Widow reveals Mrs Calabash was a Jimmy Durante gimmick
Marge Durante explains Mrs Calabash was a publicity device created with producer Joe Pasternak to end Durante’s radio and TV shows. Durante died January 29 at 86. Bernard Kliban announces he will stop drawing cats though his designs fuel a major merchandise boom and $50 million marketing bonanza.
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Bloomingdale’s
Ziegler Named President of Truck Stop Operators
Former Nixon White House press secretary Ron Ziegler becomes president of the National Association of Truck Stop Operators. The group represents members in federal and state government, publishes two journals, offers credit and business services, and hosts conventions and expositions.
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Confusion over Nancy Reagan age raised in Washington
UPI reports a dispute over Nancy Reagan's birth year with Maxine Cheshire suggesting 1921 as listed by Smith College records while Reagan affiliates cite 1923. Cheshire notes the discrepancy could imply she entered Smith at 16 if 1921 is correct.
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Smith College
Infant killed by family python shock in Dallas
Police plan to seek a grand jury investigation into the death of 7 month old Toni Lynn Duboe, suffocated by an 8 foot reticulated python that escaped its aquarium and entered the crib. The father attempted to kill the snake after the attack. a second child was unharmed.
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Victor Sen Yung Dies at 65. Hop Sing of Bonanza
Victor Sen Yung known to TV fans as Hop Sing was found dead in his North Hollywood home at 65. The body showed decomposition and a natural gas smell led police to investigate possible accidental death. He starred on Bonanza for 14 years and appeared in Charlie Chan films including Charlie Chan in Honolulu.
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Charlie Chan
Jimmy
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Charlie Fong
Study urges long term Social Security restructuring
Washington reports from UPI note a Joint Economic Committee analysis says the Social Security fund will run out by 1981 or 1982 without quick new money and urges long term changes. Projections show beneficiaries rising from 35 million in 1979 to 47 million in twenty years amid a shrinking worker base, inflation, and unemployment.
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