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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 14, 1957)
Salem, Oregon, Thursday, March' 14, 195? ' THE CAPITAU TOURNAE Glamour Girls Say Their Do's R AI 1W Uftnnf United Press Hollywood Writer LAS VEGAS, Nev. (UP)-The ene man the glamour queens unanimously seek out in this gam untie enmmnnifv - die-aged judge they say their 1 cos to. Judge Frank McNamee is Known as the marryin' judge of Las Vegas, and he also divorces celebrities. As a cupid among the casinos 5 ; ' ,,B5 married Zsa sa Gabor. Janies Paige and Ruth Koman. He granl5 a "divorce to Vail DaiWc tir4 ...if- t : , J. - w"c, ana Jatter married Dan to Gwen O'Con- " uivorcea Mrs. Harry Belafonte, Fernando Lamas and one of Mickey Booney's wives. His record customer .is Betty ......,. mamea ner once and divorced her twice. When Rita Hayworth was to wed Dick Haymes at the Sands Hotel t was Judge McNamee who asked they would love, honor, etc. That ceremony the judge marks ms the miut i: t , .,,av uncicaung ne nas Rprfnrmorf Newsmen Dominate Guest List "There were r? mmci, i k, ..-J - aui-jid wicic auu all were reporters and photogra- pners except eight," the brisk, studious-looking judge says. "In the middle of the ceremony Rita's little girl, Yasmine, said, 'Are you getting married, Mummy?.' I tried to go on as if nothing had happened." The publicity about Las Vegas gambling and floor shows nearly has eclipsed the state's original attraction and still big industry quick divorces and Vegas now has the edge on Reno nn .j.mju divorces a year and 16,000 marriages. Judge McNamee In one day married 59 couples. His daily record of divorces stands at 30. Reno was gelling most of Ne vada's divorce business until the day Mrs. Ria Gable arrived to divorce Clark in 1937. She didn't approve of the hotels so McNamee moved out of his home and turned it over to her. To his despair, the newspapers headlined: "Mrs. Gable Moves into Judge's Home." Gable Divorce Publicized Widely "That was Las Vegas' first big divorce case and it put the town Eastern U.S. Springlike But Plains Stormy By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS More springlike weather was in dicated for most of the eastern half of the country today but a urge of cold air nipped some western and northern sections. A storm centered in the Central Plains headed into the Great Lakes region during the night. Cold air dipped' southward across the northern and central plains and the central Rockies. Temperatures were 20 to 30 de grees lower than yesterday morn ing in parts of Nebraska and Col orado and in southern sections of IJtah. They were far below freez ing in the colder air in Montana and the D a k o t a s southward through Colorado. It was near zero at Fraser, Colo. Strong northerly winds accom panied the cold, causing blowing snow and dust in some areas. East of the storm belt, south erly winds brought warmer wea ther from Texas and the lower Mississippi Valley northeastward through the Ohio Valley and sec tions of the Great Lakes. Actress Copies Lady Godiva in Protest of Tax LONDON (UP! An unemployed young blonde actress rode into Piccadilly Circus Wednesday wearing only a pair of shorts in protest against Britain's entertain ment tax. "I decided that for my last per formance I would make them take notice," Geraldine Haigh, 22, said. "Lady Godiva did it to stop an Unfair tax and so did 1." The tax has discouraged theater patrons and closed many theaters, f including the one in which Miss Haigh worked. The banjo was invented In the niid-19lh Century in Banjoemas, Java, and received its name from the first two syllables of that village. Wounded Ed R. Butts of Garfield, X.J., a tourist In Havana, was wounded silently during yes terday's uprlslne as he watched the flRhting from a balcony nf th Regis Hotel. (AP Wlrephoto) on the map," toe judge aaya, "Now people come here from all over the world for divorces Can ada, Mexico, South America and every state." The judge often is hauled out of bed for his work. Betty Button telephoned him at 3 a.m. to marry her to Charles O'Curran. Later he To Las Vegas' Marryin' Judge divorced the pair and itiU later married her to Alas Livingston, Newlyweds always ask the judge to their wedding parties. The fanciest, he says, was the cham pagne party Hal March and Candy Torme gave for 500 friends. The judge claims he has "no feeling or opinion" about the di vorces and marriages he sees. His job, he insists, has nothing to do with why he's a bachelor, "But living here Is a thrill," he admits. "Something new all the time. There are-only. a few spots in the world where celeb rities gather such as in Las Vegas." Klamath Lands Sale Study Set WASHINGTON m Chairman Neuberger ID-Ore) said Thursday the Senate Indian Affairs Sub committee will begin work soon on proposals for government ac quisition of Klamath Indian tim ber assets, ' i The Senate last week passed a bill postponing until ate the 1M8 session o! Congress any disposal of timber In carrying out the pro gram for ending federal super vision ot the Oregon tribe. Although the bill has yet lo be passed by the House, Neuberger said "apparently we will mm have sufficient time to which to work out a plan for managing tee Klamath resource which will be fair sot ocly lo lie economy of Oregon but alto to the Individual Indiana themselves." He said the primary goal Is to see that toe vast ponderosa pine stand which constitutes the ma jor Klamath asset "is not exploit ed or gutted." Albany Crash Toll Up to 4 ALBANY (UP) Paul Uuner. iS. and hit SO-year-oM ion John, both of Sekna, Ca'.l!., died la hospital here yestetday, raising the toll of a SBiriay Mghwsy crash to four, Two ether Lsuoer asst. 43-year. old L l:yd and 17-'ar-oid Joseph, were killed la the crash, ttt launers wets en toot to Oregon City te a weddiag, ; SttU hospitalized !s tie tt-weait. ;etd wife ot Lloyd Lamer ho suf fered fractures ot farth legs. Newspapers in New York Cilr today are jmMishwl (a tmwteea nufertra languages. r-. 'S ax. ntQitit iio. iroiV juniors, pelitess muses Sacony suits have arrived $2595 and2995 The perfect lightweight Spring-tnto-Summer suit for every occasion. These are tt a sampling of cut new collection, proportioned to fit every figurt ; type. Beautifully detailed and prked Just righH 1, Petite suit ln acetate with a shantung-weave. Nnvr, bisck. 25,95 , 2, Junior suit in rayon-cotton blend. Pink, beige, blue, I, Hisses suit to subby siik-acriisn. Blue; oyster. 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