Tantrum by Tot Star Tops Hollywood Divorce Claim
Orchestra leader Don Sylvio says child star Margaret OBrien's tantrum wrecked his marriage on the wedding night. In a deposition in Mrs Gladys O'Brien Sylvie's divorce suit, Sylvio recounts behavior, alleged offers, and motives as he denies fraud and demands for money. He asserts love for his wife and describes the couple's strained postwedding period.
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Hollywood
Margaret O'Brien
Don Sylvio
Sylvio
Gladys O’brien
Sylvie
Florida
al Blum
Blum
Sylvia
Houston Transit drivers press for contract report
About 150 drivers and maintenance men marched on the Houston Transit Company offices seeking a contract report amid ongoing negotiations. John J. Ryan of the Transport Workers Union said federal mediators were meeting separately and an impasse remained. The union seeks a 30 cent raise and shorter hours as drivers average over 60 hours weekly at $1.17 per hour versus national norms.
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Houston
Houston Transit Company
John J. Ryan
Transport Workers Union of America, Cio
James D. Hubbard
Ryan
L. M. Coates
Houston Transit
Dallas
Williamson Teachers to Attend Brownwood Meet
A group of veteran Williamson County distributive education instructors will attend the state meeting in Brownwood on Friday and Saturday.
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Faylor
Williamson County
Brownwood
Satwr
Negro Protected After Cop Shot
A wounded Negro, Jesse Donaldson, was moved to a secret location after threats to seize him followed his shooting of Lakeland Patrolman J L Brannen. A 600-person manhunt in Polk County Florida covered orange groves and swamps with bloodhounds and planes aiding the search. Brannen is recovering from shotgun wounds to the face losing sight in one eye.
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Bartow
Fila
Frank Williams
Polk County
Jesse Donaldson
Donaldson
Auburndale
Williams
mid-Florida
J. L. Brannen
Lakeland
Brannen
Lakeland Negro District
Texas Snubbed by Negro Land Grant College Presidents
Presidents of Negro land grant colleges snubbed Texas during a resolution honoring states that admitted Black students to state universities. R O Hara Lanier proposed adding Texas after a Black student entered a white medical school in Galveston, but West Virginia State College’s John W. Davis said Texas was omitted on purpose, hinting at a contract admission approach.
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Washington
Negro Land Grant Colleges
Texas
Delaware
New York
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Arkansas
R. O'Hara Lanier
Texas State University For
Houston
Galveston
John W. Davis
West Virginia State College Institute
W. Va
Davis
Lanier
Tolbukhin Honored With Bulgarian Town Renaming
Sofia notes Tolbukhin praised as liberator of Bulgaria with town name change for Dobrich to Tolbukhin in Dobruja Province and a statue on Tolbukhin Avenue in Sofia. Regional streets to be named for the Soviet marshal who died recently.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Dobrich
Dobruja
Tolbukhin
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Soviet Union
Ground surrounds Capitol spans eight hundred eighty eight acres
The article notes the ground surrounding the Capitol in Washington D C covers 888 acres of protected grounds and public space.
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Capitol Building
Washington, D.C
Baker to retire as YDC chief at 95 in Texas
Roy Baker of Sherman Texas says he will retire as president of the Young Democratic Club. A convention in Chattanooga November 17 to 19 will elect his successor. He notes the group claims one million members nationwide outside Louisiana and Mississippi and hopes to organize there when the time comes.
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Washington
Roy Baker
Sherman
Texas
Young Democratic Club
Chattanooga
Baker
National Committee
Young Democrats
Louisiana
Mississippi
South
Convict Stashed Secret Radio at Parchman Prison
Marvin Wiggins reports a 21 year old convict at Parchman State Prison secretly operated a home made radio transmitter inside the facility. William F Moody, serving about 50 years for armed robbery, built and used the set with three transmitters found near his bunk and in a guard shack. Moody did not broadcast harmful material and authorities delayed disclosure to pursue possible other conspirators.
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Parchman, Miss
Marvin Wiggins
Parchman State Prison Farm
Federal Communications Commission
William F. Moody
Wiggins
FCC
Mississippi
Moody
Boeing reports new mid air refueling method developed
The Boeing Airplane Company reports it perfected a new refueling method where gasoline is pumped through a metal pipe from one aircraft to another. This system aims to fuel Air Force planes faster and at higher altitudes than prior gravity fed, flexible hose methods.
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Sietches
Sinslamal “Ia
Boeing Airplane Company
Second South Pacific Area Quake Recorded
A strong earthquake about 6000 miles away was recorded by the University of California seismograph in Berkeley. The event began at 4 57 49 a m and lasted two and a half hours with Jon Meeker noting a South Pacific origin possibly near the Solomon Islands.
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Berkeley
Calif
University of California
Jonm Meeker
South Pacific
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Shanley
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Mararet O'Brien
YDC
Gabardine
Sears
Flannelette
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