Bettys life among stars on the Riviera and beyond
Betty Downey earned adoration from show business icons like Maurice Chevalier Mistinguett Elizabeth Taylor and Onassis. She recalls generous tips from Onassis and a dining circle with Franco and Farouk while detailing her long career from Las Vegas to the French Riviera and Chez Cary.
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Betty
Franco
Symphony
Maurice Chevalier
Mistinguest
Elizabeth Taylor
Chevalier
Louise
Onassis
Mistinguett
Mistinquett
Farouk
Egypt
Frascati
Santa Monica
Chez
Paris
Warsaw
Frederick Loewe
French Riviera
Chez Cary
Rocco’s
Downey
Mel Norfleet
Anderson
Tally Hoon
Lakewood Boulevard
South Street
Mel
Rocco's
Califor nia champagne case delays Poulsbo wedding
Charles Cameron Jordan of San Francisco pled guilty in Jackson County District Court to illegal transportation of liquor and speeding after police clocked him at 75 mph. Three cases of champagne worth 3208.80 were seized and turned over to OLCC. He said he was en route to a Washington wedding and received a suspended sentence on both charges.
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Medford
Ore
California
Poulsbo
Wash
Jackson County
Iynor
Jordan
L. A. Merryman
Washington
Merryman
Oregon Liquor Control Commission
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Brownie) Brown
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