Word: columnist
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When Marie Torre, radio-TV columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, stood before U.S. Judge Sylvester J. Ryan in November 1957, the court expressed sympathy ("the Joan of Arc of her profession") even while holding her in contempt of court. Last week Judge Ryan was not so generous. "You set a very poor example for your fellow citizens," he said, after Columnist Torre declined once more to share a secret she has kept for two years. The judge ordered her to jail...
...wouldn't be surprised if it's because she thinks she's terribly fat." After this statement appeared in a Torre column in January 1957, Songstress Garland filed a $1,393,333 suit against CBS for libel and breach of contract. Subpoenaed as a witness, Columnist Torre refused to name her informant, pleading the confidential relationship of reporter to source.* Last month the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the conviction for contempt that grew out of her silence...
Facing ten days in jail, Columnist Torre, wife of TV Producer Hal Friedman and mother of two small children, was philosophical. "I don't feel brave about it," she said. "But it's just easier to serve the period of detention than go for the rest of my life having something like this on my conscience. I would be betraying my entire profession if I revealed my source." Why did not the CBS spokesman come forward now and give her the right to reveal his name? Said she: "The guy could lose his job." There was some comfort...
...Columnist Torre's plight was one thing that was not bothering Songstress Garland. Said Judy: "I'm sorry if anyone has to go to jail-but if she wants to go, and be a martyr, I guess she will...
...George Gobel. Analysis Stardust is a projected series that will put top newsmen among the other stars. The Image series (audio documentaries) will be an ambitious collection of documentaries starting with Image: Russia, a 1½-hour-a-night, month-long study of the Soviet Union, "authenticated" by Hearst Columnist Bob Considine...