April 4, 1958

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Above, MGM is making an expensive gamble on "Ben-Hur." Below, The Times continues its daily news feature on Holy Week … and has a story about the beginning of Passover … Detectives are trying to find out why a family was told that a young woman’s suicide attempt was fatal — when she actually recovered … Erin O’Brien and her horse, Rusty, model Easter bonnets they will be wearing in the Beverly Hills Easter parade … And former champion boxer Tommy Harrison tells a judge he stole a ham "cause my wife and kids were hungry."

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