Marilyns Photographer Named Hollywoods Man of the Year
Hollywood salutes Milton Greene for shaping Marilyn Monroe’s image and forming Marilyn Monroe Productions with himself as key figure. The NY photographer turned mogul explains the aim to broaden her scope through books, TV ventures, and varied film roles while Monroe remains a minority stockholder with controlling shares.
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Marilyn Monroe
Milton
Greene
Marilyn
Fox
Green
Sinatra Day star in Brunson musical Young at Heart
Doris Day and Frank Sinatra headline the Brunson film Young at Heart with a mix of old and new songs. Sinatra showcases vocals and a songwriter persona, while Day adds star power and charm in a light musical where the story takes a back seat to the performers.
Movie-Scope Brunson Brings 'Young at Heart' to the Screen
The Brunson offers a packed schedule with Doris Day and Frank Sinatra in Young at Heart over Sunday and Monday, followed by Indiscretion of an American Wife with Montgomery Clift and Jennifer Jones on Tuesday and Wednesday. The Violent Men stars Glenn Ford and Edward G Robinson arrive Thursday through Saturday, with other attractions including The Spanish Main at Decker and Beau Brummell with Stewart Granger and Paulette Goddard on various days.
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Clifton Webb
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Spencer Tracy
Joan Crawford
Donna Reed
Eddie G. Robinson
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Liz Taylor
Scott Fitzergerald
Babylon
the Decker
Paniette Goddard
Beau Brummell
Stewart Granger
Jets Lift Off From Truck Platforms In Air Force Tests
The Air Force and Glenn L. Martin Co tested rocket boosted launches of F-84 Thunderjets from truck mounted platforms at Edwards AFB California. The aim is to remove runway needs in combat by using the world’s smallest air ports to reach about 120 mph. Marlin test pilot Bob Turner noted a milder takeoff shock than carrier catapults. The tests seek operational methods to eliminate runway requirements under certain conditions.
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Jan
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Glenn L. Martin Co
Europe
Marlin
Bob Turner
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Germans Order 10,000 Tons of Mexican Beef
Government officials report West Germany has ordered 10,000 tons of frozen beef from Tampico packing plant. 5,000 cattle will be slaughtered with 3,000 tons ready for export now. remaining tonnage due by month end. Shipments to Italy, Greece, and Czechoslovakia planned next month.
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West Germany
Tampico, Mex
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Italy
Greece
Czechoslovakia
Ike’s Personal Friend Dies In Pasadena Calif
Pasadena Calif Jan 14 Gen John E K Cannon 62 retired Air Force general and close personal friend of President Eisenhower died at his home here Wednesday of a heart attack Cannon once headed the Air Force training program and retired last year after lengthy service including commands in Africa and Europe Men under his command gave Cannon the nickname Uncle Joe He was a four star general at the time of his death
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Calif
John EK
Uncle Joe) Cannon
Air Force
Eisenhower
Cannon
Africa
Europe
Uncle Joe
Deadline Jan SE for Arnett Creative Writing Contest
The Arnett Distance Agency Creative Writing contest sets January as the entry deadline for area writers. Submissions go to the Lee College office with rules available there and at the Arnett Insurance agency. The Bureau of Mines also notes a caliper that fits through two inch tubing and expands to measure holes up to 36 inches in diameter.
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Lee College
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Arnett Insurance Agency
Bureau of Mines
Dairy Price Supports Continued to Stabilize 1955
The Agriculture Department will maintain current federal price supports for dairy products through the 1955 marketing year from April 1. Targeted prices include $3.14 per 100 pounds for manufacturing milk and 56.2 cents per pound for butter fat, aiming to reduce a multiyear surplus and help dairymen boost sales while parity remains adjusted downward. Secretary Ezra Benson forecasts market balance by year end.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Ezra T. Benson
St. Paul, Minn
Wife killer sentenced to life in Connecticut case
Stanley Zdonick, 37, pleaded guilty to second degree murder for slaying his divorced wife Margaret Ford George, 37, and burying her in a shallow grave after an automobile shooting in Bacon Falls on November 1. Captured in El Paso, he was sentenced by Judge J. Howard Roberts to life imprisonment.
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Conn
Stanley Zdonick
Zdonick
el Paso
Tex
Margaret Ford George
J. Howard Roberts
Bacon Falls
Shivers Promises Cooperation On Trinity Water Plan
A Trinity River watershed delegation from over a dozen towns met Gov. Allan Shivers in Austin on January 14 seeking support for a multi million dollar water conservation program and a Trinity water authority, but the governor declined to endorse specific legislation, urging the group to leave copies of their proposal for his review. He said he supports proper use of Texas water resources and noted industrial growth.
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Allan Shivers
Ben H. Carpenter
Dallas
Trinity River Improvement Association
Trinity
Texas
Fort Worth
Shivers
Carpenter
Gulf of Mexico
GM Pours Out Cars at Arlington Plant in 1954
General Motors Buick Oldsmobile Pontiac Arlington plant produced 53,006 units in its first year of operation. It paid 10 million dollars to 383 Texas firms for services and supplies, employed about 1,647 in Texas, and earned 7,465,984. By year end Arlington employed 2,000. Training centers opened in El Paso and Garland, with another planned in Houston.
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Arlington
Tex
General Motors
Texas
el Paso
Garland
Houston
Navy officer arrives with adopted Greek child at Patuxent
Navy Lt Norman Donoghue of Corpus Christi arrives at Patuxent River Maryland with the 17 month old daughter he adopted in Greece. His wife plans to meet him at the airport after leaving Shannon Ireland where the baby slept most of Wednesday in the passenger lounge before the Constellation flight.
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Norman Donoghue
Corpus Christi
Greece
Donoghue
Shannon
Ireland
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