Model Tells Of $35 Job Before Lens
Lois Bennett a 20 year old brunette model from New York says the world famous Cleopatra billboard for the $1 million publicity campaign of the film belongs to her not Elizabeth Taylor. She received a call from Sutton Model Agency for an hour’s work at 35 dollars and was told she was a Liz Taylor look alike for advertising the $37 million 20th Century Fox epic.
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Ellen Ville
N.Y
UPI
New York
Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor
Lois Bennett
Sutton Model Agency
Liz Taylor
20Th Century-Fox Epic
Cleo
Richard Bennett
Richard Burton
Billboard
Lois
Liz
Mickey Cohen Near Death After Prison Attack
Mickey Cohen, 49, famed mob figure, was near death after a head injury from a pipe blow at the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary. Police say an inmate with a mental-health record, not a mob associate, attacked him during an argument. Cohen was being examined by neurologists as doctors assess his condition.
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Mickey Cohen
Las Vegas
Atlanta, Ga
Cohen
Justice Department
Meyer
Mickey
Atlanta
Alcatraz
Polizzi
Kefauver Committee
Cleveland
Detroit
Joe Massei
Kefauver Visits Las Vegas to Probe Crime Ties to Gaming
The 1950 visit by Senator Kefauver and colleagues to Las Vegas examined possible mob links to legalized gambling. Alfred Polizzi testified about connections to illegal slot machines, small loan activity, and ties to figures like Augie Pisano and Moe Dalitz, amid broader Cosa Nostra context.
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Tennessee
Las Vegas
Mr. Polizzi
Joseph L. Nellis
Committee On Organized Crime
Moe Dalitz
Nevada Bank of Commerce Acquired by First Western
First Western Financial Corp., Nevada’s largest savings and loan, buys 99.3 percent of Nevada Bank of Commerce shares in exchange for 243,038 First Western common shares. Nevada Bank of Commerce, with $76 million resources and ten branches statewide plus three in Reno, joins the First Western system.
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First Western Financial Corp
Nevada
Nevada Bank of Commerce
Reno
First Western
White Woman Tarred as Negro Lover in Walnut
In Walnut a white woman, Kathy Harwell, 27, was tarred and feathered and set ablaze as punishment for associating with a Negro. She and a Black handyman were in a condemned house when three white men assaulted them. Rescue crews found her in a burned bathroom. arson investigators then looked into the handyman's fate.
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Los Angeles
UPL
Sheriff's Office
Kathy Harwell
Walnut
Jacqueline Kennedy Returns Home After Hospital Stay
The First Lady is ordered by doctors to curtail all official White House duties for the rest of the year. President and aides describe a satisfactory recovery after a week at Otis Air Force Base Hospital. A 12 minute flight by helicopter brought Mrs Kennedy home to Squaw Island where she will continue rehabilitation and avoid official schedules until the new year.
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White House
Otis Air Force Base
Squaw Island
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Chicano Teens Admit 3800 Hock Shop Robbery
Two 18 year old Chicano youths, Victor Novak and William E. McAvoy, confessed to robbing The Hock Shop at 119 L. First Street of 3800 dollars on August 5. Police halted their pickup after a tip indicated a 45 caliber pistol. a derringer was found on Novak. The suspects said they used a stolen car and a friend’s credit card to fund a cross country trip and tied up worker Helen Fennel and her husband Glen during the Las Vegas burglary. A Santa Monica motel search found 10 handguns and many watches believed stolen from The Hock Shop.
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L. 1St St
Santa Monica
Calif
Victor Novak
William E. McAvoy
Novak
Las Vegas
Helen Fennel
Glen
Nevada Test Site workers resume as plumbers near ratified deal
The end of the 18th work stoppage at the Nevada Test Site saw about 2,000 Reynolds Electrical and Engineering workers return to duty while plumbers await ratification of a wage and condition agreement. The six day strike by Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 525 produced a milestone settlement easing labor tensions, with union workers losing about 160000 hours across 18 work halls.
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Nevada Test
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Co., Inc
Nevada Test Site
Nuclear Rocket Development Station
Tonopah
525
Wildcat
Reynolds
Police Close In On London Mail Train Bandit Gang
British police say they know the gang responsible for a dawn ambush on a London bound mail train in Buckinghamshire. Arrests may come within 24 hours as investigators link a 200 year old farmhouse found nearby to the crew who counted and spent the 120 sacks of registered mail, containing 24 tons of worn pound notes.
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Scotland Yard
Buckinghamshire
Angeles Fire Out of Control near Bouquet Canyon
A fast moving brush fire in Angeles National Forest about 15 miles northeast of the city burned 500 to 600 acres within an hour after breaking out just south of Bouquet Canyon forestry station. Officials warned winds could worsen the blaze into a major fire.
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Newhall
Calif
UPI
Angeles National Forest
Here
Bouquet Canyon
Los Angeles
Weather Outlook Clears Then Clouds With Afternoon Tstorms
Mostly clear today with becoming partly cloudy in the afternoon. Possible thundershowers over the mountains. High near 105, low around 75. Yesterday's high 108, low 78. Noontime humidity 16 percent. Sunrise 5 49, sunset 7 31.
Bill Haley and His Comets at Vanita Wess Show
Bill Haley and his Comets perform at Vanita Wess from 4 pm to 10 pm. The event runs as a daytime to evening show featuring the iconic rock and roll act.
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Bill Haley & His Comets
Vanita Wess
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Augie” Pisano
Augie Pisano
Joseph Valachi
FBI
Cosa Nostra
Pisano
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Frank Costello
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