Learn to Sew and Love It in Glamourous Charity Eve
New York hosts a Society Sewing Bee at the Singer Center in Rockefeller Center. Maggi Newhouse organized the event to raise funds for Southampton Hospital’s ventilator, with 150 socialites modeling outfits from home sewing. Models showcased unique designs by Fran cine Coffey and others, highlighting budget fashion and DIY tailoring.
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New York
NEA
Clyde
Maggi McNellis
Billy Giblin
Henri Bendel
Francine Coffey
Singer Center
Rockefeller Plaza
Donald Kircher
Singer
Egon von Furstenberg
Egon
Ivory-billed Woodpecker Likely Extinct Says Experts
Washington AP report states the ivory-billed woodpecker may be extinct after a last widely unconfirmed sighting. Naturalists cite failed reconfirmation attempts along the Neches River in Texas and Santee swamp near Columbia, with officials expressing little hope for a viable population despite occasional calls and recordings.
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Washington
Richard Banks
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Harry Goodwin
Office of Endangered Species
John V. Dennis
Big
Texas
Dennis
Chipola
Florida
Robert Manns
Audubon Society
Santee
Columbia
D.C
Reverse Snobbery in Hollywood Dogs and Stars
Hollywood notes on dogs mark status shifts from pedigreed to pound puppies. Susan St James shows a new glamour and mammas her rising career as she works on McMillan and Wife with Rock Hudson, while Leonard Stern talks of potential co stars and the show’s unlikely path to success.
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Hollywood
Doris Day
Pound
Susan St. James
NBC
Rock Hudson
Susie
Kiddo
Susan
Rome
Susan St James
Gamin
Europe
Rock
Rockford
Leonard Stern
Caedmon Records founders recount 19 years of audio fame
Marianne Mantell and Barbara Holdridge co founded Caedmon Records in New York after college. They built a lasting catalog with Dylan Thomas and other major authors, overcoming early financial strain, reliance on support, and the male business climate to create a permanent spoken word imprint now sold worldwide.
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New York
Barbara Holdridge
Caedmon Records
America
Hunter College
Caedmon
Barbara
Dylan Thomas
William Morris Agency
RCA
Beatles threaten suit over Linda McCartney claim
London AP report says Paul McCartney faces a lawsuit from fellow Beatles claiming Linda McCartney coauthored his hit Another Day. Jack Gill, head of Northern Songs, says Linda must prove she can compose music, noting she had not written music before marriage.
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London
Paul McCartney
Beatles
Linda
Jack Gill
Northern Songs Publishing Firm
Newsmen
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Agatha
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Donald Bruce White
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Chessy Rayner
Sydney Wood
Maggs Newhouse
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B. Ps
Muaea Ea
Manhattan
Hope
B.J
Marianne
YWCA
Thomas
William Faulkner
Ernest Hemingway
Katherine Anne Porter
Ezra Pound
Sir Laurence Olivier
Rcords
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
McCartney
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