Train Robber Al Jennings Recalls Bygone Era
Al Jennings, 99, the former outlaw, reflects on his wild West days and mocked TV westerns in Tarzana California. He recounts gun skills, encounters with the James brothers and Bat Masterson, and notes his later life as a lawyer and retiree on a small California property.
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Beckley
W. Va
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Jack Lefler
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Calif
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Kawne
California
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Frank James
Dodge City
Tesse
Frank
Tazewell County
Virginia
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Dalton Brothers
Bat Masterson
Dee Holiday
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Ohio
Federal
Love
Houston
Sennings
William McKinley
Heland
Theodore Roosevelt
Jen-lean
Comanche County
Kansas
Woodward
Okla
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Naw
Old Films Bring Surprising Delight to TV Viewers
Charles Mercer notes summer TV viewers enjoy aged movies despite flaws. Classics with Hepburn, Grant, Ruggles, Fitzgerald, and Robson entertain by nostalgia, pace, and sheer charm. The writer wonders if modern films measure up and recalls Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in vintage 1933 comedy.
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Charles Mercer
New York
Hollywood
Wny
Hepburn
Grant
Charles Ruggles
Barry Fitzgerald
May Robson
Cary
Teenagers and Gambling Crown Pinball and Horse Racing Top Bets
A national survey shows 74 percent of teen gamblers participate regularly with games of skill and chance like pinball and beach concessions at 42 percent. Horse racing ranks second at 24 percent, dice 23 percent, bingo 21 percent, with other forms under 27 percent. About 55 percent of teens overall gamble, with boys more involved than girls. The study notes a mix of attitudes and influences, including economic restraint and social normalization.
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Kefauver Crime Committee
Missouri
Rego Park
Gang
New York City
Brooklyn
Northport
N.Y
Barbara Marbles
Ann
New Rochelle
N. Y
Teens Debate Gambling Ties and Losses Across Cities
A survey finds teens view gambling variably with some seeing virtue and others warning of losses. Quotes from students in Iowa City Brooklyn Pittsburgh Philadelphia and more reveal peer pressure parental attitudes and perceived personal gains or harms.
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Dame Fortune
Gamling
Carol
Brooklyn
Ford
Richard
Pittsburgh
New Jersey
Cary Grant on Screen Presence and Acting Maturity
Film icon Cary Grant discusses how lasting stars reveal their true personas while avoiding fads. He cites peers Bing Crosby, Gary Cooper, Spencer Tracy, Grace Kelly, Sophia Loren, and Marlon Brando, noting early itching stages give way to economy of movement and audience hold through minimal on screen activity.
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Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Cary Grants
Cary Grant
Bing Crosby
Gary Cooper
Esacting
Spencer Tracy
Grace Kelly
Sophia Loren
Suzy Parker
Grant
Marlon Brando
Laundry appliance makers eye fall revival on rising orders
The American home laundry industry reports higher fall demand as distributors increase orders after a weak first quarter. Makers expect price rises to offset earlier overproduction and growing inventories. Westinghouse and General Electric plan 4 to 8 percent fall price increases, while a new washer dryer line targets fiber handling improvements.
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Sam Dawson
New York
Assu
Westinghouse Electric
General Electric
Mexico Bans Chicken Imports Provokes Poultry Protest
Mexico prohibits importing chickens to aid local poultrymen. Importers protest saying domestic fowl are not milk fed and weigh less than those from the United States.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Deferment policy broadened by Eisenhower
President Eisenhower liberalized Selective Service regulations granting draft deferment to youths serving satisfactorily in the ready reserves. The new rules also include deferments for certain hardship cases and a limited number of aliens.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Mars Face New Probe by International Committee
Astro researchers from over a dozen nations closed their first step in a joint effort on Mars and voted to resume in 1958 with a larger administration. Dr. E C Slipher reported Mars may have Earthlike weather with greater temperature swings and episodic surface darkening suggesting moisture or precipitation that could sustain future visitors from Earth.
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Flagstaff
Aciz
Mars
International Mars Committee
Red Planet
Earth
E. C. Slipher
Denver grocer Raquel Cordova detains burglar Alfonso Vigil
Cordova, a Denver grocer, captured Alfonso Vigil who attempted to burglarize his store. Cordova then provided food for Vigil’s wife and nine children while Vigil remained jailed.
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Denver
Colo
Raquel Cordova
Coredova
Alfonso Vigil
Vigil
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