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Debutante Ball Guests Face Damage Charges
Fourteen socialites and Mimi Russell 17 daughter of Vogue publisher were charged with willful destruction of property after a Southampton mansion suffered 3202 in damage following an August debutante ball. If convicted they face up to six months in jail and 250 in fines. The 80 attendees included prominent New York and Philadelphia families. The seaside mansion owned by Robert Mallory Harriss was rented for accommodations by the hosts.
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Grand Jury
Southampton
Long Island
New York City
Philadelphia
Mimi Russell
Vogue
Duke of Marlborough
Fernanda Wana
Maker Wetherill
Donald S. Leas Jr
Robert Mallory Harriss
Miss Wetherill