Lights Camera but Little Action in Scandal Trial
In Los Angeles a criminal libel case involving Confidential and other defendants opens with delays and legal confusion. The prosecution seeks witnesses tied to Confidential stories about Maureen O'Hara and several stars, while the defense issues subpoenas as jury selection begins amid a star-studded gallery and extradition questions.
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Tab
Tab Hunter
Los Angeles
Confidential
Whisper Magazines
Man
Hollywood
Buddy Bachoo
Alan Nixon
Merie Wilsoning
Whisper
Robert Harrison
Fred
Marjorie Meade
Hollywood Research, Inc. Confidential
West Coast
Meades
Herbert V. Walker
California
Maureen O'Hara
Dick Powell
Corinne Calvet
Mae West
Robert Mitchum
Dorothy Dandrigge
John Car- Toul
Mark Stevens
Senate pushes watered down civil rights bill toward passage
Washington report notes the Senate rushed the civil rights bill to the brink of passage despite a Presidential veto threat. The president called the jury trial proviso added to the voting rights section bitterly disappointing and warned he might veto any bill with that provision. Final approval was anticipated next week after minor amendments and a last vote before sending the measure back to the House.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Ditto Brothers Suffer Leg Breaks in N S W
Dr Bill Ditto broke his leg in Charlotte Nova Scotia on Monday. His father A Y Ditto suffered a second leg break on Wednesday, both incidents reported from the same town.
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Ditto
Charlotte
N.S W
Bill Ditto
A. Y. Ditto
Tax writeoff critique fuels senator clash over depreciation
LAC says Sen Kolauver attacked the fast tax writeoff that let 13 utility companies depreciate new capital expenditures over five years. Normal depreciation spans 20 years, reducing tax payments in the five-year period but raising taxes later. Continued on Page 4-6.
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Sen. Kolauver
Sritecit
Market Loot Stuns Fullerton as Robbers Fire
Three suspects shot supermarket manager Dick Kiehle during a mid morning holdup at Market Basket in Fullerton. Police say they recovered $9,210 of the $24,000 loot and arrested Donald E. Howard, Paul D. White, and Joe Maciel after tracing them to La Habra. White confessed and implicated the others. Kiehle remains hospitalized with a shoulder wound.
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Fullerton
Dick Kiehle
Commonwealth Ave
Pang
la Habra
Donald E. Howard
St. Paul D
White
Chrazon St
Joe Maciel
Bedford St
Kiehle
Dr. Christie Dies First Air Medic and Long Beach Leader
Dr Ralph Conklin Christie first US air force surgeon and WWI flight chief dies at 74 after cancer battle. A Omaha native educated at Nebraska and Columbia, he served as Long Beach councilman 1932 34 and aided Metropolitan Water District entry. Survived by two daughters a brother and two grandsons funeral Monday at Lakewood LDS church with burial at Sunnyside Cemetery.
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Ralph Conklin Christie
United States
William
Bily) Mitchells
Air Service
France
Christie
Long Beach Water Commission
Creston
Iowa
Omaha
Neb
University of Nebraska
Columbia University
New York
Phil’ Kappa Psi
Phi Rho Sigma
Erce
O Christie
Long Beach
Jessie M
Douglas Aircraft Co
Harbor
Los Angeles County Medical Assn
Lakewood Second Ward
Latter Day Saints
Blackthorne, Ave
Lorna
Sara Virginia Frid
Granada Hills
William Henry
Portland
Ore
Lee Kennard
Second Ward
Woodruff Ave
Lakewoody
Sunnyside Cemetery
Navy to Release Draftees Early
The Defense Dept said that Navy enlistees drafted after January 1 1955 will be discharged five months early from a two year hitch. They will be released between October 1 and December 31. This move aligns with Pentagon manpower cutbacks for economy. The Navy must release 13 365 enlisted men by year end.
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Washington
Defense Dept
Navy
Pentagon
Ladies Beware of Fires From Brassieres in Dryers
Assistant fire chief Harold Harrison warns brassieres can ignite after being dried in mechanical dryers. Two recent fires started in uplift type brassieres kept near laundry piles. Garments with foam rubber linings heat up and burst into flames. warns to avoid placing such items in dryers.
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Harold Harrison
Harrison
Subway Blast Triggers Panic injuring 81 in Philadelphia
An electrical explosion and fire on a Broad Street subway train near Erie Avenue caused panic as passengers fled through shattered windows and smoke. Eighty one people were hurt, none seriously, as crews opened doors and responders rushed to the scene amid a street blackout and traffic jams.
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Philadelphia
Erie Avenue
Broad Street
Unions Tied to Hoffa and Dia Alleged Racketeering Ties
Senate investigators charged unions controlled by Teamster chief Hoffa and racketeer Johnny Dio conspired with businessmen to exploit low paid Negro and Puerto Rican workers in New York. Witnesses described labor contracts with no benefits that blocked other unions from organizing. The committee called these “sweet heart” deals racketeering. A local run by Dio showed workers striking against the union for a five cent raise.
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Washington
Senate
James R. Hoffa
Johnny Dia
New York
John L. McClellan Udaark
Dio
Hertha Nadez
Open Sky program sparks cautious Soviet reaction
London reports the West proposes broad inspection rights across the United States, Western Europe, and Canada in exchange for allow ing Russia to inspect Soviet territory, including satellites. Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin criticizes the plan but agrees to study it. no final decision for weeks. Stassen to expand on the plan at the next session.
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Dulles
United States
Alaska
Aleutians
Canada
U.S.S.R
Russia
London
WEP
West
Europe
John Foster Dulles
Zorin
NATO
U. S
Staspsen
Duces
Eisenhower
Geneva
Geneva Summit Center
Helall
John
Park of the West
Prev McNiff
Lawmakers munch pills as expert urges calorie deficit
A House Government Operations subcommittee, probing false weight loss claims, watched members chew pills while Dr S William Kalb of Newark warned diets, exercise, and medical guidance are essential. He said pills, massages, and gadgets cannot burn calories and cautioned about harmful ingredients and real health risks.
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Washington
House
S. William Kalb
Kalb
Newark
N. J
John A. Blatnik
D-Minn
Blatnik
Jor
Jose
Inmate Riot at Utah State Prison Shortlived
At Point of the Mountain Utah inmates seized 19 hostages including 14 women and three guards for one hour and 15 minutes. Deputy Warden Joan Turner cited minimal participation by 55k inmates and said the hostage group included the Kitchen Rhythmiettes from Price. Razed details: inmates demanded prison reform with sparse motive.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Utah State Prison
Joan Turner
Turner
Kitchen Rhythmiettes
Price
Drison
Blitz Diet Claims Quick Weight Loss Amid Heat
A comic dialogue parodies sensational weight loss schemes as Boss jokes about weather and a Woom counters with a wink at a famed blitz diet. It mocks gimmicks promising rapid pounds shed and mentions absurd figures to lampoon fad regimens.
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Woom
Government asks oil firms to cut imports voluntarily
Drew Pearson discusses whether it is election time and the independent stance on government relations on page A-6. The government has urged major oil firms to reduce petroleum imports on a voluntary basis as part of broader economic considerations.
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Drew Pearson
Colum
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