Miss Brazil Offered Vegas Fight Audition Backstage
Las Vegas hotel manager Jake Woglely invited Maria Martha Rocha, Miss Brazil runner-up, to audition for a potential act after she visited Grand Rapids relatives. Kozloff of Hotel Last Frontier disclosed a salary offer higher than the University-International Studios bid, plus plane fare, as Rocha said she planned to return to Brazil where she believes she can earn more money.
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Uci-Tlate
Jake Woglely
Maria Martha Rocha
Act
Kozloff
Last Frontier
Grand Rapids
Mich.j
Titis
University-Internatioonal Studios
Hewine
Rocha
Brazil
Japan Nine Years After Surrender A Troubled Rebound
Nine years after Japan's surrender Emperor Hirohito spoke in 1945 as the nation lay in ruins. By 1954 Japan shows growth yet harbors economic illness under Shigeru Yoshida's pro American austerity. Trade shifts to the United States and Communist China while critics press for policy shifts and neutralist trends emerge.
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Upi
Japan
United States
Hirohito
U.S
California
Deshington
Shigeru
Southeast Asia
Philippines
Burma
Indonesia
Yoshida
Unitedates
Ita
Oramiunist
India
Actress Jane Powell to Wed Car Dealer
Hollywood reports actress Jane Powell plans to marry auto dealer Pat Nearney. Spokesman said the date and place are not set. Powell divorced Geary Steffin on August 6 1953. Nearney is divorced from Mona Free van.
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Jane Powell
Hollywood
Pat Nearney
New Hotel Planned in Hollywood Hills
Belmonte Hotel Corp plans a 40 million dollar hotel at Mulholland Jr and Caldwater Canyon Rd in the Hollywood Hills. Construction is slated to take about eight months and will include a glass-en roofed restaurant nine courts and other amenities.
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Caldwater Canyon Rd
Hollywood Hills
Belmonte Hotel Corp
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Farm Bill Conferees Close In On Accord After Minor Settlements
Senate and House conferees met to finish a farm bill compromise with the White House showing initial support for a trimming of price supports for daily products and wheat. Nearly a dozen minor differences were resolved Thursday, though major disputes urged by President Eisenhower remained unresolved. Aiken noted a possible stalemate was avoidable if the key issues could be resolved.
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Senate House
White House
Senate
Eisenhower
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Hope
House
Aiken
Secretary of Agriculture
Senhower
Works Mnarket
Commodity Credit Corp
Switzerland Smashes Spy Ring During Geneva Peace Conference
Berne reports Swiss police smashed a spy ring tied to a nearby foreign power during the Geneva peace conference on Indochina. Two men identified by initials G and P were arrested and await a federal cabinet review next month after vacation.
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Switzerland
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Imitiala ‘G
Tribe de Geneve
Geneva
Ate Terition
San Diego Mayor Named in State Liquor License Probe
The State Board of Equalization hearings on liquor licenses continued as witness Clifford McKinney testified Mayor John Butler of San Diego may hold a secret interest in a disputed permit. McKinney, Morgan, and Butler's law partner Kaminar figured in meetings about applicant Morgan taking the license, with McKinney claiming to have paid for it. Morgan surrendered the disputed license before McKinney testified.
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State Board of Equalization
John Butler
Clifford PL McKinney
la Jolla
Butler
McKinney
Eugene Morgan
Morgan
Atty
William MM. Bennett
Mike ‘Kaminar
Fort Worth honor upheld at Los Angeles luncheon mix up
In Los Angeles Ralph G. Cummings and a dozen oilmen from California and Texas attended a luncheon in the Statler Hotel. A mistaken sign reading The Fast Worth Ream was briefly displayed in the Dallas Room causing a confused scene as the guest list waited for their meal. James H. McCehe, vice president of Statler West Coast operations, corrected the room name.
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Los Angeles
Pia Fort Worth
Texas
Statler
Dallas
Ralph FH. Cummings
Califor Nia
James H. McCehe
Statler West Coast
The
Fast Worth
Police Brass in Burglary Probe Faces Dismissal
In Birmingham Alabama police officials under pressure as burglary ring probe widens. Police Commissioner Robert Lindbergh warned possible dismissal for up to fifty or more officers if regularities are proven. six officers suspended and one demoted as the $60 man force faces upheaval. A 197 page statement by ex officer Travis Ferguson sparked the inquiry into uniformed burglars and related bribe offers.
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Ala
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Birmingham’ Police Department
Robert Lindbergh
Lindbergh
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Paul Singer
Thy Vv Mehl Ahree
Shires
Travis A. Ferguson
Navy to Drop 45,000 Officer Reservists
The Navy announced it will drop 45,000 inactive officer reservists with honorable discharges. Assistant Secretary James H. Smith Jr said the pruning starts soon after letters are sent. most officers have not participated in reserve activities for at least three years. The move, part of a broader reserve tightening, excludes enlisted reservists and certain active service veterans.
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Navy
James H. Smith Jr
Smith
Naval Reserve
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Congress
Nixon
Sivon
Sewtenant
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