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Press, 4 August 1987, Page 6

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Pena pays The actor, Seaa Penn, wasn’t going anywhere, but he still managed to lead reporters and photographers on a chase as they tried to find the secret, out-of-the-way slammer where ;. Madonna's husband was confined. Penn reported to the Mono County Jail near the California-Nevada border after being allowed to pay about SUSSO ($B9) a night to serve his 60-day sentence for a probation violation in a small-town jail rather than the rough, crowded Los . Angeles County Central Jail. Such an arrangement is hot uncommon for prominent people and helps authorities, because security is easier to maintain in a smaller jail. — Bridgeport, California. Talks proposed South Korea yesterday proposed that the Foreign Ministers of the two Koreas meet to reopen talks about the . divided peninsula but dismissed northern proposals for arms cuts as “a typical propaganda piece.” — Seoul. Fatal fear? A man who had a lifelong terror of having teeth extracted collapsed and died in a dentist’s chair. The grieving family 'of father-of-three Leslie Cowem, aged 50, said they believed his fear had caused him to have a heart attack. The council worker from Wolverhampton had been told he had to have 14 teeth removed. — London. Star dies Silent screen queen Pola Negri, known “for her vamp portrayals in the 19205, has died in' her sleep aged 92. Miss Negri, who retired to San Antonio 25 years ago, had been ill. Miss Negri once had romances with film stars Rudolph Valentino and Charlie Chaplin. — San Antonio. Attention-getting stunt ;; An Italian, aged 70, dressed as a Roman centurion and dangled by a rope from the side of the Colosseum in front of hundreds of tourists. Anrigo Ambrosi, who was put in psychiatric care after firemen rescued him, said he wanted to draw attention to problems with" his family. He planned to slide down into the arena from halfway up the 57mhigh monument, but his arms became tangled in the rope and he hung in mid-air for 20 minutes. — Rome.