Hollywood Beauties Go For Foreigners
Hollywood gossip traces Lt Gen Ra faeel Trujillo Jr and a string of glamorous foreign matches. The piece surveys marriages and romances from Gloria Swanson to Aly Khan amid a parade of international romances, engagements, and annulments in Hollywood society.
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Hollywood
Rafaeel Trujillo Jr
Trujillo
Kim Novak
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Kim
San Francisco
Gloria Swanson
Europe
Marquis de la Falaise de la Coudray
Constance Bennett
Mdivanis
Mohammedan Bey
Georgia
Caucasus
Old
Russia
Serge—Polo Negri
David—Mae Murray
Alexis
Barbara Hutton
Oil well activity in the United States through 1956
Since 1859 and up to 1956 the United States drilled over 1,650,000 wells. These wells produced more than 55,000,000 barrels of crude oil.
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United States
Oscar Levant Strikes Back With TV Comeback and Concert Plans
Back from amnesia, Oscar Levant enjoys TV talk shows, piano, and poetry chats amid reports of a network deal. He dismisses claims of sobriety commentary, recalls a heart attack years ago, and outlines future concerts, a UCLA festival, and a new book titled My Bed of Nails.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Oscar Levant
Oscar
Fred Astaire
Fred
Levant
California
Ucla
Hollywood Bowl
Actress Madeleine Sherwood Keeps Low Rent and Theatrical Pregnancy
Montreal born actress Madeleine Sherwood lives in Greenwich Village paying $30 a month rent due to long standing rent control. She also pays $35 monthly for a car garage. Her pregnancy is described as theatrical, with pads worn on dresses for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof both on stage and in the film.
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Hollywood
Madeleine Sherwood
Miss Sherwood
New York
Greenwich Village
Custer's 1876 Sioux Campaign Begins at Fort Lincoln
General George Armstrong Custer led the ill fated 1876 expedition against the Sioux from Fort Lincoln near Bismarck in North Dakota.
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George Armstrong Custer
Fort Lincoln
Bismarck
N. D
Do You Know Your Television Service Man
An advertisement promotes Sam Snipes of Snipes Radio and TV Service in High Point as a top quality technician. It notes his four years in the U S Army and six years servicing TVs in High Point, plus training from many manufacturers. The piece urges customers to choose a member of the High Point Radio and Television Technicians Association for reliable service.
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Sam Snipes
Snipe
High Point Radio & Television Technicians’ Association
U.S. Army
High Point
Snipes
High Point Radio and Television Technician Association
Liz Taylor Answers Thousands of Condolence Letters
Since March 22 after Mike Todd’s crash, Elizabeth Taylor has answered about 2000 condolence letters daily. She signs cards or writes personal notes for friends, flowers, and sorrow messages while returning to work on Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. Her brother Howard and his wife in La Jolla provide solace as she spends weekends there.
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Hollywood
Mike Todd
New Mexico
Elizabeth Taylor
Liz
Big Daddy
Burl Ives
Howard
la Jolla
San Diego
Italy Sees 42 Percent of Workforce in Farming
A historical report notes that forty two percent of Italy’s working population are farmers, highlighting agriculture as a dominant economic sector and a defining feature of the era.
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Italy
Interference from Off-Signal Devices Plagues TV Sets
The article explains how impulse interference from medical diathermy, auto ignition systems, amateur and commercial transmitters disrupts television reception by operating near TV frequencies. It notes filters and wavetraps can mitigate interference and praises Warren's Radio & Television Service for cleaning up various sets at 609 Main St.
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Warren
Radio & Television Service
609
Main St
Movie and stage lineup at Paramount Theater this week
Mover Gade presents Clark Gable and Doris Day in Teacher's Pet with Mamie Van Doren. Shirley Temple's Susannah of the Mounties and Gulliver's Travels cartoon, plus Courage of Lassie and Tom and Jerry color cartoon with Batman Chapter 14. Local talent show features J R Maners and others. Bridge on the River Kwai in Technicolor until Saturday. Saturday late shows God's Little Acre with Robert Ryan Aldo Ray Buddy Hackett and Tina Louise.
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Clark Gable
Doris Day
Mamie van Doren
Shirley Temple
Susannah of the
and the Kings
Jerry Haney
Ronald Bundy
Jerry Patton
Fred Stone
Tommy Lohr
Paramount Theater
Friars Rebuild California Mission Roofs in Tile Tradition
The Friars of San Luis Obispo de Tolosa rebuilt their mission roof in tile after three thatched roof fires, establishing a lasting California mission architectural standard. San Luis Obispo Mission was founded a year and date unspecified.
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San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
California
San Luis Aie Mission
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Wfmy-Tv
Greensboro
Cameraras Gores
Heart of Town
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Ed Sulivar
Alfred Hitchcock & Theatre
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RCA Victor
Dumont
Admiral
Television Sales & Service
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Wsoc-Tv
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Christian
Mr Wizard
Cecil Campbell
Steve Allen
Dinah Shore
Loretta Young
Wsls-Tv
Roanoke
Dayton Tires
Hughes Tire Service, Inc. &. F
Hughes
North Main
Wsjs-Tv
Winston-Salem
Mathes
Institute For Advanced Strippers
Venus the
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Bob Baird
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Cool and Crazy
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Liz Taylor
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