Crash Kills Rising Film Star Robert Francis in California
Hollywood mourns as 25 year old actor Robert Francis dies in a Beechcraft crash at Lockheed Air Terminal. Also killed are Audrey Ann Dosch 24 and George Meyer 38. Francis known for The Caine Mutiny and The Long Gray Line had just appeared in multiple films. Witnesses describe the plane taking off, engine sputtering, then spinning into a parking lot near a cemetery.
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Burbank
Calif
Robert Francis
Ens
Willie Keith
Francis
Audrey Ann Dosch
Ann Russell
George Meyer
Joe Kirkwood
Joe Palooka
Hollywood
Pasadena
Bamboo
Kirkwood
Lockheed Air Terminal
Santa Monica
Dosch
Denver
Colo
Edward Dosch
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Provo tablets offer money back guarantee on relief
Take PROVO tablets as directed for minor aches and pains claim. If not satisfied, return the balance for a money back offer. PRUVO is 80 safe and available without prescription with various bottle sizes and a $1 coupon toward CIV special tablets.
Success Of Professional Job Placement Program
The Wisconsin State Employment Service professional placement division, started in March 1955, reports 223 placements in April through June across 26 district offices. Manager N E Schulze notes centralized Madison referrals and national contacts will boost future placements for managerial and professional candidates. He invites qualified job seekers and employers to contact the La Crosse district office for details.
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Wisconsin State Employment Service
N. E. Schulze
la Crosse
WSES
Madison
Schulze
Ment
Wisconsin
House Defeats Dollar-a-Year Ban but Expands Advisory Roles
After a sharp debate the House rejected a Democratic bid to bar dollar-a-year men from government service but approved a plan to keep them mainly in advisory roles. It also passed a one year extension of defense production act powers to maintain a strategic stockpile and broaden war useful industries. The measure goes to a conference committee to reconcile with the Senate version dated July 19.
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Washington
House
Senate
Aerial Star Pinito del Oro Dazzles crowds at La Crosse Circus
Pinito del Oro, famed trapeze artist, attracts crowds with daring maneuvers at the Losey boulevard circus grounds in La Crosse. She risked two falls in 1947 and 1949 but delivers a high risk routine including a one foot balance and a headstand atop the Big Top. Performances begin Wednesday with showtimes at 2 15 and 8 15 p.m.
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Pinito del Oro
Pinito
America
Losey Boulevard Circus
la Crosse
Senate approves VA land transfer to Milwaukee waterworks site
The Senate sent to President Eisenhower a bill authorizing the Veterans Administration to transfer four acres of land now leased by Milwaukee. The city would pay half the appraised value for the tract, part of the VA center at Wood, Wisconsin, and housing the Me nominee Valley booster station.
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Washington
Senate
Eisenhower
Veterans Administration
City of
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Waterworks
Menominee Valley
Wood
Wis
Westby Man Injured In Car Rollover Near Cashton
Marvin Severson of Westby, 30, was treated for cuts and bruises after a car he drove rolled over Sunday afternoon on STH 33 two miles east of Cashton. Traffic Officer Charles Sullivan investigated the accident.
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Sparta
Wis
Marvin Severson
Westby
Cashton
Severson
Charles Sullivan
Camp Crouch Returned to Japan After Occupation
The U.S. Army announced Camp Crouch in southern Honshu was turned back to the Japanese army. The 57 year old post had been used since 1949. Nearby British bird lovers report a swan census underway.
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Tokyo
U.S. Army
Crouch
Honshu
U.S
Jeepneys Face Decline as War Vehicles Wear Out in Manila
In Manila the jeepney trade teeters as worn machines, rising maintenance costs, and frequent breakdowns cut profits. Drivers report erratic routes and stall snarls while competition from buses grows. a typical good day yields 4 to 5 dollars, but many days see losses as reliability wanes and passengers abandon stalled vehicles.
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Alejandro Benjamin
Sea Tests Begin in the Atlantic Alliance Exercise
In Naples Italy PC Air land and sea forces started large scale drills to test defenses of northern Greece and adjacent seas. NATO Southern Europe announced the exercise targets enemy forces from the north amid heightened tension after Bulgaria shot down an Israeli airliner killing 58.
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Naples
Italy
Atlantic
Greece
NATO
Europe
Bulgaria
Albania
Peron Rejects Call For End Of State Of Internal War
Buenos Aires based Democracia editorial rejects Arturo Frondizi call to end the state of internal war. It says Peron’s government needs police and court powers from suspending constitutional guarantees for nearly four years while belligerence exists.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan Peron
Voice
Radical Party
Democracia
Peron
Arturo Frondizi
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