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Ross began life as a newspaperman. His first job, at 14, was that of a reporter for the Salt Lake City Tribune, and one of his early assignments was to interview the madam of a house of prostitution. "Always self-conscious and usually uncomfortable in the presence of all but his closest women friends," writes Thurber, "the young reporter began by saying to the bad woman (he divided the other sex into good and bad), 'How many fallen women do you have...
...Madam, we have never yet found a television set we could not repair and put in perfect working condition. Note: When answering questions, be sincere and convincing, but be very careful not to overdo it. It may make the customer suspicious...
...knock other servicemen. Answer as follows: You must realize, madam, that a television receiver is a very complicated mechanism...
Born. To Donald O'Connor, 32, cinema song-and-dance man (Call Me Madam), and sometime TV Starlet Gloria Noble O'Connor, 24: a daughter, their first child (his second); in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Alicia. Weight...
Skeletons to Order. To newsmen, the most startling evidence last week concerned the scandalmags' original contribution to journalism: exposés to order. Madam Quillan testified that when Harrison wanted to run a story on the homosexuality of a top-ranking movie actress (not mentioned in the testimony), he asked her to "get verification in any way possible, to go out to lunch with her, to use a Minifone to record the conversation. " La Quillan, who herself was once featured in Whisper as "Hollywood's Number One Madam," also said that she baited Bandleader Desi (I Love Lucy...