All-Star Year in Film and TV Glances at Celebrities
Earl Wilson lists top popular stars of 749 including Miss Taylor Liz Taylor and Jeanne Crain with Ruth Roman. Montgomery Clift and John Derek dominate worst dressed. Mary Martin named Woman of the Year, plus awards for Ike Eisenhower joke, Cary Grant, Joan Crawford, Pat O’Brien. Notes on industry chatter, hints of relationships, New Year quirks, and club happenings.
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EL ‘Za'weth Taylor
Montgomery Cliff
Miss Taylor
Liz Taylor
Jeanne Crain
Ruth Roman
Shelley
Winters
Doris Day
Montgomery Clift
John Derek
Louis Jourdan
Gorfion MacRae
Mario Lanza
Cary Grant
Jack Benny
Joan Crawford
Pat O'Brien
Eddie Davis
Leon
Eddie
Roberto’ Rossellini
Geeeee
Tanks
Britain's Defense Plans Urge Bigger RAF Role
Britain's defense committee plans a recast of armed forces to meet atomic threats with a larger Royal Air Force role and a diminished Royal Navy presence. East Germany's Premier Grotewohl takes a vacation amid illness with recovery reported but likely permanent, while Britain extends recognition to the Chinese Communist regime but has not set a date. Garry Davis, the self described citizen of the world, conducts a one man sit down near the Kehl bridge seeking entry to Germany. A Ta Kung Sheung Yat Po Canton dispatch reports Chinese Communist troops moving toward Luchow Peninsula opposite Hainan, fueling fears of an invasion of Hainan Island.
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RAF
London
Defense‘ Committee
Britain
Royal Air Force
Royal Navy
Strasbourg
INS
Garry Davis
Germany
Kehl -Bridge
Davis
Hong Kong
Luchow
Hainan
Canton
Ta Kung Sheung Yat Po
Formosa
Formrosa
China
Minor Caribbean quakes recorded by Fordham Seismograph
Two minor earthquakes were detected today in the Caribbean area by the Seismograph at Fordham University. Tug crews idle in Buffalo as a waterfront labor dispute persists. Losses from spoiled grain may reach thousands if not settled. A second degree murder hearing for Rev. George P. Hetenyi was postponed for a week by Monroe County Judge Daniel J. O Mara at defense request.
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Caribbean
New York
Fordham University
Bufyalo
Robert A. Lovelace
Hand & Johnson
William Thompson
Local 4
Tuapene Protective Association, A.fvl
Hetenyi
Rochester
George P. Hetenyi
Monroe
Daniel J. O’mara
George J. Skivington
Russian maritime ambitions reawakened say U S naval chief
Admiral Forrest Sherman warned of renewed Russian sea power and stressed maintaining American carrier strength to keep vital sea lanes open amid rising assertiveness. In Boston reports mention his remarks on naval balance and global maritime competition.
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Boston
Forrest P. Sherman
U.S. Naval Operations
America
Israel aids Christmas observance amid poor weather
Israel acts to aid Christmas observance with extra food rations and army events for children while radio broadcasts services. Cold winds and rain may limit pilgrimages from Jerusalem to Bethlehem. Hungary seeks U S return of looted Nazi goods from 1944.
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Israel
JHAS
Hungary
United States
Stop Illegal Immigration FBI Is Urged
Washington lawmaker Gossett with Boggs pressed for FBI help to curb illegal immigration, calling it a foreign invasion. They urged investigations of subversives at the border, fake passport networks, and stronger alien controls, noting New York hosts up to 200000 illegal aliens due to weak enforcement and court limits.
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Washington
Cup
Gossett
Texas
FBI
Caleb Boggs
D-Del
New York District Immigration Service
House Judiciary Committee
Detroit
New York
Ohio State Medical School to Use Color TV Teaching
Ohio State University's medical school plans to become the first in the nation to use color television for instruction. A hospital spokesman said the $9 million university hospital, part of a three-building complex costing over $15 million, will employ the system to let hundreds of students view operations simultaneously when opened next year.
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Columbes
Ohio State University
Medical School
University Hospital
Parker Freed After Promise for Treatment in Revenge Robbery
Patrick J. Parker, 18, of Rye and Brown University student, was freed by Superior Court Judge Frank J. Donahue after a county prosecutor said his mother pledged he could be placed in a private rest home. Parker had stolen 355.60 from a Plainville cafe on Nov. 19 to fund a trip to Canada to kill jeweler J. Albert Guay, who is charged with murder. Guay’s wife Rita died in a Montreal bagged-bombing linked to the Guay case. Parker’s father Russell J. Parker was among 23 killed in the St Joachim crash last Sept. 9.
