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...readers have been better informed about events in Ghana or Gulistan than developments in their own backyard. One reason is that even with the Times's resources, covering New York City and its populous suburbs is a herculean problem. The megalopolis, from Greenwich, Conn., to Greenwich Village, East Hampton to the West 90s, encompasses one of the world's most diffuse, complex and heterogeneous clutter of communities. No single daily can easily reach all the assorted facets and tastes of Greater New York. In fact, none of Manhattan's dailies has ever really bothered...
...Bassist Chuck Andrus, Drummer Jake Hanna and Pianist Nat Pierce-has enough drive and distinction to make three-quarters of an excellent quartet. All 15 players are occasional soloists, and Woody, at 50, yields to their youth. "I just duck and get out of the way," he says. > Lionel Hampton, 50, has always been the clown prince of jazz, and he still fronts his band tirelessly. His thesis, he says, is that a good band doesn't have to be dull. To prove it, he likes to leap up on a drum and stomp with both feet. His band...
Bobby was the eldest of Postman Ernest Baker's brood of eight. The Bakers lived in a big frame house on Hampton Avenue, and all the youngsters worked to help out. "We've never been poor," said Ernest Baker, "but we weren't rich either." When South Carolina sent Burnet Maybank to the Senate in 1941, Maybank owed a political favor to a man in Pickens, offered to make his son a Senate page. The boy turned it down, and Bobby Baker was recommended in his place. He had never been away before, and upon reaching Washington...
Drooling Imitators. On an August night in 1956, near East Hampton, L.I., while his wife, Painter Lee Krasner, was in Europe, Pollock drove off a high-crowned road at top speed, bounced off an embankment and smacked into trees. He and one of two young artist's models in the car were killed...
Married. Sue Lyon, 17, cinema's Lolita-in-the-flesh; and Hampton Lamsden Fancher III, 25, her constant friend on the Iguana set in Puerto Vallarta; he for the second time; in West Los Angeles...