Demre and the Santa Legend Across Christmas Lore
Walter Winchell recalls Demre in southern Turkey where Saint Nicholas lived. The piece recounts post office letters to Santa, Christmas stockings origins, Bethlehem towns in the U.S., mistletoe kisses, and historical carol influences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Demre
Santa Claus
St. Nicholas
Myra
United States Post Office
Vegas Daze and Nites at the Thunderbird and Sahara
A Vegas column notes Joan O'Brien endures repeated hair washing during South Pacific at the Thunderbird, with potential impact on her co star Stephen Douglass. It mentions Dan Dailey planning a Broadway musical Genie with Mary Martin, the Newton Brothers at the Fremont, Pearl Bailey headlining at Flamingo, and holiday updates from local showbiz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thunderbird
Joan O’brien
Joan
Vegas
Pottstown
Penn
Joan O'Brien
Stephen Douglass
Harvey Allen
Dan Dailey
Mary Martin
Dan
Ken Shrooks
Mabel
Stork
Newton Brothers
Fremont
Flamingo
Frank Shane
Manhattan
Macy's
Buddy Hackett
Sahara
South Pacific
T-Bird
Betty Grable
The
Dunes
Strip
Alan Gale
Sue
Don Morrow
Caroline Kennedy
Shirley Temple
Pat Palmer
Perry Como
Las Vegas
Debby Reynolds
Riviera
the Dunes
Pearl Sieben
Frederick Fel
Jackie Nose Prices and Notable Showbiz Snippets From New York to Berlin
West Berlin clinics offer Jackie Kennedy styled noses for 150 dollars. A Greenwich Village coffee house paid two performers 15 dollars each, Vaughn Meader and Stanley Handleman, with Meader earning seven and Handleman eight. The piece catalogs celebrity quotes, hotel publicity plans, and cultural tidbits from 1960s entertainment.
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New York
Jackie Kennedy
West Berlin
Jackie
Greenwich Village
Vaughn Meader
Kennedy
Stanley Myron Handleman
Handleman
The
Bon Soir
Meader
Gov. Rockefeller
Douglas man Bridson postpones peak birthday climb
A. Bridson, aged 102, celebrated his birthday in Douglas Isle of Man by delaying his traditional climb of Snae Fell, the island's highest peak, due to weather concerns. He planned to attempt the ascent when conditions improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Maharis
Show
Maharis
West Side
Douglas
Isle of Man
UPI
T A. Bridson
Snae Fell
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Mississippi
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St. Francis
Clement Clarke Moore
St Nicholas
Santa
Walt Disney
Wamare
Huntridge Bier
Sevaga's
Zachary Scott
Jack Weston
Jesse White
Mae Questel
Ones
Frank 1
Tashan John Fenton Murray
Paramount
Man In the Moon
Kenneth More
EL Portal
Huntridge
Nevada
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LAS Vegas Sun
Ralph Pear
Joe E. Lewis
Pearl Bailey
Bill Bailey
Pearlie Mae
Pearl
Tybe Afra
Johnny Brascia
Hy Gardner
Grandma Moses
Eleanor Powell
Glenn Ford
Peter Ford
Lake Forest
Ill
Steve Lawrence
Gregory Peck
Captain Newman
Hospital de Gonesse
Paris
Jolson
Jolie
Carver House
Eagle Eve Shields
Desert Inn
Rosemary Clooney
Guys and Dolls
EL Cortez
Santo
Johnny
Frankie Brent
Frank Verna
Mel Calvert
Judy Lynn
Patsy Cline
Tompall & Glaser Bros
Minsky
Debbie Reynolds
Lee
Faye Maynard
Stardust
Tropicana
Merry
Boulder
RCA
Elvis Presley
Yul Byner
Buccaneer
Guliver
Bigamtice
Barabbas
Anthony Quinn
Silvana Mangano
Arthur Kennedy
Katy Jurado
His
AY Andrews
Vittorio Gassman
Jack Palance
Ernest Borghine
Rchard Fleischer
Amcor
Cersen
San Francisco
Las Vegas Blvd
Hacienda Hotel
Samson
Fp Woeut Co
Taras Bulba
Sam Wakamaker
Dexter Guy Rolfe
Perry Lopez
Maclenty
Wash Soul
Kes Tee
Christine Kaufmann
Wan
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LL Thompson
Marlo Hecht
P.mavision Eastmancolor
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