Desert celebrity haven around Palm Springs and its stars
Earl Wilson surveys Palm Springs area noting the density of movie stars and millionaires. He visits Jimmy Van Heusen and Bing Crosby landmarks, lists residences of Alan Ladd Tony Martin Desi Arnaz and Frank Sinatra, and mentions notable hangouts such as Romanoff's On the Rocks and Lone Palm.
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Palm Springs
California Desert
Jimmy van Heusen
Bing Crosby
Bing
Jimmy
Syracuse
Edwin Chester Babcock
Hollywood
Alan Ladd
Tony Martin
Desi Arnaz
John Haskell
Dennis The Menace Hideaway and A Night Life Ties
Itemized gossip column notes various celebrities and figures from entertainment and sports. Dennis the Menace’s Los Angeles hideaway with a 12 car garage is mentioned alongside ex Attorney General Brownell named executor of Mike Todd’s estate. Sugar Ray Robinson studies singing, Gregg Sherwood Dodge seeks a Southampton home, Steve Cochrane hired for Whoop-Up, Toots Show birthday, Timmy Everett and Christine Crawford dating, Mary Ellen Terry to play Gypsy Rose Lee’s daughter in summer stock, Herb scoring prospects, Alan Freed controversy about a Boston rampage, Jack Benny seeking Audrey Meadows, Polly Adler planning another LA restaurant, and a quip on marriage wisdom and a joke about $4.98 mixers.
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Los Angeles
N.Y
Att'y
Brownell
Mike Todd
Sugar Ray Robinson
Richard Rodgers
Gregg Sherwood Dodge
Southampton
Martin and Feuer
Steve Cochrane
Timmy Everett
Joan Crawford
Christine
Mary Ellen Terry
Gypsy Rose Lee
Herb
Cleveland Indians
Alan Freed
Boston
Boston Pops
Jack Benny
Audrey Meadows
Polly Adler
L.A
Charley Jones
Butte Strikes Close Five Theaters Over Projection Rules
In Butte Montana a 61 month movie strike keeps all five cinemas dark as projectionists fight over one or two operator rules. Fox Intermountain Amusement cites efficiency and safety film as reasons for one man booths. Local 94 disputes say two workers are standard since 1928. Nearby towns like Anaconda gain as buses ferry patrons with theater tickets.
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Butte
Mont
John ‘Tella
Fox Intermountain Amusement Corp
Sam Spiegel
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage
Tesla
Northwest
Spiegel
Anaconda
Youth seeks correspondence in Casper ad
A Great Falls Montana youth placed a Casper newspaper personal ad promising to attend an Air National Guard camp from August 16 to 31. He states he is 21 and single and seeks a female correspondent.
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Casper
Wyo
Great Falls
Mont
Air National Guard
Fragmented Soviet Era Plot Tease From The Hall Syndicate
A garbled 1958 fragment hints at a plot mention and a confrontation over possession. The text notes sales of vodka and a suggestive line about meeting under an implied agreement. Details are sparse and unclear due to damaged OCR.
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U.S
Earl
pLcorrriaht
Skin Diving Addiction Warned by Stanford Psychiatrist
Dr. Roderic Gorney warned at an American Psychoanalytic Association event that skin diving can become a life threatening addiction. He cited eight million Americans who have tried SCUBA and warned about dependence on the ocean’s felt safety and weightless world, noting risks like drowning and nitrogen narcosis when rules are broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Stanford University
Roderic Gorney
American Psychoanalytic Assn
Gorney
Gorne
Ford says UAW demands could raise auto prices by 300 dollars
Henry Ford II warned in a letter to Senator Kefauver that UAW demands amount to more than 70 cents an hour, pushing car costs up by over 300 dollars. He argued such increases would bankrupt many automakers and raise prices on cars and trucks immediately.
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Detroit
Henry Ford II
Ford Motor Co
United Auto Workers
Ford
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Kefauver
General Motors
UAW
Fisher Body
Pontiac
Mich
UAW Warns on Production Capacity and Consumer Power
The statement argues that the shutdown threat confirms UAW claims that the industry overexpanded productive capacity without a parallel rise in consumer buying power. The remark links labor concerns to broader economic weakness and potential impacts on auto workers.
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UAW
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Bill Hoften
Charlie O’curran
Patti Page
Horace Heidt
Bert Wheeler
Charllie Farrell
Ann Miller
Bill Moss
Elsinore Machris
Jack Dempsey
Jack
Janet Leigh
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BIG Boy Tomato Plants
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Matthews
Carridale St
Austinville
J. P. Pierce
Dial
Sterchi’s
NORGE
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H.P
2Nd Ave. S.E
SGA
Athens College
Eugene Wilcox
Bobby Clemmons
Liberty High School
Ethelsville
Ala
Bobby
Eugene
Carrie Lee Evans
Center
Athens
Trundell Franklin
Dean McMinn
Logan
Cullman County
Dennis the Menace
Rte
Jewelry Dept
Fort
Judson Pitts
6Th Ave. S.E
J P Pitts
Morgan County
R. L. Handley
W. H. Long
Decatur, Ala
H&h Walgreen Drugs
Lifetime
Allied Fence CO
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