Wild West Vaudeville Tour Rocks Middle East Nightclubs
The Lehr family from Van Nuys California headlines a Middle East vaudeville tour mixing western shtick with rock and roll. Pa Lehr, sons Bob and Ray, and Ma Lehr perform in Cairo Beirut and prior stops, drawing Arab crowds with multi-instrumental acts and comedy. Ages and reactions cited include 60-year-old Pa, 20-year-old Bob, 18-year-old Ray, and 16-year-old Zella. a prince allegedly offered a diamond for Zella, but Pop Lehr declined.
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Nana
Middle East
Mom and Pop
Chicago
Lehr
van Nuys
Cal
Pa Lehr
Raynor
Fontana Nisht
Nile
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Hollywood
Orpheum
Mom and Pop Lehr
Will Rogers
Bob Hope
Lehrs
Turkey
Beirut
Gaza Strip
Pop Lehr
Zella Lehr
Zella
Fulbright backs UN armed force for disarmament plan
Senator J William Fulbright says Khrushchevs disarmament plan would require UN armed forces with air ground and naval power to enforce terms everywhere including the United States and Soviet Union. He spoke in an airmailed reply to a Moscow Communist journal requesting US views.
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Washington
Nana
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Nikita Khrushchev
United Nations
U.N
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Soviet Union
Arkansas Democrat
Senate Foreign Relations Comittee
New Times
Moscow
Fulbright
Khrushchev
German Oil Strike May Shift JAR Fate
WAMBURG NANA The German Oil Co DEA says it struck oil at Souecie No 1 in northeastern Syria near the Iraqi border. Production tests are underway and a rich horizon is indicated. The discovery could have major economic impact for Syria and for Gamal Abdel Nasser's United Arab Republic. DEA notes its large Syrian drilling investment and historic geophysical work support its outlook.
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Wamburg
NANA
German Oil Co
DEA
Syria
Souecie No. 1
Gamal Abdel -Nasser
United Arab Republic
Guenther Schlicht
Iraq
Mosul
Concordia Oil Co
Euphrates
Kasatche
Kamishli
Nasser
Egypt
United ‘Arab Republic
Strick'ly Fer Birds and Odd Notes Crowded Page
A quirky collage item lists a roofing firm offer promising a free city ride to showcase a new roof, plus random animal wingbeat facts from seven to 430 flaps per second. A street corner sign and stray phrases mix in, including a line about schooling, Army study, and stolen words.
Congress probes costs soar in investigations
Senator Everett Dirksen cites records showing the 86th Congress funded extensive probes totaling over 5 million dollars for Senate investigations and more than 327 thousand for the House un American activities committee. He notes the cost includes staff and testimony from private individuals and groups.
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Washington
Nana
Congress
Sen
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Judiciary
Senate Judiciary Committee
Select Committee On
McClellan
Judiciary Committee
Antitrust and Antimonopoly Subcommittee
House
Government Operations Committee
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Bio-hand imitates human motion via muscle biocurrents
Soviet scientists develop a bio hand that can perform any human hand motion using a wrist bracelet. It reads muscle impulses, amplifies them, and controls an artificial hand, with motion possible by thought energy and radio transmission over long distances.
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Washington
Nana
Wissen- Schaft Und Fortschrift
U.S. Department of Commerce
New Orleans Drug Chain Tries Lunch n Vitamins Capsule Meal
A New Orleans drug chain introduces a Lunch n Vitamins special at its soda fountains featuring a hamburger a beverage and a vitamin tablet for 49 cents. The gimmick echoes Buck Rogers style dining as a time saver.
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New Orleans
UPI
Buck Rogers
Bohlen Appointment Boosts Herter in State Service
The Bohlen appointment as chief adviser on U.S.-Soviet relations strengthens Christian Herter with career diplomats and Senate Democrats. If Bohlen sits with Eisenhower on a Russia trip, the president’s hand may be reinforced, given Bohlen’s decades of experience with the Russians from 1934 to 1957 in Moscow.
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Washington
Nana
Charles B. Bohlen
Christian Herter
State Department
Senate
Bohlen
Eisenhower
Russia
Roosevelt
Tehran
Yalta
Truman
Potsdam
U.S
Moscow
Lighter side snippets from world press mix wit and whim
A collage of brief items from various papers shows a blind man’s speeding arrest aided by passengers, a Vienna poll on Freud with odd guesses, Brigitte Bardot in a dictionary illustration, and Francoise Sagan in Who’s Who. The items reflect quirky cultural cross currents and light human-interest beats.
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Vienna
Sigmund Freud
Nuremburg
Die Presse
Paris
Nana
Brigitte Bardot
Isex
Brigitte
van Dongen
Francoise Sagan
Architect Plans Glass Shells for Buildings at Penn State
University Park AP report describes architect A William Hajjar proposing transparent glass shells around offices apartments or homes at Penn State. He argues glass shells would reduce glare and shade needs while preserving clean lines and allow three feet spacing from the building.
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University Park
A. William Hajjar
Hajjar
Peninsylvania State University
Alterations Add to Home Spending in Delta From New Builds
According to building industry sources, for every four dollars spent on new home construction an additional dollar is spent by homemakers to alter or add to existing dwellings.
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New York
UPI
World Trade Fight On Pooling Of Airline Resources
International Civil Aviation Organization experts note Commonwealth airlines plan pooling of facilities to curb duplication and ease competition with U S lines. British Overseas Airways Trans-Canada Airlines Air-India and Qantas reportedly involved as talks aim to cut operating costs and possibly lower fares.
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Montreal
NANA
U. S
International Civil Aviation Organization
British Commonwealth
Commonwealth
British Overseas Airways Corp
Trans-Canada Airlines
Air-India International
Qantas
Commonwealth Airlines
Management Aids For Small Manufacturers Helps Bosses
A four page Small Business Administration booklet titled Management Aids For Small Manufacturers number 103 argues many bosses are “busy-busy” and details traits of tyrannical bosses. It lists examples such as the Detail-Hugger who fixates on packaging string, and the Conference Caller who demands meetings for routine tasks.
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Washington
Nana
Bill Hits Diploma Mills Model Bill To Curb Fraudulent Degrees
New York based report notes the Council of State Governments prepared a model bill to outlaw diploma mills across all states. It requires institutions to meet standards, disclose degree programs, and ensure adequate resident instruction funding while guiding state agencies to approve program descriptions for accuracy.
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New York
NANA
Council of State Governments
Diploma Mills of America
Morrison Warnings as He Accepts Life Peerage in Lords
Veteran British Labour leader Herbert Morrison warns that the heckler phenomenon is waning as he accepts a life peerage in the House of Lords. Morrison notes the era of disruptive critics shifting with television’s rise in Britain and America.
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Herbert Morrison
Britain
America
House of Lords
British Labor Party
House of Commons
Council
Winston Churchill
Morrison
Heckler
Muah Nad¢Hain
Deamon Toonunr
Balt
Dana OI
Grandson Packed for Ike s Trip
The piece notes growing talk that Eisenhower family members may join the president on his trip to Russia next spring. Uncertainty remains whether Mrs. Eisenhower will accompany him. The idea has inspired David and Barbara Anna, grandchildren, to imagine joining the journey.
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Washington
Nana
Eisenhower
Russia
White House
David
Barbara Anna
Notable quotes on age and ambition from 20th century figures
A collage of misquoted or fragmented lines attributes opinions on creativity aging acting youth conformity and adventure to Fannie Hurst Mickey Rooney Oscar Hammerstein Evy Norlund Broderick Crawford Susan Flaine and Winston Churchill. The text reads like a salon of famous voices with at least one garbled attribution.
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