City Dweller Hates Life In The Suburbs
New York AP humor piece follows Ronald Halfacre, a city man overwhelmed by suburban spring chores. He laments cleaning, termite damage, rusting gutters, garden pests, and loud neighbors, while missing urban life as his train pulls away. The bartender notes the missed ride and asks about city spring bliss.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Ronald Halfacre
America
Oscar
Ronald
Boy Scouts
PTA
Spring Brings Brighter Note For Business
New York AP report notes tentative economic improvement as spring approaches. Stock market declines erode confidence while steel output slips below 90 percent capacity. Inflation fears ease, interest rates fall, and loan demand remains cautious as optimism for a revival grows but remains uncertain.
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New York
Big Money Quiz Shows Return In Questionable Form
New York AP reports the big money night time quiz show is reviving slowly after a season of poor reception. Predications, touted as rig proof, was dropped by NBC CBS and ABC amid program balance and legal concerns. Tony Curtis stars in The Young Juggler on NBC Geartime. Steve Allen slips back into the doldrums. Mae West spoofed by Jayne Mansfield and Diana Dors. Tonight recommended: Music for a Spring Night on ABC and Circle Theatre drama on CBS about a Miami reporter arrested in Castro's Cuba.
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NBC
CBS
ABC
Tony Curtis
NBC Geartime
Diana Dors
Marilyn Monroe
Mae ‘West
Roberta Peters
Robert Mervill
Eleanor Steber
Richard Tucker
Metropolitan Opera
Leonard Warren
Miami
Castro
Cuba
Life On The Farm Not Quiet Or Simple
The Knoxville AP report covers a week long farm credit conference where experts say farming has become big business. Farmers face high debt and large investments, needing 30k to 100k to run farms that yield about 3,500 more than typical semi skilled wages, with free family labor.
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Bill Rawlins
Knoxville
Tenn
Papa
Mama
Differences On Nuclear Test Ban Still Unsettled
Despite the Eisenhower Macmillan accord on a reply to the Soviet offer major East West differences remain after years of talks. A U S spokesman said a treaty within 90 days is possible if the Soviets are sincere. Key disputes span inspections control commission staffing veto rights and peaceful tests with no arbitrary authority for Soviet peaceful explosions.
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Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Harold Macmillan
U.S
Geneva
West
Reds
Control Commission
French Actress Calvet Divorces Husband in California
French actress Corinne Calvet, 32, divorced actor Jeffrey Stone, 34, in Santa Monica after testifying he could not find work and refused to let her return to work. She was awarded $150 monthly child support for daughter Robin, 4, and 10 percent of his earnings over $20,000 yearly. The couple married in 1955 and separated last week. Calvet previously married actor John Bromfield.
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Calif
Corinne Calvet
Jeffrey Stone
Miss Calvet
iRobin
Stone
John Bromfield
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