The Press: Out at Home

When Marilyn Monroe married Joe DiMaggio nine months ago, many newspapers went slightly gaga, and some even disregarded history and hailed it as the "Romance of the Century." The calendar girl who rose to fame "in a birthday suit," crooned the Los Angeles Herald & Express had found bliss with a man who achieved success "in a baseball suit." Last week U.S. dailies figured they had an even bigger story about Marilyn and Joe.

Bannered the Chicago Sun-Times: MARILYN TELLS JOE: YOU'RE OUT AT HOME. Cried the New York Journal American atop Page One:...

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