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Paean to a Softy. Mounds of congratulatory telegrams from celebrities filled his suite. Jack Dempsey, the McGuire Sisters and the cast of Say, Darling wished him well. Hedda Hopper was sorry she couldn't make it. Frank Sinatra, Winchell's current shrine character, reserved three tables for opening night (but failed to show up). The Milton Berles, George Raft, Ernie Kovacs and Edie Adams were all there. Thoughtful ex-Gambler Mickey Cohen sent flowers and a personal emissary: "Mickey thought it was for the best he should'na come, Walter." "Yeah," said Walter, "it's just...
Died. Estelle Taylor, 58, oldtime sultry cinemactress (Don Juan), onetime (1925-31) wife of Heavyweight Jack Dempsey; of cancer; in Hollywood...
Died. John J. Dempsey, 78, Democratic Congressman from New Mexico and the state's former two-term (1943-47) governor; of complications following a virus infection; in Washington. Once a vice president of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Jack Dempsey moved west, served New Mexico in the U.S. Congress from 1935 to 1941, again since 1951, last month pushed through an amendment that calls for the immediate beginning of construction on one of his pet projects: the $37 million Navajo Dam in the Upper Colorado Basin...
...Philadelphia, not far from the scene of their first battle for the heavyweight boxing crown in 1926, Manassa Mauler Jack Dempsey, 62, and Gentleman Gene Tunney, 60, met again, looking remarkably well-preserved-and strikingly alike. They received plaques from the Brith Sholom lodge for "their notable achievements and outstanding contributions in the sports world and for devoted service to American youth." Pingponging compliments with the man who beat him twice in the ring, well-heeled Manhattan Restaurateur Dempsey turned to Millionaire...
Named last week to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by the death of West Virginia's Democratic Senator Matthew M. Neely: State Republican Chairman John Dempsey Hoblitzell Jr., 45, who directed the successful 1956 campaign of Republican Governor Cecil Underwood, first Republican governor of the state since 1928. Hoblitzell's appointment scales the Democratic majority in the Senate down from...