Predictive musings and bold forecasts from a 1950s column
A fragmented preview paints Franco regaining power, a seven-city hotel push with multi-million costs, Eisenhower dramatic moves in 1955, Betty Hutton retirement publicity, CBS banning phony laughter after 1935, a doomed 1958 resort forecast for three states, a Virgin Islands tourism boom with a fast U S airline link, and Milton Blackstone's forthcoming handbook on publicity and promotion for colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Spzim
Sean
Negro
Las Vegas
Eisenhower
Nis
Betty Hutton
Betty
CBS Wll
Florida
California
Hawa
Virgin Islands
United States
Milton Blackstone
Eddie Fisher
Women Who Will Make News and Shock Courtroom Bets
A string of sensational speculations highlights Gloria Vanderbilt facing a landmark divorce case with Stokowski, Margaret Truman pursuing nightclub gigs after 1955, Kate Smith entering New York politics despite risks, and Lady Astor publishing a controversial memoir. Predictions cover a famed comedian to be financed by press agents, a millionaire woman hater funding anti women causes, new beauty products, a calory cancelling diet, and Thalia Wilson introducing velvet bandeaux in Paris fashion trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Vanderbilt
Dorces Stokowsk
Gloria
Margaret Truman
Kate Smith
Wilb
New York State
Lady Astor
Atlantic
Paris
Thalia Wilson
Unverified Future Newspaper Items From 1999
The note predicts two curiosities for October 17 1999: a 1939 Gone With the Wind screening with Clark Gable in person and a talk about Hollywood’s bygone era. It also imagines a submerged California coast from a 1989 earthquake and a massive Las Vegas canal letting ocean ships dock on the Strip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Gable
Gable
Hollywood
Los Angeles
California
Las Vegas
Pacific
Hush Hush Revelations From Washington Circles
Court trial will reveal a cabinet name appointed guardian of a large fortune for two brothers and a sister in a mental hospital. A hostile foreign ambassador faces expulsion over morals charges. A famed glamour star returns from Rome after plastic surgery. A top box office star plans marriage to the bachelor brother of a high ranking official despite family objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rome
National Capitol
Washington, D. C
Beware of the frauds selling furnished flats fast
A reader warns of a recurring scam advertising must move to New York and sell all furnishings within 24 hours at a bargain. The same ad reappears the next day to lure another buyer. Inquire thoroughly before investing and avoid rushed deals. The piece urges investigation to stamp out the old stuffed flat racket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Headlines of the Future Stir Political Turmoil
A string of sensational claims spans smear campaigns against J Edgar Hoover and Truman backstage fights within the Democratic Party. Reports mention Rat Packs in New York, a cocaine flood from Peru and Java, and stock markets holding steady amid global tension. Churchill clashes in Commons, typhoons in the South Pacific, comet warnings, polio rise, a new pain relief nostrum, Brazil revolts, and maly election riots are noted as unsettling prophecies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edgar Hoover
Truman
New York
Peru
Java
Churchill
House of Commons
South Pacific
Brazil
Predictions Then and Now From 1888 Prophecy Folio
A collection of bold forecasts spans politics, technology, and culture. Notable mentions include Croly’s 1960 predictions on media, war and society, Gordon Richards’ memoirs, Britains theft crime rise, Bracken Lee in Utah politics, New Delhi tribal wars, Tim McCoy on TV stardom, New York beauty parlors expanding nationwide, and a German sparked roller skating craze for speed and health. Also notes on Alaska federal contracts and Las Vegas showmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon Richards
Billie Rose
Las Vegas
Broadway
Great Britain
Bracken Lee
Utah
New Delhi
India
Mathrua
Tim McCoy
New York
Great Northern Hotel
Somerset Maugham
Os Angeles
North American
Germany
Alaska
Iddgeport Tales Of Community Life And Service
Community notes from Bridgeport feature long time G E employee milestones, military returns, anniversaries, and civic roles. Stories cover local police activity and car tags, park grounds upkeep by volunteers, stamp collecting hobbyist, a birthday dinner, exams for fire lieutenant, local entertainment plans, charity fashion show, town notices, new hospital staff, and residents taking on new roles in town venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cherrys
Joe Edgeworth
Singer
Army Air Force
John J. Carroll
Santaland
North Pole
X.Y
Steve
Park City
John Zelinski
Woodmere Lane
Trumbull
Nichols
Stratford
Bridgeport
Milton Rottman
Fairfield County News Company
Lenny Romano
Seaside Park
Michael Dworkin
East Side
Samuel Dworkin
Francis C. Chandler
Penny Porter
Rich
Cafe Howard
Rose Bogos
L.O.G. Girls Association
Crippled Childrens’ Organization
Lenny
Wagon Wheel
Memorial Concert Honors Late Singer Mario Pagano in Connecticut
A memorial concert in Harmony Hill Theater, Redding, celebrated Italian voice coach Mario Pagano who died at 33. Fifteen former pupils performed for about 200 invited guests in his rustic home theater, with further tributes and plans for a scholarship in his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdi
Rossini
Harmony Hill
Redding
Mario Pagano
Pagano
Rock House Road
Mario
Alice
Mannes College of Music
Connectciut
Alice Pagano
Community theater hosts Pagano tribute concert
