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Danny Thomas, star of the TV show

Walt Disney stands framed by the covered waiting room of the Disneyland railroad station on Main Street in Anaheim, Ca., June 9, 1955. Disney is buil...

Tennis champion Maureen Connolly, 20, models her bridal gown of white satin and chiffon, lined with lily of the valley flowers, in San Diego, Ca., on...

Part of the 2,000-mile-long oceanic telecommunications cable to be laid this summer between Newfoundland and Scotland is coiled aboard vast storage we...

Led by Jack McGrath, in a Hinkle Special, 33 racers speed into the first turn after taking the start flag in the Indianapolis 500-mile race at the Ind...

A Boeing B-52 Stratofortress, the U.S. Air Force's Strategic Air Command's newest bomber, is shown during a test flight from the Boeing plant in Seatt...

Ray Hayworth, is shown in this May 27, 1955 photo. (AP Photo)

People are shown at one of the gaming tables at the Flamingo Casino in Las Vegas, Nev., May 24, 1955. (AP Photo)

This is a general view of the wharf in Boston Harbor, Ma., April 15, 1955. (AP Photo)

Team captain Ted Lindsay of the Detroit Red Wings speaks into a microphone after receiving the Stanley Cup presented by National Hockey League Preside...

Mike Souchak of Durham, N.C., blasts from the sand trap at 2nd hole during first round of the Masters Golf Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in...

Actor Marlon Brando jams on his bongo drums with musician Jack Costanzo, left, at his home in Hollywood, Ca., April 1, 1955. (AP Photo)

Elia Kazan poses with a plaque presented by the Screen Directors' Guild for his directorial achievement for

Director Elia Kazan is shown at the Morosco Theatre following a matinee of

Oscar winners for

Elia Kazan receives a plaque award from Rouben Mamoulian, first vice-president of the Screen Directors Guild, at the Morosco Theater in New York City,...

Comedienne Martha Raye rides on a decorative float at opening performance of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus at Madison Square Garden in...

Sam Spiegel, producer of Columbia's Horizon Production

Goalie Terry Sawchuck is lifted by teammates Vic Stasiuk, right, and Marcel Pronovost after he shut out the Montreal Canadiens 6-0 to give the Detroit...

Bud Held of the U.S.A. hurls the javelin 69.77 meters, 228 feet, 11 inches, to set a new Pan American Games record in Mexico City, Mexico, March 17, 1...

Patty Berg, a five-time winner of the Women's Titleholders Tournament, posed putting March 12,1955, after posting a 74 earlier in the day in competit...

New Yorkers, including women relaxing on their way home from high school, enjoy the afternoon sun by Wollman Memorial ice skating rink in New York's C...

Dr. Helen Keller, center, wears a sari and a bindi, Indian caste mark on forehead, as Mrs. Pakvasa, daughter-in-law of the governor of Bombay, pins a...

John Chiangi and Lisa Drobnes add their comic book collection in the back of a pickup truck at Norwich, Conn., Feb. 26, 1955. The Women's Auxiliary o...

This aerial view looking east toward Broad St. shows snow-covered Locust Street after a snowstorm in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 2, 1955. St. Mark's Epis...

This is a general view of drilling activity among homes in a section of Huntington Beach, Ca., Feb. 2, 1955. (AP Photo)

Assemblywoman Bessie Buchanan, D-N.Y., first black American woman to be elected to the New York assembly, is shown in New York, Feb. 1955. (AP Photo)

Charles H. Townes, Columbia University professor and Nobel Laureate, explains his invention the maser during a news conference in New York City, Jan....

Joseph Wood Krutch, William Faulkner and Wallace Stevens, left to right, hold gold medal awards presented them at the sixth annual National Book Award...

Toronto Maple Leafs captain Ted Kennedy, center, deflects the puck into the air during a scoring attempt by New York Rangers' Dean Prentice (17) durin...

This daytime panoramic view, looking north from 43rd Street, shows New York's Times Square in 1955. At left is the Paramount Theater showing the movi...

Mrs. Ann Woodward, New York socialite and owner of the great race horse Nashua, displays a photo of herself posing with a tiger she killed during a hu...

Ted Kroll is shown in action in 1955. The location is not known. (AP Photo)

Mohamed Ahmed Issa and his family of seven live in a cave which honeycombs the hillsides East of Bethlehem, 1955. Arab families were forced to leave...

Heiress Gloria Vanderbilt, right, and Frank Sinatra leave Berkshire Hotel in New York City after having lunch together, Dec. 31, 1954. (AP Photo/John...

U.S. Sen. Lyndon Johnson, center, Democratic floor leader-Texas, confers with Sen. Hubert H. Humphrey, left, D-Minn., and Sen. Richard B. Russell, D-G...

Yves Saint Laurent displays his cocktail dress design that won him first prize in 1953 in a fashion drawing competition, sponsored by the Internationa...

Singer and actor Frank Sinatra and recording artist Jill Corey dine at the Harwyn Club in New York City in Dec. 1954. (AP Photo)

Actress-singer Elaine Stritch, performing in the Broadway musical

European light-heavyweight champion Gerhard Hecht, right, lands a right to the body of Canadian champion Yvon Durelle during a ten-round bout in the W...

Ernest Hemingway is shown at his home after learning he has been awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in literature in San Francisco de Paul, outside Havana,...

Poet Robert Frost, of Ripton, Vermont, poses at a dinner at the Theodore Roosevelt Association at 28 East 20th St. in New York City on Oct. 27, 1954....

Christine Jorgensen, ex-GI who underwent surgery to become a woman, poses aboard the liner Andrea Doria on arrival in New York City from Europe, Sept....

Actress Audrey Hepburn,22, and actor Mel Ferrer, 37, follow a page boy down a carpet from the small church chapel where they were married in Burgensto...

Andrei Y. Vishinsky, center right, Soviet deputy foreign minister, and Georgei N. Zarubin, left, Soviet ambassador to the United States, are among the...

This is a general view of the Polo Grounds as the New York Giants host the Milwaukee Braves in New York City, Sept. 16, 1954. (AP Photo)

Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York subway grating while in character for the filming of

Starter Frank Bowman leaps into the air to wave a flag and start the stock cars in a Drag Race of the Miami Road Ramblers Club at the old U.S. Air For...

Singer Perry Como is shown in Sept. 1954. (AP Photo)

Arnold Palmer holds his trophy after winning the National Amateur Golf Championship in Detroit, Mich., Aug. 28, 1954. (AP Photo)