Miss Golden Venus Dazzles Washington Hair Stylists
In Washington D C beauty experts gild a contestant named Miss Golden Venus, painting her hair and toes gold for a publicity moment while Douglas plant workers in Long Beach react to the spectacle. The piece then shifts to New York statistics from a comic firm claiming women comb their hair about 2300 times a year or roughly 6.54 times daily.
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Long Beach
Washington, D. C
Golden Venus
New York
Irish Linen Qualities and a Racy Divorce Tale
An Irish linen metaphor is used to compare women to qualities like strength and durability. A Baltimore housewife reports her husband’s gambling club visits leading to police raids at the Eton Social Club uncovering a dice game a slot machine and nude dancers. In Nottingham England Mrs Marion Morris wins a divorce on cruelty grounds after testimony about being slapped for squeezing toothpaste tube.
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H. Montgomery Hyde
Belfast
House of Commons
Baltimore
Eton
Algier Brand Dig
Nottingham
England
Marion Pp. Morris
Cinderella Shoe Gone In Bustling San Francisco Scene
Michael Menasder, a San Francisco restaurant owner, seeks the Cinderella who lost a Size 12 shoe when a man sprinted by and a shoe flew through his front window. He demands payment for the broken glass and an $80 bill, hoping Dagwood may appear with the slipper. Also notes teachers in Bristow VA taking on Saturday floor wax duties for pay, residents in Enterprise AL upset over a gold plated boll weevil monument theft, and a window plant watering incident triggering a short circuit and a firetruck crash.
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Michael Menasder
San Francisco
Prince Charming
Menasder
Dagwood
Decatur Rain Wager Originator Dies at 93
In Decatur a longtime bank auditor and founder of the May 10 rain bet, Waggoner died at 93. He began wagering on rain in 1905, compiling 48 years of bets with 38 wins and 10 losses, averaging .792. Waggoner never offered large stakes, often wagering cigars or small sums.
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Coin Returns to Heebron Attorney After 1931 Find
Orville Baldwin an attorney dropped a 50 cent piece in 1931 while entering Thayer County courthouse in Hebron Nebraska it rolled into a crack behind stone steps. Workers repairing the storm damaged building recently recovered the coin and returned it to Baldwin.
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Hebron
Buses Lost and City Shut by Ohio Snow
Cleveland endures five days of heavy snow and wind as buses ran hours behind, schools closed early, and drivers faced long idling. 21 deaths attributed to the storm statewide. Mayor Celebrezze urged limited downtown travel and ordered police to assist stalled vehicles amid record snowfall comparing to 1950.
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Lake Erie
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Memorial Shoreway
Martha Palmer
Euclid
Cleveland Prost
Cleveland News
Guatemala Charges U S Interference Over Communism Ties
Guatemala accuses the United States of seeking to intervene in its internal affairs by pressing the Inter-American Conference to discuss Communist penetration in the hemisphere. Foreign Minister Avlermo Toriello criticized U S policy as a maneuver and defended Pan Americanism while warning against intervention. Delegates from Argentina and Ecuador prepared to speak at the plenary session amid optimism after Secretary of State Dulles outlined U S policy.
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Venezuela
VPI
Guatemala
United States
Inter-American Conference
Western Hemisphere
Avlermo Toriello
Latin America
Toriello
U. S
United
Soviet Union
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Piuaueha UL Aan
Teds
U.S
John Foster Dulles
Argentina
Ecuador
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Venezuela Shields Dulles in Caracas Security Sweep
In Caracas, Venezuela, motorcade escorts guard U S Secretary of State John Foster Dulles during his visit. Special police and soldiers armed with rifles stand by as security layers surround the Embassy and the residence of U S Ambassador Fletcher Warren. Dulles travels in a heavily reinforced sedan supplied by President Marcos Perez Jimenez.
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Venezuela
U. S
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John Foster Dulles
Jin
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Jefom
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Eisen
Hower
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Fletcher Warren
Dulles Regein
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Bill to reverse Salem witch convictions approved
Albany move to clear 1692 executions and nullify indictments affects Salem history. Legislature backs bill to reverse convictions and restore honor to accused witches. Readiness to enact follows committee action and broad support among lawmakers.
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Wraith of Salem
Committee On Constitution
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