Joe DiMaggio and Ex-wife in Court Over Son
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A dual black-and-white slide of Joe DiMaggio (left), Joe DiMaggio Jr. (center), and Dorothy Arnold (right). DiMaggio is wearing a suit and a tie and is visible from the waist up. He is looking off to his left. In the second photograph on the slide Arnold is sitting with her hands around DiMaggio, Jr.'s left arm. The caption at the bottom reads, "(LA6) Los Angeles, Feb. 2 -- Joe DiMaggio and Ex-wife in Court Over Son -- Joe DiMaggio (left) appears in court today with his ex-wife, Actress Dorothy Arnold and their son, 11-year-old Joseph Paul DiMaggio III. The former baseball star wanted unrestricted visitation right or full custody of the boy, who is in his mother's custody, but the court gave him visiting rights on alternate weekends. Miss Arnold wanted DiMaggio's support of the boy increased to $1,000. She was turned down. DiMaggio said he is now paying #300 a month plus paying for the boy's education. They divorced in 1944. (AP Wirephoto) (see story) jfm21350stf-tms)1953"