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-4 fXijwtNDtNT t- PF.nPT.R1N THE NEWS XAGSAYSt Actress Constance Bennett Dies at 59 Adoptions Made- Easier CONSTANCE BENNETT 70 had this reply: hadnt a broken right shoulder I'd write you a long letter. If hadnt an ulcer and could -eat hot dogs. Id picnic with you. If I hadn't a had heart and could run a I'd be at the head of tha cafeteria line. i.

"But I.must- stay home and take things slowly for a whUe. Thank you for your invitation. Have a wonderful time. SELF-INFLICTED Freddie Mills, 46, former world light heavyweight boxing chunpion who twice fought American Gua Les-nevich for thh title, apparently shot himself to death: early Sunday outside his popular West End nightclub. Mills died en route to a hospital He was found slumped In his Citroen car, a rifle at his two daughters, Lynda and GyL Following their' divorce in 1946, she married Coulter, then a colonel HHkrhtAhci? "Whitt Ktight Alpha tort eVe at erta vhtrt thoro ott mart odnsjn that odrhoosT FREDDIE MILLS aide.

There was no immed late explanation why. Mills might want to taka hla own A spokesman for Scotland Yard said Indicated no other person was involved In the death of the popular mer boxer, who parlayed the title into fame as an -entertainer In Britain and also operated the night spot, which. often was crowded with U.S. tourists. Members of the nightclub staff heard a shot and found Mills dumped in hla silver car.

He was rushed to Middlesex Hospital about a half-mile away, hut was dead on arrival Far Alt Yomt CUui NtUt MARINE GLASS C0.I 1 SINCE 1923 Utk I MUM0UA, U. MS Mill SLEEPY A California highway patrolman casually noticed two attractive girls nodding sleepily over coffee cups Saturday at a restaurant in Modesto. About four hours later ha saw them again by their overturned car. One of than, Mra. Opal D.

Wlndle, 18, of Sonora, was hysterical Her 2-year-okf daughter Florence had been killed. Wlndle had. fallen asleep at the wheel police said. 'WEDDING NEW YORK Mayor Robert and Miss Barbara Joan Cavanagh, sister of New Yorks deputy mayor, will be married today by Francis Cardinal Spellman. 'The ceremony will take place at 3:30 pm.

in a chapel at the cardlnaTp Madison Avenue residence. Only a small number of persons will Mias Cavanagh, 36, blue-eyed Monde; is the sister of Deputy Mayor Edward F. Cavanagh Jr.1 She is known as a sportswoman and is listed in the social It is estimated 2,600 children will be. adopted in Angeles County this year. By, comparison, only.

529 were placed by the County Bureau of Adoptions (n 1958. This increased to 1,010 in 1961. But by a more realistic approach and more children being available, the number will be five times as many as were placed Seven years ago. It has given happiness to the many families who brought a child to their home, and it has saved taxpayers many millions of dollars. ft ft ft vthe Los Angeles Newsletter gives much of the credit for the changes to Supervisor Ernest Debs, who has made It one of his major interests since taking office in 1952.

Having two adopted children of his own, his interest has been in a better system than had before been used The letter also gives credit to Valter Heath, director of the bureau. twenty years ago hopeful adoption parents often Waited months, or years, for clearance for adoption. Then the postwar boom of babies started and the need to cut red tape and make it easier for a couple to qualify to obtain children, and to find homes for minority youngsters was put in effect ft ft ft 7 A larger staff, simpler procedures, taiore branch tffices and a citizens advisory committee were jdrmed. A film. "Angel by.

the Hand was produced to 'attract prospective adoptive parents. But it took the 1 btom in babies needing homes to get the county to provide the money for, these new plans. Before 1958 it was hard to get the babies necessary to fill the "demand. There was a flourishing black market In babies run by some attorneys who made direct place-. 1 This picture.

has changed drastically within the past few years. Since 1958 the number of placements his spiraled. With the large number of postwar babies nbw reaching child bearing ages, the hew baby crop is expected to produce more babies eligible for adoption than there are eager parents looking for them. Right now with the efforts of Debs and Heath the bureau is meeting the challenge of matching up the baby seekers ap4 the couples seeking them. ft Most of the children are placed as babies in loving wines instead of in sterile environments of institutions or temporary foster homes.

Great care is taken iin checking on the adoption couples and information giyen on the childs parents. More attention is given to Che environment of the adoption home rather than rthcome factor; y-1. human benefits irate first But there is also the fact' that if these youngsters were not placed for adop-titm, most ot them would be county The Cheapest form of care in fostejr homes costs taxpayers around $850 a year. The expense of maintaining them ft institutions runs from $3,000 to $6,000 a year. The, illegitimacy of most of these children is tragic.

But it is a factor that cannot be denied, it is not the fault of the child. It is a fact that as high a rate of dhUd delinquency occurs among legitimate children. largely depends on home enviromnentr It is prob responsibility. When parents want a child so much abie the adoptive home provides an even greater love responsibility. When parents want a child so much icmac rwurvau Win lnrkM) Blonde actress Constanta Bennett, who played fashionable, haughty women on the movie screen and then went into retirement' as the wife of an Army man, died Saturday night in the Fort Dlx Army Hospital She suffered a cerebral hemor-rage.

