Star Nose Broken in Bloody Duel Between Actors
Hollywood report details a pre-dawn fight between Tom Neal and Franchot Tone over Barbara Payton. Tone hospitalized after a nose and cheekbone reconstruction. Neal battered Tone and left him with a head concussion. Tone remains in fair condition despite cerebral concussion. surgery described as lengthy and complex.
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Hurricane Hits Mexican Prison Island
Government officials on Las Tres Marias islands report 100 mile per hour winds ripping through the tropical prison site off the Mexican Pacific coast. Injuries are listed and authorities ask the Navy to rush medicine food clothing and water to victims. Navy cutters and smaller vessels race through heavy seas to reach the islands as SOS calls pour in from Maria Madre the archipelago's largest island damaged by the storm with dock installations destroyed at Puerto Balleto.
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Kidding Ourselves Editorial Urges Tax Reform
Local taxpayers are lulled by a low city tax rate but must realize total city costs exceed the levy. The piece notes 3,850,104 in taxes this year and 8,282,712 from oil and dry gas revenue from city wells. It warns of potential drastic funding loss if wells dry up.
Ridgway to Visit Emperor Hirohito in Tokyo
Gen. Matthew Ridgway will call on Emperor Hirohito at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo next Tuesday in the first visit by a supreme commander to the Japanese monarch. The announcement came today as part of a visit schedule from Tokyo.
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Fall Fashion Special Section Preview
A teaser invites readers to read tomorrow's 32 page Fall Fashion section for the latest design techniques in full shoes hats coats dresses and accessories and notes college fashion trends this year.
30 Escape From Prison in Alabama
Thirty prisoners escaped from Draper State Prison in Alabama after outside accomplices tricked guards into opening gates. They seized guns and ammunition from the armory, including at least two submachine guns, and left six guards trapped. A man at the gates appeared with official papers, aided by another man, then assaulted guards and obtained a key to the run room. At least two cars were used in the getaway, others fled on foot.
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McCracken Rests Case in Murder Retrial
Santa Ana Sept 14 Closing arguments begin Monday in the re trial of Henry Ford McCracken for the murder of Patricia Jean Ifull, 10. The defense rested its case after a deposition recounting McCracken's mother’s failed 1961 attempt to have him committed to a state mental hospital.
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