Redhead Marilyn Simms Tests NBC Color Vision at Matinee Theater
Marilyn Simms spends hours daily in front of NBC Burbank color cameras as the live test pattern for Matinee Theater. A former model, she will soon star in Three for Jamie Dawn. Her red hair and skin tone help engineers test color accuracy, and she views the job as education and drama school while getting paid.
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James Bacon
Hollywood
Marylin Simms
Maryland
NBC
Burbank
Jamie Dawn
Model
Marylin
Soviet R E D Worker In U N Is Out Of Job
Viktor Ivanovich Petrov, a 31 year old Soviet staffer at the United Nations, was fired for attempted espionage seeking secret U.S. aircraft data. He was dismissed after Justice Department authorities said he tried to obtain information vital to U.S. security and defense.
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N.Y
Viktor Ivanovich
Petrov
U.N
Moscow
U.S
U.S. Justice Department
New York
Idlewild
I. Ln
Hel
James J. Wadsworth
Dag Hammarskjold
Justice Department
United States
Notable Quotables From Hollywood and Sports Bits
A collage of 1950s Hollywoodites sharing sharp witticisms on TV, film, and fame. Betty Hutton questions TV length and format, Diana Dors jokes about auto living tests, and Ingrid Bergman discusses independent careers with Rossellini. Cardroom notes and a race track fact follow, with Stan trivia and a bridge puzzle ending.
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Hollywood
NEA
Betty Hutton
TV Radio Nightly Schedule With Dramatic and Movie Features
Evening listings announce WAAC and WFBG programs from 7:00 to 11:35 with a mix of Stage Show Theater G.E. Theater and contemporary movies. Notable guests include Dick Haynes Eddie Hanley Jayne P. Morgan and Andy Williams while films star John Wayne Vera Ralston and Robert Donat.
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San F Francisco
WAAC
Crimal
FBI
WFBG
Tony Sennett
Milla
Bros
Jack Durant
Joan Webber
Thers
KDKA
WJAC
Dick Haynes
Eddie Hanley
WERG
Festival of Stars
WIAC
Encore Theater
Dennis O'Keefe
Jane Wyatt
Robert Benchley
Vera Wayne
Dakota
John Wayne
Vera Ralston
Lorna Gray
Peter Cookson
Pittsburgh Pirates
Chicago Cubs
Wrigley Field
Valley Days
Columbia
California
Topper
Frontier
Steve Allen
Buddy Hackett
Jaye P. Morgan
Andy Williams
Ed Sullivan
Kate Smith
U.S. Navy
TV Playhouse
G.E
Jack Benny
Zsa
Zea Gabor
Loretta Young
Tahiti
Charles Laughton
Jon Hall
Robert Donat
Madeleine Carroll
Psychic bid wins as North overrules East and West
In today’s bridge column Oswald Jacoby notes East and West were deceived by a clever psychic bid from North. With a poor hand, North accurately pressured opponents to abandon unbid suits and avoid risking a game for a hand that hardly supported it. East faced a difficult call after North rebid two hearts, highlighting the tension in the auction.
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South
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West
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Oswald
Jacoby
NEA
Poors East
A; North
GSA loosens news photo rule at public buildings
The General Services Administration announced a revised rule allowing news cameramen to operate in federal buildings with agency consent, replacing an unclear prohibition. The move aims to ease access while ensuring cooperation with agencies on site.
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Washington
General Services Administration
GSA
Bridge hand notes from South East West deal
The fragment shows a bridge bidding sequence with South East West playing the hand. Opening lead described as a card and the play sequence includes passes by all players and a queen on the lead. It records a basic auction and initial trick play without full context or result.
Honesty Nets Job for JaniTor at City Hall
George M Kandarian a 68 year old window washer unemployed since Christmas was given an emergency janitor post at Los Angeles City Hall because of his honesty. He found a purse with 131 and returned it to police leading to praise from city councilmen who urged Civil Service to place him. He received a monthly salary twice the found amount and the purse owner later delivered $10 as thanks.
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Los Angeles
George M. Kandarian
Kandarian
Civil Service Commission
Camel Wedding At Crandon Park Zoo In Miami
Cecil the camel at Crandon Park Zoo will wed an Australian bride Cecelia in a ceremony with Arab and oriental overtones. Yank Taylor of the County Parks Department announced the event. Voice of America will cover the wedding for a worldwide radio broadcast as Cecil’s loneliness spurred a local drive to fund a mate.
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Fla
Cecil
Crandon Park Zoo
Cecelia
Yank Taylor
County Parks Department
Voice of America
Igithe Zoo
Miami Heralds
Australia
Gazette
Weather Mix With Clearing Skies Across Nation
Cool air from Canada trimmed temperatures by about eight degrees in the north as readings fell to the 50s north and 60s south. Pacific cooling touched the West while the Southeast and Dakotas saw mild gains. Light rain lingered in a belt from New Mexico to Kansas with scattered showers in the Dakotas to the coast. Mostly clear east of the Great Lakes through Georgia and the Pacific coast. Showers and thundershowers expected in the Northern and Central Plains spreading toward the Great Lakes tonight. Hialeah opens a 1957 40 day meeting January 7 to March 4.
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Pacific Coast
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Plains
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Japanese man sentenced for deadly arson spree in Formosa
In Taipei Formosa Chang Shui Fa, 28, was sentenced for a fatal arson that killed his mistress and her grandmother on June 5. He admitted splashing gasoline on them as they slept and lighting a blaze, saying he was angry at being rejected by his mistress.
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Formosa
Chang Shui Fa
Chang
Nixon Meets Leaders Of Party Today
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, whose seriously ill father is reported slightly improved, meets today with Republican party leaders in Los Angeles to discuss his campaign schedule. He plans to fly to Washington Sunday night for conferences on campaign preparations if his father’s condition holds. Nixon says he will go to Washington to outpace the other side in early campaigning. Frank Nixon, 77, was stricken with a ruptured abdominal artery Wednesday and remains in serious condition though off the critical list.
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Nixon
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