Oscars Put Marty and Magnani in the Spotlight
The Oscar night crowned Marty as best picture and Ernest Borgnine as best actor while Anna Magnani won best actress for The Rose Tattoo. Jack Lemmon and Jo Van Fleet earned supporting honors as Paddy Chayefsky won for screenplay.
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Oscar
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Jack Lemmon
Ens. Pulver
Jo van Fleet
James Dean
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Paddy Chayefsky
Temple City School Fire Briefly Threatens Class
A fire at Longden Ave School in Temple City broke out in a classroom just before noon as students were at lunch. Firemen from three engines extinguished the blaze, which started from boiling paraffin used in a candle project. Damage was confined to a table top floor and blackboard and estimated at 125 dollars.
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Temple City
Longden Ave
D. T. Fritz
G. R. Edson
Imperial Leads Economy Run Final Leg
Imperial Southampton driven by Mel Asbury led the Mobilgas Economy Run final leg in Grand Junction Colorado with 62.56 ton miles per gallon and 21.44 miles per gallon average, ahead of closest challengers.
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Grand Junction
Colo
Mel Asbury
Imperial Southampton
Hollywood
Six Death Crash Driver Sentenced in Los Angeles
Victor de Casaus, 32, convicted February 24 of a freeway crash that killed six, receives a consecutive six count sentence totaling six years in county jail. Judge Clement D. Nye calls him a highway menace and sets bail at $10,000 after its posting at $7,500. Attorney Morris Lavine filed an appeal.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Victor de Casaus
Clement D. Nye
de Casaus
Nye
Morris Lavine
Dee Casaus
Boxer Tells L A Probe of 4 Fixed Fights in Boxing Probe
Georgie Hansford testified before the California governors committee that four fixed boxing matches were arranged in the 1940s. He said Olympic Auditorium matchmaker Babe McCoy ordered losses in San Antonio Newark Baltimore San Diego. He named Enrique Ballanos Roscoe Scully and others as involved.
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Los Angeles
CNS
Georgie Hansford
California
Olympic Auditorium
Babe McCoy
McCoy
San Antonio
Texas
Enrique Ballanos
Ballanos
James Cox
Newark
N.J
Baltimore
San Diego
Roscoe Scully
Las Vegas
Scally
Hansford
Bollanos
Bill Davee
Davee
Hansford-Bollanos
Kefauver Opens California Campaign Drive
Sen Estes Kefauver of Tennessee arrives in San Francisco to campaign for California's 68 Democratic votes after an upset Minnesota primary win. He arrives from Great Falls and Portland and authorizes supporters to pursue a write in campaign for Oregon's May 18 primary. He is greeted by campaign officials including F. Joseph Donohue and A. Bradley Eben.
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Tennessee
Minnesota
San Francisco
California
Kefauver
Great Falls
Mont
Portland
Oregon
F. Joseph Donohue
A. Bradley Eben
New Dealer
Chicago
Tom C. Carrell
Los Angeles
Southern California
Lyle Cook
Railroads Seek Fare Boosts Across Nation
The Inter state Commerce Commission would review a petition from the nations railroads seeking a five percent passenger fare increase effective May 1. Suburban commutation fares would stay unchanged while first class and coach rates would rise about two-tenths and one-tenth of a cent per mile respectively in western territories.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
E. B. Padrick
Transcontinental Passenger Assn
Driver Escapes 400-Foot Cliff Plunge in Pasadena
Clyde Johnson a 36 year old truck driver leapt from the cab as the truck teetered and plunged end over end down a canyon bank in Chaney Trail. The truck landed upright and relatively undamaged while three coworkers nearby faced danger during the pipe unload for the Lincoln Avenue Water Co.
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Pasadena
Clyde Johnson
N. Fair Oaks
Chaney Trail
Johnson
Lincoln Avenue Water Co
Grace Kelly Flying East To Marrage Plans
Actress Grace Kelly departed from Los Angeles by air for New York and then Monaco ahead of her marriage to Prince Rainier III in April. The prince left New York aboard the Ile de France on March 16.
