Washington Political Luck Helps Lyndon Johnson Rise
Twenty years after entering Congress Lyndon Baines Johnson stands as Texas senator and Senate Democratic leader. The article notes his tempered pace after a heart attack, his behind the scenes influence, and his balancing act between liberal and conservative factions, guiding the party and Texas strategy.
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One-Armed Dick Oliver Proves Speed in Work
Independence Kansas feature profiles Dick Oliver a 33 year old Navy veteran who lost his left arm yet built his third home and thrives as a construction clerk He says he works faster without the limb and credits self reliance with his many jobs including logging farm work and auto supply roles He emphasizes employer support and adapting techniques and notes he saved substantial labor costs by doing his own construction work with his wife Lorene and son Gregg nearby.
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Topeka
Pacific Northwest
Lorene
Gregg
Ossip Gabrilowitsch Marries Twain's Daughter in 1909
Renowned conductor Ossip Gabrilowitsch wed Clara Clemens, daughter of author Mark Twain, in 1909 enlarging ties between music and American literary circles.
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Ossip Gabrilowitsch
Mark Twain
Broadway gossip page notes star romances and marriages
Walter Winchell in New York reports on Clark Gable Kay Gable faith ties Lex Barker Lana Turner flare ups Julie Wil son D Stein Montreal trip Joyce Van Patten Lerner Loewe rebuff Standard Oil Ed Powell family dancer Dor othy Bracken plane incident Lorraine Cole Mrs Morton Weaver Edie Adams Janis Paige divorce Arthur Stander Kirk Douglas Who s Who Baron von Zedlitz Sarah Roosevelt romance Robert Dargi Metropolitan Club Gary Morton Anne Kimball twin infants Maureen Early Stan Powell Latin Quarter Lynn Christie Kenneth Friedlander Jorge Guinle Mary Hylam Mae Mann Theodore Badin Harvard student Sadri Khan Phyllis Avery David Janssen Joan Foster Loewe Las Vegas divorce L oe We ve Ellen Siegel L Perkiss Lynn Garber Tommy Mercer Gabe Dell Viola Essen Dan Dailey Fernanda Montel Count Estrada Havana Parker Rheinhart Jack Oakie Henry Lucerd Barbara Rourk Charles Addams Helene Fortescue Reynolds Melody Thompson Palm Beach Wm Sullivan Pat Diamond Ted Steeles Kathy Grant Arthur O Connell baby girl.
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Clark Gable
Kay
Lex Barker
Acapulco
Lana
Julie Wilson
D. Stein
Montreal
Sam
Joyce van Patten
Lerner & Loewe
Standard Oil
Morton Weaver
Edie Adams
Ernie Kovacs
Janis Paige
Arthur Stander
Kirk Douglas
Baron Adolph von Zedlitz
Sarah Roosevelt
Casanova
Monique le Gac
French Medical Ass'n
Robert Dargi
N. Y
Connecticut
Metropolitan Club
Gary Morton
Anne Kimbell
Maureen
Doctor's Hospital
Stan
CBS
Thrush
Sunny Gale
Noel Kramer
Lynn Christie
Washington
Jorge Guinle
el Morocco
Mary Hylam
Perona
California
Theodore Badin
Mae Mann
Nina Dyer
Baron von Thyssen
Sadri Khan
Aly
Europe
Harvard
Phyllis Avery
David Janssen
Joan Foster
Dea Vanter
Frederick Loewe
Las Vegas
Fernanda Montel
Count Estrada
Spain
Palm Beach
Mexico City
Havana
Fess Parker
Marcie Rheinhart
Jack Oakie
Henry Lucerd
Barbara Rourk
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New Yorker
Golden Thread Room
Charles Addams
Ted Steeles
Drs. Hosp
Louis Primas
Keely Smith
Covington
Kathy Grant
Arthur O'Connell
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Kerwin Mathews
Maurice Evans
Ellen Siegel
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Lynn Garber
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Tommy Mercer
Jimmy Dorsey
Carol Bruce
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Gabe Dell
Viola Essen
Dan Daileys
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