Louis Armstrong Stricken With Pneumonia in Italy
Louis Armstrong rushed to Spoleto Civil Hospital with pneumonia, initially thought a heart attack. Doctors say his condition is not grave and he will need rest, possibly two weeks, while he recovers after arriving for the Festival of Two Worlds.
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Spoleto
Italy
Louis Armstrong
Civil Hospital
Gian-Carlo Menotti
Perugia
Armstrong
Menotti
New York
No Romance Any More In Phone Book
New York Telephone Co. replaces names with numbers in Manhattan directories starting today. Old evocative names like Murray Hill and Butterfield vanish, leaving MU and BU as the new identifiers. Critics note the change erases city romance, likening it to a book title reduced to a number.
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New York
New York Telephone Co
Murray Hill
Trafalgar
University, Plaza
Butterfield
Regent
Manhattan
John O'Hara
Mystified Magician Loses $225 Gear From Car
Ernie Heldman, a professional magician, reported $225 in prop gear stolen from his parked car. Police found the window intact and no signs of forced entry, suggesting he may have forgotten to lock the doors.
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Louis
Ernie Heldman
Heldman
Fallout figures from H-bomb clash raise early danger
Congress heard a Naval Radiological Laboratory formula that early fallout could be 2.7 times hotter than Civil Defense estimates. Long term effects would drop faster than thought, reducing future home abandonments. Experts urged more tests and data on nuclear effects.
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Washington
UPI
Civil Defense
Congressional Atomic Energy Subcommittee
United States
Russia
Naval Radiological Laboratory
California
Office of Civil Defense and Mobilization
Lester Machta
U.S. Weather Bureau
Subcommittee
U.S
Rambler Owners Sing High Praises in Popular Mechanics
Rambler owners praise fuel economy ride and build quality in excerpts from Popular Mechanics 1950s Owners Report. Report shows 0.9 percent poor ratings, far better than typical four to five percent. long trip MPG 23 to 25 and low fuel costs cited by owners across states.
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Popular Mechanics
New Mexico
Ohio
Maine
Michigan
Louisiana
Rambler
America
California
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Levy
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N. Park
Alma Mfg. Co
Park Ave
Pha
Congress
Myron B. Hawkins
University of California Civil Defense Project
West Europe
Frank Shelton
Defense Department
Wist
East Broadway
Olivetti Printing
Tucson
Olivetti
VRC Sniss
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Popula Mechan
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Nebraska
North Dakota
Washington, D. C
Virginia
Alabama
Pennsylvania
Montana
South Carolina
American Motors Corporation
Kelvinator
Metropolitan
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