The 59-year-old actress was the wife of Brig. Gen. Huron Coulter, commander Of the New Yorkair de-. fense sector with headquarters at the McGuire Air Force Base. The five-times-married Miss Bennett was one of the three talented daugh- ten of.

actor Richard Bennett, one of the country's foremost actors. Her listen, were Joan Bennett and the late Barbara Bennett, former of singer Morton Downey. She was one of the first stan to earn a week. Miss Bennett returned to Hollywood this year for her first film after a long absence, playing with Lana Turner in a remake of "Ms-, dame Her return was heralded by a gala party on the set of the and guests wen amazed at how slender and youthful the -veteran star appeared. ,1 Constance was bom in New York CRy, the oldest of the three actresses.

and her listen lent to the best finishing schools, and Constance had no plans to become an actress until Hollywood producer Samuel Goldwyn noted hOr. beauty when she was a teen-agerl Goldwyn convinced her the should go to Hollywood When her film career was at Its height, Constance started a cosmetics firm and," having built it up, sold it out on a royalty basis. SHE ALSO originated "Fashion Frocks and later collected royalty' fees as a designer. Standing 5 feet 4 inches and weighing less than 100 pounds, Constance played suave and often perplexed heroines, including those of the Topper aeries in the 30. v' She also starred in the-films Sally "Irene and Mary, This Thing Called Love, Madame Spy" and As Young' As You Feel.

Miss Bennetts first husband was a college Chicago, with whom she doped. That marriage was annulled. She then married Philip Hut, a millionaire tin man, while die was a silent screen Their marriage lasted four years. The Plants adopted a son, Peter, and when' the Plants were divorced in 1928 $1 million ms lefrin trust vv-, The actress' third husband was the Marquis de la Falaise da la Coudray, former husband of Gloria-Swanson, also a movie star. That marriage lasted nine 1 A year later Miss Bennett.

married Gilbert Roland, a movie actor. At the end of that marriage, which lasted five years. Miss Bennett won custody of their MISSING The Siskiyou County sheriffs office feared Sunday for the life of John Nlz-za, who set cnit a week ago to scale Californias Mount Shasta. A aeaxrtt haa been unavailing for the 80-year-old veteran mountaineer, whose provisions consisted of fried chicken and two bottles, one of wine, the other of whiskey. HAIRCVTTER Pretty Judy Reynolds, 19, of Manchester, N.H.

chosen Misg Hampton Beach last week, wants to cut mens hair' as a career. Shq has enrolled in the New Hampshire Baiter school in Manchester. She said shed eventually like to -have her own shop. SjJttANK.YOIP DrV Clyde Little ot Kutz-town, Psl, recently declined an invitation to attend a conference of the New York State Retired Teachers As-. sociation at -r Little who is in.

his -they are very likely to.be gooa parents and that is the tgiost important factor in any child's Ufe. LA.C. iU-r (LAjC.1 column by A. Collins Sr fit ether columns Scan 'Ssproiilon of personal opinion, and dooi iflSfnscosssrily raflact tho con-TP'-, vidnrod opinion of Nils flowipapor.) turise -Slayer of Priest A I. 4- -i i (Advertfiemwt) V- $LOS ANGELES (UPI) A year-bid nurse wu sbhed-pjed to amigned today 4r 7 the7.

unexplained fatal jjrfiootIng of a young Roman 7 Catholic priest in a room i jiext to the.of fice of i James anda Cardinal McIntyre. Police said Mrs. Dorothy 3d. gave thm a state- ment immediately following hooting Fridayrbut they declined to release details for If ear of jeopardizing their xsae In -view of -recent -Su 4me Court rulings. Witnesses at the' archdio-cMe aald Breisie had, v4 or several days, been attempting to.

obtain Ipiointment with Cardinal.Mc -Ityre. Friday she agreed to Father John B. Thom, 32, abting secretary to the canU services of an attorney. Police indicated a psychiatric examination would be or: Two rosaries for Father Thom will be held Tuesday with -Solemn, Requiem Higl Mass Wednesday. The Vatican, through Papal Secretary sA State Cirdlnal Gcognani cabled Canlinal McIntyre a message from the Pope expressing sympathy, especially to Fa the; Thoms family, and a "special paternal blessing.

Heavy Snow, Rain Rips Across Qiile SANTIAGO, Chile Wi Heavy snow in the Andes and torrential rains at lower elevations isolated large K- Doaf Man Smallost -Hearing Aid LONG BEACH. June, 17 Onee again, -old saying that "necessity Is the mother of hai proved to he true. A man who has been hard of hearing for nearly 20 years, of Chile and drove hun-jcently 'midget' Treat Yourself to Bees Famous One-Price Permanent Maciineiesi Machine Cold, Wave Cf.r'The two were in a confe rry race room for about 30 min-' utes when shots were heard 'and Father staggered .4 from the room and felL He dreds of families from their homes' Sunday. said two persona were known dead and an undetermined number were mining. Scores of highway pwmounwd-dodtt-ip.

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