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...dynamite," he recalls. His skill won him a job in radio. "Acting on the radio gave me my first experience in a lot of different character parts. It was the only training I ever had." After war service and bit parts on television, Carney was picked to play Jackie Gleason's sidekick in All in the Family's predecessor, "The Honeymooners" skits on Gleason's comedy show...
During a two-day visit to Florida last week, Gerald Ford took time out for 18 holes of golf in the Jackie Gleason Inverrary Classic tournament in Lauderhill. After flubbing shots in several sand traps, plunking one ball into a small pond, and missing putts all over the place, the President lamented that he was not doing very well. "About as well as you are doing with Congress?" one reporter asked. Replied Ford: "I'm going to do better with both...
...JACK A. GLEASON, 38, White House aide. Pleaded guilty to violating the Federal Corrupt Practices Act by running Operation Townhouse; sentencing delayed...
Divorced. Jackie Gleason, 58, TV comic whose role as Bus Driver Ralph Kramden became a classic; and Beverly McKittrick, 42, his former secretary; after four years of marriage-his second -no children; in Fort Lauderdale...
Wild Gambles. By 1970 Franklin was beginning to suffer steadily declining operating earnings. Last May the situation had become so bad that its managers concluded that the only way the bank could survive was through a merger. Then Chairman Harold Gleason got devastating news: Franklin had lost some $39 million because of un authorized trading in foreign currencies...