Reasons Given for Furor About Seat Belts in Cars
A women’s service bureau notes urban accident patterns and near home fatalities, citing Goodyear and national groups that seat belts boost safety. Findings claim belts in all cars could save 5000 lives yearly and cut serious injuries by one third, with makers and states moving to require installation. Beware of cheap belts or improper installation.
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Goodyear
National Safety Council
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Automotive Safety Foundation
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No Work in Detroit D. Deduction Argues About Tax
A letter signed D Deduction questions Detroit’s new one per cent income tax. The writer says his boss shows no work in Detroit all year, so he logs zero on the withholding form and invites officials to argue with the employer.
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Detroit
Wrong Procedure Injures Stanwyck
Actress Barbara Stanwyck cut her hand during a drunk scene for a television film. She slammed a glass on a bar instead of brushing it aside, shattering it. A doctor removed glass from three cuts and she returned to work. The injury scene will stay in the show.
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Hollywood
Barbara Stanwyck
Miss Stanwyck
Four Star Productions
Brownson Deep Deepest Atlantic Spot Off St John Island
Brownson Deep located 35 miles west of St John in the Virgin Islands is the deepest Atlantic point at 5,041 fathoms or 30,246 feet, establishing a new depth record.
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St. John
Virgin Islands
Dash of Masculine Style Inspires Women in Fashion Show
Designer Bill Blass blends menswear cues with feminine silhouettes as he presents restrained masculine elements in coats and suits for Maurice Rentner. The trend includes tailored walking suits with scarves, pantaloon-like looks, and fur-lined stoles, echoing a modern, elegant balance.
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New York
Bill Blass
Blass
New York Couture
Maurice Rentner
David Kidd
Arthur Jablow
Luiz Estevez
John F. Kennedy
Woman Admits Embezzling Funds in Kansas City Case
Miss Helen Dee Sullivan, 26, an office manager for an insurance agency, admitted embezzling about $9,000 by altering paycheck amounts. Police said she altered seven checks, including one raised from 68.47 to 968.47, and used the funds for a car, clothes, and living expenses. She is held for investigation.
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Kansas City
Helen Dee Sullivan
Elbert Willoughby
Joseph E. Allen
Willoughby
Brazilian Boy Finding Hope In America
An eight year old Brazilian boy Joao Ribiero badly burned by a boiling pot arrives in Kansas City for treatment. A Catholic volunteer group from Belem helped arrange care at St. Mary’s Hospital with two plastic surgeons and aid from readers who donated over a thousand dollars.
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Tabuzi
Brazil
Belem
Joao
Ann Nenninger
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Vincent Lovett
St. Mary's Hospital
Frederick McCoy
R. A. Chandler
Miss Nenninger
Heavy wool fashion with military shoulders in Italy shows
Italy’s fall winter fashion week at the Pitti Palace featured Schuberth and Lancetti sending heavy soft wool designs with wide military shoulders. The shows highlighted coats dresses and suits with apron panels square pockets and cord belts in bold color pairings.
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Florence
Italy
Schuberth
Three Alcatraz escapees prompt guard suspensions
In San Francisco two guards were suspended for 20 days each after last month’s Alcatraz escape by three bank robbers who remain unaccounted for. Warden Olin Blackwell cited failure to keep an accurate inmate count.
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San Francisco
Alcatraz
Olin Blackwell
Lancetti Slide Features Scroll Motif and Bold Shoulders
The collection shows patch-pocketed dresses and a sleeveless black wool sheath with a fringed floor-length apron. A white satin gown adds a black ostrich plume apron. Lancetti uses wide military shoulders with epaulettes, zebra and leopard coats, flat spiral buttons, scroll motifs, bow-like decorations, and jutting sleeves resembling vacuum bags at the wrist.
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Lancetti
Churchill Shows Progress After Rest in Hospital
London sources say Sir Winston Churchill slept well and made some time in a chair as doctors report satisfactory recovery. No bulletin will be issued until Friday unless condition changes significantly. Berlin reports a East German guard and customs official escaped to the West. Jerusalem notes a joint Jordan Israel border committee formed to prevent further frontier incidents.
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London
Winston Churchill
Middlesex Hospital
Jerusalem
Jordan
Israel
Gloucester bishop Dr Wilfred Askwith Dies After Illness
Gloucester England AP reports Bishop Wilfred Askwith aged 72 died Monday night following a prolonged illness. He led the Gloucester diocese and served as an Anglican cleric for many years.
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Gloucester
England
Wilfred Askwith
Economic Training Urged for Kansas Schools
C C Kilker executive vice president of the Kansas Chamber of Commerce urged intensified economics education in Kansas schools and colleges. He spoke at a Fort Hays State College workshop, arguing strong understanding of free enterprise guards against communism and connects wages to privately owned business profits. He noted government employment in Kansas exceeds manufacturing jobs.
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Kansas
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