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...Yourself Parliament. Previews still does 90% of its business in residential land ("The appreciation can be fantastic"), specializes in finding buyers for U.S. residences such as Bing Crosby's seven-room lodge on Hayden Lake in Idaho, now for sale at $95,000. "We don't live by soufflés alone," says Executive Vice President Robert T. Furman Jr. But Previews has made its reputation peddling white elephants and exotic properties. For $300,000 Tysen will sell a half share in an Irish distillery, for $182,000 the title to the Windward Island of Mustique, which Previews...
Oooh-eee-oooh-aah-aah Ting-tang Walla-walla bing-bang...
...most pervasive voice in radio or television belongs neither to Bing Crosby nor Perry Como, but to a pretty, twinkly, auburn-haired girl named Gloria Wood. Blessed with a four-octave range and a gift for mimicry, Gloria can sing high or low, squeaky or sweet, on demand and to order. And the demand for such special talents is tremendous. In just the past three years, Gloria has recorded for more than 2,000 singing commercials. All day, every day, she warbles as the Schlitz Beer girl ("You'll be the kiss of the hops in every glass...
Looking as if wedded bliss was everything he asked of it, hopeful Crooner Dennis Crosby, 23, son of Old Groaner Bing, avoided the obvious to gaze into the eyes of his Showgirl Bride Pat Sheehan, 26. No sooner had the junior Crosbys taken their vows in Las Vegas, Nev., where Pat, a divorcee, hoofs in a nightclub, than word leaked out in Los Angeles that sometime Telephone Operator Marilyn Scott, 25, as the result of a little unwedded bliss with Dennis, was the mother of a 5½-month-old daughter, whose support has been provided by the Crosby lawyers...
Coffee Break. Funnyman Bob Hope took a turn with the gavel, twitted Crooner Bing Crosby, whose new young wife is expecting a baby in August: "You can tell how important this tournament is to get Bing away from the nest. Bing had his last child 20 years ago. That's quite a coffee break." Comedian Hank Henry came on to peddle Texan Billy Maxwell and tried to swing a deal with one of the more belligerent celebrities in the crowd. "What am I bid for Elsa Maxwell? This would be a good buy for Walter Winchell. How about Elsa...