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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1962
Page
3
London reports the Duke of Bedford, 45, who inherited Woburn Abbey and faced $14 million in inheritance taxes, plays himself in a movie The Iron Maiden about a trace for. He turned Woburn into a tourist site, opened a snack bar, sold souvenirs, rented the abbey for events, and appeared on TV for substantial fees.
Oxford Mississippi noted for the late William Faulkner whose obituary reflected a man shy and private yet a towering American writer. Friends and colleagues recalled his reluctance for fame and profit while praising his fierce commitment to human conflict and deep regional portraiture.
Washington reports that backers of a bipartisan Medicare plan claimed its first victory as the Senate rejected a rival GOP sponsored alternative. The defeat came on a voice vote, with Sen. A Wiltig Robertson leading the conservative opposition. The bipartisan plan would finance a basic health benefits package through higher Social Security payroll taxes.
Fragmented list shows starting times for features in Long Beach theaters. Mentions Mee Va at 6 30 and 10, Five Finger and Elmer Gantry appear among titles, with scattered digits and stray letters. The garbled text hints at a movie schedule with unclear showings and prices.
The wife of Oscar Levant says the pianist is suffering chest congestion and was hospitalized to prevent pneumonia. Mrs June Levant said the condition is not serious, while Mt Sinai hospital attendants reported his status as good.
In Moscow 11,000 jazz fans cheered singer Joya Sherrill of Jenny Goodman’s orchestra after a government Izvestia letter labeled her Russian song Ketyusha indecent. Joya said she wished not to offend. The Georgian audience had objected to Russian lyrics before.
Actress Clara Bow expected to attend funeral services for Rex Bell in Las Vegas, health permitting. Service details list Forest Lawn Glendale mausoleum and a 10 a.m. ceremony at Christ Church Episcopal in Las Vegas, with burial to follow.
New York producer Darryl F. Zanuck flew in to press a special stockholders meeting before August 1 to wrest control of Century Fox from financiers. He claims to be the largest individual shareholder and objects to Skouras successor chosen by an industrialist board.
In London court, Mrs Gibbins fights for her son Alfred amid concerns the child will be raised English, not American. The Court of Appeal upholds a ruling granting custody to Alfred's British father, Alfred Gibbins, while Mrs Gibbins argues American influence hurts the boy’s future at an English school.
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