Met Turns Down Gift Of $700,000
The Metropolitan Opera declined a $100,000 bequest from Philadelphia estate man McNair Agenrite after staff reviewed two operas by Heenfrith and determined they did not meet the company’s artistic policy. The decision followed a standard rector review and was framed as a matter of policy rather than finances.
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Mame Marie Mosby Returns to TV After Tragedy and Illness
Aline Mosby reports Mame Marie Mosby plans a television comeback next fall after years of illness and failed pregnancies. The former Hollywood blonde, who left acting in 1930 to raise a family with Harry Kart, reveals multiple miscarriages, medical evaluations, Mayo Clinic care, and adoptions, aiming to prove her health and return to work.
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Skipper Battles Ocean of Mail After Bennington Fire
At Quonset Point Captain William F. Raborn Jr. fights a flood of mail after the Bennington fire. His cabin flooded with about 40 000 letters and thousands of cables and telegrams arrive from worldwide admirers and officials. Messages express sympathy for the unit and Mountbatten. Raborn vows to answer them all.
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Oldest Pennsylvanians Die Within Hours
Two elderly men in Pennsylvania died within hours of each other. Lewis A. Stein passed away in Reading Hospital yesterday. William Thomas Aichidee of Harrisburg died on Wednesday.
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Marilyn Monroe blocks Calendar Number in There’s No Business Like Show Business
Hollywood gossip collage notes Marilyn Monroe refused Fox’s Girl on the Calendar publicity for There’s No Business Like Show Business. Trvong Berlin wrote the number. Mike Mesheker profits from earlier splits while others pursue TV and film deals. Commentary covers Barbara Logan, Jane Russell, Sheree North, and industry shifts.
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Little Stranger Plays Hide and Seek With Dollar Loot
Omaha police report a small boy visiting two households to play hide and seek. He hid and fled after the games and stole $2 from Mrs. L. D. Newton and $13 from Mrs. Violet Madson. Officers investigate the unidentified youngster and urge residents to report sightings.
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Coolest June day in Texas forecast by Weather Bureau
One of the coolest June days in U S history was anticipated in Texas Friday as temperatures ranged from 50 at Amarillo to 78 at Laredo before dawn and fell further. Cloudy skies were reported at Laredy Cotulla and Del Rio, while the rest of Texas stayed clear. Temperatures listed include Calhart 32 Lubbock 35 Fort Worth 35 Waco 38 Midland 61 Beaumont 63 El Paso 66 Houston 66 San Antonio 69 Brownsville 73 Corpus Christi 76 Del Rio 74 and Galveston 70. Forecasts called for fair weather in West and North Central Texas with slight rises in East and South Central Texas Saturday.
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Solar Generator Could Power a Home, Air Force Says
The Air Force announced a solar generator project from Wright Field researchers Donald C. Reynolds and Lt. Col. Gerard M. Leies. A four by fifteen foot cadmium sulfide crystal slab stored energy from the sun, with a pilot model delivering a quarter volt and powering an electric clock.
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Frankfurt Youth Steals to Pay Bar Tab
FRANKFURT Germany a young man admitted to the police that he stole 4 marks about $6 from his girlfriend’s purse to pay a bar tab. He offered an explanation for the act.
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