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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1956
Page
6
In Santa Monica, a judge reduced operatic soprano Stella Roman’s temporary alimony demand from 821 to 900 dollars per month. Superior Judge Stanley Mosk criticized her testimony accusing her husband Prank Vitale of liquor license misconduct, and rejected other denials noting limited probative value.
Met foes Maria Callas and Enzo Sordella, both bound for Europe after recent Met firings, were seen at Idlewild Airport before a New York to Paris flight. Callas and Sordella traded brief remarks over the spat sparked by Sordella’s claim of taking longer high notes during Lucia di Lammermoor, which she denies.
Stamford report says opera star Ezio Pinza was discharged Friday from Greenwich Hospital and can spend Christmas at home with his wife and three children after two heart crises this year. He suffered a second heart seizure in December and earlier had a heart attack in August while in Italy.
Actress Rita Hayworth arrives in Hollywood by train with daughters Rebecca 11 and Yasmin for Christmas holidays after a year in Europe and Trinidad. They rented a house in Beverly Hills. In February she plans to begin work on a film with Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak.
A film titled Pigeon No. 1 will premiere at Green Haven State Prison in Stormville New York. The comedy features Red Skelton and will be shown to about 9000 inmates, marking a noted event in the state penal system.
Poet Conrad Aiken and composer Igor Stravinsky were named Friday as nine members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, an organization limited to fifty artists chosen from the National Institute of Arts and Letters membership.
Detroit report details Ray Fichters who received a bulky crate for Christmas. Inside lay a 1942 Crosley station wagon described as working only if gasoline is poured into the carburetor while one runs alongside. The crate, shipped by Al Amos of Warren Pennsylvania, cost 75 dollars.
Charlie A. Rogers 8 a longtime script writer for Laurel and Hardy dies Thursday in Studio City California. Rogers wrote numerous comedy scripts for the duo and other productions during his career.
In New York, theater manager Thomas Kilpatrick halted a Broadway show night as a heavy package addressed to Paul Muni prompted a bomb squad response. Fire and bark squads inspected the parcel, ultimately deeming it harmless and containing a six inch square of fruit cake from an admirer.
About 2500 Chicagoans bought exploding cigars at a novelty shop in the past two weeks. The quirky holiday sales reflect a festive trend in local retail.
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