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...Author Arthur Lewis, a onetime newsman who wrote a lively 1963 biography of Millionairess Hetty Green, The Day They Shook the Plum Tree, the story of the Molly Maguires was clearly a labor of love. Lewis comes from Mahanoy City in the heart of the coal fields, where the old wounds are still raw. He notes approvingly that all condemned Molly Maguires died gamely and with style. Two carried red roses to the scaffold. Another joked cheerfully as his hair was cut just before his execution: "Make it good, Al," he told the barber, "or you're liable...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Original Irish Mafia | 9/11/1964 | See Source »

Keeping the merry-go-round whirling are the city's hostesses. There are dozens of them, ranging from the First Lady down to the newest Texas millionairess, who figures all she needs to succeed is a wad of money and a big house, just like Dolly Harrison in Advise and Consent. But on the New Frontier, where talent and power are the most negotiable currency, the moneyed matrons are out and the "official" hostesses-the wives of ambassadors and Administration officials-are in. Short of a summons to dinner at the White House, few invitations are treasured as highly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Diplomacy: The Party Line | 11/22/1963 | See Source »

Divorced. By Jill St. John, 23, neon-haired Hollywood playgirl: Lance Reventlow, 27, auto-racing son of Millionairess Barbara Hutton; on the ground of mental cruelty (she said he bullied her into "participating in dangerous sports"); after 3½ years of marriage, no children; in Los Angeles. Settlement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 8, 1963 | 11/8/1963 | See Source »

Born. To Jean Kerr, 40, millionairess playwright (Mary, Mary), and Walter Kerr, 50, New York Herald Tribune drama critic: their sixth child, first daughter; in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 18, 1963 | 10/18/1963 | See Source »

...Millionairess, a revival of the Shaw play (last seen on Broadway in 1952 with Katharine Hepburn), stars Carol Channing, who drew a favorable road review from Variety in her first attempt at a straight role. Millburn, N.J. (two weeks); Falmouth, Mass, (one week); Nyack, N.Y. (one week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Road: Summer Debuts | 8/9/1963 | See Source »

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