Battle Over Apostrophe Splits Hollywood Writers and Directors
Hollywood writers and directors clash over possessive billing in film titles, a practice long defended by directors but challenged by writers. After a 1940s suit and a December contract banning nonwriters from possessive credits, the Directors Guild sought an injunction, denied on welfare grounds, as the new agreement took effect.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Motion Picture Association
Writers and Directors Guilds
D. W. Griffith
Cecil B. DeMille
Richard Burbage
Writers Guild of America
Association of Motion Picture and Television Producers
John Ford
Directors Guild of America
Action
Alfred Hitchcock
Samuel Goldwyn
Darryl Zanuck
Ralph F. Nutteer
California
Supreme Court
Writers
Rising incomes reshape American buying power
The piece argues that despite flat retail trade, Americans gain from growing wages dividends and government payments. It projects wage growth continuing and pension income expanding, boosting discretionary spending while warning against higher taxes and unchecked government spending eroding living standards.
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Babson Park
Mass
Eddie Chapman Declares End to Criminal Life at 51
HAL BOYLE reports Eddie Chapman former safebreaker and wartime double agent says he has given up villainy not reformed retired and aging. He reflects on a life of crime war espionage wealth and a recent turn as antiques dealer and author with a film based on his exploits.
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New York
Eddie Chapman
Britain
Nazi Germany
Eddie
Warner Bros
Chapman
Derring
England
France
London
Tangier
Box Top Postcard From Son In Vietnam Reaches Albuquerque Parents
An Albuquerque family received a C rations box top postcard from their son Marine S Sgt Tony Salazar serving in Vietnam. The note shows the meal name Ham and Eggs Chopped B-3 unit and a brief message about field duty and writing gear.
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Albuquerque N.M
Albuquerque
Vietnam
Tony Salazar
J.M. Salazar
Elevator Failures Stall Senator in Santa Fe
In Santa Fe the Senate discussed Capitol Building construction flaws as Rep. John Mershon cited doors locks chairs clocks and elevators. During a House housekeeping vote Sen. C B Trujillo was trapped in a stuck elevator and freed by state police.
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Santa FE
N.M
New Mexico State Senate
Capitol
John Mershon
Cloudcroft
Senate
House
C.B. Trujillo
Taos
Three former U S capitals located in Pennsylvania
The note lists former capitals in Pennsylvania with York Philadelphia and Lancaster mentioned as key sites. It appears as a fragment citing capital locations within the state, reflecting historical geography. The text lacks dates or further details beyond the three city names.
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U. S
Pennsylvania
York Philadelphia
Lancaster
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Fairlane
Christensen
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