Gift book list names famous figures for 1961
A humorous year end guide proposes gift books tied to public figures and events of 1961. It pairs famous people such as Kennedy Mao Churchill Khrushchev Truman Eisenhower and others with witty book titles reflecting their lives or roles, from Lassie to Nixon.
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New York
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Carlyle
Lassie
Nehru
David Susskind
Jack Paar
Jimmy Hoffa
Arthur Miller
Jayne Mansfield
Helen Keller
Grandma Moses
Congo
Mao Tze-tung
China
Kennedy
Fidel Castro
Nikita Khrushchev
Winston Churchill
Bernard Baruch
Almanac
Allen Dulles
Enos
Space Chimp
Harry S. Truman
Brigitte Bardot
Republican Party
Marlene Dietrich
Ike
Mamie Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jacqueline Kennedy
Duchess of Windsor
Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
Elsa Maxwell
Tiny gadget lets view flea feeding in close detail
New device, proven by M M J Lavoipierre and M Hamachi, traps a mouse ear under a microscope while a flea is sealed in a two plate hopper. The wormlike creature pierces capillaries and draws blood as saliva droplets surface, revealing feeding behavior and disease transmission potential.
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New York
UPI
M. M. J. Lavoipierre
Hooper Foundation
San Francisco
M. Hamachi
Permanente Laboratory
Richmond
Calif
Lavoipierre
Hamachi
Blast hole in South Pole ice creates giant crater
American scientists detonated 1600 pounds of explosives beneath the ice near the geographic pole to blaze a crater 25 feet deep and 75 feet across in a major step to measure the Antarctic ice cap depth. Seismic equipment recorded the shock waves of the blast.
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Auckland
New Zealand
South Pole
Cleveland Police and Fireman Face Weight Edict
Cleveland safety director McCormick announced that city officers who cannot bend to tie shoelaces or see clearly must shed pounds or face removal. The warning targets overweight policemen and firefighters amid health and safety concerns.
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Cleveland
McCormick
Fitness Edict Warns of Departmental Charges
The official warned that markedly overweight personnel who take no action could face departmental charges. He said he consulted the legal department before issuing the fitness edict and that disobedience to a medical officer could be treated like disregard for a sergeant’s order on the beat.
False dentures for sheep gain fame on Isle of Wight
Gertrude a 10 year old sheep on Newport Isle of Wight is said to be the world’s first sheep with dentures. The unnamed veterinarian says the plastic teeth may help reduce waste and lower meat costs as many sheep lose teeth early.
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Newport
Isle of Wight
Gertrude
Polio Vaccine Campaign Expands in Mexico City Area
A government report shows polio cases cut in half as the Salk anti polio vaccine is administered to nearly 4 million children in Mexico City and surrounding regions over the last year, reflecting a rapid drop in new infections.
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Mexico City
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Hal Boyle
Monalux
Walmar’s
Paramount Theatre
3Rd Ave
FBI
Melero
Woolworth’s
2Nd Ave
Town & Country
G. Sheaffer
Woolworths
Woolworth ’'S
the Robinson Company
Remington
Cordless Lektronic
Rollamatic
Robinson's Price
Christmas Gift Headquarters
16Th Ave
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Remington Princess
Gift Headquarters
Robinson's
Robinson Company
Robinson’s
Ey Poe
ENG
RSA
Ned
Robinson
Robinon
Robinss
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