ZUM4907373: Jan. 01, 1954 - Gelignite Used To Destroy Ancient Steeple In Hamilton - Scotland: About 1,000 people, including many school children watched the destruction of the Old Tolbooth Steeple, in Muir Street, Hamilton, Scotland recently - with the aid of gelignite charges... The steeple bell had tolled out the hours for 312 years but the foundations of the steeple were eaten away and it menaced a nearby housing scheme / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4900511: Dec. 12, 1953 - Swiss girl arrested in connection with gold that vanished from an aircraft - American Air Captain Harold Dahl and his Swiss girl friend Miss Ella Eppenberger were arrested recently in Paris in connection with the disappearance of a box containing gold weighing 56 lbs. and valued at 130,000 Francs (Swiss). Dahl was the pilot of a Swissair aircraft which took off from Paris with eight boxes each containing 56 lbs. of gold. On arrival at Geneva airport one of the boxes was missing. When police wanted to interview Dahl, they were unable to trace him as he had left the air company. In the company of his wife, three children and his friend Miss Eppenberger - he was eventually traced, living in expensive hotels in England, Germany and Italy. When they went to Paris recently - they were arrested. Dahl claimed that the arrest was illegal as he was an American citizen and said that he knew nothing about the missing gold. Keystone Photo Shows: Miss Elle Eppenberger - the arrested friend of Harold Dahl / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4900661: Dec. 12, 1953 - The Sleeping Beauty ~ tight rope walker.: The Sleeping Beauty of the fairy-tale is a fragile Princess. But the Sleeping Beauty to be danced by Leslie Caron in the new English ballet” La Belle au Bois Dorman” is a gay little English wight-rope walker. Miss Caron's rope in the ballet, which is by Roland Pete and opens in London tonight - is a foot-wide plank / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4908394: Jan. 15, 1954 - Munich child victor of the international exhibitions of children's painting in Paris: At the international exhibition of children's painting in Paris” L'enfant et neus” the painting of the eight years old Munich Monila Busch had been elected as the best painting which came from Germany. The price for the little victor had been a great puppet. The little painter told our reporter” nearly so my elephant looked for which i got my price ' / Bridgeman Images
ZUM4908666: Jan. 18, 1954 - In order to fight against the publicity in favor of blondes and brunettes, a new association has popped up in Hollywood: America's National Organization of Redheads”. Piper Laurte, the star of” The Louisiana Gentleman,” was elected as the prettiest redhead of the year / Bridgeman Images