Ocean House to be torn down for motel complex
Hollywood notes report Ocean House, once called the Versailles of Hollywood, will be razed and replaced by a drive in hotel after owner Joseph Crown plans to remove the main house and two others. The Sand and Sea Club will keep the pool and some buildings as a beach club.
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Marion Davies
Versailles
Santa Monica Palisades
Pacific Sands
Joseph Crown
Davies
Sand and Sea Club
Thomas Huber
Rathsheller
Surrey
Burton Hall
County Clare
Ireland
Sutton
West Virginia religious groups hold June conventions
A miscellany of June events across West Virginia includes a seven state Seventh-day Adventist gathering in Parkersburg a West Virginia synod meeting in Charleston and a churches of God campaign in Beckley The Explorers Club of Pittsburgh audits Pocahontas County caverns near Marlinton while Frank A Suter Charleston florist receives a Civitan honor key Others include a 50 year Masonic pin for William R Husk WVU summer term enrollment exceeds 2000 and Summersville and Nicholas County groups progress on community pool plans Local notes report National Steel employees honored Weirton and a life insurance record for West Virginia families plus local civic and educational updates
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West Virginia
Parkersburg
Presbyterian Church
Charleston
Beckley
Churches of God
Frank A. Suter
Charleston Florist
Civitan Club
Suter
Civitan
Passport to Happiness leads to Jamaica hospital link
Doctor Harridan contemplates quitting at Kingston after a Jamaica cruise as Nurse Alison plans to join the same hospital near Montego Bay. Tension erupts when Harridan recalls a past romance with Mrs. Featherstone and hints at a grave connection to Eileen’s death.
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Val
Jamaica
Montego Bay
Kingston
Good Heart Hospital
Night Sister
Mrs. Featherstone
Youth Admits $22,000 Tally Of Damages
A 13 year old Milton area youth admitted setting fires and burglarizing two homes, a radio shop, and a department store, with total damages around 22000 dollars. The incidents occurred over six weeks and included vandalism on a Case Driveway farm. The youth is in detention awaiting juvenile court hearing next week.
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Huntington
Charles Davis
Milton Rt. 2
Harvey L. McWhorter
Oleg Webster Adkins
Sam Roberts
General Department
Milton
Case Driveway
McWhorter
Adkins
Trooper Davis
W. W. Roberts
Hanna's Trial Set for Sept. 4 in Fairfax Fairmont Case
U S district court clerk Homer Wyatt Hanna of Charleston West Virginia faces an income tax evasion indictment. He allegedly understated 1949 53 income by 79772.98 to evade 31777.28 in taxes. Trial was ordered for Sept 4 in Fairmont West Virginia with Judge Sterling Hutcheson presiding.
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Richmond
Sterling Hutcheson
U. S
West Virginia
Homer Wyatt Hanna
Charleston
W. Va
Hanna
Fairmont
Hutcheson
Wilson Won't Resign as Defense Secretary
Secretary of Defense Wilson, back from a brief Canadian vacation, said he has no intention of resigning. He noted he was puzzled by the resignation question and quipped that “the price of progress is trouble” as critics in the Senate sharpen their attacks.
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J. W. Huff Sr
McDowell County
Elbert
Huff
Virginia
Washington
Wilson
Canada
Record Review Notes on Jazz Singers and Saxophone Off-Key Performances
The critique highlights off-key singing and saxophone playing. Singers are described as unpolished and misaligned with the mic, often shouting rather than murmuring. The records are said to have a steady beat and solid rhythm overall.
Tile-A-Wall Plaques Pattern No 705 from Raleigh Register
Create decorative 16 by 16 inch Tile-A-Wall plaques for living rooms halls or dens. Follow full size pattern to trace onto hardwood plywood then rout a narrow strip fill with paint for professional results. Pattern offers five full designs and can be applied over most walls. Send 50 cents to Pattern Dept The Raleigh Register Pleasantville NY.
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Pattern Department
Raleigh Register
P. O
Pleasantsville
N. Y
Steve Allen Defends Elvis Booking in Open Letter
Steve Allen responds to a col umnist letter about Elvis Presley by explaining he booked Presley before the Berle incident and has a legal commitment to feature him on his Sunday program. He defends Elvis talent, calls for a comeback, and notes plans to show the singer in a more restrained, gentlemanly light while avoiding offense.
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Steve Allen
Elvis Presley
Idol
Allen
New York
Charles Mercer
Charlie
Presley
Berle
Elvis
Milton
Arthur Godfrey
Godfrey
Hal Wallis
Wallis
Frank Sinatra
Vaughn Monroe
Liberace
Africa
Polio poster girl kisses Philadelphia mayor
Nancy Ku estner, four, posed in Mayor Richardson Dilworth s office for polio poster photographs. She rewarded the mayor with a resounding kiss on the cheek, then refused when urged to kiss him again.
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Philadelphia
Nancy Kuestner
Richardson Dilworth
Nancy
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