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Bette Davis Stars In Turbulent Nightclub Farce
Public gossip column recounts Bette Davis dining at a New York restaurant where a menu autograph by Yogi Berra was snatched away by a manager's associate. The piece weaves in Lena Horne at the Waldorf and other society anecdotes from 1965, including John and Irene Roosevelt wives, Brigitte Bardot at the Plaza, and a party for author Peter Lawford.
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Earl Wilson
New York
Bette Davis
la Cave
Bette
Yogi Berra
Mike
Yogi
Nelson Doubledays
the Waldorf
Lena Horne
Lena
Empire Room
Fleurette Carter
John Sargent
Doubleday
Charles Preston
The
Wall Street Journal
Paul Getty
Raymond Lee
John Roosevelt
Bob Taplingers
John
James Roosevelt
Irene Brigitte Bardot
Plaza Hotel
Central Park
Richard Burton
Liz Taylor
Sammy Davis
Lada Edmund Jr
Hullaballoo
Herman
Herman’s Hermits
Joe Levine
Peter Lawfords
Lafayette