Grace Kelly hits Cannes roulette jackpot in whimsy tale
Hollywood journalist notes Grace Kelly loses in casino yet wins in stardom. Betsy Drake Edith Head recount Kelly placing ten dollar chips on Number 6 and collecting 350 as Cary Grant’s wife bets to watch. The piece traces Kelly’s screen test rise through Mogambo, High Noon, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief, noting her quiet, private persona contrasts with on-screen glamour.
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Hollywood
NEA
Cannes
Cary Grant
Betsy Drake
Edith Head
Paramount Studio
Grace Kelly
Betsy
Edith
New York
Grace
Stanley Kramer
Gary Cooper
MGM
John Ford
Ford
Warner Bros
Alfred Hitchcock
Dial
Africa
Gable
London
Hitchcock
Kelly
Jimmy Stewart
Toki-Ri
William Holden
Bing Crosby
Stewart Granger
France
Holly
Airborne Planet Predicted For U S Next Year
Grand Rapids reports an aircraft industry executive predicts an airborne planet capable of circling 500 miles above Earth to relay military intelligence for U S armed forces. William P. Lear of Lear Inc states the project would be as large as the atomic bomb development.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
Ee. Een
U. S
William P. Lear
Los Angeles
Lear, Inc
Colorado Solon Leery of River Plan Compromise
GRAND JUNCTION Colo Nov 5 Rep Wayne Aspinall said he would scrutinize a compromise on the upper Colorado River storage project before committing. California Rep Engle backs a compromise on initial authorization. New Mexico’s Dempsey opposes any concession that harms his state. Byron Rogers and other Colorado delegation react as talks aim to satisfy upper and lower basin interests.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Wayne Aspinall
Dcolo
California
Aspinall
Congress
House
Clair Engle
Calif
House Interior Committee
Washington
Colorado
Engle
Althou Engle
Upper Basin
Byron Rogers
Rogers
John J. Dempsey
DN. M
Santa Fe
Meico
Dempsey
Lawton Chamber Tour Ties Fort Sill Community Ties
Lawton Chamber of Commerce military affairs committee toured the Artillery Center at Fort Sill and heard briefings on programs and bases services. Maj. Gen. Edward T. Williams praised local cooperation as Lt. Gen. Williston Palmer and Col. Counihan outlined museum, fund drives, and public information efforts.
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Lawton-Fort Sill
Chamber of Commerce
Edward T. Williams
Chamber
Lawton
Fortill
McNair Hall
Williston B. Palmer
Palmer
Fort Sill
Pala A. N. Slocum
Sill
E. D. White
Col. Counihan
Aes
Resent
Geronimo Guard
Douglass Uso
FA Bn
O. L. Sparks
Bidwell Moore
Chicago Siamese Twins Born Weigh Over 14 Pounds
In Chicago, the Andrews twins Deborah Marie and Christine Mary, joined at the head, weigh over 14 pounds combined and are described as doing beautifully at St. Anne's Hospital. They were born Oct. 1 by Caesarean section to Wilfred J. Andrews and Norene Andrews. No date is set for separation tests.
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Chicago
St. Anne's Hospital
Andrews
Deborah Marie
Christine Mary
Wilfred J. Andrews
Norene
Love Starved Elephant Runs Wild in Augsburg
U S reinforcements responded last night as Bosco, a love starved four ton bull elephant, bolted from a circus injuring his keeper. He crashed through a stone wall demolished a bicycle uprooted young trees crushed a hand car smashed garden chairs and headed toward a forest before circus men lured him back with apples.
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Augsburg
Germany
U. S
Bosco
Mine kills two in DMZ area near Seoul
Two South Koreans died and a third was wounded by a mine explosion while clearing a safe lane through an old field near the Korean Demilitarized Zone yesterday.
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Seouls
Korean Demilitarized Zone
Queen Mother Welcomed in Washington Welcome to Washington
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother arrives in Washington for a formal White House dinner after a welcoming airport reception. President Eisenhower welcomes her and two ladies in waiting as Secretary of State Dulles escorts them. A crowd of children cheers, and the queen mother parades through the capital in a ceremonial welcome.
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Washington
Elizabeth
England
Statler Hotel
White House
Britain
George VI
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Mrs. Queen
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McKe the McKee Co
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Tys
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