Mitchum’s Sweden swim tale and French bikini notes
Hollywood star Robert Mitchum recounts European filming abroad with unusual anecdotes. He recalls Swedish swimsuit customs including nude noon swims and a mixed bathing push in schools, then contrasts French Riviera bikini fashions with candid remarks about some bodies.
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Hollywood
Rover
Robert Mitchum
Sweden
Mitchum
Daily Press
Down
Archipelago
Warddrobe
Stockholm
French Riviera
Former Navy officer pleads for pardon over foul smelling pennies
Vernon E. Sutton of Riddle Oregon asks a San Francisco court to forgive sending 599 foul smelling pennies to pay a traffic fine. He claims the coins were accidentally dropped into cheese spread during packing and insists it was a mistake.
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San Francisco
Vernon E. Sutton
Navy
Riddle, Ore
Sutton
Daily Oklahoman Stays On Newsstands Amid Strike
The Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times were published as usual despite a strike by 140 composing room workers at Oklahoma Publishing Co. Print runs may be smaller. ITU members walked out over apprentices and photographic composition. Other unions voiced support or neutrality.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoman
Daily
Oklahoma City Times
International Typographic Union
Oklahoma Publishing Co
E. D. Gaylord
A. Stan Sherburne
ITU
Oklahoma City Building and Trades Labor Council
Sherburne
Oklahoma
Governors of the South search for a unifying leader in 1956
Southern governors at the 71st conference say no clear leader or issue exists to unite the region for the 1956 presidential campaign. Texas and others discuss a conservative Southern coalition but the idea meets a cool reception as organizers search for direction and a nominee.
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Point Clear
Ala
Texas
Lottery Ticket Heist Reward Turns Imprisonment Joy
Chikao Miura jailed on suspicion of theft found a lottery ticket in his pocket that won $3,000. Police will hold the prize until his release.
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Tokyo
Chikao Miura
Cleanup Starts in Flood Area 42 Are Dead
Floodwaters drained into river beds as six Northeastern states faced a second flood cleanup in two months. Connecticut bore the worst damage with 42 dead and missing as states from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania sought federal aid. Red Cross counted about 6,900 homeless. Sherman Adams and federal agencies extended a major disaster declaration to cover the new floods. President Eisenhower pledged all possible aid from his Denver sickbed.
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Connecticut
Diane
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Sherman Adams
Small Business Administration
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Washington
Val Peterson
Federal
Civil Defense
Eisenhower
Denver
Red Cross
Madison mother asks police not to feed candy to missing son
A Madison mother urged police not to reward her three year old if he runs away and goes missing again saying he associates candy with being rewarded. A Purdue study found that high producing dairy herds cost more feed per cow but earned significantly more income per cow than low producing herds.
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Madison, Wis
Madison
Purdue University
Woman Perishes After Six Hour River Rescue Effort
In Redding Connecticut the Saugatuck River crisis ends as a woman clings to a tree for six hours while 30 rescuers fail to reach her. Her husband is believed drowned. the couple is identified as Edward A Phoenix and his wife. Rescuers used floodlights and a ladder network to reach her, but she let go 20 feet from shore.
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Redding
Conn
Saugatuck
Edward A. Phoenix
Alber Venning
West Redding
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