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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1957

Page

9

Intimate Todd party for 18,000 guests shocks critics

Christian Science Monitor reports a lavish Madison Square Garden gala for Todd’s premiere of Anywhere in 80 Days funded by private chums. The event features Elizabeth Taylor and Cedric Hardwicke, 1000 lb cake, exotic foods, 1800 cases of champagne, and a televised 2 hour segment from 9 20 to 11 pm.

Boston Efense Todd King of Tel Siam Madison Square Garden Elizabeth Taylor Cedric Hardwicke Miss Taylor

Reporter's Mother Terrorized Over Gang Coverage

In San Bernardino three teenage hoodlums broke into Mrs. Pearl Reinhold’s home wielding a knife and terrorizing her, smashing windows and overturning items. Her son James Reinhold, a police reporter for the Sun Telegram, had recently published articles on gang warfare and vandalism and says threats were made to both him and his parents.

San Bernardino Pearl Reinhold James Reinhold San Bermardino Sun-Telegram

Sputnik Satellite Could Stay Aloft for Months

Smithsonian scientists estimate the satellite may remain in orbit for up to 100 days or more while losing altitude and gaining speed. Dr. Hynek and Dr. Whipple caution it will stay up at least two months, with possible double-object sightings and ongoing moonwatch monitoring by Yale, Harvard, and other observers.

Smithsonian Robert Jastrow Naval Research Laboratory Jastrow NRL Neel A. Pearce Globe J. Allen Hynek Smithsonian Observatory Earth Isme Whipple Armand N. Spitz Hynek Harvard Observatory Cambridge

Ex-Soviet Spy Details Five Thousand Dollar Swindle

Former Russian spy Reino Hayhanen testified in the Rudolf Abel espionage trial that $5,000 provided to convert Mrs. Helen Sobell into a Red agent was buried on Bear Mountain Park grounds and later dug up. He admitted he kept the money and said he had told his Russian superiors he had acted, while denying direct contact with Sobell.

New York Reino Hayhanen Miascow Helen Sobell Hayhanen Free World Star Rudolf I. Abel Abel Bear Mountain Park Hudson River Sobell Marion Sobel Julius and Ethel Rosenberg

Sea going police guard San Pedro fishing boats

Los Angeles police escorted several cannery-hound vessels into San Pedro harbor as a price dispute among rival fishermen unions neared its first week. Fourteen insurgents won a temporary restraining order against union president John Calise while only five boats ignored picket lines.

Los Angeles San Pedro Afl-Cio J Fishermen's Co

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