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| Henry Ford bought the Richard Barthelmess mansion at-Seath- , L. I. It will cost a million to renovate...Pat Marshall, femme lead in “Mr. Wonderful,” just purchased a mink at Russek’s, where she once sales-girl'd,,.Singer Dinah Washington's favorite is the Rev. Russell Roberts, an Atlantic City mminister...The Rod Steigers are trying a separation to see what happens... Mary Martin can have the lead for Irving Berlin’s next musical. Based on Alva Johnston's “The Legendary Mizners”...Bradford Dillman of “Third Person" and Freida Hardring of Roxy’s press dept, will merge in June.,.Bobby Short's click at the Beverly Club is midiown talk, considering how many spots are flopping...Two Dodyers pitching stars slugged it out in a midtown swank spot because one called the other a quitter, Maurice Chevalier took a new red Caddy to France, Ti was wrecked the first day,..Rainier ordered that Monacan law repealed which permitted only Grace’s folks to attend the ceremony, Grace squawked. Period!...Correction: On the air we reported that two | Broadway show writers (who will be subpena’d as Communist Party members) were formerly wed to each other, Wed to others... Eric Fleming, the “Plain and Fancy” lead, and Lynn Dollar, the $64,000 gal, hold their privaie quiz shows at Majors Cabin...Ginny Simms and Dr, A, Huenegardt are a new two-et, He's Selene Walters’ used- to-was.,.Birdland dise jockey Bob Garrity has chums almost sure he'li marry Bonnie Collins, s model... Evelyn Keyes wears Dlie undies, Shelley Winters, injured ice-skating, hobbles through her “Hat- fal” role with chie black cashmere hosiery. Hides the cast on her vioht shaft Jayne Mansfield’s thank-you note to colyumists: ‘An right shaft...Jayne Mansficld’s thank-you nate cal actress’s suceess results from the nuriuring of many people”’...RKO insured John (Duke) Wayne’s well-being at $30,000 daily while film- ing his latest flicker, “The Conqueror’... Gilmore’s hatchick (a fedor- able) is up for a featured dancing role in “Shangri-La,” a new musi- cal...Joan Roberts, who starred in “Oklahoma,” “lligh Button Shoes” and other hits, is forgetting Broadway—living quietly at tuckville Center, L. I, a medico’s wife...Maree Dow, the only ‘fermme among sixty males backstage at “No Time For Sets,” goes ‘home solo, Safer, she says...Who said chorines are dumb? Bea | Masterson (of “Fanny”) prepares the income tax returns for the east...The late James Dean the died six months ago) is still fan: Wien champ at Warner’s...,Richard Llewellyn’s new novel (Mr, Ham- | ish Gleave’) is based on the Burgéss-Maclean spy-scandal Am | wihlichave eantira = oreagt rinamsa int'l thriller. that would make a great cinema. But local publishers. . fear Hollywood won't touch it because it is sq_anti-American...Memo to the editors: The Mrs. Eddie Duchin Everitt arrest at gunpoint in Mexico City, the Peter Townsend (not Princess Margaret’s former beau) marriage to Elizabeth Seal (of the London production of | “pajama Game”) and the complete details (the scene and date of the yearrizes and the location of the honeymoon) on Terry Moore's secret marriage to Eugene McGrath were WW skewps. OT t hee