WEEKLY NEWS CONI.. ... E ,
.ANSAS CITY, Ki.N.—'A young woman watched helplessly last week from a boat dock as
er fiance and brother drowned wh-^n. their^ flimsy plywood boat c,.\me apart in the
:aw river. <
Jack Wright, 21>. and; his companion, Ted Morris, 29, both of .Kansas City, Mo.,
ad just left the...dock. in. thej.wooden, boat when the Stern .transom on which the
otor was clamped came apart* - - p . *
MisS Ruth.. Wright, YJright*s. sitter told authorities she. had waited pn the deck
.nd saw the boat sink and the two men disappear under the water,. ,
She was to have married Morris. a ■/,_ . , ..
About 1.5; fire., department and private-boats searched the xsrea until dark. Kan
sas City, Kan.,..police said there is no doubt the men drowned and that.the search
Tor their bodies would continue.
HOUMA,. LA., Mrs,, Jay.e ?• Richardson,: window of.the.reck and roll singer *
;nqwn ,as the “Big •BG,op.er,,“ gave birth last week to a Boy*. . \ ^ , , •
She named, him-Jay ?., Jr. , ... . . • • ■
) Richardson, who skyrocketed to. fane with his recording ‘‘Chantilly Lace" was
.illed in an airplane crash last February,. He and his wife also have a .five-year
Id girl.
'OLL^JDOD,—Swedish actress Anita Ekberg is consulting an attorney about divqrc
ng her. .husband, English.actor: ^ntheny Steel. ... m ;
The bL nd, bosomy actress vr,s ncticable annoyed Monday when Steel failed t*o
i©et. here at the .airport cn her return from a year-long film-making* Jaunt ip Eur~
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Attorney 13imon Taub. said Miss Ekberg consulted with £im. ... ■ .. . _.
“I suppose a divorce is. contemplated,“ , he said, “There is nothing definite^
.bout that until Miss Ekberg has talked things over with her husband' and I am
trying to. locate him now•• .. .» , *: . - <
.OLL^dDOD,—Songwriter Ira Gershwin, brother of .-the late composer. George Gershwin
>as reported in satisfactory Rendition following his-second major .abdo^iinal oper
.tion in 18.months.; > : . ; . r/
i Thq. ,62-yqar old lyricist underwent purgery for two and a half hours last week
* ,t Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for an abdominal obstruction. . He was operated on
.'or a similar ailment Dec. 24, 1957.
iOLLYTOD—Comedienne lucille Ball s aid she refuged to appear at a youth rally
ju Oklahoma City because the crowd was too small due to a “goof” in the public
ity. ■ . a . ' .
The television star, who said she had been premised up to 14,000 people, dis-r
agreed with reports .that there were up ta ’ 2,000 young people at the rStadium. to
see her shew last. $unday, The Kiwanis;Club gave that estimate. . .
”We had the house counted very carefully by the police, the lieutenant gover—
ior and peo-ple /who were on the show, committee,” s.h,e said. “Thera., were only seme
520 people in-the stands,, plus the band,- . •••
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WASHINGTON—postmaster general Arthur E.- Summerfield asked congress to boost the
»ost of mailing .a first class letter from four tcents to. a nickle to help balance
resident Eisenhower1 s budget. •• ; .
He also asked congress to raise air mail stamps from seven to eight cents.
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