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...Died. Fernanda Wanamaker Leas, 52, millionheiress and socialite; of pneumonia; in Manhattan. Great-granddaughter of John Wanamaker, pioneer department store merchandiser, she was a successful retailer in her own right. Twice divorced, she was reportedly undergoing treatment for alcoholism when she fell from the fifth floor of her Manhattan apartment two months ago, suffering numerous fractures. She was recovering in Lenox Hill Hospital when pneumonia...
...Fernanda Fuentes Ríos, a Puerto Rican American of Negro blood, has had six husbands. Junior, her sixth, is 19. Fernandá's youngest daughter Cruz is 18. She is currently estranged from her third husband, but not to the point of refusing him occasional access to her favors. Felicita and Soledad, two other daughters of Fernanda's, are whores. They are also good mothers, although somewhat unconventional: the lullabies that soothe Felicita's children would redden a longshoreman's ears. Fernanda's only son, Simplicio, 21, ran away from home...
...James Dickey, San Fernanda's poet-in-residence, spoke at Pitzer College, Claremont, Calif...
...Manhattan's WaldorfAstoria. The very In thing this year was to introduce yourself to the postdebs and Ivy Leaguers trudging down the reception line as another girl entirely, so everybody had the most awful time sorting out Elizabeth Funston, 18, Virginia Guest, 18, Jocelyn Kress, 18, and Fernanda Kellogg, 18. But then the ritual began as always with the Coming Out Waltz, followed by the Garland Dance, the Polka Sleigh Ride and the Christmas Star, in which the gals kneel in the dark, hold candles and sing carols. Meyer Davis' band struck up Every thing's Coming...
...fragile ancient marble inch by inch, using only castile soap and a toothbrush, he began to think it might be a lost statue that Michelangelo is known to have carved in 1496. The possibility has aroused the cautious enthusiasm of a number of scholars, including Italy's Dr. Fernanda de' Maffei, who now presents the full case for attributing the statue to the sculptor. The argument draws its greatest strength from 169 photos, which compare the statue with dozens of known Michelangelo paintings, drawings and sculptures, and also with classical statues and gem carvings that would have influenced...