Edmondson Seeks Fight Over Vet Home Funds Cutoff
Oklahoma City congressman Ed Edmondson asks Oklahoma's delegation to meet in Stillwater on November 8 to protest the expected halt of federal funds to the Sulphur Veterans Home. About 173 veterans would lose $700 per, with the VA also denying funds to a Norman veterans wing.
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Edmondson
Oklahoma City
Ed Edmondson
Muskogee
Oklahoma
Stillwater
H. V. Highley
Veterans Affairs
Joseph Campbell
United States
Central State Hospital
Norman
Sulphur
Edmodson
Leslie Caron quits dancing to pursue acting career
Hollywood reports Leslie Caron, famed for An American in Paris, will stop dancing forever to pursue dramatic roles. She plans to perform Shaw's Saint Joan on stage in a few years and says ballet is a life consuming craft demanding devotion.
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Leslie Caron
Hollywood
Leslie
Paris
Gene Kelly
MGM
One Survives After Thorne Plane Crash Into Apartment
Wealthy sportsman Joel Thorne died as his Beechcraft Bonanza crashed into a North Hollywood building on Oct. 17. Only Michael Preston, 31, survives among six initially injured. the death toll rose to nine as Patricia Marchica, 9, died from burns. Preston’s wife Shirley 25 perished. their infant Sheryll died in infancy. Victims include Preston’s sisters Ann Presinzano 41, Laura Marchica 39, Frank Marchica 38, and children John 6 and Patricia. Betty Jean Wolf 18 also died in the fire.
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Hollywood
Joel Thorne
Patricia’ Marchica
North Hollywood
Michael Preston
Preston
Shirley
Sheryll
Thorne
Ann Presinzano
Laura Marchica
Marchica
Frank
Marchicas
John
Patricia
Betty Jean Wolf
Actress Leslie seeks Paris study after fatigue for film roles
The actress says she could play a rejected child but aims for a spoiled rich girl in a comedy. She laments recent films like The Glass Slipper and Daddy Long Legs, plans to study classical acting in Paris, and looks forward to new work after achieving a future goal.
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Leslie
Paris
Americans Accept Molotovs Villa Dinner Invite
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov invited Secretary of State Dulles and top U S delegation members to dine at his villa in Geneva. The Americans accepted. The meeting aims for informal talks on progress of the Big Four conference and the Middle East situation.
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Geneva
Molotov
Dulles
U.S
Middle East
Automobile imports span hundreds of items from abroad
The industry relies on about 300 foreign purchases for components from abrasives to tin highlighting the broad supply chain.
Cracow Declines Change Under Red Rule and War Echoes
Cracow remains largely unchanged despite Nazi and Communist domination. The trumpet beacon of St Mary’s Cathedral marks a city famed as Poland’s shrine, where Wawel Castle holds Polish kings and figures like Kosciuszko, Sapieha, and Frank’s wartime presence echo. Marshal Rokossovsky’s forces helped shield the city, later becoming Poland’s defense minister.
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Cracow
Poland
Wawel Castle
Meszko
Boleslaw
Posen
Hans Frank
Frank
Nuernberg
Germany
Wawel
Boleslaw Bierut
Stalin
Konstantin Rokossovsky
Rokossovsky
Insurance Man Sees Los Angeles No. 1 City
Illinois insurance executive Charles E. Becker of Franklin Life predicts Los Angeles will be the top city in the United States within ten years. He says Southern California is the fastest growing and most economically sound region, already leading in business production.
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Los Angeles
United States
Charles E. Becker
Franklin Life Insurance Co
Springfield
Ill
California
Becker
Body Of Boy Missing Year Is Discovered
In Powers Lake North Dakota the body of four year old Lavern Engel, missing since October 17 1954 after wandering from his ranch home, was found a year later raising suspicions of murder. Authorities planned to drain a slough near the discovery site and conduct an examination. Sheriff Martin S Ryan called it inconceivable that the body had been overlooked in the massive same.
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Powers Lake
N. D
Lavern Engel
Martin S. Ryan
Lavern
Ryan
North Dakota
Navy Icebreaker Sails For Antarctic
The USS Edisto sailed from Boston to Antarctic waters to spend six months in Operation Deepfreeze as part of task force 43 led by Rear Adm. George Dufek. The ship carries 61 tons of gear and 11 sled dogs trained in New Hampshire to aid the wintering-over science party.
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Boston
Edisto
Antarctic
Boston Naval Shipyard
Adm
George Dufek
USN
Ret
International Geophysical Gear Program
Richard E. Byrd
Chinook Kennels
Wonalancet
N.H
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St. Stanislaus
Thaddeus Kosciusko
Washington
Cardinal Sapie
Pittsburgh Paints
Creomullion
Oldsmobile
Cache Road
Aya
Weel
Public Service CO
Hotpoint Appliances
Navy
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