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...Streeter Blair had tried half a dozen careers. He had taught Latin, managed a haberdashery, edited a boys' magazine called The Knicker, ended up operating a successful antique shop in Los Angeles...
Relatively few years were left to him before his death at the age of 78, but in that time, Streeter's "primitive" paintings won growing admiration. Currently, Beverly Hills' Sári Heller Gallery is mounting a show of his work, asking up to $25,000 for a painting...
...After reading your article about the plight of Negro Scott Damaschke and his white father [Nov. 1], I was incensed by Judge Streeter's attitude. Why hurt an innocent child, living happily with his family, by removing him from those he loves because they are a different shade? Judge...
...Streeter's reasoning involving "the difficulties for this child when he gets to be 16 or 17 and begins to date" is the most preposterous I have ever heard in my life! How can he take himself seriously? Does he not realize that the here and now, especially for a small child, are more important...
...Streeter turned down Damaschke's motion. Shifting the case to probate court, he told Damaschke to initiate adoption proceedings. Damaschke has understandably decided to appeal Streeter's ruling. He is afraid that if the probate court turns him down, Scott may be sent to another family. It seems a reasonable fear, especially since Judge Streeter had occasion to remark that "I act as probate judge when the regular judge is absent...