Cary Grant and Betsy Drake wed quietly in desert ceremony
Hollywood reports Cary Grant and Betsy Drake married after a surprise Christmas Day ceremony near Phoenix. Howard Hughes hosted the event on his desert property. The couple flew back to Hollywood aboard Hughes plane after a private reception. Drake, 26, had met Grant aboard a voyage to England. Grant, nearly 46, follows two prior marriages.
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Betsy Drake
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Ariz
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Hughes
Miss Drake
Grant
England
Producer Leon Schlesinger Dies at 65 in Hollywood
Leon Schlesinger, veteran film producer behind Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes, creator of Bugs Bunny, died after a long illness in Hollywood. He was 65 and born in Philadelphia.
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Leon Schlesinger
Bugs Bunny
Philadelphia
America's lady ambassador to Denmark by Mackenzie
Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, the United States ambassador to the Danish court, met King Frederik IX in a ceremony rich with royal trappings. The piece notes the training required for curtsying and backing, parallels with British and Indian courts, and recalls prior royal audiences and etiquette as a relic of past grandeur.
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Denmark
Eugenie Anderson
Frederik IX
United States
Sultan Hussein Kamil
Egypt
Alexandria
England
Britain
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Col
George Harvey
Ambassa
Accused Woman Sits Out Life and Death Matter in Jail
ATHENS Ga Dec 26 The ex wife of Dean John E Drewry of the University of Georgia s journalism school is sitting out a life and death matter in jail Mrs Kathleen Drewry 45 is accused of pumping five fast shots into her husband and his former secretary Miss Mariam Thurmond 28 Friday night Sheriff Tommy Huff said she admitted shooting the pair and was held on an open charge pending Miss Thurmond s condition If she dies a murder charge will be brought The couple s divorce ended last July They have a son Milton 17 a freshman at the University Dean Drewry is known as an author and administrator of the George Peabody Awards
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University of Georgia School of Journalism
Athens
Kathleen Drewry
Miriam Thurmond
Miss Thurmond
Clarence Roberts
Athens, Ga
University of Georgia
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Dean
Tommy Huff
Huff
Mrs. Drewry
Clarke County
Sheriff shot as two prisoners escape in Centre Alabama
Sheriff Mack Garrett was wounded when two prisoners blasted out of the Cherokee county jail in Centre. The escapees Marvin Young and Forrest Bishop Hill were recaptured hours later by a posse with help from an airplane and taken to Calhoun county jail in Anniston. Center is near the Georgia line in Alabama.
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Cherokee County
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Gadsden
Marvin Young
Fort Payne
Forrest Bishop Hill
Slackland
Young
Hill
Calhoun County
Anniston
Alabama
Georgia Line
Sinkiang Province Compared With Tékkas in Size
A report notes Sinkiang Province in Western China is nearly three times as large as Tékkas, highlighting vast geographic scale. The comparison emphasizes the expansive area of Sinkiang relative to Tékkas within the region.
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Sinkiang Province
China
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