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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
17
Hollywood reports attorney Max Fink stated Lola Albright Carson will file divorce papers in Superior Court after 18 months of separation from movie TV actor Jack Carson. The couple wed in August 1952 and separated in December 1956 on grounds of cruelty.
Washington film director Cecil B De Mille urged a nationwide right to work approach, testifying that voluntary union membership could curb abuses. He proposed state laws as a step toward a constitutional amendment, while debating with Rep Roy W Wier over the impact of such laws on union shops and membership. De Mille noted higher union membership in states with right to work laws than in those without.
Actress Diane Varsi seeks divorce from her husband and manager James Dickson charging extreme cruelty. Her attorney said the 16 year old film starlet signed a complaint expected to be filed this week. The couple married November 23, 1956 and separated last May 1. Dickson’s contract to manage her career remains unaffected.
Debbie Reynolds stars in This Happy Feeling a light romantic comedy about a modern secretary caught between two suitors. The film follows her from Brooklyn to Los Angeles as she wards off advances from a continental film idol and a teenage heartthrob. Based on the play For Love or Money by F. Hugh Herbert the picture aims to deliver light entertainment amid Reynolds’ past successes.
A twin engined Brazilian airliner struck a pine tree and crashed while landing at Curitiba Airport. Reports say 19 people were killed including former President Nereu Ramos Santa Catarina state Governor Lacerda and congressman Leoberto Leal. Eight others aboard escaped. Congressman Jose Leme Rodrigues was aboard but his fate was unclear.
The article notes a special Herbert Hoover Day designated by the Belgian government for the Brussels World Fair. It mentions Hoover’s appearance with a registered nurse, Mrs. Trygve Lie arriving in New York for her grandchild, and various celebrity musings. The piece weaves in other public figures, from Jerry Lewis to Van Cliburn, and hints at a broad, scattershot column of entertainment and political notes.
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