Broadway Gossip and Casting Notes From The Sardi Set
Glamour headlines pulse through Broadway society with Strasberg and Olivier rumors, Greta Tyssen vs a West Coast firm over fees, Eydie Gorme’s charting new songs, Jane Kean replacing Carol Haning in St Louis, and Sunrise at Campobello casting chatter. Margret Tru an eyed for Eleanor Roosevelt in Sunrise road company.
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Susan Strasberg
Laurence Olivier
Greta Tyssen
Eydie Gorme
Jane Kean
St. Louis
Carolhanning
Margaret Truan
Eleanor Roosevelt
Campobello
van Cliburn
Pierre
Brigitte Bardot
Peter Witt
Frank Cooper
Dorothy Donegan
Embers
al Williams
Step Brothers
Betty Hutton
Lou Walters
New Cafe
Broadway
Benny Leonard
Joe E. Leonard
Leonard
Betty
FBI
Dillinger
Paul Newman
N. Richard Nash
Paris Soiree
Mme
Elsa Schiaparelli
Tempest Storm
Joe E. Lewis
Las Vegas
Tamara Bellamy
Borrah Minnevitch
Lucille Little
Deems Taylor
New York
Paris
Trial Date Set For Union County Treasurer
Perry A. Long, ousted Union County treasurer, faces a June 23 trial date. A grand jury probing the April 16 office robbery and indictments for malfeasance await resumed session. Long was found bound and gagged during the robbery and is free on bond as proceedings continue.
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EL Dorado, Ark
Perry A. Long
Union County
Long
Gus W. Jones
Bill Prewett
Embargo Placed After Nitro Parafin Tank Car Explosion
An embargo on nitro paraphin rail shipments was ordered pending a Bureau of Explosives investigation into a Mount Pulaski Illinois tank car blast that killed two and injured over 40. Investigators search wreckage while residents return home after evacuation.
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Mount Pulaski
Ill
UPD
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission Bureau of Explosives
Association of American Railroads
Association
Washington
New York State
Bureau of Explosives
Illinois Central
LSU Announces Area Graduates at 97th Commencement
LSU awarded 950 degrees at its 97th commencement with 625 bachelor’s, 300 master and professional degrees, and 25 PhD. Area graduates included Charles Barber Alexandria and Suzan Lloyd Baton Rouge among magna cum laude honorees and many from Ruston Monroe Bastrop and other cities.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana State University
Charles Barber
Alexandria
Marianne O'Niell
Joseph Clifton Hill, Jr
Susan Lloyd
George Lewis
Haynesville
Virginia Meyer
New Orleans
Cecilia Marks
Laurie Moreland
Eva
Richard Diener
Reading
Marvin Williams
Fort Myers
Fla
LSU
Troy H. Middleton
Ouachita Parish
Talkathon In Fayetteville Sets 14 Hour Pace For Prize
In Fayetteville North Carolina Lois Grant a 27 year old secretary chases a $1000 national talking record as six other local women await their turn. By 12 30 a m she passed the 14 hour mark with a promoter reporting her voice holding up and promising she will continue through morning.
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Fayetteville
N.C
UPD
Lois Grant
Grant
Harrison Stresses Need Of Humanity
LSU law school Dean Milton M. Harrison urged the Louisiana Tech graduation class to value humanities and broad education alongside professional training. He warned the era of democratic versus totalitarian conflict hinges on education, language skills, and social sciences, stressing leaders must study philosophy history languages and arts to guide a free society.
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Ruston
Russia
Milton M. Harrison
Louisiana State University Law School
Louisiana Tech
United States
Harrison
Push Button Fighter Wins Wings In Test Flight
Edwards California AP The Navy air winged F8U3 Crusader III completed its maiden flight over the Mojave Desert in 48 minutes. Chance Vought, builder, said the secret performance marked by the Crusader III could reach twice the speed of sound at ground level 760 mph.
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Edwards
Calif
Mojave Desert
Chance Vought
Flood Situation Eases in Catahoula Parish
In Catahoula Parish the Black River crest at 52.95 was followed by a steady fall to 52.90 Saturday morning. Red Cross aid continues in Jonesville with disaster officials from Atlanta assisting local chapters. Over 800 farms flooded across about 180000 acres. 5000 head of livestock moved as Louisiana State Police coordinate evacuations and relief. It will take about two weeks before most families can return home.
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Jonesville
Catahoula Parish
American Red Cross
Atlanta
The
Red Cross
Charles Wurster, Jr
Louisiana State Police
J. C. Dixon
E. E. Johnson
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PVT
Presley
Ft. Hood
Tex
Germany
Donna Harrison
Ronnie Brown
Memphis
Voice OF Broadway
Dorothy Kilgallen
Palisades Park
Princess Margaret
London
Madame Chiang Kaishek
Lionel Hampton
Alfred de Liagre
Archibald
McLeish
J. B
Mc-Leish
God
Nasser
Begum
Aga Khan
Roark Bros
Jackson St
Monroe, le
Union Co
VFW
Arkansas
Orval Faubus
Ingram Harte Jr
Lincoln
William C. Adams
Bettye H. Wilder
Mary A. McLaurin
Martha C. Green
Priscilla E.heard
Mary Lou Henry
Charles C. Barham
John C. Drewett
Ray W. Talley
Hazel Tillery Meadows
Martha Jean Peden
Morehouse
John §. Barr Jr
Wooard K. Mott
Oak Ridge
Alton Nathaniel Hull Jr
Bastrop
William W. Holt
Nelda R. Barnett
George William ‘Warner
Edward Denis Baker
Richland
Herbert M. Williams
Holly Ridge
James Boies
Mangham
Larry Keith Page
Rayville
Union
Marjorie J. Robinson
Bernice
Mary Williams Wasson
Marion
Kendall Aulton
Lillie
West Carroll
Teddy Ray Holmes
Epps
Kenneth Oliver Rogers
Oak Grove
College of Agriculture
John Edward Love
Monroe
Clarence B. Johnson Jr
Albert Thibeaux Jr
Carl F. Allen
Bobby R. Blankenship
West Monroe
Eloise C. Edgar
Marion H. Huckaby
Charles V. Breard
William Russell Lacey
Jack Parker
June Griffin Rubin
Joseph Luther Sanders
William B. Inabnet
Edwin P. Jenevein
Bot H
Jay P. Anglin
Hardie Hardwick
Calhoun
Albert S. Donald
Elmer L. Taylor
Caldwell Petroleum Engineering
Thomas M. Fisher
Columbia
Concordia
Jacqueline Holdcraft
Ferriday
Laurie R. Moreland
New Era
Joseph St. Bianca
East Carroll
Philip B. Brown
Lake Providence
Gerald L. Brown
Allein Harkey
Bobbie Jean V. Donald
Sondheimer Franklin
Philip R. Gordy
Wisner
Warren Rogers Meredith
Winnsboro
Jackson
Sciences
William D. McLean
Cincinnati, Ohio
UPI
Maurer
Mary Welch
Ezall
Philippines
Catahoula
Bas Africa
Berm
News-Star—World Want
News-Star—World
Uren
V.m
Jeff Qnnduer
DIAL
Richard Denning
Andra Martin
Jerry Paris
Allied Artists Pictures
Foy Spain & Mara Corday
Showtime
Joel McCrea
Iri
Jack Qa
Margaret Johns
PH. FA
Cornel Wilde
Maracibo
Walt Disneys
Te Weil Cleaners
Gary Cooper
Diane Varsi
Suzy Parker
Ten North Frederick
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Tom Tully
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