Berlin prewar film and Brunson theatre lineup teased
Berlin set satire film Am A Camera follows Julia Harris and a novelist narrator, with Isherwood ties and Shelley Winters among the familiar faces. The piece praises sophisticated dialogue and notes The African Lion and a slate of musicals at the Brunson, including Anything Goes and Kismet, with Maria Lanza in Serenade and Keel-Aan Blythe in a future vehicle.
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Berlin
Julia Harris
Miss Harris
England
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John van Druten
Isherwood
Germany
Julie Peartrays
Harris
Shelley Winters
Walt Disney
Afric
NAACP Mass Meeting Discusses Desegregation in Houston
Houston NAACP plans a masquerade night meeting at Jordan Grove Baptist Church to discuss desegregation in the city. Francis Williams, attorney for the group, will address enrollment issues as attempts to admit Negro students in schools for the spring term were turned down.
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Houston
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Jordan Grove Baptist Church
Francis Williams
Attornmant
The
Mauston Independent Scholars Nation
Hungary rehabilitates Rajk in Stalin era purge
Vienna reports Hungary admitted that former Foreign Minister Rajk and four Hungarian communists were innocently executed in 1949 amid Stalin era purges. Rajk, once police chief and later foreign minister, was condemned as a traitor after a trial and confession of conspiracies with Yugoslavia to overthrow the regime.
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Austria
Hungary
Raj
Rajk
ANB
Commun Party
Moscow
Josef Stalin
Yugoslavia
Quotes and quips from national figures on policy issues
Ambassadors and politicians offer pointed remarks on Palestine, Negro registration, farm legislation, policing tactics, a potential Democratic presidential run, and an upcoming Soviet visit. Lodge dismisses hidden meaning, Smith warns of unrest, Kerr hints at veto fallout, Blancher outlines squad deployments, Ketaver appeals to voters, Winterton critiques Soviet leaders and animal welfare concerns.
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London
Earl Winterton
Heher
Bulganin
Greatain
Taegraph
City-County Health Offices Proposal Endorsed
County Judge Bob Casey and Mayor Oscar Holcombe endorse a plan for a combined city and county health offices and laboratories. A joint survey by a health firm is determining the need for a city-county hospital and any resulting changes will follow the firm’s report.
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Bob Casey
Oscar Holcombe
Houston
Commissioners Court
Record painting boom drives home improvement trend
Americans are painting more than ever with a national home improving year set for 1956. A 6,000-family survey shows 80 percent do interior and 64 percent exterior painting themselves, fueling demand for easier to use paints and a DIY culture led by homeowners and reinforced by color variety and new coatings.
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Elizabeth Toomey
New York
U.S
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National Paint, Varnish and Lacquer Association, Inc
Don
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