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...became the epitome of the hard-boiled but literate writer. He started with short stories in H.L. Mencken's The Smart Set, the home of such luminaries as Fitzgerald and Lewis, Huxley and Maugham, and ended up with the federal government trying to have his body removed from Arlington National Cemetery since Communist bones there would presumably pervert the sacredness of row after row of white crosses. His long-time companion, Lillian Hellman, who now runs his estate, refuses to allow anyone access to his papers for biographical purposes--presumably on the grounds that the man had had enough. Still...
...destroyed by the tax boys, and he spent the rest of his days as a recluse. He kept telling himself he could write again, but there were no jobs and it didn't happen. When he died, the government tried the last ignominy of removing his body from Arlington National Cemetery. Even though he had fought in two wars, the authorities saw him as a disgrace. The attempt didn't work. By the time they got around to it, McCarthy was out and the whole nightmare was over...
Officials on the scene found Neal J. Fitzgerald, the student, of Arlington, and Wayne Battle, of Somerville, arguing after their cars had allegedly collided...
...Thomas Lutzy Arlington, Mass...
...Arlington Heights...