Speed Flier Poised for US Record Dash
Speed flier Joe Debona, Beverly Hills real estate man, aims to beat the Los Angeles to New York cross country record set in 1950 by Paul Mentz. The plan uses a souped-up F-51 Mustang and follows a prior failed attempt in April when 58 minutes and 52 seconds were missed.
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Paul Mentz
Holly
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Tin Heiress and English Lover wed in Kelso vows
Bolivian heiress Maria Isabela Patin g age 18 and her English fiancé Jimmy Goldsmith age 20 wed today in Kelso Scotland after her father withdrew a court ban. The couple married in a brief registrar’s ceremony then left for a secret honeymoon with the tenor Patino absent along with the father and the mother.
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Scotland
Maria Isabela Pating
Jimmy. Goldsmith
Isabela
Tin
Antenor
Doctor to Be Put on Trial in Baby Case
LAN DIEGO F Dr Win ford s Mooney, a 48 year old osteopath, faces trial in Superior Court on charges of stealing an unwed mother's baby. He was held for court action after a two day preliminary hearing in which he did not testify. The mother, Betty Lou Willis, a 61 year old bank clerk, signed consent cards granting Mooney control of her child, whom the Mooneys say they intended to adopt. The baby, now nine months old and named Bobby, has been in a nursing home under Mooney and his wife.
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Mooneys
Honeymoon Off as Babs Breaks Ankle
New York report says Barbara Hut ton heiress to the Woolworth fortune has broken her left ankle delaying her six week honeymoon with Porfirio Rubirosa. The accident confines her to a 39th floor Hotel Pierre suite as her chest ailment and other health issues loom.
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Barbara
Hutton
Porfirio Rubirosa
Hallinan Begins 18 Month Prison Term For Tax Evasion
Hallinan, 1952 Progressive party presidential candidate, vows to build a Labor Party in the U S as he starts an 18 month sentence at McNeill Island Federal Penitentiary Washington after surrendering to U S marshals with his wife Vivian and son Patrick. He faces a $50,000 fine and probable service of 14 to 15 months. The Harvard trained lawyer spoke to reporters and attended a farewell reception at the International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union before boarding a Western Airlines flight to Seattle.
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Patrick
Western Airlines
Seattle
Hallinan
McNeill Island Federal Penitentiary
Washington State
Harry Bridges
Texas girl crowned Maid of Cotton in Memphis pageant
Beverly Louise Pack of El Paso, TexasWestern junior, won the 1954 Maid of Cotton contest among 20 finalists from 12 cotton states. Hope White of Uniontown, Alabama was first alternate and Martha Garner of Poplar Bluff, Missouri placed third. Pack will tour the U S Europe and begin modeling training after her coronation.
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Texas
Maid of Cotton
Memphis
Hope White
Martha Garner
Tenn
Cotton Kingdom
Beverly Louise Pack
Texas Western
Browzette
Alabame
Uniontown
Ternate
Missouri
Poplar Bluff
Aliee Carr
Selma
Ala
Pat Mullarkey
Dallas
Charles Quinn Jr
Los Angeles
Jeannine Holland
Houston
Pack
Winthrops Checks to Bobo Shown
In Little Rock Arkansas Barbara Paul Rockefeller known as Bobo says she lives on about 4000 dollars monthly plus a rent free New York penthouse. Winthrop Rockefeller's Arkansas attorney Edwin E Dunaway said she has 21500 dollars given since June 1 and their 5 year old son receives 750 dollars monthly from a trust. He showed 11500 in canceled checks signed by Rockefeller or him and endorsed by Bobo or her banker and noted two more 5000 dollar checks to be produced. She denies living penniless and a reported 5500000 settlement plus 70000 annually signed last October.
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Barbara Paul
Bobo) Rockefeller
Park Ave
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Norsiee
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Edwin
E. Dunaway
Rockefeller
New York
Arkansas
Dunaway
Bobo
Hobo
Bathwater Rationing Ordered For Channel Island
Residents of Bath Street in Peter Port Guernsey are told to limit daily bathwater to five inches as authorities impose strict rationing on the island amid shortages.
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Peter Port
Guernsey
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