Hollywood by the Tiber A Rome Dispatch on Biz and Banter
STAN SWINTON reports on the Italian film scene dubbed Hollywood by the Tiber. Bogart Bacall Flynn and Winters figures mingle with Molt? at Ciro's Hostaria dell Orso while studios churn 150 features a year. A starry social scene hides neurosis and high payoffs as analysts travel by plane.
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Rome Humphrey . Bogart
Laureen Bacall
Farley Granger
Shelley Winters
Errol Flynn
Marta Toren
Ciro
Mocambco
Tony Prantera
Hostaria dell’Orso
Hollywood-by-the-Tiber
Hollywood
Sweden Braces Underground for Atomic Defense
Sweden plans an underground defense network with atom bomb proof docks and caverns along the coast. Naval yards 500 feet long are carved into rock near Musko while power plants and a major Gothenburg library are tunneled deep beneath mountains. Defense chief Gen. Nils Swedlund oversees the project as Sweden budgets hundreds of millions yearly.
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Sweden
Linkoping
Sash Concerns
Noorland
Gothenburg
BGAN
Musko
Nils Swedlund
Wraith of Old Days Gay Buda Turns Gray Under Reds
Gay Buda, once a cheerful figure of the scene, is described as aged and subdued under the heavy grip of communist rule. The prose notes his changed appearance and the chill in public life as the era of Reds tightens its hold.
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Gay Buda
Budapest Under Communist Rule Dims Old Charms In Night Life
A travel sketch contrasts Budapest before and after Soviet influence. It notes drab streets, regimented life, and night life scenes under communism. The piece highlights lingering charm at night but describes major changes in services, venues, and private tavern management under state control.
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Budapest
Hungary
Luxor Plans Modern Upgrade for Ancient Temples and Valley
Egyptian promoters unveil a winter program to floodlight Karnak and Luxor temples and install escalators and cable railways. The plan routes visitors from Luxor hotel district across the Nile to the Valley of the Kings, simplifying climbs and offering night viewing to boost tourism. New pavements and renewed rubble clearance accompany hopes to restore the sites to their former splendor.
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Luxor
Egypt
Nana
Thebes
Karnak
Amenhotep II
Nile
Karnak Temple
Cairo
City of the Dead
Ancient
Upper
Valley of the Kings
Prohibition Push Shakes Ceylon Planters and Whisky Habits
Buddhist leaders push prohibition in Ceylon causing shock among tea and rubber planters who rely on whisky as a westernized staple. Westernized residents discuss drink choices as local option polls loom and taverns close in affected areas. Government officials say the move is not concluded.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Rescues His Cash in Laundry Fire
Chicago report: flames in a laundry threatened by fire. Conrad Nordis fought through the blaze to recover his spare pants and the $100 in the pocket. Firefighters prevented further damage as onlookers watched.
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Chicago
Conrad Nordis
Selective thieves raid Vickery Pie shop in Dallas
Burglars broke into the Vickery Pie shop in Dallas and ate apple pastries leaving chocolate, pineapple and cream fillings smeared on the floor. Investigators described the act as deliberate theft of pastries.
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Dallas
Tex
Vickery
Miss Sweden as Chinese Refugee in Blood Alley
Anita Ekberg plays a young Chinese refugee in Blood Alley, with her famed figure masked by rags and a wig while carrying a baby and a machine gun. She says she aims to prove acting skill beyond beauty and is learning English with a Swedish accent, then Chinese for Wellman.
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Hollywood
Anita Ekberg
Marilyn Monroe
Sweden
Venus
Big Wellman
Blood Alley
Air
Wellman
The
Reds
Los Alamos a Quiet Town Shaped by the Bomb
A vivid portrait of Los Alamos New Mexico as a secluded laboratory town with 13 000 residents built to support scientists and the atomic program. It notes isolation from neighbors a crime record of six years and freedom for scientists to leave, with a glimpse of daily life and security.
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Los Alamos
N. M
Picicre
New Mexico Mountains
Congress
Fane
Dake
Santa Fe
Albuonerque
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