Hosiery contest ends in rapid garter swap feat
Beverlee Wilson won an unofficial 28.5 second stocking changeover beating New York rival Mickey Mars in a televised style clash. The stunt aimed to boost hosiery awareness, with the winner earning a trip to Atlantic City as a NAHM guest. Police questioned a 37-year-old ex-con in the death of Karil Rogers Graham, whose partly nude body was found in her Los Angeles patio apartment.
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Beverlee Wilson
Mickey Mars
New York
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N. J
National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Los Angeles
Karil Rogers Graham
Clifford Russell Pridemore
Patio
Pridemore
Graham
San Quentin
Fosser
Unusual notes trigger brisk business in Dallas blocks
DALLAS reports accountant Le Branch works around an 81 year old ditching contractor John N. Os bachere whose “notes” are blocks of wood. Osborne delivers a bushel basket of wooden blocks as records. Branch receives these unusual notes while business booms. In another item a Tokyo police stop halts Hatoyama during a whirlwind re election campaign. The Prime Minister politely bows and speeds off. Tulsa divorce suit filed after 15 minutes marriage. Mrs. Wallace alleges incompatibility and desertion by Robert Wallace.
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John N. Osbachere
Osborne
Branch
Tokyo
UPA
Asahi
Buster
Ichiro Hatoyama
Hatoyama
Tulsa
Okla
Rens Matthews Wallace
Robert Arthur Wallace
CARE Halts Shipping to Eight Western Europe Nations
CARE executive director Paul Comly French said eight western European nations will no longer receive CARE shipments as they can stand on their own. He noted 85 percent of those shipments are luxury packages, and the focus will shift to Asia, Latin America and Africa where relief is more needed, excluding Ferlin.
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New York
Asia
Latin America
Africa
Hammer Attack Suspect Arraigned
Russell Hull 24 a janitor at Rancho Los Amigos was arraigned in Downey Municipal Court on assault with intent to murder after allegedly striking nurse Laura Ruth Kerns 43 at the hospital 14 times with a hammer. Hull remanded with $15000 bail awaiting a March 3 preliminary hearing as Kerns remains in critical condition at St Helen’s Hospital Bellflower.
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Marcha Los Amigos
Downey
Hull
Laura Ruth Kerns
Rancho Los Amigos
St. Helen’s Hospital
Bellflower
Do You Agree Man Is An Animal That Makes Bar Gains
Fragmentary note questions whether humans differ from animals in making bar gains and implies comparisons to dogs exchanging bones. Context is unclear and reads as a stray thought rather than a complete report or event.
West Germans open three day Paris Pact debate in Bonn
The Bundestag launched a three day debate on the Paris treaties amid tight security as parties clash over ratification. Government deputies urged approval to enable reunification and security for 18 million in the Soviet Zone, while Socialists warned ratification could jeopardize Germany’s unity. A majority report urged ratification and predicted removal of occupation limits, enabling Bonn to engage in equal status diplomacy with other nations.
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Bundestag
Carlo Schmid
Christian Democrat
Kurt Kiesinger
West Germany
Soviet Zone
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Russia
United States
Britain
France
Adenauer
Moscow
Pravds
Soviet Communist Party
Hans Furler
Foreign Affairs Committee
Ssed
Furler
Soviet Union
Glass Sandwich Heals Case As Lawyer Eats Glass
Los Angeles reporter Stanbury demonstrates fortitude in court by eating a glass sandwich between bread to prove the danger of glass. The jury sides with his client Esther Williams and Ben Gage, owners of a restaurant, in a suit by Ward icutt claiming internal injury from glass in ice cream and seeking damages.
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Los Angeles
Aftor Stanbury
Ney Raymond G. Stanbury
Stanbury
Esther Williams
Ben Gage
Ward E. Willicutt
Mother Slaying Sons Legally Sane Houston Case
A Harris County psychiatrist testified that 25 year old Mrs Ann Williams may be legally sane after examining her regarding the killing and dismembering of her two sons Calvin nine and Conrad eight in a Galveston County buried in a shallow Algoa grove case. The mother was arrested after a friend revealed he buried the bodies thinking they were spoiled deer meat.
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Houston
C. A. Dwyer
Harris Coun
Ann Williams
Sherif C. V
Buster) Kern
U S Loaned Warships Arrive in Japan
Two 1,600 ton American destroyers loaned by the United States arrive in Japan to join the building navy. Formerly the USS Ellyson and USS Macomb they are renamed Asakaze and Hatakaze Morning Breeze and Flag Fluttering Breeze in Japanese service.
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U-Raga
America
United States
Building Navy
Ellyson
Macomb
Asakaze
Hatakaze
Turkey and Iraq Near Defense Pact Accord
In Baghdad Iraqi Prime Minister Gen Nuri Said and Turkish Prime Minister Adnan Menderes held final talks on a mutual defense treaty. A signing may occur late today despite strong opposition from Mentan an ally in the Arab League. Menderes and cabinet members flew in from Ankara on short notice revealing urgent preparations.
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