Edith Piaf’s Paris love tale links boxing star to torch singer
The 1949 note recounts Edith Piaf caring for Marcel Cerdan’s widow and son after his fatal air crash. Son Marcel Jr. emerges as a rising middleweight prospect with boxing lineage. The piece also brushes NYC nightlife as Piaf performs at Ver sailles and highlights other city social scenes.
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Versailles
New York
Marcel Cerdan
Cerdan
Marcel Jr
Junior
New Park Avenue Regency Hotel
Pierre Bultinek
Hudson River
Vegas Daze and Nites Clash of Crosbys and Celebrities
Gossip column recounts the Crosby family dynamics with Gary Crosby pursuing multiple careers while Phil Lindsay and Dennis face personal troubles. It notes industry happenings from Eleanor Powell’s cancellation to Cary Grant at the Dunes and mockery of various film choices by Harvard Lampoon.
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John Ralin
Our Town
Lexington Ave
John Barrymore
Ali Kahn
Errol Flynn
Time Magazine
Latin Quarter
New York
Richiardi Jr
Boston
Norm Crosby
Shakespeare
Bing Crosby
Gary
Dennis
Lindsay
Phil
America
Pat Sheehan
Hollywood
Gery
Crosbys
Hotel in Montreal Welcomes Children with Free Extras
A Montreal hotel promotes children as key publicity agents. No extra charge for under 14 sharing rooms with parents. Baby cereals are free and meals for under 12 are 50 percent off. Special room service staff handle baby formulas and bottle warmers provided at no cost. A check and a checkup accompany the offer.
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Montreal
Canada
UPI
Canadian Food Journal
Scotty Stay in School Song Aims to Curb Dropouts
Songwriter Gladys Shelley has written a tune urging students to stay in high school. The piece, Scotty Stay in School, notes that a high school graduate earns more over a lifetime than dropouts and was recorded by Spiral Records.
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New York
UPI
Gladys Shelley
Scotty
Spiral Records
Memo notes from Walter Winchell on gossip and events
Walter Winchell reports from Havana and New York about troop movements in Cuba and Guatemala, Broadway nightlife, marriages, contracts, and Hollywood chatter. The column mentions Russia in Cuba, Broad way surveillance, Rod Hope, Lucille Ball, and a planned war veterans bonus drive in West Palm Beach.
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Havana
Washington
Cuba
Bay of Pigs
Guatemala
Peru
Joe DiMaggio
Hollywood
Cliff Robertson
Jfk
Romeo
Janet Thomas
American Weekly
Rod Hope
Lucille Ball
Hope
Dean Martin
Martha Rave
U.S Steel
Jovees Elbert
Riegar
Korea
West Palm Beach
Morocco
Hassan
Saks-Sth
Youth Confesses To Burglary In Las Vegas Case
A youth confessed to Las Vegas police that he took $1,900 from a Las Vegas home where he was staying. Forrest Frady, arrested in Caliente by Las Vegas authorities, admitted taking the money from Margaret Berry at 1223 Desert Lane last Friday.
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Las Vegas
Caliente
Forrest Frady
Margaret Berry
Desert Lane
Balinese Volcano Still Belching
Balinese volcano Gunung Agung continued to smoke yesterday, government officials said. Spokesman Ane gung warned that the threat of lava and mudflows remains, despite no declaration of an all clear.
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Ernment
Anegung
Swedish Princess to Study At Radcliffe College
Swedish Princess Christina, 19, will enter Harvard University's Radcliffe College this fall. She plans to live and study as a regular undergraduate student for at least a year, with languages and music cited as likely areas of study. Christina, daughter of Princess Sibylla and Prince Gustaf Adolf, turns 20 Aug. 3.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Christina
Harvard University
Radcliffe College
U.S
United States
Sibylla
Prince Gustaf Adolf
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