Word: childing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Massachusetts, with its current persecution of the Ellises, is back in the Middle Ages. This kind and loving couple are threatened like ordinary criminals because they are Jews and had the temerity to adopt (in good faith) the child of an unwed Roman Catholic mother. Are we really in America, or is the ghost of Hitler now dominating the state's legal and ecclesiastical counsels...
...parent of an adopted daughter the same age as Hildy, I cannot conceive of any law which could properly justify removing this child from the custody of the people who are as much her parents as they would be had she been born of their own flesh. If the authorities are serious about their responsibility to place a child with persons whose faith is the same as that of the natural mother, then they should know that the opportunity to do so in this case is past...
...express the hope-which I know is shared by many others-that the Florida courts will help Mr. & Mrs. Ellis to keep the little girl Hildy. This child's life might easily be ruined if she is taken away from these people who love her, and whom she loves...
...admire "Love Comes To Miss Lucy," "Sridni Vashtar," and "A Jungle Graduate" more than the average piece in the collection simply because of their ideas: a seeming love affair that takes an unusual turn, a child who wishes and imagines a murder that comes true, and a quiet story of turnabout. "The Waxwork" deserves less praise for its idea (a night in a waxwork chamber of horrors), but a great deal for its ending, which is led up to gently and tidily. "The Lady On The Grey," an echo of Circe, is a minor but still notable example...
Divorced. Betsy Blair (real name: Elizabeth Boger), 33, reddish-haired actress of stage (The Beautiful People) and screen (Marty); from Gene Kelly, 44, singing-dancing actor-director (An American in Paris, Singin' in the Rain): after 15 years of marriage, one child; in Las Vegas...