Countess di Frasso Dies A Society Figure at 66
Los Angeles reports the death of Countess Dorothy di Frasso at 66 aboard a train en route from Las Vegas. Actress Clifton Webb found her in bed with jewels worth hundreds of thousands, amid accounts of high society and underworld ties. Her life included marriages to Count Carlo di Frasso and Claude Graham White, with a reported $12 million from Bertrand Taylor Sr. and a notorious past on the Metha Nelson voyage. Funeral plans await arrival of her brother Bertrand Taylor Jr.
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Europe
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Benjamin (Bugsy) Siecel
Marlene Metrich
Maria Riva Webb
van Dohnsona
Beverly Hills
Donalas
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Siegel
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Droples
Bertrand Taylor Jr
New York Stock Exchange
Paris
Supersonic Jet Trainer From North American
North American Aviation announces a modified Sabre jet trainer capable of 650 mph. The two-jet design adds a second cockpit and extended nose area, with only airframe changes needed. It’s designed for advanced high-speed training up to 45 000 feet and a 600 mile radius for dive bombing gunnery and other combat training.
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Los Angeles
Korea
Isary
North American Aviation, Inc
Soviet Union wooing Egypt over aid amid Suez stance
Cairo authorities report Moscow offers economic imports to Egypt to offset British trade losses if Egypt stays out of Western alliances. The move comes as Egypt ponders neutrality and evacuation of the Suez Canal, with Lt. Gen. Aziz El Masry relaying Moscow’s assurances to Cairo. The article also notes Duchess of Windsor in New York wearing a No. 10 outfit during fashion coverage.
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Mekistas
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Middle East
Russia
Monlaay
Aziz el Masry
Moscow
Edmundo
Britain
Pacheco
Europe
Suez Canal
Los Angeles
Washington
London
Weretorney
Victor Eah Pees Ress
R. Flores
Robert Garcia
Cateswill
Louis J. Garcia
Raymond
Romero
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Wey Pane
Suez Canals
Leroy Dawson
Union Studies Offer by Continental Can
A union negotiating committee for Continental Can Co. suspended talks early after more than five hours without commenting on a new offer. James Robb of CIO United Steelworkers said sessions would resume later. At the Monday session some officials voiced hope for a quick end to the five week strike affecting 14,500 workers.
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United Steel Workers
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