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...divorced Roosevelt in 1940 and is now the wife of Financier John Hay ("Jock&") Whitney. The engagement announcement broke the news that Whitney, with the consent of Jimmie Roosevelt, had legally adopted Sara in 1949 to put her in line for the family fortune (reportedly around $50 million). The groom-to-be is Concert Pianist Anthony di Bonaventura, 23, whom Sara met in Philadelphia two years ago while he was a music student at Curtis Institute."Her millions don't impress me," he told reporters. Papa and Mama di Bonaventura, who had already entertained the Whitneys at a lasagna...
Young Love. In Ahmadabad, India, police stopped a marriage contract ceremony in a nearby village, told the parents of the one-year-old groom and the nine-month-old bride not to be in such a hurry...
...weathermen, studying reports from as far away as Japan, postpone a test whenever they foresee conditions that might keep the dust from dissipating properly. Only once have they had misgivings. Early in 1952, they warned eleven people at the Groom mine, 20 miles from the firing area, to get out-quick. The dust settled down on schedule, but there was not enough of it to hurt anybody...
British-born Finney, who came from a long line of Anglican parsons, learned about horses as a groom and stable boy. He is known for his ability to produce furlongs of equine statistics at the drop of a crop. But his technique is not all smooth talk. At one auction, a heckler who was scornful of the horses up for sale asked Finney: "When are you going to start the dog race?" Snapped Finney: "Just as soon as you can get in shape...
Straight Answer. In Arnhem, The Netherlands, police were called to break up a near free-for-all between two families at the town hall when, during a marriage ceremony, Registrar R. Kamphuis asked the bride if she would take the groom as her lawful wedded husband and she replied...