Good Book: “You’re not going to die,...

Good Book: “You’re not going to die, are you?” asked Charlie Brown. “Good grief!” said Linus. “What kind of question is that?” This dialogue is in the book “Why, Charlie Brown, Why?” by Charles M. Schulz. It tells the story of Janice, who is diagnosed with leukemia, and deals with such childhood fears as whether cancer is contagious. The book “raises the awareness . . . of all who are in contact with these children,” said the American Cancer Society.

Peace Climb: Team members from the U.S.S.R., China and the United States left Seattle for China Friday for the first International Peace Climb on Mt. Everest. The team’s summit is timed to coincide with Earth Day April 22. Jim Whittaker, the first American to climb Everest, leads the expedition. Earth Day and the Peace Climb raise awareness about environmental hazards, but climbers themselves are not so innocent: Whittaker and his team plans a monumental cleanup of trash left by past expeditions.

Nut House: When Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) sent Georgia pecans to his 99 colleagues for Christmas, the thank-you cards proved a mixed bunch. Graham said recently that he sent boxes labeled “delicious Georgia pecans.” “Thanks ever so much for sending the walnuts,” wrote back Sen. Warren Rudman (R-N.H.). Sen. Slade Gorton (R-Wash.) offered the Florida senator his “sincere thanks for the wonderful box of almonds.” John Glenn (D-Ohio) wrote: “Thank you . . . for sending the sampling of Wisconsin products.”

The One Who Got Away: Alfred Winklmayr has been doing some reminiscing about Ivana Trump, with whom he had a marriage of convenience. Winklmayr, who sells real estate near Sydney, Australia, told London’s Daily Mail he was working as a ski instructor in the U.S. when Ivana Zelnicekova asked him to marry her so she could leave Czechoslovakia. The newspaper said he accepted in November, 1971, and they were divorced in 1972. Meanwhile, at an awards dinner in New York, City Controller Elizabeth Holtzman introduced Ivana’s second husband: “The most important thing about Donald Trump is his love affair--(dramatic pause)--with New York City.”