Word: magnuson
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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LEONARD A. MAGNUSON...
Taffy-haired Senator Warren ("Maggie") Magnuson, 43, a little late in winding up his vacation, missed the opening of the 81st Congress. At first his office spoke vaguely of "auto trouble." Friends injudiciously added that he had been doing the Seattle nightspots with lush, blonde June Millarde (known professionally in Hollywood pin-up circles as Toni Seven). Heiress to an estimated $3,000,000, Toni is the daughter of Silent Star June Caprice and Director Harry Millarde. While the tabloids were still eating up every new rumor, the Senator appeared in Washington. Had he and Toni been married...
Last week, 48 hours after he was named medical director of the Veterans Administration, six-foot, 63-year-old Dr. Paul Budd Magnuson came out of his corner fighting. He announced that he was sending to the American Medical Association a list of private physicians suspected of overcharging .the Government for treating veteran outpatients...
...Said Dr. Magnuson: "I will name the men I suspect because I want to find out whether each man is a skunk or what the circumstances are." A.M.A. trustees, he added, have promised cooperation; they had just signed an editorial in the A.M.A.'s Journal denouncing physicians who take rebates...
...Magnuson, an orthopedic surgeon, succeeds Major General Paul R. Hawley. He helped Dr. Hawley reorganize VA's medical department. Now Dr. Hawley, in addition to his new job of unifying the Blue Cross and Blue Shield insurance plans (TIME, Jan. 19), will help him by staying on as special assistant and adviser...