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...thin lips turned down at the corners, hooded eyes. Traveling the world in search of stories, he napped after lunch wherever he happened to be-aboard a tramp ship plowing the South Seas, in a Burmese hut or an outrigger canoe. Churchill, Wells, Cocteau, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, the Kings of Sweden and Siam called on him at Villa Mauresque, his Moorish retreat on the Riviera where, working never more and never less than four hours a morning, he set down most of his books...
...Kilgallen column was a mixture of catty gossip ("A world-famous movie idol, plastered, commanded a pretty girl to get into his limousine, take off all her clothes"), odd tidbits of inconsequential information ("The Duke of Windsor eats caviar with a spoon"), and dark hints of international espionage ("Anti-American factions are planning to blow up the Panama Canal"). When she wasn't being very nasty, she could be very nice. While she knocked Frank Sinatra and Jack Paar at every possible opportunity, she had only good things to say about Pop Singer Johnny Ray or Broadway Producer Richard...
...nine-hour blast for four French and American charities. "A gay and brilliant assemblage," said the society reporters next morning. It was indeed. And at one point in the evening, a New York Times photographer snapped a picture of Socialite Stephen Sanford, Mrs. Rose Kennedy and the Duchess of Windsor that Velasquez would have been proud...
...finals; at Williamsport, Pa. Pitcher Mike Roche allowed only three hits while striking out 14, and First Baseman Dale Misiek, the biggest player in the series (at 5 ft. 10 in., 180 Ibs.) cracked a two-run homer to provide the winning margin for the team from Windsor Locks, Conn...
...pictures, they try to outdo each other with stories of mileage, speed, and prices offered (top price on record is $6,000 for a two-door Phaeton). But the moment of truth is the judging. After a day's parade through Detroit and on across the border into Windsor, Ont., the owners took their rags and wax and polished up their beauties for the final day. Explains George De Angelis, a co-chairman of the club: "The first round is to separate the men from the boys. A car that has a 6:00 x 16 wheel instead