Word: restaurateur
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...bizarre ending for this eldest son of an Albanian immigrant who had become a Chicago restaurateur. (Another son, Jim, followed his brother into revue and TV comedy.) Always restless and volatile, John sped through a typical Midwestern youth: football, rock-band drummer high school high jinks, a brief spell at the University of Michigan. Later, he married (and stayed married to) his high school sweetheart, Judith Jacklin. In the early '70s he joined Chicago's Second City troupe, and after playing in a Manhattan revue, National Lampoon's Lemmings, was hired...
...Francisco madam who once served as mayor of Sausalito, Calif; in Greenbrae, Calif. Her opulent Nob Hill bordello, which opened in 1942, featured rare antiques and a 9-ft. Roman bath. Stanford, who admitted to 17 arrests and at least five husbands, relocated to Sausalito, becoming first a restaurateur and then a city council member. The subject of a 1978 TV movie, she defended prostitution to the very end, saying: "If we had more of it, we wouldn't have so much trouble...
Bottled by San Francisco's Gusher Oil Co., the creation of a former restaurateur named David Collins, the premium petroleums are available for spot orders at fashionable department stores across the country at $8 a fifth, vs. roughly two bits for a fifth of a gallon of gasoline, minus the packaging. Though the bouquet leaves much to be desired, the body and rich color are admirable. A sound addition to cellar or garage...
SEEKING DIVORCE. Doris Day, 56, pert, wholesome movie actress (Pillow Talk, Midnight Lace) and singer; and Barry Comden, 45, restaurateur; after five years of marriage, her fourth, his second; in Los Angeles...
...bass stuffed with crabmeat and fried in batter; also, turkey breast stuffed with Virginia ham, liver and giblets, then baked and served rollatine. Both dishes took months to perfect but cost less than $3 a serving to prepare, not including labor costs. Explained Richard Schneider, a New Jersey restaurateur: "We have to be bottom-line conscious these days. You can't make money serving lobster any more, and swordfish isn't much cheaper. So we look at the lowly, ugly sea bass and try to make something...