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...heart attack; in Manhattan. Son of Slapstick Comedian Lew Fields (Weber & Fields), Herbert was the first librettist with the Rodgers & Hart team, later did such hits as DuBarry Was a Lady and Mexican Hayride with Cole Porter, collaborated on many shows (Up in Central Park, the forthcoming Redhead) with his sister Dorothy...
...exhausted and embittered by the spectacle of U.S. fumbling in the face of Communism, jumps to death from a hospital window. Ro's wife dies of cancer; their two sons mature into selfish little parasites. And Lancaster is left trying to recapture his lost youth with a paltry redhead...
...school directors. Pharmacist Angelo La-Buono, dropped in at Stengle's office one day last December for a get-acquainted chat. Since Stengle was out, LaBuono began passing the time with three of his clerks. Soon they were blurting out rumors and suspicions-all about a pretty redhead seen on Stengle's arm in Philadelphia, and fancy figures on the school checks that passed through his hands...
When the superintendent flew off to a Florida vacation the board began checking up. It soon learned that there was indeed a redhead in Stengle's life; he had met her through another good friend, a blonde. The redhead is a twice-married divorcee who goes under the name of Marguerite Barnes. 36. Stengle turned out to be supporting "Bonnie" Barnes with a good deal more than his arm. He paid most of the rent of her apartment in Philadelphia, helped pay for a Buick convertible, plied her with jewelry, cash and other gifts, including a grandfather clock. When...
Last week police cut short Stengle's Florida vacation, escorted him home to face arraignment-and the news that the redhead had been seeing a lot of another man while taking his gifts. He admitted that he had embezzled at least $125,000. Officials thought that the final figure might reach as much as $200,000. Whatever the amount, the Collingdale school district last week found itself all but flat broke. It had only about $15,000 left to last the rest of the year. Casey Stengle was very sorry, but he was also glad the whole thing...