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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
18
A lighthearted note from West Coast theaters highlights Jerry Lewis as the comic center of recent drive in showings. Spotted titles include Horror of Dracula and Space Master X seven amid caps and opposite wave of sci fi.
Montreal's Lafontaine Park Children's Zoo acquires four Galapagos tortoises led by the largest named Avoir who weighs 333 pounds and is about 100 years old.
The Russell G Cahows of Omaha faced a fourth week without an automatic water heater after gas fumes were traced to a bird nest in their chimney. Four eggs lay in the nest and the family chose to heat water on the kitchen stove. The eggs hatched and three young sparrows have flown away. the fourth is near leaving.
Mae Clarke testified on the privacy suit against Paramount Television Productions and Ottola Nesmith. She described shock at seeing herself depicted in a Frankenstein film with Boris Karloff. Clarke said Nesmith used a disguise, failed to identify Clarke, and mocked modern actresses.
The Fly starring Al Hodison shows at Imperial and Circle Drive-In theatres. A scientist enters a teleport chamber and switches heads with a common housefly, creating a gruesome spectacle as his wife and son search for the fly bearing a human head while police probe a mangled body. Vincent Price appears as the scientist’s brother and Herbert Marshall as the police inspector.
Hollywood Cecil B DeMille, 77, was released from Cedars of Lebanon Hospital after virus infection treatment begun June 22. A hospital spokesman said he is "very well" and expects to resume a full working routine within two to three weeks, though he has kept two secretaries busy during convalescence.
Monrovia reports Liberia allows diamond field miners to resume operations after last year’s closure. Each operator may employ up to 20 workers, aiming to prevent plantation labor drain and stabilize local employment.
LAS VEGAS, NOV. Silent film star Norman Talmadge leaves an estate of $3,060,821.41 exclusive of California and Florida real estate. Miss Talmadge, valued at $6,343 in cash, died December 24, 1957, in Las Vegas. The will provides specific bequests including $200,000 and her home to her husband, with remaining shares divided between sisters Cons tance Talmadge Giblin of New York and Nat die Talmadge of Santa Monica, California.
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