Starlet Yearns For Family Life by Caterina Valente
Caterina Valente, famed for languages and concerts, says she hopes to retire from stardom to focus on being a housewife. She authored a German cookbook featuring Chinese dishes and maintains a busy schedule of TV, recordings, tours, and a fashion column while juggling marriage to German producer Eric Van Arp and life in Lugano.
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New York
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Sweden
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Britain
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Berlin
Tokyo
Royal Box
Maria Valente
Europe
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Lugano
Switzerland
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Oily Britain Tries Soap To Disperse Slick Slime
New York AP reports Britain’s use of detergents to disperse an oil spill shows both naivete and the era’s giant tanker scale. The 1950s ship sizes have surged from 16,000 tons to 203,000 ton vessels like the Idemtitus Maru, with plans for 500,000 ton tankers. The Torrey Canyon wreck underscores peacetime growth and long vessel lengths exceeding 1,000 feet.
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Britain
New York
Tno
Cornwall
Torrey Canyon
England
Yanis
United States
Checkless society eyed by Federal Reserve in near future
Washington AP reports George W. Mitchell of the Federal Reserve Board predicts a cash card based system by the early 1970s. Employers would credit accounts and shoppers pay with a card as computers handle transfers while coins and dollars remain for some uses. The system would cut check processing costs and eliminate most checks though some notes remain in circulation.
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W. Mitchell
Federal Reserve Board
Mitchell
Checkless Society
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Groucho Letters reveals a witty, tender Groucho Marx
AP writer Bob Thomas notes The Groucho Letters from Simon and Schuster show Groucho in many moods from witty quips to serious reflections. The volume includes letters to Earl Wilson Goodman Ace and Betty Camden and recalls Harpo's death with moving elegy while reflecting on his public persona.
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Hollywood
Groucho
Simon and Schuster
America
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Aman
Harpo
Betty Camden
Fire at Presidio Claims Gen Pershing’s Wife and Daughters
In 1915 a blaze at the Presidio in San Francisco killed the wife of General John J Pershing and their three young daughters. The tragedy left the family devastated and drew national attention to the fire at their official residence.
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John J. Pershing
Presidio
San Francisco
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