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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1958
Page
7
Los Angeles reports veteran comedian Jack Benny was named national chairman of the American Heart Association Heart Sunday drive to raise funds for medical research. The announcement was made today as the campaign aims to mobilize communities and donors nationwide.
U S Steel Chief Clifford F Hood told the 27th annual conference of the Controllers Institute of America that government practices threaten the American way, calling for businesslike cost accounting to curb rising taxes. He warned taxes total nearly 10 percent of national income and that spending could push America toward bankruptcy unless reforms proceed. He urged businessmen to unite against socialist trends and urged investments in safety with car ads following.
Red Nichols rose from Dixieland fame with The Five Pennies and a legendary New York band featuring Goodman Miller Krupa and others. He recounts career highs, a hospital scare from appendicitis, and later disillusion as his music and rights were challenged.
AEC officials postponed three planned Nevada nuclear test shots because wind conditions were deemed unacceptable. A weather briefing was to reassess late today to decide if the balloon shots would proceed Thursday, after a Sunday postponement. The move aims to complete the current series before the October 31 deadline.
Betty Rossman of Perrysburg escaped a stalled car on New York Central rails as a fast passenger train ripped free her coat but left her with only minor bruises. Her husband William urged her to jump clear while state troopers described the dramatic moment aboard the Cleveland to Detroit line.
Hollywood United Press reports Marilyn Monroe, wife of Arthur Miller, expected back on the set of Some Like It Hot after a two day absence sparked pregnancy rumors. She previously miscarried last August and had denied pregnancy talk when questioned by a UP photographer.
National City reports at the sixth Border States Conference call for tighter border controls on both sides to curb narcotics smuggling from Mexico. Mexicans including Luis De Lariila and Glejo Orvananas of Tijuana argue boats and planes can still smuggle contraband and border gate checks fail. Jim Dear, host attorney and Democratic state assembly candidate, notes Mexico is not a major source of illegal narcotics. experts say closing the border would be unconstitutional per Rep. Pat Hitlings, Republican attorney general candidate, voiced before the conference.
Myrna Loy and her husband Howland Sargeant announced their separation after nearly eight years of marriage. Sargeant, a former assistant secretary of state, is now president of Radio Liberation. It was Loy’s fourth marriage and his second.
The Thai cabinet resigned today after the mass departure of ministers. Marshal Sarit Thanarat slipped back into Bangkok from England and was met by a tense political scene. He had led a 1957 coup that ousted Field Marshal P. Thirumulongram, prompting fears of a cabinet shakeup.
St Louis theater figure ST. LOUIS man Beis man aged 60 died Sunday after a life in stage work. He began as an usher at 13 and rose to manage the American Theater and the Magical Opera in St Louis. He contributed to the local theater scene for decades.
The Ministry of Education in Korea directed producers and importers to trim kissing scenes from the previously allowed thirty seconds to a shorter limit. The move targets explicit sexual content and aims to reduce lascivious material in imported and domestic films.
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