Star Meeker Chooses Stage Over Signing With Studios
Ralph Meeker, famed for Picnic stage work and Broadway fame as the animalistic lead, declares no current plans for film roles. He left MGM for the stage seeking happier work and an option to act in plays between any future screen projects.
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Pittsburgh Transit Ends 35 Day Strike With Pay Hike
Pittsburgh Railways workers voted to approve a one year contract retroactive to May 1 raising basic pay to 2.01 dollars per hour for about 2,700 trolley and bus drivers while a 6 cent cost of living raise remains frozen. No fare increase is planned.
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Fake Poker Chips Bring Three Arrests
Police arrested James F. Woods Cleo Cantrell and Douglas R. Anderson on grand theft charges in Los Angeles after seizing bogus Las Vegas poker chips and equipment. Investigators said 2500 worth of phony chips was cashed in Las Vegas as a trial run and another batch valued at 160000 was under production in a Burbank garage.
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Jimmy) Woods
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Tex) Cantrell
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Water situation in Bad Ruidoso worsens under drought
Mayor Dan D. Swearingin announces a critical water condition in Bad Ruidoso due to extreme drought and delays in starting planned improvements. The notice highlights mounting supply pressures and the need for action.
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France Loses Grip On Colony In India
In Yanaon a French enclave on India's west coast about 200 pro Indian demonstrators seized public offices hoisted the Indian flag and proclaimed French control at an end a six man administration council was named four ministers appointed Nehru presses Paris to withdraw from Yannon and the colonies Pondicherry Karikal and Mahe talks broke up earlier this month without agreement.
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Soviet Friendship Bid Poses Problems For West Germany
Bonn reports a Pravda story says Soviet Premier Malenkov told East German Premier Grotewohl the Kremlin would favorably treat any Bonn Moscow ties. The move targets the Free Democrats urging full relations as a step toward reunification, while Socialists call it a sign of a new Soviet policy.
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Psychiatric Tests for 11 Year Old in Seven Death Fire
Chicago police scheduled psychiatric tests for an 11 year old boy after an inquiry into seven deaths in a tenement fire started by a discarded match. Nine others were injured Friday night. Investigators questioned the boy and his father about whisky drinking and cigarette use linked to the blaze.
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