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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

May 31, 1958

Page

9

Rent Ads House and Room Space Available

Classified rental notice seeks housing options including house, room, or apartment. Contact number HE 2 5958 for inquiries and arrangements.

The Barber Factor and Hollywood Stars in Briefs

A collage of items notes Jake The Barber Factor as a Las Vegas hotel stockholder amid Powell politics. Samantha Horowitz pursues stage study. Diana Biddle eyes acting. Earl Smith curtails Fourth of July party for a citizenship contest. Van Cliburn and Armstrong duet falls through. Cliburn meets Armstrong later. Havana prizes grant a Washington trip. broader showbiz themes fill a Life magazine issue. Dorothy Parker and Arthur Miller gain Institute honors. Monroe attends luncheon. Gypsy Rose Lee heads a six-week around-the-world junket. Jessel criticizes TV’s California move. An Athens hotel deal is set. Monroe's Venice party and mink coat noted.

Adam Claytor Powell Powell Tom Curran Sonya Horowitz Vladimir Horowitz Artura Toscanini N.Y Dorothea Biddle Social Gypsy Rose Lee Budd Schulberg California George Jessel N.X Eliot Elisofon Durlacher Hilton Athens

Von Braun Life to Be Film Topic

Hollywood reports the life story of Wernher von Braun will be made into a film by Morning Side International Productions and Rhombus Films with Columbia Pictures distributing. Friedrich Mainz, holding a Von Braun contract, arrives in Hollywood to complete the screenplay. Von Braun, a German rocket expert later with the U.S. Army, led teams for Explorer launches and heads developmental operations at the Army Ballistic Missile Agency Huntsville.

Hollywood CNS Wernher von Brawn West Charles Sehneer Morningside International Productions Friedrich Mainz Rhombus Films Munich Germany Europe Columbia Pictures Mainz von Braun U.S U. S Army Ballistic Missile Agency Hunts‘Ville Ala

Flightyard explosion kills four at Bromma Airport

Four people died and fifteen were injured when an oil tank exploded at Bromma Airport near Stockholm on Friday. The blast set off a fire that engulfed part of the facility, with responders racing to control the flames and aid the injured.

Stockholm Bromma

Tallest entrant for 1953 Miss Universe pageant named

The article identifies Trene Augustyniak, 20, of Montevideo Uruguay as the country's representative. She stands 5 feet 9 inches tall and is noted as the tallest contestant slated for the Long Beach trip. The piece lists height figures 37-28-6 as other measurements.

Uruguay Trene Augustyniak Montevideo Long Beach

Cerf to College Crowd Decries Conformity in Humor

Bennett Cerf urged college magazines to nurture new humor writers through greater press freedom. He warned the publishing trend favors the majority and called for bold, good humor despite a crisis era, citing popular titles and stressing humor as essential medicine.

Cerf

Starlee Falls Two Story Balcony Jump Injures Star

Hollywood report says Shirley Holset, 23, fell 20 feet from a second floor balcony at Karl Malden's Hollywood apartment after an attempted prank with her boyfriend. She escaped with minor cuts and bruises, was treated and released from Holywood Receiving Hospital.

Hollywood Shirley Holset Karl Malden Ms. Houser Donald Ray Houser Holywood Receving Hospital

Seventh Child for Dennis Day Father of seven after birth

Hollywood singer Dennis Day became a father for the seventh time when his wife Peggy gave birth at St Vincent’s Hospital. The baby, named Thomas Francis, joins four sons and two daughters aged from 2 to 14 as Day prepared for a Lake Tahoe appearance after the birth.

Hollywood Dennis Day Peggy S-pound Liouneeson St. Vincent's Hospital Day Lake Tahoe Nev Thomas Francis Days

Songstress Betty Pat to Perform at Wilton Hotel Sky Room

Betty Pat and guitarist Eddie La Freniere will headline at the Wilton Hotel Sky Room Monday night. She will sing her first hit Summer Love, cut by Vita Records, with all six voices on the platter credited to Miss Pat. She showcases a three octave singing range.

Betty Pat Eddie la Freniere Wilton Hotel Vita Records Miss Pat

Leading Polish Producer Seeks Asylum in West

Ignacy Tach, a prominent Polish film producer, has requested asylum in West Germany while in Berlin on business. The event follows Communist Party leader Wladyslaw Gomulka pulling the film Eighth Day of the Week from Cannes. Tach said he cannot separate his art from politics.

West Merngerg Germany Ignacy Tach West Germany Taub West Berlin Wladyslaw Gomulkas

West Coast Drive In Lineup and Cast Notes

A fragmented list shows roadshow and drive in screenings with stars Gary Cooper Diane Varsi Suzy Parker Anthony Quinn Sophia Loren Glenn Ford Shirley MacLaine William Holden Alec Guinness Jaclyn Hawkins and a foreign film The Time of Desire. Details are incomplete but indicate titles and principal cast across venues Rivoli Long Beach Drive In Los Altos Drive In State Towne Lakewood Drive In and Imperial theater listings.

West Coast Frederick Gary Cooper Diane Varsi Suzy Parker Long Beach Drive-In William Holden Alec Guinnes Jacl Hawkins

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