1.
LV HOSPITAL
0.05

2.
CU SIGN "LEBANON HALL"
0.08

3.
SV BRITT EKLUND ENTERS CONFERENCE ROOM
0.17

4.
CU EKLUND
0.23

5.
LV EKLUND TALKS TO JOURNALISTS
0.32

6.
SV WOMEN JOURNALISTS MAKE NOTES
0.35

7.
SLV EKLUND SPEAKS
0.45

8.
CU EKLUND'S ADVISER PAN DOWN TO EKLUND
0.52

9.
LV PRESS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
1.03



Initials JT/N/WH/PC



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Background: BRITT EKLUND, THE 21-YEAR-OLD WIFE OF ACTOR PETER SELLERS, HAS MET REPORTERS FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE HER HUSBAND'S HEART ATTACK. SHE HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE IN HOLLYWOOD'S CEDARS OF LEBANON HOSPITAL ON FRIDAY TO DISCUSS HIS FUTURE.

SHE SAID IT WOULD BE "A LONG TIME" BEFORE SELLERS COULD WORK AGAIN. HE WOULD TAKE A YEAR'S VACATION TO RECUPERATE, SHE ADDED.

MISS EKLUND HAS BEEN AT HER HUSBAND'S BEDSIDE ALMOST CONSTANTLY SINCE HE WAS TAKEN ILL LAST MONDAY. SHE HAS BEEN STAYING IN A ROOM ACROSS THE HALL FROM SELLERS.

(THE LATEST NEWS ON THE 38-YEAR-OLD BRITISH ACTOR IS THAT HIS HEARTBEAT HAS ALMOST RETURNED TO NORMAL, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE STILL MOMENTS OF IRREGULARITY. HIS CONDITION, HOWEVER, REMAINS OFFICIALLY "SERIOUS," ACCORDING TO LAST NIGHT'S (SATURDAY) BULLETIN.)