Miss U S A Denies Marriage Rumor at Pageant
Miss U S A faced probing questions about marriage status amid rumors linking her to two men. Oscar Meinhardt, pageant producer, defended the story as false, noting sponsor Academy signed affidavits declaring she was single. Miss Puerto Rico Mapita Mercado won Miss Friendship. final Miss Universe crown to be decided tonight at Municipal Auditorium from five finalists.
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Mapita Mercado
Puerto Rico
Mapita
Long] Beach
Leona
U.S.A
Oscar Meinhardt
Academy
Baltimore
Meinnardt
Puerto Rio
Chermer
Ed Hennessy
E. W. Stewart
Municipal Auditorium
Lie Test Supports Suspect in Cleveland Slaying
A lie detector expert said on Thursday that Donald Wedler may be telling the truth or sincerely believes he killed Marilyn Sheppard, wife of a Cleveland osteopath, in July 1954 after a four hour polygraph test in De Land Florida.
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Cleveland
Samuel Sheppard
Chis Penitentiary
Andrew Wedler
the Anderson
Colorado
Air defense gains atom arm in early launch test
Officials describe a ground controlled launch from an airstrip at high altitude with a nuclear warhead. The team includes Capt Hutchison capt Barbee and other officers as observers and pilots. The test aims for a cloud not a mushroom shape and reports say fallout will be slight.
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Atom Energy Commission
News Nob
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Nus Latear Weapon Will Be Piloted By, [Capt .Eric Hutchison of Webster City
Iowa
Alfred Barbee
Wild Rice
Nld
Burford Culpepper
Atlanta
Alvin G. Moore
Billings
Mont
James Jones
Rome
Robert Jee
Kermbridge
Reiecar
Atkinson
Dam Collapse Peril to Capulin Town
Capulin Colorado faces danger as a breach threatens a dam holding about 18 000 acre feet of water. Bulldozers churn dirt to stabilize the 168 foot structure while 400 residents evacuate and 1 300 downstream residents are told to be ready to leave. Officials warn more rain could worsen the risk as crews work against time.
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Co Colorado
Capulino
Highland
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Caplin
Alamosa River
Colorado Highway
Mit Capelin
Highway Department
Little Firm Defends Findings in Report
The Little firm defended its survey amid city criticism, acknowledging errata and defending the methodology. Los Angeles planners rebutted the $535,000 annual auditorium cost estimate and urged building between Sixth Street and Olympic Boulevard. John Stevenson, director, said some savings could be found by a Bunker Hill site.
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Ek . Sesheverson
Los Angeles
Stevens
Son
Los ‘Angeles
Arthur Little Co
Little
Little Firm
Sth St
Littleland Olympic Blvd
John Stevenson
Bridge, Mass
Bunker Hill
MO Ehinm Gene Tung
Bunser Hill
Ath St
Olympic Blvd
FBI Arrests Two Men in Long Beach Case
FBI agents arrested two men in Long Beach on Thursday on charges of submitting false statements to federal agencies and transporting a stolen car across state lines. One suspect, Richard Walter Kirby, 28, of Inglewood, was remanded on a $5,000 bond after appearance before a U.S. commissioner. the other, James Alford Fowler, 30, was arrested at a residence and is in federal custody.
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Long Beach
Federal Housing Administration
U. S. Housing Administration
Theodore Hocke
U. S
John F. Malone
Los Angeles
Richard Walter Kirby
James Alford Inglewood
Fowler
Chestnut Ave
Rose Ave
Corpus Christi
Tex
Montana
Auditoriums audit raises questions over Little Co payments
Audit details reveal $256000 spent with anonymous consultants and subcontractors for the auditorium project. County officials question lack of billing detail and rate structure, while city planners warn of errors totaling millions over 50 years. Officials demand full accounting before proceeding.
Couple Slain in Chotiner Office Row
Beverly Hills police report a distraught husband shot his wife and her teenage daughter in the Beverly Hills office of Murray M. Chotiner, 1952 Nixon campaign manager, as a divorce case discussion escalated. The mother Blanche Lewie died instantly. daughter died after surgery at Beverly Hills Emergency Hospital. Lewie faced a morals charge and was out on bail. the couple’s dispute centered on divorce proceedings initiated by Leila Lewie.
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Usband
Murray M. Chotiner
Richard M. Nixon
Clinton Anderson
Blanche Lewie
Daunghter
Beverly Hills
Anderson
Chotiner
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