Word: monica
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three major housing projects. He started a church for poor people in a vacant store. Then he began to crusade for a hospital for the poor. He persuaded Mrs. Roosevelt to make a special trip to Phoenix on behalf of the project, and in 1943 the 232-bed St. Monica's Hospital was built, at a cost of more than $500,000. Father McLoughlin served as superintendent. He was also chairman of the Phoenix Housing Authority and secretary of the state Board of Health...
...busy priest had little time or patience for formalities. Mostly he dressed in slacks and a sports shirt, and wore his priest's habit only on formal occasions. Learning that a child who died in St. Monica's might have been benefited by Mexican scorpion serum, which was then barred by customs regulations, Father McLoughlin deliberately smuggled some of the serum across the border...
Born. To Joan Fontaine, 31, cinemactress (Rebecca, Kiss the Blood Off My Hands), and second husband William Dozier, 40, Hollywood executive: their first child, a daughter; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Deborah Leslie. Weight...
Born. To Jane Withers, 22, onetime No. 1 cinemoppet, and William Moss, 27, film producer: their first child, a daughter; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Wendy Leigh. Weight...
Born. To Edward Vincent ("Eddie") Bracken, 34, cinecomic (The Miracle of Morgan's Creek), and Connie Nickerson Bracken, 34, onetime Broadway actress: their fourth child, third daughter; in Santa Monica, Calif. Name: Susan Kathleen. Weight...