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Dedham
Mass
S Superior Court
Frank J. Donahue
Patrick J. Parker
Rye
Brown University
Providence, R
Parker
Plainville
Canada
J. Albert
Guay
Quebec
Rita
Montreal
Russell J. Parker
Kennecott Copper
Quebec Iron and Titanium Company
St. Joachim
Que
Notable Obituaries and Memorial Previews Across Cities
Obituary notices list Gerrit van Daam 56 inventor in airplane gear and Panama Canal engineer in Buffalo. Augustus Adolph Eshner 87 physician and medical journalist in Philadelphia. Alexander Portnoff 62 sculptor and painter in Philadelphia. Joann F. Lane 70 secretary treasurer of Pullman Inc in Chicago. Lessing Rosenthal 81 attorney and reform advocate connected to Brookings and Johns Hopkins in Chicago. John Ed Grogan 64 Santa Fe Railroad VP in charge of traffic in Chicago.
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Gerrit van Daam
Buffalo
Augustus Adolph Eshner
Philadelphia
Alexander Portnoff
Joann F. Lane
Pullman, Inc
Pullman ‘Group of Companies
Chicago
Lessing Rosenthal
Brookings Institution
Washington, D. C
Johns Hopkins University
John Ed. Grogan
Santa Fe Railroad
The
Barrier
West Berlin Announces Unrationing of Sausage
The West Berlin city government announced today that sausage rationing will end after January 1. Officials said the move aims to ease shortages and restore normal food supplies for residents.
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Berlin
West
Prayers Conducted In Spandau Prison
Berlin reports seven survivors of Hitler’s inner circle will hold a Christmas prayer in Spandau prison. A French military chaplain will lead services for Rudolf Hess and six other convicted war criminals, with relatives allowed limited visiting and small gifts before Christmas.
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Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Spandau
Rudolf Hess
Fuehrer
Erich Raeder
Navi
Karl Doenitz
Albert Speer
Baldur von Schirach
Hitler
Walther Funk
Reichsbank
Konstantin von Neurath
Nuernberg
No Sabotage, Says Sparkman Downgrades Civil Rights Fight
Senator Sparkman states Southern Democrats will not sabot age the Democratic program in opposition to President Truman's civil rights push. He warns civil rights debates may split the party but will not trigger a southern Republican coalition. He notes Dixie lawmakers will filibuster civil rights measures, including the Fair Employment Practices Act.
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Ashington
Sparkman
D-Ala
Truman
Congress
Dixie
Senate
Democratic Party
Curran Demands U S Protect Ships or Bar Travel to China Waters
Joseph Curran, president of the CLO National Maritime Union, demanded in a telegram to Secretary Acheson that the United States either protect American ships in nationalist Chinese waters or forbid them from going there.
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SIP
New York
Joseph Curran
U. S
CLO
National Maritime Union
Dean Acheson
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Mickey .Cohen
Mary Martin
Gen. Eisenhower
Tim
Denice Darcet
Jimmie, Durante
Groucho Marty
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Ed Wynn
Alben. Barkley
Longfellow
J. Parnell Thomas
Andrew J. May
Robert Mitchum
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Carol Channing
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Fulton Lewis
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Birdland Cafe
Leon ‘Enken
Clover Club
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Jack Carter
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Charines
Milton Berle
Joyce Matthews
Milton
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Rex Harrison
Lili Palmers
Caesar
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Bob ‘Neeley, Jr
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Kay Summerby
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Jerry Wald
MGM
Sherry Britton
Ronald “Alexsander
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Delmar
Beverly Purvin
Tuttle
Werman Distler
Ite
Earl
Otto Grotewohl
East Germany
Wilhelm Pieck
Grotewohl
Foreign Office
Empire
IYUG
Ing
Long ‘Island
Children's Hospital
Chapman
Land Management Bureau
OLEO
Scrap Brewing
Sen
Wiley
R-Wis
CINS
Defense
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Calvert Distillers Corp
South Warren
Storm King Coats
Maxe Sausage
Spandau Prison
Dixielle
Willow Sts
France
Siegelman
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