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Died. Robert Garland, 60, drama critic (1943-51) for the New York Journal-American, and playwright (The Double Miracle)] of a stroke; in Manhattan...
...were married in the rectory of a Roman Catholic Church in West Orange, N.J. Sylvia has remained a Jew, but their daughter Betty has been raised a Catholic. Meanwhile, Winchell left the Graphic for the Daily Mirror, and Louis Sobol replaced him as Broadway columnist. When Sobol joined the Journal-American, Sports Editor Sullivan inherited the Broadway assignment. "I didn't want the job, but it was either take it or be fired. I took it, but determined never to rap anyone the way Winchell does. I don't think I have the right to pass final judgment...
...Fulbright, that encouraging people to come into the market now, as the New York Stock Exchange has been doing, is "rather risky"? Galbraith agreed. In fact, said he, stock margins should be raised from the current 60% to 100%, to discourage new investors. After Galbraith finished, the New York Journal-American's Financial Columnist Leslie Gould suggested a headline to describe the effects of his testimony: EGGHEAD SCRAMBLES MARKET...
Such society gossipists as Igor (Cholly Knickerbocker) Cassini of Hearst's New York Journal-American operate on the principle that "there is nothing more deadly boring than a group of people who have just social position and nothing else." In his syndicated column of elegant keyhole peeping and pub-crawling, Cassini is far from boring. He not only covers the fanciest parties and loudest brawls, but his columns also include such items as: "When the Jelke trial opens-the chi chi neighbors along 72nd Street will hear all about the $300-a-month apartment [call] girls operated there...
...Journal-American, the first daily started by William Randolph Hearst himself and now the home paper of W. R. Hearst Jr., is the biggest afternoon paper (circ. 669,700). But its circulation is 8% off its peak, and its ad linage last year was down 17%. The Journal's screaming red headlines and crusading zeal once appealed to New York's immigrant population, but this formula no longer works so well. Though it has cut its staff to trim expenses and runs giveaway contests (Cashword Puzzles, Daily Double Racing Game, Lucky Safety Cards) to boost circulation, the Journal...