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inconsistency in place of birth

Lede says: Born in Cleveland Heights, Ohio

Early life says: born on January 26, 1925 in Shaker Heights, Ohio. 84.13.113.33 (talk) 16:18, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

Public Delegate to United Nations

In 1978 President Jimmy Carter appointed Paul Newman to be U.S. Public Delegate to the United Nations Special Session on Disarmament. 2603:9001:8500:44D8:D890:604F:FD1E:2150 (talk) 20:07, 19 October 2022 (UTC)

german ancestor, Neumann and Fetzer

His family name is defenitely neither ungarian nor polish, it is a typical german name "Neumann". So, yes, his father must have german speaking ancestors like germans or from austria-ungarian. And his mother, born Fetzer had a german name too.

2003:CA:A72F:4900:84C4:1F40:FD3:E096 (talk) 20:03, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Education section

I'm confused by the following, from the "education" section: "He later attended the Yale School of Drama for one year, before moving to New York City to study under Lee Strasberg at the Actors Studio. Oscar Levant wrote that Newman initially was hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood, and that Newman had said, "Too close to the cake. Also, no place to study." Newman arrived in New York City in 1951 with his first wife, Jackie Witte, taking up residence in the St. George section of Staten Island."

Newman moved to New York, and then the following statement is about his hesitancy to leave for Hollywood? Is the implication that he then moved right away? (he did not, of course) The presence of "initially" makes things harder to understand. Maybe, the place was supposed to be "Connecticut" as Newman had just graduated from Kenyon College, or, the word "initially" was meant to be "often" (or not even there at all) as the cited source says that "he had come West to make a movie, but did not expect to stay any longer than necessary". Perhaps the sentence is OK, but as written it comes off a bit confusing. 173.73.119.87 (talk) 02:30, 16 October 2023 (UTC)

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what was the outcome of the 1987 lawsuit? 100.15.117.34 (talk) 15:00, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

Not sure what you are referring to, but if indeed we talk about a lawsuit whose resolution is not available, we may want to omit. Commercial disputes are common and may not be notable. Coretheapple (talk) 19:47, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

The suit was actually filed in 1985 and was dismissed! I've taken it out. Thank you Mr. IP. Coretheapple (talk) 20:28, 31 January 2024 (UTC)

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