Lana Turner Eyes Imitation of Life for Universal remake
Hollywood columnist notes Lana Turner’s ambivalence about her first mother role in Peyton Place and reports she maystar in a remake of Imitation of Life. The piece includes gossip about Jimmy Stewart, Vertigo, cab-driver letters, and Red Skelton’s treatment of Shari Stennette, with behind the scenes anecdotes from Erskine Johnson.
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NEA
Lana Turner
Universal-International
Claudette Colbert
Jimmy Stewart
Jimmy
Paramount
Tips for Teens by Elinor Williams
A reader asks how to handle dating rumors and whether to confront the boy. The guidance warns against gossip and urges believing actions over words, keeping personal matters private to avoid date trouble. If the boy dates you, he likely likes you. long as he acts as a boyfriend, trust his interest.
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Miss Williams
Elinor
Shower of Stars and Hollywood Jests in 1960s Talk
A fragmentary look at TV star glamour and public wit. Mentions eye popping looks of a film and Las Vegas figure, laughs from Red Skelton, Gregory Peck nearing a film role in On the Beach, and a car campaign. References Zsa Zsa Gabor Kim Novak Jazz and Bobby Troup praising jazz on ABC TV.
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Hollywood
Las Vegas
Skelton
Gregory Peck
Bobby Troup
Abc-Tv
Dali
Freight Hits Stalled Auto Four Die in Perdido Collision
A Louisville and Nashville freight train at 50 mph struck a stalled car at a Perdido crossing, dragging it 2,000 yards. Four occupants from Stockton, Alabama, LeRoy Wallace 25 Teresa Wallace Frances Williams 23 and Robert Williams were killed. one man reportedly tried to push the car off the tracks.
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Perdido, Ala
Perdido Crossing
B. F. Hyde
Louisville and Nashville
LeRoy Wallace
Teresa Wallace
Frances S. Williams
Robert Williams
Stockton
Ala
Wallace
Montana’s Early Claim and the Louisiana Purchase
The region known as Montana was claimed by France sight unseen before being sold to the United States in 1803 under the Louisiana Purchase terms. The purchase established American sovereignty over the future state in the west.
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Montana
France
United States
Mercury in Orbit Aboard Uncle Ray’s Rocket Tour
In a space tour narrative, Uncle Ray describes Mercury's orbit and distance from the sun, noting a 36 million mile average with perihelium near 28.5 million and aphelion over 43 million miles. Mercury's 88 day orbit entails four Earth orbits, size about 3200 miles, and extreme temperatures with a barren atmosphere.
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Mercury
Senora Jimenez
Mavericks and Mingled Minds Across TV and Real Life
NBC notes on Mavericks Bret and Bart Garner and Kelly interchangeable on Maverick. Bing Crosby’s Idaho bachelor retreat up for sale at 95000 dollars hints at star life. Kevin McCarthy describes timidity shaping his path from Minnesota dramatics to TV and film acting.
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New York
NBA
Nbc-Tv
Maverick
Brett
Bart
James Garner
Jack Kelly
Bret
Kelly
Jim Garner
Previews, Inc
Bing Crosby
Hayden Lake
Idaho
Bing
Kevin McCarthy
McCarthy
University of Minnesota
Mary McCarthy
Kevin
Daily Worker Faces Financial Straits After Suspension
The Daily Worker, the weekly Communist party newspaper in New York, said it is in financial trouble. It had suspended publication for months due to lack of funds and only published yesterday with a 24 hour postponement of its printing bill and emergency local support.
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New York
the Worker
Communist Party
Daily Worker
Publisher Dies in Middleton Memorial Day Parade
Thomas R. Daniels, 61, publisher of the Middleton Times-Tribune since 1924, died Friday of a heart attack after finishing the town Memorial Day parade. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1923 where he was a miler on the track team.
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Middleton
Thomas R. Daniels
Middleton Times-Tribune
Daniels
University of Wisconsin
Cross Burned On Lawn Of Judge's Home
In New Orleans an eight foot cross soaked with kerosene was set ablaze on the lawn of Federal District Judge J Skelly Wright who ordered end to bus segregation. Wright blamed it on publicity seekers and suspected Ku Klux Klan involvement. Segregation on transit ended at 12 01 a m with no incidents reported.
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New Orleans
Federal District
J. Skelly Wright
U.S. Supreme Court
New Orleans Public Service, Inc
Exploring the Mind and Creative Drive in Everyday Life
The text cites psychologist Erich Fromm on humanity's built in urge to master environment and create new things. It links inventiveness to progress and everyday do it yourself projects, suggesting creativity fuels personal and societal advancement. It mentions hunting trips as another example of motivation.
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Erick Fromm
Teamsters Extend Newspaper Strike Threatens Philadelphia Press
The Teamsters Union extended a strike to The Philadelphia Bulletin and Camden Courier-Post after halting circulation at The Philadelphia Inquirer. About 362 drivers across the three papers stay idle while Bulletin and Courier-Post publish but do not distribute.
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Teamsters Union
Philadelphia Inquirer
Philadelphia Bulletin
Camden
N. J
Courier-Post
Bulletin and Inquirer
Delaware River
Bulletin
America
the Inquirer
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