Ex-roommate testimony rocks Confidential trial
The trial revolving around Confidential features Ronnie Quillan and several witnesses. Vincent McCarthy, a Los Angeles Herald Express reporter, testified about Robert J. Harrison’s pay and quitting, while Mrs. Carman Jacques described Harrison pressuring for juicier stories. Other witnesses include Desi Arnaz’s denial, Frank J. Goldberg’s paid idea submission, and private detective H. Von Wittenberg’s hired stakeouts. Dist. Atty McKesson defended judicial independence amid rumors of a Hollywood deal to keep stars off the stand.
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Earier
Vincent
Jerry) McCarthy
Los Angeles Herald-Express
Robert J. Harrison
Confidential
Arthur J. Crowley
Hollywood Tresearch Inc
McCarthy
Juan Crawford
Harrison
Carman Jacques
Ronnie Quillan
Jeffries
Crowley
Ttn
Free Lance
Frank J. Goldberg
Tuts
NBC
Hollywood
William B. McKesson
California
Reds End Transport Walkouts
Reds end a transport walkout that disrupted Lodz. Police stopped clashes on Piotrkowska as strikers from Tramway Street tried to halt buses and recruit drivers. Officials say about 80 percent of 9,000 workers had returned by noon while a 50 million zloty wage increase fund was promised, with individual gains unclear under the plan.
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Piotrkowska
Tramway St
mUitia
Women picket Union Hall over suspected misdeeds
Picketing women outside Union Hall in Los Angeles denounced alleged theft of union funds and demanded congressional inquiry. Signs urged refunds and questioned leadership while police supplied protection after husbands sought aid. Officials Picard and Stein, suspended then reinstated by the international union, were named in the dispute.
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Picard
McClellan
U. S. Senate
Joseph 2. Stephens
Metropolitan Division of
Los Angeles Police
Ken ‘Baker
Stephens
George Stein
Stein
So- Cal
Clarence M. Gelski
Richard Picard
International Union
Yash
Actor Flynn Aims to Testify Amid Magazine Battle
Errol Flynn arrived in New York amid questions over Confidential magazine and potential civil and criminal libel suits. He offered to testify if called and criticized the magazine as spreading lies while planning a Jamaica trip to gather background for a forthcoming project. The same day the National Guard Bureau ordered a cut in drill sessions to reduce spending for the rest of the year.
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New York
Errol Flynn
Paris
Hollywood
Eevee &O Far
Hollywood Film Colony
Flynn
Washington
Ed Guard
Lynn
Jutant Generals
Guredu
Harrison
Robert Half. Harrison
Corona Woman Dies in Route 66 Crash
Mary Laree Nelson, 33, of Corona California, died when a car driven by her husband George Nelson 50, went off U S Highway 66 east of here and overturned. Police or guard reported the crash amid imposed drill postponements.
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Clines Corners
N. M
Mary Laree Nelson
Corona
Calif
Fense Department
George
Dec
Here
Chessman Applies to Conduct Own Defense in Federal Court
Daryl Chessman, on San Quentin death row for kidnapping with bodily injury, asked in Federal Court to dismiss his counsel and represent himself. He claimed prison officials harassed his attorneys and seized his records of nine years of litigation and appeals. Judge Goodman noted the prison system may have become intolerable but explained limits of federal intervention and the need to proceed within state processes.
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San Francisco
Daryl Chessman
George T. Davis
Rosalie Asher
Chessman
Los Angeles
Louis E. Goodman
San Quentin
Goodman
Chnisman
California
Teets
Chess- Chessman
State
Louis Nelson
U. S. Supreme Court
Atty
Wiliam
Weissich
Marin County
Donald Midgett
Palomar Mountain Fire Burns 600 Acres Near Observatory
A timber and brush fire on Palomar Mountain burned out of control, scorched over 600 acres of watershed, and endangered Palomar Observatory area. About 300 firefighters fought it with four planes dropping water and chemicals. State forester Phil More, a ranger, was injured by a falling rock.
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Palomar Mountain
State Division of Forestry
Phil More
Palomar Observatory
41 Youths Leave for Red China
A crowd at the station saw 41 American youths depart for China amid flowers and cheering. Some withdrew or expressed doubts citing safety and loyalty concerns while others defended their travel rights. A mass statement read by Rev War ren McKenna affirmed citizens’ right to travel and loyalty to the United States.
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Langther
Irolié
Los Angeles
Guy A
Peary Seeger
Amer
Hica the Beautiful
Stan Fukson
Land
Wedard Sherman
Chicago
Sherman
David and
Albert Maysles
Boston
Edward Kilham
Llewelyn Thompson
Warren. McKenna
Reed
China
Christian Herter
U. S
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Tufts
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Tollywood Research Inc
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Aoe
Ronnie Desi Arnaz
del Mar
Lucille Ball
Re Riehl
Don Webster
Reds End
Asmaln
Union Hall
Husband
Idlewild
Picnic
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Little Lindbergh
Los Angee
Eevee
Samvlce
Palomar Blaze
Out of
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