People, Aug. 23, 1954

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On the advice of a doctor who told her to take a "long, long rest," Academy Award-winning Actress Audrey (Roman Holiday) Hepburn, 25, also the toast of Broadway for her star performance in Ondine, announced that she is going to loaf for "at least eight months" in Switzerland, Italy, France and England. Said overstrained Audrey: "I want to enjoy life, and not become a wreck after a few years of work, like so many others."

Interviewed in Manhattan, debonair Crooner Billy Eckstine announced plans to record an Eckstine-composed duet, Two for Tee, with...

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