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Newspaper
Long Beach Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1955
Page
11
The piece surveys emotional maturity in love versus infatuation, discusses truth telling in extreme threats, and credits absent minded professors for progress while praising the life of the spirit. It ends with a memory-improvement ad offering Dr A E Garg’s program for 15 cents.
A gossip filled piece recalls Joe DiMaggio declining a 1950 offer from Leo Durocher to play 70 or 80 games. It notes DiMaggio’s flat no due to no longer having the needed equipment. The column also weaves in Hollywood banter, show business notes, and playful asides about Broadway, TV, and music figures from Marilyn Monroe to Frank Sinatra.
NBC offered Jack Le Coulie a night time starring spot but he prefers afternoons. Dagmar eyed by MGM producer for two films. Edith Robin rushed home to fetch her silverware as news spread Duchess of Windsor would visit Absinthe House. Nancy Berg to wed wealthy Frenchman next month. Lena Horne and Martha Raye sang together at the Composer. Marion Colby stars in ABC TV show Entertainment starting this week after Pajama Game exit. Marilyn Morrison avoids ex Johnnie Ray calls. Blond Leigh Snowden reveals fiancé Leonard Rogers. Gloria Pall, deemed too sexy for coast TV, heads to Las Vegas. Remarque gifted Paulette Goddard a red Jaguar. Some East Side hotels rope off floors as business wanes. Deacon Andy Griffith lands in No Time for Sergeants. Dagmar remains a photographed icon who never poses with a drink.
A bridge discussion questions who misplayed a five hearts contract. The hand yields a 500 point penalty after opponents take three defensive tricks in diamonds clubs and hearts. The column analyzes opening four hearts and West’s double as key errors in the bidding.
The article discusses a bridge hand where North passes and East bids four spades, leaving South unable to force the game. It notes the risks of East doubling four hearts and the mistakes of North and South, concluding the players did not show bridge expertise.
Orson Bean rents a bicycle while in town for a movie seven miles from hotel to studio. Jack Durant and Mary Beth Hughes may form a new cafe act. Brenda Frazier takes her date to the Patio. An actress jokes about love and marriage while Daily quips note Hi Fi gear costs rising.
If you have been denying yourself three hearing aids due to cost now is the time to act. The 75-X Zenith model offers top performance for only 75 cents off, surpassing units twice or thrice its size and price. No B battery or tubes, operates on a dry battery at about 10 cents per week with 72 response adjustments to fit individual needs.
The Stourbridge Lion became the first English built locomotive to operate on an American railroad, conducting a trial run at Honesdale Pennsylvania on August 9.
Do-You-Know musings question leather heels versus rubber, hope for science solving radioactive waste and old movies, and even why porcupines pair up. The piece playfully ponders human quirks, aging, fashion, and everyday curiosities in a reflective tone.
A compact astrology blurb explains a daily message system using birth dates and a chart. It guides readers to circle letters corresponding to their number, listing date ranges for each sign and a secret formula. The piece reads like a playful instruction column with no clear news event.
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