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Walter Winchell In New York Celebs About Town
A bustling gossip page notes Lauren Bacall struggling to exit a midget cab and other stars like Lisa Kirk rehearsing Show Boat in Chicago. It mentions Gov. Patterson of Alabama and Gloria DeHaven en route to Miami with a Persian kitten, Mahalia Jackson plans a Vatican concert, and Doug Fairbanks Jr.'s mother moving to London.
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Lauren Bacall
Oglers
Lisa Kirk
Hawood
Chicago
John Patterson
Alabama
Stork Club
Gloria DeHaven
Eastern
Miami
Mahalia Jackson
Vatican City
Cardinal Spellman
Doug Fairbanks Jr
Jack Whiting
London
Jack Benny
Park Avenue
Bette Houk
New Yankees
Mgr
Anna Marie Alberghetti
Jane Russell
Mexico City
Gloria Curtis
H'wood
Gene Tierney
Henry Denker
Hallmark
Freud
Monica Corbett
Cocoanut Grove
Los Angeles
Pigalle
Australia
Bobby Darin
Jason Robards Jr
Hume Cronyn
Jilly
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