Louis Mayer Dies at 72 Film Tycoon and MGM Leader
Louis B Mayer 72 famed film tycoon who built MGM’s star roster died after anemia illness. Born Minsk July 4 1885 he moved to St John New Brunswick as an infant and began in film as exhibitor in 1907. He led MGM production from 1924 to 1951 succeeding Irving Thalberg.
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Hollywood
Louis B. Mayer
Mayer
San Francisco
Ucla Medical Center
United States
Minsk
Russia
St. John
N. B
Massachusetts
Metro - Goldwyn + Mayer Studio
MGM
Irving Thalberg
Marie Dress
Durham Man Holds Back Cash Claim Draws FBI Interest
Vernon L. Maynor of Durham says he found 162000 dollars in cash on his property and will not report it. The FBI and IRS announced investigations, seeking to determine whether taxes were paid and to verify the find. Maynor refused to show the money or allow photos and did not name the location beyond his own property in Durham and Orange counties.
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Vernon L. Maynor
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Internal Revenue Service
Maynor
Orange Counties
Internal Revenue Office
Factors Slow Federal School Aid To House Committee
Washington reports that federal school construction aid, rejected twice in two years, is set to be pigeonholed in the 1958 House committee by Cleveland M. Bailey. Bailey cites politics and the segregation fight, plus Democratic irritation with Eisenhower, as reasons for delaying action until 1959. He expects the administration to renew the request in January.
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Congress
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Cleveland M. Bailey
D-Wva
House
Eisenhower
Bailey
Fee Ag
White object spotted in Brasstown Bald search
Civil Air Patrol pilots near Franklin North Carolina reported a white object on Brasstown Bald Mountain in Georgia as search teams hunt for three missing North Carolinians including Ben Gunn. The object resembled a mattress cover or cotton sack and was seen on a lower ledge as night fell.
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N.C
Georgia
Charlotte
G. A. Stephens
Civil Air Patrol
Brasstown Bald Mountain
Harry P. Shaw
Shaws
Ben Gunn
Atlanta
Forest Rangers
CAP
Carolinas
Tennessee
Stephens
South Carolina
North Carolina
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Athens
Canon
Jury seated for Charles Lee Guy III murder trial
Jurors were seated for the murder trial of Charles Lee Guy III, 19, charged with killing his mother's suitor. Attorneys spent the first day screening likely jurors as the state asks about potential influence by the anticipated 12 year sentence. Judge Allen T. Lynch instructed the panel to first decide guilt or innocence, then degree if guilty, and finally consider the defendant's sanity.
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Charles Lee Guy III
Charles Lee Guy, Jr
Dunn
N.C
Santa Monica
Calif
Guy F. Roberts
Hollywood
Roberts
Guy
Harnett County
North Carolina
Allen T. Lynch
Gaillard Called to Form French Government in Crisis
Paris The 37 year old financier Felix Gaillard, an austerity advocate and former finance minister, was asked to form a government after the National Assembly rejected Guy Mollet by 290 to 227 votes. President Rene Coty named Gaillard following the parliamentary setback.
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Paris
Felix Gaillard
Rene Coty
National Assembly
Guy Mollet
Gaillard
Maurice Bourges-Maunoury
Ent
Antoine Pinay
May Offer Job To Adlai Stevenson For Civil Rights Commission
The New York Herald Tribune reports Adlai E. Stevenson has been sounded out by the Eisenhower administration for a six member civil rights commission. Stevenson reportedly inclined to decline. Other names under White House consideration include Allan Shivers, Douglas MacArthur, Frank Graham, and Palmer Hoyt.
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New York Herald Tribune
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Eisenhower
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Washington Dispatch
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University of North Carolina
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The
Denver Post
Dulles Warns of Possible Soviet Moves Amid Turmoil
Secretary of State Dulles said the United States must stay alert for any foreign actions by the Soviet Union during domestic upheaval. He noted no immediate war risk and outlined conditions around Zhukov’s dismissal and NATO matters as part of ongoing international developments.
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Free World
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U.S
Eisenhower
NATO Council
Paris
Marshal Zhukov
Washington
Europe
Far East
Cold War clock ticks as Sarnoff warns of hydrogen threat
Industrialist and RCA chairman David Sarnoff told the Army group that time is running out in the Cold War due to Soviet weapon gains. He predicted mass production of transoceanic missiles within five years, risking a dreaded parity and possible loss of reason in a nuclear era. Willard Libby followed with calls to educate the public on nuclear warfare and radioactive fallout. A note hinted at Army missile range limitations being considered for relaxation.
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Washington
David Sarnoff
Sarnoff
Russia
United States
Willard F. Libby
Atomic Energy Commissioner
Beence
Atomic Energy Projects
A. Ae
Army
Defense Department
Zhukov Criticized For Interfering In Army Politics
AP analysis notes charges against Marshal Georgi Zhukov in Moscow claiming he sought to run the armed forces without Khrushchev. The piece argues Soviet practice upholds party control, with Zhukov accused of using his army position to boost himself and limit direct party interference.
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London
Georgi Zhukov
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Zhukov
Nikita Khrushchev
Uae
Moscow
Lavrenty Beria
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Daily Worker
Seid Zhukov
Party Central Committee
Z.2ukov
Mocow
Khrushenevs Central Communist Party
No Cut In Research Funds Amid U S Defense Order
Washington reports the Defense Department orders no reductions in the 1.7 billion dollars allotted by Congress for basic research in the current fiscal year. Secretary of Defense McElroy, who assumed office in October, oversees the directive.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Neil H. McElroy
Carolinas Foretaste Winter Brings Frost and Parkway Closure
The Carolinas report a frosty morning with frost on ground and windshields. The Blue Ridge Parkway between Asheville and Mt Mitchell is closed. Mt Mitchell saw a low of 27 degrees as freezing temperatures appeared across the region with a forecast for fair but slightly warmer conditions tomorrow.
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Carolinas
Blue Ridge Parkway
Asheville
Mt. Mitchell
Space Age: Aboard a Spaceship to Mars
A fictional travelogue explains life aboard a spaceship en route to Mars and the experience of weightlessness. It describes no gravity, the blueprints for space travel, and the sensations of living in a rapidly advancing space era amid the International Geophysical Year.
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John A. Carlton
Mars
Moon
Earth
Space
Thaelok
Co Ip
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