Movie Star Strike Ends Ends in Hollywood
The Screen Actors Guild and the Association of Motion Picture Producers reached a new three year contract ending Hollywood’s first actors strike after 33 days. Back to work calls went out for Bing Crosby Marilyn Monroe and about 6000 production crew members as stars returned to screens and sets.
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Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Marilyn Monroe
Screen Actor's Guild
the Assn. of
Motion Picture
California
Frank Sinatra Fires Maltz From Slovik Screenplay
Frank Sinatra reversed course after protest and announced he would not have Albert Maltz write the screenplay for The Execution of Private Slovik. Sinatra cited family friends and public reaction as reasons for settlement and removal.
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Holly Wood
Frank Sinatra
Albert Maltz
Slovik
Sinatra
Maltz
Unsettled Hollywood Contract Talks Leave Actors' Pension Plan in Place
A pending town contract with television actors and a still unresolved Hollywood writers' strike loom. The agreed pension plan grants actors a pension and a share of sale proceeds from post January 31 films for TV. Actors accepted the pension instead of claiming TV profits from 1948 to 1960 releases, allowing major studios to release those films without further payments.
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Hollywood Writers
SAG settlement stirs doubt over box office impact
Spokesmen for producers hesitate on box office effects of the SAG settlement. Work will restart Monday on eight films under way when the strike began March 7. Seven major studios resume all projects once SAG members ratify the agreement, with a meeting set for April 18 and quick ratification expected. Many workers affected were tied to industries dependent on film production such as costume houses and processing plants.
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SAG
Wife divorces after husband shaves head and isolates wife
Doris Oliver, 25, testified that her husband Rudolph Oliver, 33, shaved her head took away most of her clothes locked her in their apartment and cut the telephone. They married in 1951 and separated after the August incident.
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Los Angeles
Doris Oliver
Rudolph Oliver
Shot Kills Boy an 8 Groesbeck Death Reported
Cincinnati AP report states an accidental firing of a .22 pistol by a playmate killed 8 year old David Schalk of Groesbeck on Friday. County police released the information as the investigation continued.
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Cincinnati
Groesbeck
David Schalk
Cuban independent press withers under Castro regime
Havana reports say ten of fourteen independent Spanish language newspapers have folded as the Castro government tightens control. Pro government dailies like El Mundo Combate Avance La Calle and Revolucion subsidize operations while independent papers such as Prensa Libre and Informacion face growing financial strain and political pressure.
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Robert Berrellez
Associated Press
Castro
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Flordia
Voice of America
Times
The
Daily Post
el Mundo
Combate
I Avance
la Calle
Revolucion
Communist Party
Hoy
Batista
Jingare Prensa Libre
Diario de la Matina
FE Crisos
Informacion
Prensa Libre
Sergio Carbo
Desi Arnaz Clears Path for Lucy Divorce in by-Default Move
Desi Arnaz filed an answer to Lucille Ball's March 3 divorce complaint, admitting mental suffering claims and paving the way for a default divorce set for April 28. The pair say the split is friendly and have arranged division of their TV and movie studio assets. Ball seeks custody of their children Lucy Desiree, 8, and Desi IV, 6, with visitation rights for Arnaz.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Desi Arnaz
Lucille Ball
Arnaz
Lucy Desiree
Desi IV
Desi
Nixon and Eisenhower Split on Birth Control Aid Policy
Vice President Nixon says the United States would supply birth control information to foreign nations that request it. He favors allowing developing countries to develop their own programs within their cultures and supports aid if a country seeks population limitation help. The stance contrasts with President Eisenhower’s call for noninterference and reliance on professional or governmental bodies.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
United States
Associated Church Press
Republican Party
John F. Kennedy
D-Mass
U.S
Kennedy
Cold Wave Sets In Across Region With Light Snow Areas
An arctic blast pushed cold deeper into the north central United States as flood victims along the Mississippi River waited for waters to recede. Subfreezing notes were reported in Illinois Indiana Wisconsin Minnesota and Michigan while thundershowers hit northern Texas and showers spread to the Gulf States and New England. Army engineers warned of possible levee breaches and ordered pleasure boats out of the flood zone to avoid wakes that could widen a breach.
