Broadway Memories and Celebrity Echoes Across Time
A reflective column recalls Leo and Clara Lindy and other figures from Broadway and Hollywood. It traces Meyer Berger’s tribute, Lib Lindy’s enduring memories, Gloria Vanderbilt’s soap opera life, Harry Belafonte’s rise, Cary Grant and Betsy Drake’s divorce, Anita Ekberg, Ethel Merman on Gypsy, Marian Anderson’s Yosemite performance, Shirley MacLaine’s ascent, Keely Smith and Louis Prima, and Joe Cook’s vaudeville era farewell.
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Meyer Berger
Valentine
Leo
Clara ‘Lindy
Buckingham Hotel
Runyon
Broadway
Leon
Clara Lindy
Hollywood
Cary Grant
Betsy Drake
Anita Ekberg
World
Anita
Miss Ekberg
Movieville
Shirley MacLaine
Miss MacLaine
Hollywood Heights
Malibu
Keely Smith
Louis Prima
Las Vegas
Ion Teevee
Keely
Never Too Late For Safety In Coventry Car Burns Fence
In Coventry Rhode Island AP peat R Grant 32 north Kingston wrecked car tore 40 feet of highway fence uprooted trees snapped a utility pole Police found him tending two fires at each end of the wreck to warn oncoming traffic He used the fence scraps to fuel the fires The piece notes a Smuts reference to a World War One idea.
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Coventry
R.I
Peat R. Grant
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Kingston
Grant
Paar Eyes Shorter TV Week As NBC Deliberates
New York AP Jack Paar seeks to cut his NBC TV schedule to three midnights a week while NBC pushes for five. The host, famed for candid talks and a restless sleep pattern, notes the appeal of wakeful humor and the appeal of his guests.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Jack Paar
Nbc-Tv
Eddie Albert
Westchester
Paar
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Ethel Merman
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Walter Winchell In
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Marian Anderson
California
Yosemite National Park
Miss Anderson
Joe Cook
Variety
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Baley
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Wrenn St
Camel Land
Bost’s
Best
Niacin
Phosphorus