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Endless publicity had made it abundantly plain: Actor Richard Burton had been in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, for six months making a new movie, Night of the Iguana. Nor was it any secret that his wife Sybil had felt no urge to join him there. But last week Sybil Burton traveled to Mexico by proxy. A local lawyer appeared for her in a State of Jalisco court, and she divorced Burton for "cruelty." He will marry Liz Taylor "as soon as possible-the sooner the better," after she sheds Eddie Fisher. For Liz, 31, Dick will...
Most important of all are the fabrics: tweeds and wools in soft, imaginative blends of pink, red, orange-most of them made up to U.S. specifications in cleanly styled suits and sportswear by Irish Designers Sybil Connolly, Kay Peterson, Sheila Mullally, Clodagh, Jack Clarke and Donald Davies. The rarest cloth in the lot is the 55 yards of tweed from the black sheep of Lord Dunraven of Adare (more will have to wait for next year's shearing). There are also brilliantly beautiful Donegal rugs and carpets in hand-knotted modern and traditional designs, chandeliers of Waterford glass...
...Night of the Iguana, and started off pretty beastly by punching a photographer in the nose. At last everyone simmered down enough for Liz to announce in tones last tested on Mount Everest: "I'm here because Mr. Bur ton is here." Back in Manhattan, meanwhile, Sybil Burton, 33, had a better line: "My children and I have him tied hand and foot like so much lend-lease...
...documents was a Red Chinese officer's secret report smuggled out of China, presumably via Tibet, and released to TIME by the State Department. Sybil Wong, who with Shirley Monck did the bulk of the cover researching in New York, spent several days translating the secret report for Writer Robert McLaughlin...
...keep him there. He has new power, not to mention fame. Before Cleopatra, Burton got $125,000 a picture; today his price is $500,000, most of which he banks. His own term for his emotional world today is "suspended animation." He has never asked for a divorce from Sybil and apparently never intends to. Meanwhile, the service is good in the Dorchester. For an actor of his accomplishments, a few more months in the role of Adonis is an easy price...