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United States
Mississippi River
Illinois
Indiana
Minnesota
Great Lakes
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
International Falls
Minn
Luth
Milwaukee
Chicago
Detroit
Texas
Gulf States
New England
Plains
Laredo
Mississippi
Quincy
Ill
Hanibal
Today's Chuckle An Inferiority Complex as Blessing
A witty observation notes that feeling inferior can be a virtue when aligned with the right people and mindset. It playfully reframes self-doubt as a potential asset in certain social contexts.
Prime Minister Verwoerd Shot at South Africa Expo
Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was shot in the head during a speech at the Union Exposition in Johannesburg. He was carried away alive as onlookers shouted and a gunman was beaten by the crowd before being detained. A second shot reportedly struck his cheek.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Hendrik Verwoerd
Verwoerd
Beating and homicide claim in Santa Cruz hotel case
Police say 21 year old Bobbie Richard Van Over admitted choking and beating David B. Owen former Bradley University president to death in a downtown Santa Cruz hotel. Van Over said he and his wife from Tampa had traveled to the city three weeks earlier and that Owen paid for a hotel room.
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Washington
Lawrence Hartnett
Bobbie Richard van Over
David B. Owen
Owen
Brad ‘Ney University
Peoria
Ill
Santa Cruz
Calif
I Chamber of Commerce
Capitol
FBI
Bradley
van Over
Pollice
Lois
Tampa
Fla
Relative plea to spare Poindexter death sentence in Ohio
Relatives of Frank Poindexter urged Gov. DiSalle to commute the 50 year old Cincinnati man's death sentence for first degree murder in the shooting of Roxie Hires. Poindexter claimed he fired through a door after she began shooting during a roofing discussion at the Hires home. The case follows appeals failures.
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Columbus, Ohio
Frank Poindexter
Cincinnati
Michael V. DiSalle
DiSalle
Poindexter
Ohio
Roxie H. Hires
Hamilton
Hires
Woods
New Polaris Sub Patrick Henry Commissioned in Groton
The Patrick Henry, nation second Polaris missile submarine, was delivered to the Navy in Groton. Senator Clinton Anderson praised it as a near perfect deterrent to war as Cmdr Harold Shear assumed command. The 380 foot, 5400 ton submarine was launched last September and other dignitaries spoke amid band music.
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Groton, Conn
Navy
Clinton M. Anderson
George Washington submarine commissioned at Electric Boat Yard
The Washington, first ballistic missile submarine, was commissioned last December at Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corp, alongside the Henry. Each carries 16 tubes for firing nuclear warhead missiles. Polaris missiles are expected to become operational later this year.
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Washington
Henry
Electric Boat Division
General Dynamics Corp
Eaton Wins Interest Free Loan For Sewer Plan
Washington AP reports the Community Facilities Administration grants Eaton Ohio an interest free loan of 4600 dollars to fund planning for a 200000 dollar sewer project.
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Washington
Community Facilities Administration
Eaton
Ohio
House Gets Right Bill Back Again
The civil rights bill cleared the Senate 71 to 18 and returns to the House with changes to be reconciled. Leadership aims to avoid a House Senate conference and speed final action after Easter. The measure expands federal enforcement of voting rights, records retention, and penalties for obstruction and segregation efforts in schools.
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Washington
House
Senate
Senate House Conference
House Rules Committee
Howard W. Smith
Dva
Dixie Forces
Senate Judiciary Committee
Eisenhower
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Tambroni Wins Confidence Vote in Tight Parliamentary Battle
Rome AP Premier Fernando Tambroni's two week old Christian Democrat government secured the confidence vote 300 to 293 with 24 Fascist ballots aiding the victory. The result reflects fragile support from Fascist deputies as the regime seeks stability.
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Rome
Fernando Tambroni
Chamber of Deputies
Tambroni
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