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...Fanny's house were Clifford Odets, Bea Lillie, Jimmy Durante, George and Ira Gershwin, and Fanny's third husband, Billy Rose. But Fanny Brice, who died in 1951, had a taste for art as well as show business, and it was that taste that Billy inherited. Now he ranks as one of the top painters of the American Southwest...
...conclusion: both should continue, for the time being. But Kalaupapa's life, at least as a leprosy settlement, appears limited. Hawaii has reported only 16 new cases of leprosy thus far this year (as compared to 94 in 1920), and less than half required hospitalization. Says Dr. Ira D. Hirschy. director of Hawaii's leprosy program: "As soon as the medical aspects are cleared up-and we can see that day coming-the medical administration is going to leave Kalaupapa. This is becoming a welfare problem rather than a health problem...
...presentation of the two plays, on August 18-20, will mark the first public performance of "Freud" in New England. Written by Ira Wallach, it is a parody of T.S. Eliot's "The Cocktail Party." John Kasdan '60-4 and Julius Novick '60 (who preferred to describe the play as a "travesty" rather than a "parody") will direct...
Sunday Showcase (NBC, 8-9 p.m.). The rumped-up Iwo Jima heroism and tragic alcoholic death of U.S. Marine Ira Hayes help make The American a bitter commentary on the life and hard times of America's Pima Indians. Stars: Lee (M Squad) Marvin and Steven Hill...
Those were the days when aviators were known by the adventures they logged. When the German plane Bremen crash-landed off Labrador after its historic east-west Atlantic crossing in 1928, Quesada and a young captain named Ira Eaker flew north to help save the crew. At one point during that mission, Quesada got lost flying above the clouds. He began thinking "how marvelous it would be if there were some way to do airborne refueling on a continuous basis." Quesada later got Eaker to push his idea with high Air Corps brass. The result was the famous Question Mark...