Maestro Zirato Retires From Philharmonic Post After Half Century
Bruno Zirato, longtime manager of the New York Philharmonic and former Met Opera official, retires from front-line duties. He recalls managing 79 Columbia Artists, staging many American operas, and mentoring stars like Toscanini, Caruso, and Bernstein. He will remain as consultant, with George Judd Jr. new manager.
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New York
Bruno Zirato
New York Philharmonic
Italy
Columbia Artists Management
Cantelli
Bruno Walter
Stokowsky
Munch
Bernstein
Toscanini
Zirato
Society For
Auturo Toscanini
General Manger
Metropolitan Opera
Caruso
Einstein
Marconi
Gatti
Heifetz
Kreisler
Andre Kostelanetz
Carnegie Hall
Musicians’ Union
Philharmonic
Rome
Met
Grace Moore
Lily Pons
Richard Bonelli
The
Europe
Leonard Bernstein
George E. Judd Jr
Georgia property tax studied and effects examined
An AP report outlines Georgia’s move seven years earlier to virtually abandon the state property tax as part of a broader tax revision by Gov. Herman Talmadge. It details how counties reacted, with some raising and many cutting rates after the 1952 executive order reducing the state levy from five mills to a fraction of a mill.
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Georgia
Alabama
Jim Thomasson
Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Talmadge
State Revenue Commissioner
Bell
Georgia Press Assn denounces judge contempt ruling in Meriwether case
The Georgia Press Association adopted a resolution vigorously protesting Superior Judge Durwood Pye for contempt findings after he fined Atlanta Newspapers Inc. $20,000 over reporting in the Meriwether armed robbery trial. Meriwether was later convicted and sentenced to life. The GPA praised free press principles and urged adherence to precedent.
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Savannah
Georgia Press Assn
Durwood Pye
Atlanta Journal and Constitution
Atlanta Jurist
Atlanta Newspapers Inc
Harold James Meriether
Meriwether
Pye
Court of Appeals
GPA
Louis C. Harris
Augusta Chronicle
Population Clues in Ecuador Basins and Greek Figures
Three quarters of Ecuador's people reside in the central basins region. The current population figure for Greece appears uncertain, with a phrase about "mullica" lacking clear meaning or source.
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Ecuador
Greece
De Valera Quits After Five Decades in Irish Politics
Dublin reports Eamon de Valera aged 77 and three quarters, nearly blind, will step back from public life after fifty years in Irish leadership. Fianna Fáil likely successor is Sean Le Mass. Sean MacEn is his main rival for the presidency, with Sean T. O Kelly term ending by law. Both leaders are celebrated as Ireland's greatest living patriots once allied against Britain.
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Dublin
Ireland
Eamon de Valera
de Valera
Sean MacEoin
Fine Gael
Sean T. O'Kelly
O'Kelly
United States
Fianna Fair Party
Sean Lemass
MacEoin
Agriculture Officer Retires After 36 Years Service
Montgomery AP reports Jasper C. Garrett Alabama's chief agricultural statistician will retire June 30 after more than 36 years in public service with the Crop and Livestock Reporting Service. He and his wife plan to remain in Montgomery after retirement.
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Montgomery
Jasper C. Garrett
Alabama
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Grandmother Graduates With Perfect Scholastic Record
Mrs. Natalie Wolfe 50, grandmother of four, earned the first perfect scholastic record in 24 years at San Luis Obispo Junior College. She received straight A grades and a life membership in Alpha Gamma Sigma, junior college Phi Beta Kappa equivalent.
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San Luis Obispo
Calif
San Luis Obispo Junior College
Alpha Gamma Sigma
Phi Beta Kappa
Natalie Wolfe
California Polytechnic College
West German Beer Production Up
West Germany reported a April high in beer output with about 94 million gallons, while unemployment fell to 320,799 the lowest since World War II. Also notes on Peoria Illinois history with a French naming origin for Au Pe meaning out in the new country.
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Mernberg
West Germany
Federal Office of Statistics
Peoria, II
Safety Check Here Monday by Alabama Trucking Group
A courtesy safety check for trucks is set for Monday in Decatur with Alabama Trucking Assn sponsoring in cooperation with the State Department of Public Safety. Four check points will be used in Birmingham Mobile Montgomery. Public Safety Director Floyd Mann says the industry's ongoing self checks aid the state program to reduce traffic accidents.
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Montgomery
Decatur
Alabama Trucking Assn
State Department of Public Safety
Birmingham
Mobile
W. A. Madsen
Alabama Council of Safety Supervisors
Floyd H. Mann
Nicaragua Rebel Leader Captured by Government Forces
Gen. Anastasio Somoza announced the capture of Freddy Fernandez a Dominican and one of 16 rebels who refused to surrender near Santo Domingo. He is being brought to Managua as the government states the fading rebellion is under control.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Anastasio Somoza
Freddy Fernandez
Santo Domingo
Atlantic City Boardwalk Rebuilt With Concrete Foundation
The current Atlantic City boardwalk is the fifth since 1870 and now features a concrete foundation while retaining the old boardwalk character.
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Atlantic City
Woman Killed by Tomahawk in Chicago Home
The body of Mrs. Geraldine Nesius was found in her Northwest Side apartment with her skull bashed by a tomahawk head from a family rock collection. Philip Nesius, 29, discovered her, wearing a housecoat, as investigators noted a stocking around the neck, suggesting strangulation. police pursued David Pickles, 14, after he fled dinner.
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Chicago
Geraldine Nesius
David Pickles
Henry Hamilton
Whiteside County
Philip Nesius
Village Bombed by Burmese Aircraft Hits Thailand
A twin engined plane identified as Burmese bombed a village in Thailand wounding five and killing one. Thai police said the Burma army has been attacking rebels along the frontier.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Burma
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