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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1956
Page
8
In Belleville New Jersey police recovered a car abandoned in a driveway. Mary Blanchfield of Paterson thanked police for ticketing the vehicle hours after it was left blocking a driveway. The car had been reported stolen.
Hollywood dancer Carol Haney, known for her Broadway Pajama Game role, debuts as a film star with Doris Day and John Raitt in the Warner version. MGM, to which she remains contractually bound, pockets profits while Haney’s weekly wages stay at 275 dollars.
Washington reports the United States has suspended its cultural exchange program with Russia amid recent developments. The State Department said the decision came after Russian forces attacked Hungary while East West exchanges with Soviet European Satellites continue.
The Milwaukee School Board approved its largest budget ever at 33,006,764 dollars to cover educational costs for the 1957 school year. The plan expands programs and staffing to meet rising costs and student needs.
Kansas state agents patrol the Missouri side during the holidays to curb cross border liquor purchases. Kansans returning with more than two quarts without Kansas stamps face fines from ten to five hundred dollars, plus confiscation of the liquor. Missouri prices, driven by lower taxes, tempt cross border shoppers, with an estimated 317,257 dollars in annual tax losses.
An Albuquerque housewife told police her husband is missing with the family car and she intends to locate the vehicle.
Hollywood NEA reports on Hedy Lamarr avoiding marriage talk amid The Story of Mankind premiere and Elvis Presley a Las Vegas visit. Mickey Rooney tours Texas and nearby states. 20 of 46 U.S. films shoot overseas, a record share. Alan Ladd plans a Palm Springs studio as Peru ad circulates. Film ads push inexpensive productions. The trade notes Welk, Natalie Wood, and other industry moves and plans for two day screenings debated in Dallas.
In Singapore on December 4 a Dutch official said the Netherlands may take the dispute over Indonesia's repudiation of debts to the United Nations. The Dutch consul general in Singapore stated that Indonesia insists on owing more than the Dutch claim and refuses to pay the asserted amount.
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