Marilyn Monroe Becomes Seven Year Itch Sex Queen On Screen
The article recalls Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch filming on a Manhattan street where the subway grate moment defined her as a sex symbol. It notes her troubled family history, multiple marriages, and a life shadowed by psychiatry, fame, and a lonely end after a $200 million career.
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Lillian Russell
Clara Bow
Jean Harlow
Rita Hayworth
Marilyn Monroe
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Manhattan
Joe DiMaggio
Arthur Miller
Matthew Zimmerman
Associated Press
Suit seeks proving Hughes alive or dead in NY case
Manhattan stockholders sue How ard Hughes heirs alleging he is dead and asking courts to appoint an administrator for his estate if he does not respond. They claim Hughes, living at the Hotel Xanadu in the Grand Bahamas, profits from a status quo while pressuring Air West stockholders and manipulating stock prices in a $100 million damages suit.
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New York
Manhattan
Howard R. Hughes
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Hotel Xanadu
Grand Bahamas
Victor
Ellen Kurtz
Air Liquidation Co
Air West Inc
Air West
Hughes Tool Co
Chester C. Davis
Summa Corp
Haskins
San Francisco
Kurtzes
I. Walton Bader
Trans World Airlines
Queens
Fifth Avenue
Whisky heir Samuel Bronfman is freed in Brooklyn abduction
From a Brooklyn apartment the whisky heir Samuel Bronfman second was found bound and unharmed after an abduction that lasted days. Two men were arrested and a $2.3 million ransom was recovered hidden in small bills in a limousine service in Flatbush. FBI and NYPD said the money was not IRA related and the case involved extortion.
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New York
New York City
FBI
Samuel Bronfman
Brooklyn
United States
Flatbush
Mel Patrick Lynch
Wallace LaPrade
Irish Republican Army
Lynch
IRA
Edgar Bronfman
Seagram Company, Ltd
Bronfman
Medal links Canton man to McKinley visit in Butte 1901
A Canton, Ohio resident owns a commemorative medal struck for President McKinley’s June 1, 1901 Butte visit. The piece shows McKinley’s bust and a Butte Hill scene with Butte-Silver Bow County on the reverse, produced by Tiffany & Co and tied to an eagle pin.
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Canton
Ohio
William McKinley
Butte
McKinley
San Francisco
Stewart Witham
Canton Insurance Company
Montana
Witham
Butte Newswriters Association
William Howard Taft
Floyd Capps
Anaconda
Taft
The
Standard
Capps
Boars Do Not Bore Texas Sheepmen in Utopia
In Utopia Texas the issue of Russian boars imported for hunting hurts local agriculture. Sheep and goat numbers have fallen sharply with estimates of 90 percent drop in sheep and 80 percent in goats. School Superintendent Thomas Richey argues the tax base is strained while critics claim education funding is unfair.
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Thomas Richey
Sheepmen
Cardinal Condemns Monsters Behind Northern Ireland Killings
In Belfast Cardinal William Conway denounced the latest surge of killings as murder against God and vowed the guilty will face judgment. He spoke after a week that left 11 dead and over 200 wounded, part of a violence wave totaling 276 since 1969. Each victim had years of life ahead, he said.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
William Cardinal Conway
Ireland
Cardinal Conway
All Ireland
Encephalitis Death Toll Surges Across US
An Associated Press report details rising encephalitis deaths this summer with at least 26 fatalities. The St Louis strain heavily impacts the elderly while western equine affects infants, and outbreaks in Mississippi North Dakota and Minnesota prompt mosquito control efforts.
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Associated Press
United States
St. Louis
Red River Valley
North Dakota
Minnesota
Walton Creech
National Center For Disease Control
Atlanta
Creech
Kissinger Plans Mideast Shuttle Amid Egypt Iran
Kissinger will launch a Mideast shuttle beginning midnight Wednesday with stops in Israel, Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. Egyptian officials call the plan good news while warning key issues remain unresolved. Israeli Foreign Minister Allon welcomes his return but cites need to clarify security arrangements and troop movements in the Sinai. President Ford supports returning to press for a conclusion to talks.
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Cairo
Israel
Vail
Ford
Kissinger
Syria
Jordan
Saudi Arabia
Yigal Allon
Sinai
Civil War Kills 100 in Timor Mountain Fighting
An AP report from Sydney cites Maj. Francisco Mota saying up to 100 people died in mountains of Portuguese Timor amid fighting between factions. He notes UDT and Fretilin clash while guerrillas battle for control as three factions vie for Dili leadership.
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Sydney
Australia
Portuguese Timor
Darwin
Francisco Mota
Portugal
Costa Jonata
Dili
UDT
Fretelin
Mota
Ransoms in the Bronfman Kidnapping Context
The $2.3 million Bronfman ransom was among the higher sums paid for kidnappings. The record sits at $16 million for Giovanni Bulgari’s safe release, with other notable ransoms including Exxon’s $14.2 million for Victor Samuelson in Argentina and Getty’s $2.9 million for J Paul Getty III.
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New York
Samuel Bronfman
Giovanni Bulgari
Rome
Exxon Corp
Argentina
Victor Samuelson
Esso Argentina
J. Paul Getty
Italy
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Reg. Murphy
Atlanta Constitution
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