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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1956
Page
22
Sorrow grips Genoa after a maritime disaster with expressions from residents, the Vatican, and U.S. Ambassador Clare Boothe Luce. Officials coordinate news and rescue efforts as a gray-bearded Italian Line veteran laments the loss.
The Antarctic brown skua attacks from any direction including front and rear, while the great skua of the north Atlantic attacks only from the rear.
The article details comedian Jack Leonard diet reform and rapid weight loss. Leonard claims a 1200 calorie daily plan cut his waist from 52 to 42 and his collar size from 22 to 11. He recounts minimal meals including corned beef sandwich without butter and a single soft boiled egg. He notes ongoing TV demand despite dieting and jokes about hating food.
Hollywood report notes Diana Dors will sign a three year deal with RKO for a film a year totaling 375000. First project The Lady and The Prowler with Tom Ewell at 20th Century Fox. Dors compliments California climate but cites traffic and food as negatives.
Los Angeles police say Gordon G. Clough 29 placed a .45 automatic with dum-dum bullets into a cut out book of Dumas stories found in his apartment. He was arrested on a telegraphic Mineola warrant charging theft and forgery of $500 payroll checks.
Hollywood notes show Terry Moore slated for Climax on CBS TV August 9 as she seeks lead for TV version of Born Yesterday by Garson Kanin for Hallmark Hall of Fame on NBC TV October 28. Paul Douglas may reprise his Broadway junkman role. Elvis fan mail and Desilu stars draw reactions from fans and critics.
Hollywood reports veteran duo Laurel and Hardy plan a film comeback after illness and reduced earnings from TV reissues. Oliver Hardy, 64, lost about 150 pounds following pneumonia and a salt free diet, while Stan Laurel, living in Santa Monica with his fourth wife, has partial paralysis but is improving and eyeing a film series once Stan recovers.
June Allyson reported from Germany that Munich traffic scares her more than crossing the Hollywood freeway. After failed attempts to cross Marienplatz Maximillianstrasse and Odensplatz on foot, she relied on taxicabs for her shopping trip.
Doctors at Latter Day Saints Hospital in Salt Lake City report Jean Mar showing progress after being trapped beneath a wrecked car since July 3. Her fiancé James B. Hixon Jr., 22, was killed in the crash.
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