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Los Angeles
United States Proposes Reciprocal 2.5 Million Soldier Cap
The United States offered to cut its armed forces to 2.5 million if the Soviet Union matches, with mutual reductions in armaments and spending. Harold Stassen outlined test zones of 20 000 to 30 000 square miles for joint disarmament experiments, including ports airfields and rail terminals.
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United States
Soviet Union
United Nations
Subcommittee On
Stassen
Russia
West Virginia
Dulles Reports Moderately Optimistic Far East Tour
Secretary of State Dulles told 22 congressional leaders at the White House that his Far East trip produced a moderately optimistic assessment. President Eisenhower attended as Dulles outlined improvements and serious aspects of the Middle East and Far East situation to Democratic and Republican leaders, with Senator Bridges noting the emphasis on progress.
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John Foster Dulles
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Far East
Eisenhower
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Middle East
Bridges
Senate
King Trial Begins for Montgomery Bus Boycott Conspiracy
In Montgomery Alabama the defense rested at 11 25 CST today in the trial of the Reverend Martin Luther King a 27 year old Montgomery minister and the first of 90 defendants to be tried on conspiracy charges tied to the Montgomery bus boycott.
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Montgomery
Ala
Martin Luther King
Six Die In Bomber Crash Near Waco Texas
A B-25 bomber from Conally Air Force Base crashed near Franklin Texas last night killing all six crew members. Highway Patrolmen Eads and Nichols were first on the scene and reported no survivors. A second item notes a four engine aircraft crash about three miles offshore near Flagler Beach Florida.
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Waco
Tex
Franklin
Eads and Nichols
Marlin
Conally Air Force Base
Flagler Beach
Fla.Ph
Coast Guard
Here
Trailer Tour of Europe Sends 60 Homes and 125 Tourists
New York reports a peaceful motorized invasion as 125 people aged 8 to 85 from 17 states undertake a Trailer Tour of Europe. Sixty trailer homes travel with the group organized by Wallie Byam and his cousin Helen Byam Schwanborn to foster cross continental friendship and goodwill without a dollar sign.
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Europe
New York
America
California
Florida
Los Angeles
Helen Byam Schwanborn
Monrovia shooting ruled justifiable homicide
A coroner jury found the March 13 shooting of 16 year old Jack Alford by Monrovia resident Peggy Murry justifiable. Murry said the teen threatened her son and tried to force entry with her infant and toddler present. No injuries beyond the youth were reported. A separate Ecuador quake report noted a strong tremor in Guayaquil with no damage or casualties.
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Monrovia
Peggy Anne Murry
S. Myrtle
Jack Davis Alford
Hallwood
el Monte
Lloyd
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Pacific
Bolshevik Bubnov Returns to Moscow After Rehabilitation
Andrei Bubnov once a Lenin ally and Red Army political chief resurfaced in Moscow after years believed dead or executed. He reappears amid Soviet rehabilitation signals from the 20th Party Congress showing a shift in leadership policy.
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Moscow
Andrei S. Bubnov
Bubnov
Lenin
Red Army
Communist Party
Weather Smog Outlook and Local Forecast Notes
Inland clouds give way to sun with low clouds at night and morning. Today and Friday look generally sunny with a high near 79 and a low around 52. Local note points to Page A12 and section references, no major changes expected.
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New York
Queen For A Month Divorce Pact Ends In Chicago
Mrs. Wilma Kargard 38 called off her divorce suit against Russell Kargard 40 after he promised her a 30 day Queen For A Month position. Her terms include cooking bedmaking dishwashing spring housecleaning back fence repair and shrub trimming with her seated offering suggestions on other tasks.
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Chicago
Wilma Kargard
Russell
Kargard
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