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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1957
Page
6
Hollywood star Jane Russell talks up wearing nightgowns to answer the door in red and white flannel. She favors warmth and femininity, says more wives should wear gowns, and notes her long marriage to Bob Waterfield while praising silk sheets and king-size beds.
Emperor Hirohito and Empress Nagako hosted Gen. L. L. Lemnitzer and his wife at a farewell luncheon in the Imperial Palace. Lemnitzer departs Japan July 1 to assume Army deputy chief of staff duties.
An Arab infiltrator was killed yesterday in a clash between an Israeli army patrol and infiltrators in the Negev Desert. The government said the Israelis suffered no losses.
Alfred Drake and Earle Hyman headlined the American Shakespeare Festival season opening in Stratford Connecticut. Drake portrayed Iago with flair while Hyman's Othello showed depth as Jacqueline Brookes played Desdemona. About 1500 attended the wood paneled theater as the season began. The set used suggestive backdrops and flexible staging. Upcoming shows include The Merchant of Venice starring Katharine Hepburn July 10 and Much Ado About Nothing August 3.
Hollywood talk reports Francoise Sagan’s third novel Those Without Shadows being shopped for film rights with agent Alan Bernheim in Paris handling negotiations. The piece also covers Ed Muhl courting Lisalotte Pulver for A Time To Love, Lucy, Ann Ltgothern stepping back from Private Secretary, and a flurry of industry chatter about premieres, awards, and star sightings across Hollywood and Las Vegas.
A collage of showbiz gossip covers robbers at a hotel room and a royal book jacket scare. It notes Grace’s possible coronation for a Monaco volume, Billy Eckstine’s tangled marriages, and tastemaker trends from Tin Pan Alley to calypso marketing.
Hollywood star Richard Egan voices concern that marriage erodes male independence and masculinity. He cites domestic duties as a subtle threat and notes films like The Revolt of Mamie Stover influence attitudes. Egan says solitude and personal recharge are essential, and women may not understand this need.
Beltone of Sarasota introduces the Slimette hearing glasses with pencil slim blackwood and redwood temples. Manufactured by Beltone Hearing Aid Co in Chicago, the Slimette is claimed to be 420 percent slimmer than prior Beltone models and offered in many sizes for users including children.
A UC Davis vegetable crop expert, Harlan K. Pratt, explains aroma as the key to selecting a ripe melon. He advises checking the blossom end for a luscious smell and a springy to soft texture at that end, noting aroma equals flavor.
San Francisco watchmaker Peter Gluckmann spent his vacation flying solo over the Pacific in a single engine Beechcraft. He completed a round trip from Honolulu to California, returning after about 19 hours and 10 minutes of flight time.
A village fair saw a death after a man aged about 50 performed three 60 foot dives into a small water tank. He reportedly claimed he could do it himself before collapsing moments later. Authorities are investigating the incident.
In Harmony Rhode Island Eugene Walker reports his hen laid a double egg weighing about a half pound with 10 inches circumference lengthwise and eight inches around the center. Dr William H Wiley of the University of Rhode Island poultry department explains the first egg reversed in the tract and began forming again after joining with another yolk.
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