Four Climbers Strive to Reach Stranded Man on Mt McKinley
In Alaska four climbers push toward a tented stranded climber at 13 000 feet on Mount McKinley. George Argus, a May 135 survivor, lies gravely injured after a May 135 fall that killed George Thayer. Rescue led by Dr. John McCall uses Army climbers and an Air Force helicopter amid high winds.
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TV Nighttime Show Plans For Steve Allen
Steve Allen will appear on every other program on Max Liebman's Your Show of Shows next season. He plans to be himself mostly, with some skits, and will not imitate Sid Caesar. He expects his own show to run on network TV within four months.
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Seamen Escape Injury Second Time On Bennington Blast
Thomson Ga two seamen Wel don T Neal Jr 22 and Charles Cameron Jr 21 survived a blast aboard the Carrier Bennington for the second time in 13 months both former Thomson High School mates now shipmates Neal Cameron were aboard in April 1953 when 11 crewmen were killed in a boiler explosion.
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Horatio Hornblower Slated For Video
Hollywood reports C. S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower to be adapted for TV by Towers of London in a British telefilm project.
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Middletonians Await News From Bennington Crew
The report notes Middleton residents await updates as the Bennington crew faces turmoil. Mokry and his family in Lexington Park Md plan to visit before the ship leaves for Europe. Tankersley, age 27, has two children with arrangements split between Middletown and Louisville.
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Amazon River Named After Indian Encounter
A Spanish explorer named the Amazon River following a clash with Indigenous fighters where many Indian women participated, evoking the legend of the Amazons, the warlike women.
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Speed Record Holder Killed Aboard Carrier
Lt. Wallace Rich, 28, died in an explosion aboard the carrier Bennington. He was one of three Navy pilots who recently set an unofficial cross country speed record, flying an F9F7 jet from San Diego to New York, 2,438 miles in 3 hours 47 minutes 9 seconds.
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Rathbone Declines Vera Cruz Return Role
Basil Rathbone rejected a sizable fee to reprise Maximilian in the Burt Lancaster Gary Cooper film Vera Cruz, deeming the part too small for his star status.
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NEA
Basil Rathbone
Maximillian
Burt Lancaster
Gary Cooper
Vera Cruze
Young English actress lands Cassandra in Helen of Troy
Double Trouble and Janette Set, a 15 year old English actress who resembles Audrey Hepburn, secured the Cassandra role in Warners film Helen of Troy. Her mother Thora Hira is a noted London stage actress.
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Warners
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