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Dorothy's sex life was just as stormy. Her first husband, Harold Nicholas of the dance team, was absent and faithless; their daughter Lynn was brain damaged and had to be institutionalized. Her second marriage, to Las Vegas sharpie Jack Denison, yanked her into bankruptcy. Her trysts with Preminger, Jurgens, Peter Lawford and others left her forlorn. Her nightclub career dipped; after Porgy and Bess (1959), good film offers dried up. Dorothy was yesterday's darling...
...Donnell was sentenced last month to 16 years in prison after a jury in Denver convicted him on 30 counts of theft, securities fraud and racketeering. Crosson got no money back and must now work to supplement a meager pension. She watches over the houses and pets of absent homeowners in Evergreen, a wealthy suburb of Denver...
...that time Malcolm was starting to be absent from school for days at a time. His grades were dropping. He transferred to a public school but lasted just a few days. In April, after his mother called police again to calm another of their fights, Malcolm was sent back to New York. People who know them say Qubilah seemed relieved but that Malcolm was homesick for Texas and his friends there. A young friend of his in New York told reporters that Malcolm recently asked him whether, if he made enough trouble, he might be sent back west. Police believe...
...disappointed when only 66 percent voted. Turnout was especially low in Algiers, where a FIS bombing campaign designed to discourage voters had killed 22 in the past week. In addition, TIME's Scot MacLeod reports that while international monitors agree that outright ballot fraud was relatively absent, most Algerians believe the outcome was rigged from the start since Zeroual party relied on government patronage and control of television to boost its chances...
...Although the FIS is still party non grata, Zeroual has agreed to allow opposition from moderate fundamentalist parties as long as they removed Islamic references from their names and platforms and renounced violence. TIME's Scot MacLeod reports that while international monitors agree that outright ballot fraud was relatively absent, to most Algerians, the outcome was rigged from the start since Zeroual party relied on government patronage and control of television to boost its chances...