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Married. Martha Rountree, 35, blonde, bouncy coproducer (since 1945) of the successful Radio-TV show Meet the Press; and Oliver Presbrey, 43, advertising agency account executive; both for the second time; in Tucson, Ariz...
...newspaperman I would like to send along a chorus of boos to Police Reporter Paul Presbrey . . . Apparently people, per se don't exist for Reporter Presbrey-they are just guinea-pig subjects for a snapshot...
Maybe wild-eyed Paul Presbrey's conscience keeps him awake nights, instead of his nerves...
...Quiet Beer. As a lone wolf who sometimes puts in 20 hours a day on his job, Presbrey has few friends among his more relaxed colleagues. Their grudging admiration is mixed with wonder at the chances he takes. In 1934, prowling in St. Paul, he stepped right into a gun fight between policemen and two robbers who were holding up a milk company. A policeman's bullet went through the shoulder padding of Presbrey's coat, wounded a robber...
...year later, Presbrey had to dodge gunfire again to get another beat. He was on his way for a quiet beer just as the cops flushed Dillinger Henchman Homer van Meter, then Public Enemy No. 1, from an apartment hiding place. In trying to escape, Van Meter ran in front of Presbrey's car. Presbrey jammed on the brake and the cops poured 40 slugs into Van Meter. Now, after such narrow escapes, Paul Presbrey is getting a little mystical about his luck. Says he: "Sometimes it scares me. But I couldn't stop going if I wanted...