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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1957
Page
15
Actress Gail Russell, 32, was arraigned on a felony drunken driving charge in Los Angeles and sued for 75,000 dollars in damages after crashing her new car through a café window on July 4.
About 700 patients at the Long Beach Veterans Hospital viewed special showings of the film Ten Commandments on Monday. The program was arranged after many patient requests in coordination with the City Recreation Department. A janitor, Robert Reynolds, 21, was involved in an incident related to the screening. The article also notes a drunken driving case involving Miss Russell, with a July 19 preliminary hearing and $1,000 bail.
Samuel Reed, 74, longtime stage performer, died Monday in Los Angeles after a career spent on the stage. He recently retired from show business.
Hollywood reports the 40th Armored Division of the National Guard will stage a July 16 celebration for its 40th anniversary. The program includes cutting a 40th birthday cake and presenting a commendation certificate to Zsa Zsa Gabor for her support to the armed forces. A division member quipped about avoiding the cake committee.
Richard Skelton, leukemia patient, travels with Red Skelton Georgia Skelton and daughter Valentina for a six week European tour visiting Denmark Sweden Germany Switzerland England France Italy Spain Majorca the Azores and Mexico City. The trip emphasizes short hops and rest for the boy with doctors in Copenhagen Zurich to monitor him and an audience with the Pope is planned.
Katherine Crawford testified that actor Broderick Crawford was repeatedly unavailable and failed to participate in family plans and child events. Crawford did not contest the divorce, custody awarded to Mrs. Crawford for two sons, with a property settlement of the Brentwood home and about a quarter of Crawford's earnings. The couple married in 1940.
Hollywood report confirms Joan Collins 24 year old English actress received a final decree from Superior Court on Monday after an interlectuary decree in May 1956. Reed, 85, sued for alimony and claimed cruelty earlier, with a $5,750 property settlement noted. The couple wed in London on May 24, 1952.
Nat King Cole show guest star Tony Torme known as the Velvet Fog described a motorist bumping his car from behind in Hollywood. Torme said he confronted the driver, fought him, and knocked him down after an eye was grazed by a ring. He noted a doctor said his eye was unhurt.
Paris obituary reports Henry Fevrier a French composer known for the opera Monrie-Vanna has died on Monday. The 8 percent French heritage note appears in the brief notice alongside his artistic contributions and age.
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