No Dough No Show Big Top Won't Unfurl
The Harriet Beatty Circus cancelled its Las Vegas Convention Center four day run after failing to secure a $1,500 insurance cash requirement and meet performers’ pay. City of Hope proceeds were to be donated. advance ticket sales totaled $1,300. Harriet Beatty and Ed Say led the circus with ten days to obtain coverage.
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Harriet Beatty
Las Vegas Convention Center
George Albright
Convention Center
the Sun
City of Hope
Albright
Fair and Recreation Board
Musician’s Union
Widely Sought Suspect Nabbed in Cashing Check Case
A noted detective watched the cashing of an alleged forged check in a Strip hotel and may have led to a break in a notorious east coast gang. Louis Amendola, 29, of Brooklyn, was arrested on suspicion of forgery by Detective Jim Rimmer and reportedly had a stolen $84,000 cashier’s check on him.
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Louis Amendola
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jim Remmer
New York
Planned U S Test Sparks World Protest
An announced U S test of rocket borne high altitude nuclear bombs over Johnston Island triggered worldwide protests. In Hawaii thousands of demonstrators marched near Tokyo and efforts to secure spectator positions spanned crowded areas as clouds threatened Honolulu skies. The event drew attention to the U S program and its global reaction.
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Honolulu
United States
Johnston Island
Hawaii
Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Johnston
Farm family shot dead in Chesterfield. teen handyman sought
In Chesterfield Virginia a farmer Fred Hofer 52 his wife Lucille 49 and daughter Sue 16 were found shot to death in their yard. Police said the killings happened as the family returned to their home and are seeking a teenage handyman for questioning. In Saigon three American missionaries and their captors are in a separate report.
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Chesterfield
Fred Hofer
Lucille
Sue
Ed Von Tobel recovering after hospital checkup
Ed Von Tobel Sr., Las Vegas pioneer and founder of Von Tobel Lumber Co., has been in a Las Vegas hospital since May 23 for a routine checkup. He is described as doing fine and expected to go home today or tomorrow after multiple hospital visits this year. Ed von Tobel Jr. reports his father, who turned 89, was chipper and walking during his visit.
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Ed von Tobel, Sr
Las Vegas
von Tobel
Clark County
Edward Jr
von Tobel, Sr
von Tober Lumber Co
Strike Averted as Carpenters Approve New Contract
Carpenters Local 1780 members met at the union hall on East Charleston to ratify a Federated Employers proposed contract. About 800 members attended, with over 1,800 local carpenters in Southern Nevada part of the union, and the agreement includes a 20 cent wage provision.
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Carpenters’ Local 1780
Jim Banner
Carpenters
the Sun
East Charleston
Nevada
Banner
Historic Goldenrod fire wipes out Mississippi River showboat
A blaze yesterday destroyed the Goldenrod, the historic floating theater on the Mississippi River near St. Louis. The fire ends a melodrama run as the cast had closed The Convict's Daughter and opened Ten Nights in a Bar Room. One casualty, a moth-eaten dog named Fluffie. Captain owner J. W. Menke, 81, his brother Charles, and Blanche Forbes escaped.
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ST. Louis
UPI
Goldenrod
Edna Ferber
Fluffie
J. W. Menke
Charles
Fire destroys historic showboat The Goldenrod after 3:30 am blaze
A fast spreading fire engulfed the upper deck sleeping quarters of The Goldenrod showboat, with 115 firefighters battling the flames. Captain Menke said aboard occupants woke to a popping sound before lower decks filled with smoke. The 1909 vessel, once among the largest showboats, inspired Edna Ferber and later a Jerome Kern musical.
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Menke
Edna Ferber
Menkes
Bill
New Jersey
Police Cadet Theft Case Set June
James M. Dotts, a 19 year old former police cadet, faced arraignment in Federal Court for mail theft. The hearing was postponed to June 7 after Judge C Nils Tavares faulted the prosecution for vague timing in the complaint. Dotts waived indictment and allowed the case to proceed on information supplied by the U S Attorney.
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James M. Dotts
C. Nils Tavares
Dotts
John Bonner
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