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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1954
Page
7
Ten persons died in a flaming auto collision near Lyons Creek Maryland. Police said two cars met on a curve near a hill crest. a convertible overturned and burst into flames. Most passengers were thrown clear. one died in the burning convertible.
A fragment describes giant hens eggs with one egg measuring 1 to 9 inches around and weighing about a half pound. The text mentions sandwiches and a collider warmth but is garbled and unclear.
Donna Reed discusses fear of failing to match an Oscar winning performance. Jimmy Durante keeps nightclub dates after wariness about losing friends. Four Gals decline TV Comedy Hour work due to religious songs. Mark down September for NBC coast-to-coast People Are Funny. John Guedel signs five-year deal. Ava Gardner in The Barefoot Contessa with Brazzi. Dragnet kinescopes explained. Milton Berle to host three TV shows. CBS bans Harris recording. Edmond O’Brien to direct Shield for Murder. Fred MacMurray jokes about directing. Joe DiMaggio says no return to baseball. Peggy Castle to wed Bill McGarry. Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon rehearse Phffft quarrel scene. Loretta Young’s sister Sadie Blane to pop up in Betty Furness promos.
Dr. James K. Friedrich, Episcopal priest and head of Cathedral Films, bets half a million dollars on Day of Triumph a film about Jesus from baptism to resurrection. He funded from his own holdings, even mortgaging life insurance, to bring biblical drama to audiences. Actor Robert Wilson, raised in church, is cast to play Jesus.
Hollywood star Anna Maria Alberghetti, now 18, talks of lipstick, independence, and plans to date with Eddie Fisher via a plot with Pier Angeli. She reveals $100,000 in the bank, a Paramount salary held in trust, and a desire to pursue concerts and opera while navigating curfews and parental expectations.
Officials counted returns from nationwide voting for a new Chamber of Deputies in Quito. Final results were not expected for several days. The Social Christian and Falangist groups backed Velasco Ibarra supporters, while the main opposition came from a bloc led by exiled Carlos Guevara Moreno, with Conservative Liberal and Socialist candidates also running.
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