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Westport Wife Wins Divorce From Ex Newsman Author
Uncontested divorce in Superior Court granted to Marjorie Van Alstyne Donovan of Westport from John W. Donovan, former NBC foreign correspondent and author, on grounds of intolerable cruelty. Custody awarded to Mrs Donovan with $25 weekly child support and $5 weekly alimony. visit rights to the husband. Marriage dated April 18 1951 in Saigon China. Also listed are other uncontested divorces by Judge J Howards Roberts including Rose DeCarlo, Marion Scott, Dorothy Gaines, Florence Quinn, Marcelle LeBonte, and Eva Fish with grounds of desertion or intolerable cruelty.
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Superior Court
Marjorie van Alstyne Donovan
Westport
John W. Donovan
NBC
New York City
Saigonadochina
Donovan
Roberts
Rose
Louis DeCarlo
Rose Salese DeCarlo
Bridgeport
Marion
Roosevelt Scott
Marion Ragsdale Scott
Stamford
Dorothy
John Gaines
Dorothy Polkinghome Gaines
John J. Gaines
Florence
Hugh Quinn Jr
Florence Dillistin Quinn
Trumbull
Hugh J. Quinn Jr
Newtown
Marcelle
Simeon LaBonte
Marcelle LePlante LeBonte
Milford
Simon G. Labonte
Evans
Richard Fish
Eva Oberg Fish
Stratford
Richard J. Fish