Video Helping Movie Stars TV Fame Brings Public To Theaters
Hollywood's 21st annual theater poll by Motion Picture Herald ranks Dean Martin Jerry Lewis and Roy Rogers as top money makers. TV stars Rogers Autry and Crosby top western and overall lists. Cooper Wayne and Crosby set multiple top ten records as audiences favor screen icon visibility over home viewing.
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Hollywood
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Jerry Lewis
Rey Robers
Zany Martin
Lewis
Gary Cooper
John Wayne
Motion Picture Herald
Wade
Roy Rogers
Rogers
Ang Maruda
10 Mar Wis
Cooper
Wayne
Crosby
Betty Greble
Gene Autry
Pat King Attacked By Doped-Up Men
In Houston on December 26 Patricia King fifteen and her twenty year old girlfriend Jean Bell were attacked by two unusual men in the driveway of the King home. King was badly bitten on the shoulder while Bell was bruised and scratched and treated at Hermann hospital. Police noted the attackers may have been intoxicated and no entry or theft was found at the home.
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Houston
Patricia King
King Home
Miss King
Jean Bell
Hermann Hospital
Miss Bell
King
Miss Belt
Nagoya Explosion Kills and Injures Dozens
In Nagoya Japan a photo supply store blast sparked a chemical fire that killed eight and injured twenty three with one missing, destroying six buildings in the business district. The blast followed a larger nitrogen fertilizer plant fire earlier this week. Magnesium in a kerosene can started the Friday incident.
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Nagoya
Japan
Ex-Convict Is Killed By Shapely Brunett
Houston December report: Leona Yates, 41, in a scarlet dress, killed her ex convict lover Robert Love, 28, after a Christmas party. Love had been released on a conditional pardon last July and was serving 10 years for burglary and felony theft. She confessed to officers claiming he beat and threatened her. Harris County jail holds her on murder charges.
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Houston
Brunet Snot
Harris County
Shapely
Leona Yates
Robert
Bobby) Love
Love
Texas
Movie Star Figure For U S Money
Lake Placid officials discussed featuring a Hollywood queen on U S currency to help fight inflation. Chamber leader William Avison emphasized that money would feel more valuable with such a picture and proposed replacing one presidential figure on the notes.
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Lake Placid
Dec
Merce
Chamber of Combat
U. S
Chamber
William Avison
Babson's Educational Empire and Public Service Work
Babson built Babson Institute for Men and with Mrs. Babson formed Wenner College for Women, both famed business schools. He also founded Utopia College in Eureka Kansas and recently aided gravity research work at Gravity Research Foundation in New Boston New Brunswick. His broad audience spans millions of readers seeking simple business guidance and a steadier approach to economic cycles.
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Babson
Babson Institute For
Gravity Research
New Boston
N.B
Steel and chemical firms listed with mixed performance notes
A damaged OCR list catalogs many companies from Steel to chemicals and oil firms such as American Republic, Bethlehem Steel, Calu met and Canada, Dow Chem, DuPont Chem, Exxon, General Motors, Goodyear, Gulf Oil, Humble Oil, Monsanto, Texaco and U.S. Steel among others with scattered percentage figures and notations. The text reads like an index of corporate names and incomplete market figures without a coherent narrative.
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Davidson Chem
Dow
du Pont
Vee Sbme
Bestman Kodak
el Paso Natural Gas
Fairchild Eng
Freeport
Salph
Gen Electric
Gen Motors
Gen Tire
Rob Gillette
Goodyear Tire
Greyhound Bus
Gulf Oil
Guilt Stat Util
Houston Oil
H. L
P. Go
Humble Oil
Jones-Laughlin Imperial Oil
Interlake Iron
Intl Nickel
Jupiter of
Kirby Pet
Libby McN
Liggett and Myers
Loew's Inc
la Lend
Mathison Chem
Monsanto
Stubborn Truck Causes Man’s Jail Time in Oklahoma City
In Oklahoma City on December 26, a 52 year old man faces jail time after crashing his truck into a bridge abutment while trying to drive up Exchange Avenue Viaduct hill on Christmas Day. Police quote him saying the truck “won’t climb this hill.” He was booked for drunk driving.
