Dior Dies in Italy After Postwar Fashion Reign
Christian Dior, 52, king of the postwar fashion world, died of a heart attack while on holiday in Montecatini, Italy. He arrived a week earlier with four friends and dined with his chief assistant Mrs Raymonde Zennacker. Dior popularized the New Look with long skirts and reigned atop high fashion before his death, following similar demise of Jacques Fath two years earlier.
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Tall Judge Is KC's Reader Conscience
A 16 year old circuit judge in Kansas City oversees 260 questionable publications as police seized 13 000 to 20 000 magazines and books in raids. The judge will rule if the material is obscene under Missouri law and may order destruction if found objectionable. The hearing, paused to allow defense review, marks the community conscience role noted by the state Supreme Court.
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Billboard advertising limits tied to legislative sessions
Atty General John Anderson Jr says billboard regulation possible only in a general lawmaking session and a statewide zoning plan cannot be adopted in the budget session. He notes the budget session could pass a revenue measure mainly to tax billboard advertising.
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PEKA
John Anderson Jr
Dutch Educator Unveils Cosmic Language Project
Amsterdam reports Hans Freudenthal a 52 year old Utrecht mathematics professor lectured on a "Lineos" language to communicate with intelligent beings from other worlds. He envisions a 150 word cosmic vocabulary, wrote a 300 page book, and uses basic arithmetic signs to convey meaning. He plans further chapters on time, human behavior, mechanics, geography, and bodies. El Dorado to host Halloween trick or treat with 400 students raising funds for UNICEF. Kansas traffic fatalities list updates.
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Scientist Seeks Fast Earth Return From Satellite
Frederick G. Durant of Aveo Research Laboratory, Cambridge, says research has run for more than a year on returning a manned satellite to earth through the atmosphere. In a WCBH-TV interview he asserts the job can be done quickly, but he declines specifics citing security concerns.
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Aveo Research Laboratory
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La Traviata at EU Concert Course Opens Season
A large audience heard Verdi’s La Traviata in the EU Concert Course opener. Dolores Wilson sang Violetta with sparkle and sympathetic characterization while Philip Macro and John Alexander offered strong hero roles. Jeannette Breval and others filled smaller parts well. George Schick conducted with quiet mastery. The production featured a large orchestra, refined chorus, attractive costumes, and effective interludes. A pair of flaws noted were the period setting shift to the Nineties and an English translation deemed unsuitable.
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Violetta
Philip Macro
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George Schick
Conductor Finds Lost Purse in Manchester Coach
Railway conductor Fred Bannister recovered a purse containing 3829 pounds in a Manchester coach yesterday. A wellnessed woman later claimed it and tipped him half a crown in payment.
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England
Fred Bannister
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