A Dreadful Man Departs Cedar Rapi Widow Benita Hume Marries
Brian Aherne recounts the second part of a memoir excerpt detailing George Sanders marrying Benita Hume after the death of Ronald Colman. The tale covers Sanders's charm and the tragic arc of Colman’s passing, and the reaction of friends, including Eleanor and Aherne, to Benita’s later Madrid embassy wedding.
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Ronald Colman
Benita Hume
George Sanders
Brian Aherne
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Ronnie
Benita
London
Hollywood
Eleanor
England
Brian
Sanders
George
Madrid
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Zsa Zsa
Magda
A Dreadful Man: Benita, George, and Magda Gabors saga
The piece recounts Benita’s cancer scare and surgery in 1965, George’s decline after Benita’s illness, a failed marriage to Magda Gabors sister, and his eventual suicide in Barcelona on April 25, 1972. It highlights enduring affection, hardship, and self destructive choices amid high society figures.
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George
Eleanor
Benita
Homericead
Lilli Palmer
Lausanne
Zsa Zsa
Magda
Beverly Hills
Gabors
Palm Springs
California
Barcelona
Cesspool
Word Puzzle Challenge From Judd’s Tomorrow Polygraphic
Instructions present a timed puzzle: rearrange each row of letters into a 2 to 7 letter word. Score per row using right side directions. 7 letter words earn a 50 point bonus. Blanks count as no letters and blank tiles carry no value. Proper nouns, foreign terms, slang, and hyphenated words are disallowed.
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Judd
Palace Hotel Tops Offer Six Room Apartments At $1500 A Day
In Manhattan the Palace Hotel offers six room apartments at about 1500 dollars per day. A Helmsley spokeswoman says two top floor units near St. Patrick’s Cathedral may rent this year with two more to follow. Units include two story living rooms and solariums and are expected to fetch 500000 to 700000 dollars annually or more. Buy it in the Want Ads.
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New York
Manhattan
New Palace Hotel
Harry Helmsley
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Dear Abby column letters on love jealousy and wedding debts
A teen pleads for maternal affection while a mother expects counseling and Abby urges equal love, counseling, and open talk. A mother asks who pays for wedding costs after a broken engagement and Abby advises on flower girl dress tuxedos and rings and hints at future guidance.
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Abby
Lubbock
Texas
Ancee
Judy
Jim
Lasky Drive
Beverly Hills
Calif
Modern bridge cue bid and slam decisions discussed
Oswald and Alan discuss a bridge hand from Worcester teacher Sumner Cotzin illustrating the all purpose cue bid. They analyze six clubs spade and heart play, club slam prospects, and elegant bidding leading to six. The note adds a Revolutionary War date: British evacuated Boston in 1776.
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Oswald
Sumner Cotzin
Worcester
Mass
Alan
South
North
Boston
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Cedar Rapids
Hach Bros. CO. Inc
First Street
4Th Ave
Irnana
3Rd Ave
Paramount Theatre
Newspaper Enterprise Association
North East
Easywear
Ateliffs
Mt. Vernon Rd
Thurs
Boutique Rateliff
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