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...people to work at their own trades (average wage: $50 to $60 a month) and to try anything. The WPA excavated Indian burial grounds in New Mexico, translated and indexed French and Spanish records in New Orleans, operated the bankrupt city of Key West, Fla. Unemployed writers like Conrad Aiken and John Cheever were put to work creating the American Guide series. Artists like Ben Shahn, Jackson Pollock and Alice Neel (see cover portrait) painted pictures to be displayed in schools and other public buildings. The WPA Federal Theater Project provided 12,000 jobs for novelties like Orson Welles...
From Sheriff Matt Dillon on radio to Private Eye Frank Cannon on TV, Actor William Conrad, 61, has specialized in meting out justice. In his latest role, he is still enforcing the law, but with an Oriental twist. Taking on the title role in a new TV production of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, the portly Conrad will insist in his amateur baritone that the punishment fit the crime. "He's a great big cuddly granddad-Santa Claus with a lovely voice," says Singer Kate Flowers, 29, who plays the heroine Yum-Yum in the musical, which...
...Conrad Fagone last week announced his acceptance of a position with the Boston Housing Authority's construction management division...
...rather, she undid it again. Confirming rumors that her seventh marriage to her sixth husband was shaky, Liz and Republican Senator John Warner, 54, said they would seek a legal separation after five years of marriage. Warner joins an illustrious cast from Liz's previous marital flings: Hotelier Conrad Hilton Jr. in 1950; British Actor Michael Wilding in 1952; Producer Mike Todd in 1957; Singer Eddie Fisher in 1959; and Actor Richard Burton in 1964 and again in 1975. In the early stages of Liz and John's relationship, all was bliss: he was the silver-haired political...
...Joseph Conrad...