Confidential hired women to entrap stars in libel trial
A Los Angeles jury heard charges that Confidential Magazine spent over 60000 in six months for gossip on entertainment luminaries and hired women of the night to trap and defame them. Prosecutors argued the magazine and Hollywood Research, Inc. created scandal by arranging compromising situations, while defense contended the articles were slanted fiction. The trial, before Superior Judge Herbert V. Walker, began amid allegations of conspiracies and flagrant fabrication.
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Pose d as Photo Artist Indicted as Soviet Spy Abel Faces Charge
A Brooklyn born Russian colonel Rudolf Ivanovich Abel, 53, charged by a federal grand jury with posing as a modest Brooklyn artist while spying for the Soviet Union. He allegedly handled military and atomic secrets through hidden microfilms and short wave radio links with Moscow. Reino Hayhanen, a conspirator who defected, may implicate Abel further as authorities map two major Soviet spy networks.
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McElroy Named Defense Chief
President Eisenhower named Neil H. McElroy of Procter & Gamble as secretary of Defense to succeed the retiring Charles Wilson. McElroy, 52, has long ties to Washington and Harvard. confirmation by the Senate is anticipated after Wilson’s resignation takes effect next month.
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Downtown Los Angeles Auditorium plan dropped
Promoters of the Downtown Los Angeles Auditorium scheme have dropped the plan for the time being. The project started as a 11 million plan but could not be built for 75 million. It may be revived when feasible legally and economically. The delay benefits other proposed facilities at Exposition Park.
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Comes Clean on Water Use Gains Acquittal
Mrs. Helen Piekarski was arraigned in City Court on a charge of wasting water. She admitted pouring water on a small garden area but said she bathed in it first. Judge Frank DiLorata acquitted her after inspecting the garden to confirm only a small section had been watered.
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Khrushchev Sees Cool Greeting in East Berlin Tour
Soviet party chief Nikita Khrushchev arrived in East Berlin for a seven day swing to press Communism. He faced a cool, largely silent crowd of about 50 000 factory workers and officials as hundreds walked away during his speech. The turnout reflected East Germans anti Communist sentiment despite a staged welcome.
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Judge Fines Seller Over Lewd Records In Long Beach
Hi Fi expert Gene Davis testified as a witness in a Long Beach case where Leroy Conley, operator of Conley's Record Rack, was fined 100 dollars and placed on one year probation for selling lewd and obscene recordings. Judge Sutter called the record “not fit to be in the record stands at all” despite defense claims it is not lewd.
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Oliver Hardy Dies at 65 Silent Laurel and Hardy Star
Oliver Hardy, famed half of the Laurel and Hardy duo, died at 65 in North Hollywood. He had suffered a stroke last fall and had been largely incapacitated. Hardy, known for his heavyset, frowning persona, died at his brother in law’s San Fernando Valley home after a long career spanning over 200 films. The article notes the duo’s TV revival and lack of TV royalties, with Stan Laurel mourning the end of their partnership.
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Civil rights bill passes Senate in historic vote
The Senate approved a civil rights bill 72 to 18 after a marathon debate. The measure moves to the House for consideration of Senate changes, with possible veto risk and a chance for a conference committee. The bill would create a Justice Department Civil Rights Division and a bipartisan commission, plus a two year voting rights inquiry and federal injunction powers. The jury trial provision would require jury trials in all civil contempt cases, broadening protections but prompting debate over enforcement and outcomes.
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Not that she wants to see the old man prematurely bald
The passage describes a scene with hazards in a bedroom including buckets of water sand boxes and hand extinguishers by the dressing table. WM warns in summer to guard against brush fires reflecting a safety crusade echoed in the text.
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