West Germany Urges Release of German Civilians from Russia
West Germany appealed to the Soviet Union in a note to the Kremlin to conclude a full repatriation accord for some 80 000 to 160 000 German civilians still held in the Soviet Union. Bonn cites past promises and notes civilians returned slowly, estimating 170 years at present rates.
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BOM
Germany
Russia
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Wilhelm Haas
Chan
Moscow
Adenauer
East Prussia
Bonn
Odessa Water Use Edges Up Yet Trails 1956 Level
Odessa water consumption on Friday rose slightly from earlier in the week but remained well below the year before. Odessans used 8,020,000 gallons on June 7, compared with 13,613,000 on June 7, 1956. For the first four days of last week the average was just over 4,600,000 gallons per day.
Military Spending Booms Texas A U S T I N
Texas eyes defense growth as bases, radar sites, and landing fields expand across Abilene Sweetwater Corpus Christi Orange Grove Port Isabel Amarillo Austin Wichita Falls Fort Worth Dallas Fort Worth Nike bases to spur jobs, wages, and related industries. The study cites San Antonio El Paso and tourism effects as substantial economic factors.
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Naval Air Station
Corpus Christi
Orange Grove
Alice
Port Isabel
Amarillo
Austin
Wichita Falls
San Antonio
el Paso
Texas
Night clerk quits after second robbery at Totowa motel
Discouraged night clerk Everett Clark aged 66 resigned Friday from the Totowa motel where he worked after another robbery. Clark told his boss he was getting too old for the monkey business as the establishment has suffered a second break-in in three years.
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Totowa
N.J
Everett Clark
Clark
Detroiter Roger L Stevens is Theatre Producer of the Year
Roger L Stevens of Detroit, once owner of the Empire State Building, receives the Sam S. Shubert Foundation award as the theatrical producer of the year. He divides time between real estate and show business with a dozen dramas this season and manages several theaters. He is co producer for the Playwrights Company and Producers Theater, backs the off Broadway Phoenix theater, and serves as an executive of the American National Theatre and Academy and The New Dramatists Committee.
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New York
Roger L. Stevens
Empire State Building
Sam S. Shubert Foundation
Stevens
Playwrights Company
Producers’ Theater
Phoenix Theater
American National Theatre & Academy
New Dramatists Committee
Bar Association to advise on lawyer portrayals in media
A 10 member committee formed by the American Bar Association will provide consultative advice to producers on legal ethics and depiction of barristers in film and television. The panel, split between New York and Hollywood, aims to address how lawyers are shown on stage and screen.
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New York
Napoleon Still Nation's Top Hero With Davy Crockett In Top Ten
A nationwide Parents Assn survey of thousands of elementary and high school students shows Napoleon I remains France's No 1 hero. Only one foreign figure breaks the top ten with Davy Crockett ranking eighth.
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Paris
Napoleon I
Parents Assn
Davy Crockett
More Postal Funds Seen By Senator
Senator Robertson of Virginia indicated the Senate would fast track a request by Postmaster General Summerfield for additional funds to avert postal service cuts in 1958. He warned Congress could still fail to act in time, with hearings possible before House action. Summerfield seeks restoration of cuts and nearly 92 million more.
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Washington
Jung $ U
Robertson
D-Va
Senate
Summerfield
Congress
House
Virginian
Eisenhower
House Appropriations
Sen
Ellender
D-La
Post Office Department
Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate Appropriations Committee
New Advertising Method Used On Odessa American Back Page
Lanpar Pharmaceutical of Dallas bought a full back page color ad in the Odessa American and attached a celo phone packed Twigger dental hygiene tablet sample. Twenty workers spent about eight hours applying samples across most of Sunday's edition. Twigger, invented by Dr. Gae Collins, is a chew and rinse tablet for workers away from home. It went on sale in the Odessa Midland area this week.
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Odessa American
Lanpar Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Dallas
Twigger
Gae Collins
Odessa
Canta Fe
N.M. Collins
Lanpar
Odessa-Midland
Public relations film project turns Hollywood spread into community effort
Hollywood publicity scheme invites 200 reporters to be paid actors in Teacher's Pet. Fifty drawn newspapermen join 13 locals in city room work with hotel lodging and per diems. Studios staged weekly entertainments and set access, aiming to show journalists the real film world and moral strength beyond stereotypes.
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Ron Burton
United Press
Hollywood
Paramount
William Perlberg
George Seaton
San Francisco
Phoenix
Ariz
New York
Boston
MGM
Columbia
Perlberg
Clark Gable
Mamie van Doren
Doris Day
Sophia Loren
Hs Sax
Blaze Destroys Big Truck Depot
Fire rips through a major truck depot in Omaha destroying the Watson Brothers Transportation Co headquarters. Explosions from fuel tanks tear through the yard as crews battle heat and smoke, aiming to control the blaze and prevent spread to nearby facilities. Local authorities investigate the incident and assess damage to equipment and fleet.
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Omaha
Jones Pha
Watson Barthers Transportation Co
Trick
Watson
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