Word: helene
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Died. Helen Palmer Geisel, 69, wife of "Dr. Seuss" and mother to his zany literary menagerie of Grinches, Nerkles, and Star-Belly Sneetches; of undetermined causes; in La Jolla, Calif. As an American at Oxford in 1925, she urged her boy friend, Ted Geisel, to devote himself to his whimsical doodles. Geisel took her advice to heart, married her as well, and as Dr. Seuss, published 27 books...
...however, support their position entirely and call for all universities, including Harvard and Wellesley, to heed the call to conscience which has generated these protests. Sigmund Abeles, Art Leon Apt, History Duncan Aswell, Eng. Grazia Avitabile, Ital. Mariam Berlin, His. Sharon Cadman, Eng. Elizabeth Conant, Bio. Ann Congleton, Phil. Helen Corsa, Eng. John Crawford, Music Ward Cromer, Psych. Fred Denbeaux, Bib. His. Jacqueline Evans, Math. David Ferry, Eng. John Graham, Math Laurel Furumoto, Psy. Rene Galand, French Edward Gulick, His. Jean Harrison, Bio. Walter Houghton, Eng. Gabriele Jackson, Eng. Owen Jander, Music Florence McCulloch, French Eleanor McLaughlin, His. Jeanette McPherrin...
...latching on to sexy manuscripts and spending huge amounts of money on ballyhoo. Thus Jacqueline Susann's Valley of the Dolls, a vulgar chronicle of three female predators on the make in Hollywood, sold more than 350,000 hard-cover copies and 6,000,000 more in paperback. Helen Gurley Brown's guide for swingers, Sex and the Single Girl sold about 2,500,000 copies In each case Gais, assisted by his promotion department, a fetching blonde named Letty Cottin Pogrebin, spent more than $80,000 on advertising...
...Helen Gurley Brown," begins the mistress of ceremonies of the new TV show Outrageous Opinions. "I've written a few books, Sex and the Single Girl, etc., and now I'm editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. I'm terribly interested in women, and in men, too, and especially in the things they do together. We're going to find out about the personal lives and loves and hopes and hang-ups and problems of some very well-known people. I'm not afraid to ask them anything. Don't you be afraid to listen...
...such leg-pulling, the star is blithely oblivious. "Most people," she says, "expect Helen Gurley Brown to be fierce and fiery. They're surprised to find me a nice old brown wren...