Year in Hollywood Deaths and Marital Shifts Highlight 1965
Hollywood notes for 1965 record many celebrity deaths including Nat King Cole Clara Bow Jeanette MacDonald Stan Laurel Judy Holliday Dorothy Dandridge Zachary Scott Mike Jones David O Selznick Jeve Cochran Constance Bennett Everett Sloan and high profile divorces or marriages. Phyllis Diller had two marriages end in that year and Ernie Organine remarried after a divorce. Patricia Neal Jayne Mansfield Elizabeth Montgomery and Joanne Woodward had children born. Patricia Neal suffered a brain hemorrhage but survived and later had a baby. Dorothy Malone nearly died on the operating table but returned to work. The Oscars went to My Fair Lady Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews. Mia Farrow gained fame after yacht trip with Frank Sinatra. Princess Margaret Brigitte Bardot visited Hollywood. Wendell Corey won a Santa Monica council seat while Steve Allen did not file in time for Congress and Ronald Reagan floated a potential gubernatorial bid.
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Traffic Safety Resolutions Are Suggested in Local Issue
A Northeast Louisiana issue of Friends published by Chevrolet General Motors division urged drivers to adopt New Year resolutions for safer travel in 1966. The list stresses steady hands, attentive minds, treating others as one would wish to be treated, and maintaining calming, cautious driving. It advises anticipating emergencies, keeping speeds appropriate to road conditions, and ensuring regular vehicle maintenance especially in winter and before long trips.
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Wallace Suffers Fractured Wrist in Hotel Gym
Miami Beach Florida AP governor George Wallace of Alabama, once a boxing champion, fractured his right wrist while working out with a heavy punching bag in a hotel gym. His press aide said Wallace could not resist the punch and he remained stoical despite pain. The doctor noted a cast on his wrist and uncertainty about his condition.
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