Betrothal Tale a Gag Sparks Actress and Player Says
Actress Pat Mowry denied reports of engagement to football star Paul Hornung calling it a practical joke. She said she and Hornung are friends with no plans, pursuing careers and service. Hornung had previously denied sending a ring in a football. The two had met after a Green Bay Packers Rams game a month earlier.
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Pat Mowry
Paul Hornung
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Hornung
Paul
Green Bay Packers
Los Angeles Rams
Mowry
New Haropshire
Packers
Louisville, Ky
Hollywood
Donshugh
Navy probes wake blamed for barge swamps at Donahugh's West Basin
Donahugh's Boat Service at Berth 117 reports two barges swamped after a Navy landing boat allegedly made a fast sweep through the West Basin near Todd Shipyard. Captain William Donahugh cites thousands of gallons of fuel spilled and a 65-foot fishing barge sunk. Navy personnel helped salvage pumps as resident Al Mackinga recalls being jolted from his bunk by the wake.
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Jack Rea
West Basin
San Pedro
Donahugh
Boat Service
West P
Navy
William Donahugh
Jowner
Todd Shipyard
About & Am
AL Mackinga
Mella
California Incomes Hit New Record
California personal income reached an all time annual rate of 35 024 060 000 in Q3 and was 2 231 000 000 higher than a year earlier, state Finance Department reports. California accounted for 101 percent of U S personal income with 8 3 percent of population. In Santa Monica a fishing barge was swamped at the Donohugh dock, owners estimated damages in the thousands. The vessel normally moored there for summer now rests submerged.
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State Department of Finance
Department
Goodwin
Knight
U. S
U Am
Jack Rea
Versal Schular
Fea
Santa Monica
Donohugh Dock
New Year Start Delayed by Tiny Earth Spin Change
Neuchatel Switzerland reports Swiss scientists advised revelers to pause a mere 0.003 seconds after midnight on December 31 to observe the true start of 1958. Researchers say slight slowing in Earth's rotation could shift the new year by that exact fraction of a second.
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Neuchatel
Switzerland
Jets Collide Over Lake Moultrie Pilots Safe
Two Marine Corps Air Step jets collided near Branford Florida, forcing both pilots to parachute. Lt. Nicholas Jans and Lt. H Byord Nolan landed in the water and were rescued. The incident coincides with a State of the Union push for a high peacetime missile and military budget, forecast near 73.5 billion dollars.
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Marine Corps Auxiliary
Air Step
Branfort
3.C
Lake Moultrie
Russia
Nicholas Jans
Marine Corps
H. Byord. Nolan
Ike to Work in Seclusion on Defense Budget
President Eisenhower will retreat to his Gettysburg farm to work in seclusion on the defense heavy legislative program, with plans to transmit proposals to Congress on January 9. Officials say the administration will press for urgent budget actions, as Dulles and other aides review department recommendations and pursue missile program funding.
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Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Congress
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Percival Wrundage
Spstkman
D-Ala
Conather
Gress
Dulles
State of the Union
Bulganin
New Cars Safer Yet Drivers Less Cautious
The Cornell Automotive Crash project finds newer model automobiles are much safer to drive than five or more years older. The study compares accident causes and results from 1940 to 1955 with little variation, though the 1955 data may be questioned amid Christmas highway tolls. Continued on Page A-6.
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Cornell
Market Rally Boosts Values by $2 Billion
The stock market opened after Christmas with a fresh rally on the New York Stock Exchange. Total quoted values rose by about 2.26 billion dollars as key issues advanced up to two dollars a share, led by steels, chemicals, rails, and select specialties. This marked the biggest gain since late November as tax selling deadlines passed and brokers called it a yearend advance.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Christmas Card Sale Draws Notable Break in July Spree
In Charlotte New York a department store reported $38 in Christmas card sales at half price as shoppers bought early. The event occurred on a Thursday with a modest overall uplift as discounts attracted customers.
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Charlotte
Eisenhower plans reply to Bulganin on summit talks
Washington reports the Eisenhower administration is drafting a formal reply to Soviet Premier Bulganin dismissing an immediate summit. Dulles and others say the note, sent under Eisenhower’s name, could go within two weeks if Atlantic Pact partners harmonize positions. The plan weighs disarmament ideas and disputes Bulganin’s call for talks and a broad peace zone in Europe.
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State Department
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White House
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Middle East
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
U. S
Jury Convicts L Ewing Scott in Evelyn Scott Murder
Los Angeles jury convicts L Ewing Scott of first degree murder in the disappearance and presumed death of his wife Evelyn Throsby Scott 63 wealthy socialite. Prosecutor seeks death. defense requests new trial. sentencing set for January 14 with verdict already delivered under new California death penalty rules.
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Los Angeles
Evelyn
Throsby Scott
Scott
Basil Lambros
al Williams
Mercy Los Angeles
L. Ewing’ Scott
Californa Court
Raymond Throsby
Clement ‘D. Mye
P. Basil
Lambrog
Leary
Oran Trial Seethes Over Capital Punishment
In Oran Algeria the courtroom erupts as L Ewing Scott faces death for the grenade attack that killed a woman and wounded several others. Defense counsel Mathews invokes mercy and Bible verses while jurors hear pleas amid the Christmas tense atmosphere.
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Oran
Algeria
West
Aldnight
Mathews
Scott
Burgess Leaves TWA's Top Job
Carter L Burgess former assistant secretary of defense resigns as president of Trans World Airlines over policy dispute with Howard Hughes. Hughes calls resignation friendly and board to accept with regret. Burgess had joined TWA after leaving the Defense Department in 1956 and earns 65000 a year with incentives.
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Carter
L. Burgess
Defense
Trans World Airlines
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Hughes Tool Co
Houston
Wee
Burgess
TWA
Defense Department
Thel Jaline
French cabinet backs three proposals for longer life plan
Paris reports the cabinet approved three proposals to strengthen government stability. The measures would curb deputies ability to block budgets or tax cuts, restrict moves to topple cabinets, and grant governing bodies power to dissolve the National Assembly.
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National Assembly
Train derails near Cocoa injuring eleven
A New York to Miami Pullman and eight cars jumped the Florida East Coast tracks in drizzle, injuring eleven passengers and crew. About 200 passengers were transported to Miami in nine cars. A second FEC line train from Chicago to Miami was delayed, halted at Titusville for transfer, and rerouted to buses to reach Miami.
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Miami
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Atlantic Coast
Line’ Railroad
New York
Tutusville
Jacksonville
Mcmurdo Sound
Antare
MicMurdo Sound
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Fahrenheit Air Line
Ex Santas mob suspect pleads for chance at work
Fragmentary OCR depicts a scene with an ex Santa mob member imploring for another chance after guidance to the Employment Office. A young aide recalls being told to seek work amid a crowded scene of older men in red suits and white beards.
Rock Hudson Tops Box Office in the United States Reach
Rock Hudson hits top as a box office star, drawing attention on page B-7. The paper notes shared concerns between the United States and Russia, including heart disease and cancer, highlighted on page C4.
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