Sinatra Leads Top Band With Elite Musicians
Hollywood star Frank Sinatra heads a band praised as among the best ever assembled. Musicianship and a hand in arranging set his group apart, with Nelson Riddle and Gordon Jenkins as top arrangers. Sinatra edits the arrangements and asserts he works with the finest players who stayed superbly skilled through the big band era.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Frank
Peggy Lee
Glenn, Miller
Tommy Dorsey
Miller
Sinatra
Glenn
Tommy
Nelson Riddle
Gordon Jenkins
Harry James
Shortage Found in Village Fund in Bay View
A state examiner reports a 2363.55 shortage over 15 months in the Bay View mayoral accounts of former Mayor Ray R. Slater Erie County. State Auditor James A Rhodes said Slater admitted in a sworn statement that he did not deposit the funds and used them personally. The money came from fines forfeitures fees and costs collected from Jan 1 1956 to his resignation on April 10.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ray R. Slater
Bay View
Erie County
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Slater
Youth Kills Self During Parents Shopping Trip
In New Haven Michigan 7 year old Joseph Fuller fatally shot himself with his father's pistol while his parents were away on a shopping trip. The incident underscores dangers of firearms in homes and prompts safety reminders from authorities.
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New Haven
Mich
Joseph Fuller
TV stars turn to commercials for exposure and cash
The Variety report notes Bing Crosby has completed four tele film commercials for home appliances as other big names from Broadway and film also endorse products. The piece argues performers take ads for cash or exposure, citing Crosby’s reduced public appearances while maintaining name recognition.
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New York
Madison Avenue
Variety
Trade Journal of
Show Business
Bing Crosby
Julie London
Martha Wright
Vaughn Monroe
Marge An. Gower Champion
George Sanders
Henry Fouldo
Douglas Fairbanks Jr
William Lundigan
Robert Weede
Jo Sullivan
Art Lund
Cross By
Higher Cement Prices Predicted In Lehigh Valley
Allentown reports cement price rises likely after a 2 month strike as plants resume operations nationwide. Top executives in two Lehigh Valley firms foresee a late fall boost, though they declined to name or size the increase. The industry notes price hikes are usually set after the peak summer building period. A unrelated sentence about gender roles follows, not tied to cement news.
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Allentown
Lehigh Valley
Pennsylvania
Baseball Highlight Broadcasts and TV Tonight
Tonight's radio lineup airs Cincinnati versus Philadelphia at 7 55 with WMOH WKRC and WPFB. TV features include Pat Carroll filling in on Masquerade Party at 7, Arnold Stand and Gogi Grant on Vic Danone Show, Disneyland's Liberty Story at 7 30, baseball Cincinnati versus Philadelphia at 8, Henry Morgan on Ive Got a Secret, The Change in Chester with Mary Sinclair and Tom Poston, and Jungle Flight at 10 30. A 11 30 film stars Peter Lorre and John McGuire in Stranger on the Third Floor.
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WKRC
WPFB
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Philadelphia
WHIO
Golden Wings
Air Force
Wlw-D
Wlw-T
Pat Carrol
Arnold Stand
Gogi Grant
Vic Danone
WCPO
WLWD
Philadel
Phia
Henry Morgan
Garry Moore
Mary Sinclair
Tom Poston
Chester
Latin America
Robert Lowery
Ann Savage
Peter Lorre
John McGuire
Search Ends in Marriage
San Francisco records show Herbert Hamlet, 46, and Russian Countess Irena Tolstoy, 41, remarry in a civil ceremony in the judge’s chambers after a globe spanning search. The couple, first wed in Bangkok ten years ago, were divorced just under a year ago and have since reunited amid champagne served by the groom’s bailer.
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Bangkok
Irena Tolstoy
Herbert Hamlet
Asia
Europe
United States
Couness Irena
St. Petersburg
Russia
Novelis Leo Tolstoy
Mrs. FDR Plans Trip To Russia
NEW YORK Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt says she hopes to leave for Russia by the end of August after the Soviet Union granted her a visa She has no definite plans yet for the journey The former First Lady also sought to travel to Red China as a newspaper columnist but the State Department refused permission as it has for all American journalists.
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Franklin ID. Roosevelt
Russia
Soviet Union
Red China
State Department
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