Notable Hollywood and music stars face legal and career shifts
Ray Cnaries paid a $757 judgment in Atlanta and went blind at eight after Albany segregation cases. Ruth seeks $1,000 monthly support from Mortimer Hall amid income drop. Hall reports reduced earnings from KLAC. Billy Gray of Father Knows Best convicted for marijuana possession in Santa Monica, bail set at $2,625. Helen Shapiro rises in Europe and U.S. while underage limits affect stage times. Rosemary Clooney plans divorce litigation with Jose Ferrer. Molly Bee contemplates postmarriage career changes.
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Ray Cnaries
Atlanta
Albany
Georgia
Billy Gray
Robert Young
Santa Monica
Hollywood
Billy
Unrepentant Pastor Posts Message On Church Door
Springfield Mass Reverend Charles V Bergstrom enforces a warning to burglars with a sign on his Evangelical Lutheran church office door. The note directs thieves to repent while noting church funds are handled by downtown banks and citing recent property damage including a forced safe break in.
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Charles V. Bergstrom
Evangelical Lutheres Church
Springfield
Mass
Canada imports value rises to 5 717 million in 1961
Federal employees earn 288 037. The value of goods imported into Canada in 1961 was 5 717 million, up from 5 545 million in 1960.
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Canada
Newspaper Rewrite Ends With Tragedy On The Byline
A crime writer edits a poignant story about a fatal accident involving a girl named Tish. The unfinished draft reveals details: a driver George Thompson, a gift bought with pennies, a birthday card, and a funeral at Martin funeral home. The rewrite editor weeps as the byline Otis Woodsawyer appears.
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Adge
Old City
Johnson
Budge
Cork
George Thorpson
Crawford
Dave
Tish
R. H. Lippenbarger
Lippenbarger
Washington
Martin
Otis Woodsawyer
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Frank Sinatra
Eddie Fisher
Europe
Eddie
London
Ruth
Richard
Mortimer Hall
Hall
Los Angeles
KLAC
Mickey Mooney
Fryman Enterprises
Beverly Hills
U.S. Internal Revenue Bureau
California
SN Hon
Helen Shapiro
Australia
U.S
England
Molly
George
Carol Channing
Carol
Las Vegas
Rosemary Clooney
Jose Ferrer
Molly Bee
John Kipp
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Lord Snow
Great Britain
Windsorden
Charles
Castle
Chiswick
Bath
Bongo
Bath and Wells
Mother Elisabeth
Belgium
New York
Albert I
Puerto Rico
Ben Townsend
Elizabeth Ann Woodsawyer
Garfield
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