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Oklahoma City
Exchange Ave
Stalin and Eisenhower Eyes Open To Peace Talks
Stalin expressed willingness to meet Eisenhower and ease world tension in Q and A submitted by James Reston. Washington and London reacted cautiously, warning deeds matter, while 90 South Korean officers trained in the United States and Eisenhower spent Christmas with family at Morningside Heights. The Soviet offer sparked mixed Western reactions and expectations of how Moscow might press its peace rhetoric.
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New York Times
James Reston
Eisenhower
Morningside Height
Dwight David
Eisenhowers
John Eisenhower
Korea
Elibera Doud
Denver
St. Paul's Chapel
Columbia University
Stalin
U.S
Washington
London
Paris
Russia
John Foster Dulles
United Nations General Assembly
Winston Churchill
Moscow
Hope Singers For Separated Twins
Chicago news reports 15 month old Siamese twins separated in a 12 hour operation 10 days earlier remain in critical or precarious condition. Roger Lee is comatose after losing a cranial vein. Rodney Dee, though listed as critical, has shown some appetite and stability per nursing notes. Parents Roy and Mrs Brodie cling to optimism as doctors express cautious hope for future normal lives.
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Chicago
Roy Brodie
Roger Lee
Rodney Dee
Police doubt abduction claim by Maine youth
Lewiston Maine authorities doubt a 20 year old correspondence school detective's tale of being shot in the thigh during an abduction by four girls. Donald L. Snow was found Christmas Eve with a .22 caliber bullet wound and later discharged from hospital after being turned over to his father. He said the four girls kidnapped him from near his home and took him to a wooded area.
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Lewiston
Donald L. Snow
Roger Whitmore
Snowas
Snow
Judge orders bums to eat turkey dinner at Salvation Army
Chicago judge sentences seventy six Skid Row men on disobedience charges to eat turkey dinners and seek spiritual good at a Salvation Army hall. In Waco Texas Mrs Doris Neely is in serious condition after an auto crash that killed her husband Willis Neely, 31, when his car hit a telephone pole near Stases.
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Chicago
Edward P. Imezak
Salvation Army
United Press
Waco
Doris” Neely
Willis Neely
Stases
Towing Service Offers Tow-in For Motorists
Vancouver readers learn City Auto Towing Service hauled over 40 cars to owners homes free of charge Christmas night to prevent accidents. To qualify, motorists simply stated they were too drunk to drive safely. The firm will offer the same service New Year Eve.
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Vancouver
B. C
Judge Catches Youth Stealing Tree Lights
Three teenage boys arrested for stealing light bulbs from a Christmas tree in front of a private home in Massillon Ohio were caught in the act by Judge Robert Hoffman who held them for police. Shivers Will Help Celebrate Laredo Tex Dec. 26 UP Gov Allan Shivers will attend the 56th annual Washingtons birthday celebration in Laredo next Feb 22 with dances parades receptions fireworks and bullfights scheduled.
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Massillon
Ohio
Robert Hoffman
Hoffman
Shivers
Laredo
Tex
Allan Shivers
U.S
Yuletide Shopping Breaks All Marks
Washington December 26 UP government economists say the Christmas shopping season likely set a national record with December sales near 14 billion dollars. They cite higher real earnings lower prices more goods available easier installment buying and replacement purchases by shoppers who bought during 1950 and 1951 spree. October sales also set an all time record at 14 billion 100 thousand 08d.
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Washington
Old Gift Certificate Depreciates In Value
PEEKSKILL New York December 26 UP Mike Guzi demanded to redeem a ten dollar gift certificate at Hos off's store. The paper certificate over fifty years old drew taunting remarks from owner Al Feldman who suggested a real classy suit could have been bought at issue time.
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Peekskill
Mike Guzi
Hosoff’s Men and Boy’s Store
al Feldman
Guzi
Hardin Family Tragedy Amid Korea Service
Sgt. Hardin returns home on emergency furlough then ships back to Korea after his son Lewis Jr. comes home. Weldon Hardin is killed in action on December 6. Rev Dr Elchern consoles Mrs. Hardin as Christmas passes and a memorial gift rekindles hope in the household.
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Korea
Lewis L. Hardm Jr
Florida
Sgt
Hardin
Weldon
Joseph
John C. Elchern
Community Church
la Porte
Hardin Cottage
Baytown Christmas Weather Was Cool and Gray
Forecasters expected cloudy skies to persist into the weekend with a slight warmup and light rain possible Friday night and Saturday. Friday lows were around 43F after Thursday’s high near 55F, with gusts from the north and northeast.
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Baytown
Texas
Panhandle
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