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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1957
Page
1
Ingrid Bergman received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in Anastasia as Hollywood honors top performers. The nominations also list actors Yeats, Dean, Olivier, and others for lead and supporting categories, with posthumous recognition noted for Dean.
A California legislative committee will probe how scandal magazines obtain information from private detectives. The hearing will examine claims involving Marilyn Monroe Frank Sinatra Joe DiMaggio and a mistaken raid on Marilyn Monroe’s supposed apartment. The attorney general’s office says it is separately reviewing expose publications with some overlapping subjects. Jollywood Research, Inc. faced a subpoena and DiMaggio was invited to testify voluntarily.
College instructor Charles Van Doren raised his quiz show earnings to 243000 dollars on Monday night before a top lawyer tied him, after adding 5000 to his previous 158000. He then faced Vivienne Nearing, a New York City attorney, who led with 21 points as time expired.
San Diego highlights reveal a budding era in space travel as 500 plus top scientists discuss nucleation of spaceflight. Talks cover space optics and solar energy while predicting manned Earth ascent within five to forty years. The feature notes the audience’s mixed reception and hints at ongoing debates.
The column discusses French inflation driven bonds and a similar concept used by U S insurers for selling annuities. It explains a beneficiary payment tied to increased cost of living between investment and repayment and notes the French government offering bonds with a money value guarantee.
In Jerusalem Premier David Ben-Gurion presented a fresh proposal to U S Ambassador Edward Lawson after an emergency cabinet meeting. The offer sought to restart talks on Israel's withdrawal from Egyptian territory with two possibilities linked to UN forces and a UN review of Gaza Strip occupation.
President Eisenhower cuts short his Georgia vacation to return to Washington and hold a White House meeting on the Gaza Strip crisis. He will meet Wednesday with Vice President Nixon, Secretary of State Dulles, and bipartisan Senate and House leaders to map policy, signaling heightened urgency over the Middle East situation. He emphasized no U.S. troop action without congressional consultation.
Senate Republican leader Knowland weighs quitting the United Nations if Israel faces sanctions not matched by actions against Russia Egypt and India. He calls any punishment of Israel immoral and warns of realigning U N stance if the administration proceeds without parity against other nations. The move follows a bipartisan meeting and ongoing debates in Congress ahead of a revised Middle East resolution.
WASHINGTON April 21 Arthur Miller 41 playwright and Marilyn Monroe husband was indicted for contempt of Congress for refusing to name fellow writers who attended Communist Party meetings in 1947. Dr Otto Nathan executor of Einstein’s estate faces four contempt charges. Both did not invoke the Fifth Amendment and Miller said the questions were not relevant to the investigation and he would defend the indictment.
Douglas Aircraft Co. starts first DC8 jet airliner assembly at a near complete $20 million Santa Monica Long Beach plant. 122 airliners ordered with the first due next year. Officials Farrar and Vane announce production on schedule after a year of planning.
The Georgia House of Representatives passes a resolution calling for impeachment of six U.S. Supreme Court Justices for alleged acts aiding enemies. The page also mentions unrelated items including Portuguese students, police defiance, and a scene before Queen Elizabeth.
Los Angeles mayor Norris Poulson and Harbor Oil Development Corp secretary James J. Arditto were subpoenaed to appear March 1 for depositions over the Outer Harbor tidelands lease. The dispute centers on bid calls, royalty terms, stock authorization, and potential transfer to a major air company.
Cypriot Eoka gang leader Styllanoa Lenas and two other chiefs with price tags on their heads faced a gun battle in the Troodos Mountains as British troops reported a major capture and ongoing pursuit of the outlaw group.
Washington AP The House Veterans Committee rejected a move to raise GI home loan interest rates and backed a bill to fund about 450 million dollars for direct veteran loans to spur rural housing. The plan aims to build about 40 000 homes. Adair proposal to raise rates to 5 percent was defeated.
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