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AUSTRALIA IN SOUND POSITION John Wayne
SHE HITCH-HIKED TO WAR TO SEE HUSBAND
Korean
Love Story Wife Is Sued
London, Feb. 7.
DENITA Lassetter, the
wife
Bofficer's
whose fight to the battle front mude the greatest love story of the Korean war, is
being sued for divorce.
Her
husband, Matthew,
Mr
major In the Royal North- umberland. Fusillers, cites John Hadfield, a former ranker
In an infantry regiment.
ago
Six and a half years Benita Lassetter, now 34, baffled British and American security olcors by arriving at her hus- band's camp a few miles behind the front line, wearing a, tweed skirt and a red sweater.
Forgotten
She got there by hitching pione ifts trom Japan, includ- ing one "hop" eboard the private aircraft of the C-in-C., British Commonwealth Forces. Japan Lieut-General Sir
Horace Robertson,
It happened around the time Gloucesters'
et the Glorious
bitter battle of the Imlin,
There was a top-level row. her husband gave But after Evidence at an offofal inquiry, love won the day. The Incident was forgotten.
She stayed Ave days in Korea. Then she was offered a Holly- wood Nlm comtract.
She turned it down, flew to her parents' home in France; walted until her husband posted to Hongkong, and joined hin there.
way
The Lescotters, childhood sweethearts, married in 1947 mad have a four-year-old son. She was previously married to a US Army captain and has child of the marriage.
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Her father is Captain James Tory Grifyth Fairfax, former
M.P. for Norwich. She has been living with her parents at their villa at Roquebrune, near Nice.
Major Lassetter has a military appointment in Ghana. The ruft, which is in the undefended list, will probably be heard next month,
Major Lassetter
A job in Chang
SIDE GLANCES
Benita Lassottar — the arrived at the front in twood skirt and sweater.
MANCHESTER U.
TO CARRY ON
London, Feb. 7.
United, though seriously depleted by the Munich alr crash, will carry out their full football league, Foot- hall Association Cup and European Cup programmes as soon as it is possible.
Third Wicket Introduces
Partnership
Johanncaburg, Feb. 7.
A grand third wicket partnership of 158 between Ilm Burke and Richie Benaud carried Australia Into the sound position of 217 for four wickets on the first day of the fourth Test against South Africa today, at the Wanderers Oval.
Coming in when Australia had scored a painstaking 52 for two wickeln Benaud settled down gulckly and then gave a power- Jul exhibition of attacking bal- 1ing to score exactly 100 in 187 minutes,
with nine fours and
Millionaire
Baronet Sued
His Film
Mr.John Wayne is holding a
press conference cocktail party at the Poninsula Hotel tomorrow afternoon to introduce his independ- ent production, "Legend of the Lost," which is soon to be shown in Hongkong, "Legend of the Lost" is a desert drama. With John Wayne is Sophia Loren and Rossano Brazz, John Wayne took along his unit to Libya where the moyle camera has never been before, and as the film in mado in Technicolour and London, Feb. 7. Technirama, this film is
outstanding event from tho An ex-photographer's model
spectacle point of view. told a judge and jury here today she used to John Wayne was born Marion send her mother to the Michael Morrison at Winter- was quite mavies when her million, Iowa. When he by Peter Heine oft
his young, he moved with nire lover, Sir Strati Ralli, family to Lancaster, California, 81, visited her.
town on the edge વા the desert.
one six as his chief strokes,
Burke was undefeated at the close with 79 and during his six hours of the wicket he hit only three boundaries.
Two Chances
South Africa gave two chances in the field and the second was costly as Burke was dropped at leg slip Trevor Goddard. He was only 21 at the time and Australia had Just lost Neil Harvey. Another wicket then might have made
all the difference.
As Burke and Benaud con- tinued their stand past the tca interval i seemed that they might Jast cut tho
day, particularly as Nell Adcock, one of South Africa's pace bowlers, left the fold soon after lunch with induenza,
It in not, yot known whether
he will appear, tomorrow.
Made Amends
With half an hour's playing time left Heine made amends for his earlier error by getting the wickets of Benaud, caught off an attempted books, and lan Craig, Australia's Captain, who chopped П ball on to his stumps. Cratz scored only three and his eggregate in ex innings of the present series is only 85 including a half century.
The tenacity of the depleted South African attack, and nature of the day's play, truly reflected in the fact that of 80 overs bowled were makders, and there was not one extra/ReuteT.
20
the
Was
By Model
The model, Miso Jacqueline Gray, 41, is suing the baronet for four pieces of jewellery she alleges he gave her then look bnel. She claims that for years until a quarrel she luxury fats with money laylahed pamperod mistress, living in
hig
on her.
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He first entered films with the was Fox Film Corp, as a prop man,
Ford, the and became friends with John famous producer-
Under cross-examination to- day Miss Gray claimed she met Sir Strati in a London under ground station at the beginning of World War II during an ofr rald warning. He asked her to have a cup of tea with him and eventually they tell "madly in
FAMILY MOTTO -
Sir Strati Rall (family motie: Keep to the straight path) is chairman of an Insurance com- pany and a director of the Maritime Shipping & Trading Company.
He was christened Bustratio Laicas but changed to his present name by deed poll in 1931. His father' the Arat baronet, lert £2,290,000,
Sir Strali's counsel, opening the case for his client, said the story about the jewels was "an from beginning to
Swill And Invention Swallow' Stops Decay
Brussels, Feb. 7. Dr W. G. Senior, chiof dental
officer of the
British Ministry of Health, today recommended the formula of "swill and swallow with a glass of water after oach meal as one of the best ways to stop tooth decay.
Dr Senior, who presided over
to
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