Vatican Removes Acclaimed Murillo Painting as Fake
Vatican art chief Prof De Campos said the masterpiece The Mystic Marriage of St Catherine was a counterfeit uncovered during restoration. Chemical tests showed the landscape beneath dated late 17th century while the Murillo attribution could not be verified, prompting removal after more than a century on display.
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Vatican City
Vatican
Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Deoclecio Redig de Campos
Pope Pas IX
Christine
Spain
de Campos
Murillo
Academy of the Theatre Honors First Graduating Class
The American Academy of Dramatic Arts recalled its 100 graduates from the first class who were hired by impresario David Belasco, as a centennial warning to new graduates. President Frances Fuller led the recollection in New York.
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New York
American Academy of Aniversary Ith
Frances Fuller
En Snaese
David Belon
Downtown Fire Destroys Three Stores In Bedford
A downtown Bedford blaze in 90 degree heat destroyed three stores and damaged another, drawing firefighters from about ten communities. No injuries, six firefighters treated for heat and smoke. chief puts damages at 500000 with insurance undetermined. Fire began in a clothing store and spread to adjacent businesses.
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Bedford
Virginia
B. H. Milton
Pressures On Public Schools Cited
Delegates to the Evangelical Reform Church 11th general synod condemn actions threatening public schools. They cite dangers including efforts to divert public funds to parochial schools, control of public schools by sectarian aims, teacher shortages from inadequate salaries, loyalty oaths, and limits on discussing controversial issues.
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Oberlin
Ohio
Evangelical & Reformed Church
11Th General Synod
New Trial Sought for Three Youths in Tennessee Case
In Dyersburg Tennessee defense lawyers said they would seek a new trial for M D Hall 20 and two 18 year olds Thomas L White and Tommy Marlory. The three were convicted of posing as sheriffs deputies to force a Negro girl to have relations with Hall after driving up to a couple in a car. The girl testified she feared arrest for having relations with her boyfriend. They were acquitted on abduction. Hall received five years and the others two year sentences.
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Dyersburg
Tenn
M.D. Hall
Thomas L. White
Tommy Marlory
Sheriff's
Hall
Woman Missing In Park In Yosemite Search Continues
Mrs. Drika Lip, 38, of Byron California, vanished while hiking alone Wednesday near Big Trees Lodge in Yosemite National Park. A weekend search by 55 ground personnel and two planes, aided by four bloodhounds, followed her disappearance. Lip, who came to the United States from Holland in 1954, is mother of three.
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Yosemite National Park
Calif
Drika Lip
Byron, Calif
Yosemite ‘National Park
Big Trees
Jotto
California
San Joaquin Delta
Mariposa Grove
Lip
United States
Holland
Laundry worker detects Chihuahua in dirty clothes
In Tuscaloosa a laundry employee overheard noises from a bundle of soiled garments. Inside the bundle a Chihuahua was found, prompting disbelief over its presence in the wash and the odd discovery in the laundry.
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Tuscaloosa
Ala
Blast destroys UMW hall as Kentucky strike violence widens
A United Mine Workers hall in Red Star Kentucky was leveled by a blast early Saturday and a bomb damaged the home of the local secretary Sam Fields. Police reported further explosions in the area with damage to a nonunion contractor’s bulldozer and other properties amid the 17 week strike. No injuries were reported.
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Isom
United Mine Workers Union
Kentucky
Red Star
UMW
Sam Fields
Fields
Letcher County
Tommy Mounds
Kids Wrestle 40-Pound Sea Bass at Hermosa Beach
Dick Pope and Mike Sams, ages 14 and 15, battled a 40-pound 55-inch white sea bass spotted in surf off Hermosa Beach. They wrestled the fish to shore after several duckings, claiming a successful and unusual catch.
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Hermosa Beach
Calif
Dick Pope
Mike Sams
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