Isadora Duncan Saga Ties To War, Romance, and Film Echoes
Winchell continues coverage of Isadora Duncan’s life noting her charity to 30 plus children and her dramatic marriages to Sergei Essenin and other wives. It recalls her wartime nursing in the Balkans and Paris and her last public act defending Sacco and Vanzetti. A Nazi-curtailed urn tale and Redgrave’s Isadora portrayal arise, with Billy Sunday’s derisive label echoed.
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Paris
Sacco
Vanzetti
Moscow
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Vanessa Redgrave
Isadora Duncan
Evangelist Billy Sunday
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Hanoi leaders face a slim phone book crisis
Ho Chi Minh's committee reports the Hanoi phonebook is too thin to elevate his delegation for peace talks. Moscow has none and Hanoi cannot rely on Beijing shipments, while no one in Moscow wants word leaked. The piece satirically notes the impracticality of sourcing thicker volumes in the Communist bloc.
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Mittee
Ho Chi Minh
Hanoi
Peking
Moscow
Quilts Featured in Two Rare Museum Volumes
A catalog listing Book No 2 Museum Quilts with 12 rare outstanding quilts priced at 10c and Book No 3 Quilts for Todays Living offering 11 unique quilts at 10c each.
Overseas service matters cloud Tet offensive hopes
The passage notes issues in urgent contact and possible arrangements via Switzerland to ease communications for men overseas during the Tet offensive, hoping the matters are settled so they are not a concern during the holy season. Poison oak reference appears as a non sequitur to the main wartime concern.
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Switzerland
Gunman robs blind couple. threatens their son in Milwaukee
In Milwaukee, a gunman robbed Kenneth and Carolyn Northrop, a blind couple, of $51 after accosting them on a South Side street while their 8 year old son James cried. He threatened to kill the boy if they spoke, then fled. The crime was reported by Deputy Inspector Kenneth Marple.
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Milwaukee, Wis
Kenneth Marple
Kenneth Northrop
Carolyn
James
Northrop
VFW Christmas Party Friday At Post 972
A Christmas Party for Kids is set for 7 30 p m Friday at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 972 in the upstairs clubrooms. Santa Claus will distribute treats and entertainment is planned. Tom Wilson commands the post and the entertainment committee will assist.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 972
Santa Claus
Tom Wilson
Indiana GOP reports $64,891 balance and $232,500 debts
The Indiana Republican Party filed a financial report with the Marion County Election Board detailing a June 19 to Nov. 30 period. The bank balance stood at $64,891.62 while debts totaled $232,500.
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Indianapolis
Indiana Republican Party
Marion County Election Board
Third Arrest Shakes Sweetser Bank Burglary Case
Curtis F. Saylor, 32, was arrested Wednesday in Hamilton Ohio in the 34 800 burglary December 11 at the Farmers State Bank of Sweetser. Two other men had been arrested earlier this week in the case.
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Indianapolis
Curtis F. Saylor
Hamilton
Ohio
Farmers State Bank of
Sweetser
James T. Neagle
FBI
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