvard," said Senator Ted Kennedy as his wife Joan wiped away a tear. Jackie Onassis and her children Caroline and John were also present at the dedication of the new $12 million building housing the John F. Kennedy School of Government. The school, which applies to government problems the case-study method pioneered by Harvard Business School, will be, said Ted, "a bridge between the academy and the world of politics." It will also be a living memorial to J.F.K. Said Ted: "The work goes on. The dream still lives. The flame may flicker, but it shall never die."

The future of rock's bad, bad band has been in doubt ever since the Royal Canadian Mounted Police found 22 grams of heroin in the possession of Lead Guitarist Keith Richard 20 months ago. Out on $25,000 bail, Richard has been touring with the other Rolling Stones, but faced a possible seven-year jail term when he came to trial. Last week in Toronto he listened somberly as his lawyer described him as "a tragic person" with "a poor self image" who became a heroin addict but who has now kicked the habit. A sympathetic judge put Richard on probation for one year, then tacked on an unusual condition. The guitarist must give a free performance for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind.

New York lost Tom Seaver, Oakland couldn't keep Reggie Jackson, but Cincinnati is determined to hold on to Pete Rose. The Reds' star third baseman is scheduled to become a free agent on Nov. 3. To keep him in town, the city planning commission has drafted an ordinance designating Rose "an historic property." If the city council passes the ruling, there cannot be any "alteration to the exterior appearance of the property," including "the number 14 on the shirt and large lettering on the posterior of the shirt spelling out the word Rose." More important, there can be "no demolition, displacement or relocation" of said monument "from its current site in the Cincinnati Riverfront Stadium."

On The Record

John Wayne, actor, on what he wants on his tombstone: "Three short, simple Spanish words: 'Feo, fuerte y formal.' They mean 'Ugly, strong and with human dignity.' "

Barbara Jordan, Texas Congress woman, on going to the Carters' semidry parties: "When you were born in bourbon and branch-water country, you have difficulty adjusting to those fine wines."

William Webster, FBI director: "I think I'd be a lousy undercover agent."

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