Friends and neighbors organize a benefit night at the little theater for Mario Pagano's students. Fifteen performers donate their talents in a musical tribute with homemade doughnuts and cider. Guests arrive with bouquets as Tosca and The Barber of Seville excerpts unfold with soloists Norman Keiley Maria Paradiso John English Lloyd Harris and Frank Ventriglia delivering polished performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mario Pagano
Pagazio
la Scala
San Opera
Europe
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Maria Paradiso
Tosca
John English
Angelotti
Lloyd Harris
NBC Opera Company
Joseph Maimone
Figaro
Frank Ventriglia
Basilio
Frank
Brookside Avenue
Fairfield
Sikoraky’s
Rossini Opera Cast Highlight at The Excerpt
In the Rossini performance Sosio Manso from La Scala plays Count Alma viva with Elena Donatelli as Rosina and Clinton Dolan as Dr Bartolo in an excerpt from Forza Del.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossini Opera
Sosio Manso
Count Almaviva
la Scala
Elena Donatelli
Rosina
Clinton Dolan
Dr. Bartolo
Forza del
Pequot Library opens winter series with Curtis Quartet
Last weekend the Pequot Library in Southport kicked off its winter series for a fourth straight season with the Curtis String Quartet as lead concert. More than 200 chamber music enthusiasts heard a sensitive elegant performance by violinists Jascha Brodsky and Enrique Sartos and violist Max Aranoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando Cole
Pequot Library
Haydn
Curtis Quartet
Debussy
Schumann
Schaumann
Mannes-Gimpel- Silva
Southport
Curtis String Quartet
Jascha Brodsky
Enrique Serratos
Max Aranoff
Dinner Dance Honors Credit Union Week in Bridgeport
Local observance of International Credit Union week culminates with a Credit Union Day dinner and dance at Stratfield hotel Friday 7 p.m. over 300 members and families expected. Rev Richard R Dunn of St Marys Church to speak. Guests include Connecticut Credit Union League leaders and Stamford chapter officials. Tickets from Mrs Edna Benn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lauver
Bridgeport Credit U Union
Stratfield Hotel
Credit Union
Richard R. Dunn
St. Mary's Church
Leonard R. Nixon
Connecticut Credit Union League
Laurenceb. Kilburn
Thomas Wubbenhorst
Stamford
Lawrence Besselle
Sanford White
Arnott Baker Company
Arnold Hyatt
Federal Examiner
Edna Benn
International Credit Union Day
North America
Central
Tape solves Navy couple’s correspondence gap
LA MESA California AP tape recordings solved the correspondence problem for Navy Lt. (jg) John F. Taylor a jet fighter pilot on the aircraft carrier Randolph and Mrs Taylor. Mrs Taylor said her husband is a very poor letter writer and she herself prefers the 15 minute tape recordings they exchange every other day sent back and forth by mail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Mesa
Calif
Navy
J.g
John F. Taylor
Randolph
Taylor
Scottsburg pupils crowd spaces after gym project rejection
SCOTTSBURG Ind AP Some pupils must use a turkey barn an old bank building and a church basement for classes after the State Board of Tax Commissioners rejects a 175000 classroom gym project says Earl Millis school trustee
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsburg
Ind
State Board of Tax Commissioners
Earl Millis
Unmarked patrol cars debut in Iowa highway patrol
DES MOINES AP The Iowa Highway Patrol deploys its first unmarked patrol cars. Patrol Chief David Herrick says the aim is to change the habits of drivers who ignore laws when they think enforcement officers are not nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Iowa Highway Patrol
David Herrick
Welcoming Delays Mark Arrival of Visiting Dutch Musicians
The New York concert party arrived 15 minutes late to Hartford due to baggage transfer issues. Concertgebouw musicians were understanding as they reached New Haven first, then prepared to tour the East Southeast and Middle West with Columbia Artists representatives Humphrey Doolens and Leverett Wright. Conductor exchanges occurred aboard the train plus casual chatter about Hazel and Dutch American music tastes. The Dutch orchestra plans to room in New Haven in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridgeport
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Amsterdam
New York Philharmonic
Hartford
Concertgebouw
Connecticut
New York
New Haven
Fairfield County
Columbia Artists Management, Inc
Humphrey Doolens
Norwalk
Leverett Wright
Stratfield
East
Southeast
Middle West
Eduard van Beinum
Dimitri Mitropoulos
Novemby
Atomic Men as Controllers of Fear and Faith
Fulton J Sheen argues that atomic power is not the danger but atomic men. He traces Lucretius as the first atomic man, outlining materialism's denial of soul and God, fear of death, and reliance on science and sexuality. He warns that if atomic men guide thinking and war, civilization faces cosmic fear and ruin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulton J. Sheen
Lucretius
Christ
Son of God
Freud
Juno
Hell
Robert Hutchins
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Criswell
David Goodman Croly
America
Japan
Croly
Hillary Waugh
Piereas
Awmial
Autliy Aaovess
Mai Aman
YALE
Gry
Cor
Rick
Waien
Idgeport
Taylor Glenn
Tom Magner
Eddie Shagrue
Peter Mastrewsrd
Joseph Rodrigues
Joseph Petitte
Underwood Plant
Key
Lucille Leahey
Stratford Avenue
Patrolman
George Wesche
Helen Street
Bridgeport Hospital
Louise Myer
West Chester County Hospital
Pennsylvania
Muriel Hanford
St. Luke's Hospital
New York City
Charles
Sport Hill
Easton
Alice Pa Zano
Destino
Lillian Jameson
Walter Kelvit
Jeanine Morris
Shirley McCracken
Calvin Marsh
Metropolitan Opera
Handel
Powell
Yonder Mountain
Holmes
Malotte
Mr. Jim
Mr. Marsh
Met
Lussingrande
Italy
Mannese College
American Theater Wing
Metropolitan
New York City Opera Company
Chile
Israel
Indonesia
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