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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1959
Page
2
Fire Friday leveled the 300 room Charlotte Harbor spa and hotel in Punta Gorda, Florida, with losses estimated at 1.25 million dollars. Once a luxurious landmark built about fifty years ago, it drew the rich and famous and hosted guests including Western writer Zane Grey who used it as a fishing headquarters.
Arthur Godfrey, tanned and relaxed on a Kona Inn lanai, says his Mawali stay was the best tonic and that life’s greater value becomes clear. He notes prior cancer surgery and hints at plans for a new TV show next month, aiming to present an authentic Hawaiian hula to viewers.
In Malaga Spain Luis Miguel Dominguin and Antonio Ordonez two weeks after goring returned to the bullring. Their displays drew an overflow crowd and earned ten cars four tails and three hooves as trophies. Ordonez aged 27 trained for his return under Ernest Hemingway.
UP twelve applicants at the Haitian Military Academy were arrested this week for presenting academic certificates that police say were produced by a diplomat mill for twenty dollars each.
World renowned magician Jean Hugart, 86, dean of American magicians, died Friday. He was famed as the first to perform the bullet catching act, held in front of his body with a red heart cloth, and edited Hugart's Magic Monthly in retirement. Born in Toowoomba, Australia, he began performing at 24 and settled in the United States in 1916, living in Brooklyn.
Rhoda Borgnine loses bid to have her divorce from Ernest Borgnine declared invalid. Superior Judge Edward Brand ruled no grounds to overturn the Aug 26 1958 interlocutory decree. Borgnine free to wed Mexican actress Katy Jurado after final decree, planned Sept 15 if permitted.
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