Murphy Uses Navy Aid To Save Zanuck Film Tora Tora Tora
Senate tap dancer George Murphy helps movie mogul Darryl Zanuck secure Navy backing for the Pearl Harbor film after a dangerous fire scene sparked Navy crackdown. Laird relented following Murphy letter delivery, while Zanuck faced scrutiny over Nixon era influence and lobbying.
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Washington
George Murphy
U.S. Senate
Darryl Zanuck
Navy
Zanuck
Laird
Murphy
Tora
Nixon
New York
Senate
In Our Opinion It Didn’t Start Yesterday
The piece argues Penn Central bankruptcy exposed long standing railroad flaws. It cites poor management, limited schedule information, weak advertising and signage, minimal use of travel agencies, lagging ticketing, unused phone reservations, and scant credit options as factors delaying passenger business.
Two Expressions That Calm Troubled Waters Please And Thank You
Edgerton Minnesota Grass Roots Opinion extols please and thank you as universal polite tools. The Marathon New York Independent lauds courage in politics and honors leaders who vote their mind even at personal political risk.
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Edgerton
Minn
Enterprise
Marathon
N.Y
Corry school district tax collection tops 86.7 percent
The Corry school district disclosed in its 1949 annual settlement with City Treasurer Irene Mullen that 86.7 per cent of the $137,948 levy was collected, totaling $116,383. A separate note mentions Rosains hosting Stuart Summitt from Can-Wa Ohio and social gatherings around Findley Lake.
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Corry
Irene Mullen
Rossin
Franklin Street
Stuart Summitt
Can- Wa
Ohio
Elaine Rossin
My Son The Collector Finds Books Across Three States
A father and son haul a cache of treasured volumes from Bagley's to storage then to California, including Thackeray Vanity Fair, Balzac, Four Horsemen, Poe, and a leather bound set. The narrator reflects on collecting motives, film tie ins, and the joy of a cherished childhood book Ab. The piece celebrates books as vessels of knowledge and memory.
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Gerald Bagley
California
Dave
Horatio Alger
Tom Swift
Zane Grey
Jack London
James Oliver
Bagley
William Thackeray
Harold Bell Wright
Vicente Blasco Ibanez
Poe
Tamerlane
Honore de Balzac
Dld
Shiek
Rudolph Valentino
Los Angeles
Carl Sandburg
Abraham Lincoln
Corry
From Film To Shipping Last in a series on a cruise ship
Spyros P. Skouras, 77, famed film executive turned shipping magnate, reflects on a lifelong dream as he builds five 30,000 ton ships with his son. He recalls Greek roots, Hollywood ascent, Fox leadership, and a plan to outpace container ships with barges loaded from the stern of each vessel.
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The
Rock
Santa Rosa
Venus
Spyros P. Skouras
Spyros Jr
Skouras
Ron
Panasotis Skouras
Charlie Skouras
America
St. Louis
Missouri
Spyros
George
Army Signal Corps
Charlie
20Th Century-Fox
Studio
Malibu
Zanuck
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Pentagon
John Murphy
D-N.y
Capitol Fill
Mel Laird
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Jack Valenti
Buddy
House
Technicolor, Inc
Posterity
Library of Congress
Thomas Jefferson
Woodrow Wilson
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Edward Kenney
Thurmond
2D Airborne Division Association
Fourth Judicial Circuit
House Senate
Frazier Poole
Poole
Neste Senet Oe Maes
CPIRO
Penn Central Railroad
Pennsylvania State University
Grass Roots Opinion
Camie. Blanchard
Misa Ete Murray
Glen Stearns
BPW Club
Barbara Cook
Findley Lake
Comry Evening Journal
West South Street
George J. Impie
William Eaton
John McLaughlin
Associated Press
Mal Advance
Corrier
Sennen
David
Jim Bishop
Prudential Grace Lines
Livanos
Niarchos
Onassis
Jefferson Hotel
Planters
Olympic
14Th and Market St
Hollywood
First National Pictures
Warner Brothers
Fox Pictures
Fox
20Th Century
Joe Schenck
William Goetz
Sarah Bringlia
Sarah
Sourases
Bernadette
ABC
Elizabeth Taylor
Rome
Walter Wanger
Joseph Mankiewicz
Spyros Skouras
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