Hollywood's McDermott and the strange era of film-house signs
A fragmentary reminiscence on Jack McDermott a Hollywood scenarist and his extravagant Beverly Hills home described as an era sign of success. The piece recalls Norma Shearer Irving Thalberg Marion Davies and Mary Pickford houses with lavish features such as a 268 foot bookish measure and a trapdoor rope ladder in a star’s boudoir.
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Jersey Republicans Name Top NJ Senate Hopefuls
Newark NJ reporters describe a race between two veteran GOP figures for the State Senate. Attorney Wayne Dumont Jr of Phillipsburg and Malcolm Forbes of Bedminster, both WW II veterans, face a contest over gubernatorial records and leadership.
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Immigration racket exposed in Wellington NZ entry permits
Police in Wellington disclosed a racket around issuing entry permits for Chinese immigrants. They say hundreds of men, women, and children are believed to have entered illegally in the last three to four years at a cost of 52,700 per person.
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