Purdom to step into Lanza role in Student Prince
Edmund Purdom selected to imitate Mario Lanza by singing on screen for MGM’s Student Prince after Lanza walked off the set. Purdom trained to mimic his style, explaining how he damps his own voice by blasting the recording to match the famous tenor’s delivery.
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Purdom
Richard Thorpe
Rock Report
Thorpe
Larry Parks
Nnation
al Jolson
Eye
Oliviers
Parks
Prince
Jolson
Charles B. Purdom
Pee
Scratiers-On Aven
MGM
State Board maps school building fund distribution plan
The State Board of Education in Raleigh invited county officials to form a committee to draft a formula for spending one half of the 30 million school building fund. A tentative allocation of 2.0 million was approved pending formal applications. The plan would distribute 25 million across 100 counties by need and effort, with 10 million split evenly and 15 million based on enrollment. Some projects were already funded, including Buncombe Venable Elementary and Smith Negro High School Forsyth.
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Raleigh
State Board of Education
Seumetantens
J. A. Pritchett
Windsor
Fece
Ate Os
Goldston
Chatnine
Martin
Jones and Carteret
Carterota
Wall Street Slips Slightly Amid Broad Market Mix
The New York stock market opened modestly lower with losses near a point while gains were fractional. Trading slowed from yesterday’s volume of about 1.46 million shares as segments of the list showed mixed results, with motors advancing overall and major issues such as Studebaker American Telephone and International Nickel fluctuating.
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Motors
Studebaker
American Telephone
International Nickel
General Motors
Glidden
Goodrich Ae
Goodyear U
Great Northern Ry Pf
Hudson Motor Seer Reese
Ilinois Central
Int Nickel Can
Tel & Tel
Kennecott Copper
Libby Owen Ford Gl
Came & Myers Eee
Nash Kelvinator
National Biscuit
National Dairy Product
National Leaseco
New York Central
North American Avia
Northern Pacific
Ohio Oil Company
Pacific Gas & Elec Packard Motor
Pennsylvania RR
Philco Corporation
Phillips Petroleum Radio Corporation
Remington Rand Republic Steel ‘Reynolds Tob
Seaboard al RR
Sears
United States Steel Wick Chemical
Virginia-Care Chemica
West Auto
Western Union
Sess
Western Electric
Eisenhower presses tax cuts and defense plans in address
President Eisenhower outlines tax reduction targets and spending, urges social security extension, unemployment expansion, and health insurance reforms. He advocates limited government guarantees for hospital and medical insurance, safeguards on defense, and continued aid to allies. He also calls for Seaway support and constitutional changes to curb subversion.
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Capitol
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Russia
U. S
Moscow
United States
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Korea
Okinawa
Congress
Indochina
China
Communist Party
Brownell
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Admiral Corporation
Alleghany Corporation
Allied Chemical & D
Allis Chalmers Mfg
American Can
American Car & Fdy
American Smelt & Ref
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Achison, Top & SF
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic
Avco Manufacturing
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel Borg Warner
Budd Company
Burlington Mills
Calumet & Hecla
Canada Dry
Canadian Pacific
Carolina Power & Delanese Corve
Chesapeake & Ohio
Coca Cola
Columbia Gas & Electmental Oil
Curtis Wright
Ree” Toons West
River Dow Chemical
Cecil
City Cab
City Cab CO
House
Enerty
Citi
Grace Flower Shop
High Point
N. Wrenn & Howell
Industrial Supply CO
Night Waite Investaive
Lee W. Bos
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Buick Century
Detroit
N. Main St
W. F. Mauldin, Inc
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