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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
4
A nationwide survey finds most teens reject the Beat Generation as a real, wide spread movement. Only a small minority claim affiliation, while others see it as a fiction or a postwar craze. Names like Kerouac are cited as influence but youth emphasize personal detachment and disinterest.
Teens across cities reject the Beat label as irrelevant and silly. Lucy Cott of Portland and Rosalie Simons of Syracuse say their crowds remain untouched by any Beat influence. Beth Davidson of Montclair calls the notion pretentious and claims most teens are not beat. A Detroit respondent mirrors this sentiment, insisting their peers are alive not dead to the trend.
An 18 year old New Yorker Ricki Goldberg says the term beat fits, but warns that teens today are too busy to join. The article notes the Beat Generation may find few teen prospects for membership in this era.
State Treasurer Jesse James won attorney general approval to close a 30 cent bank account in an Austin bank that had been dormant for over 25 years. The account traced to Comptroller S. H. Terrill’s 1931 administration and was deemed dormant by the opinion.
Frankfort AP reports Lewis Aldridge, 65, was struck three times by a driverless car as he backed it in his farm yard. He fell out, the car rolled in circles, and each attempt to rise led to another impact. Two cousins and a neighbor freed him and stopped the vehicle. He suffered multiple injuries.
The House Agriculture Committee approved a bill directing the secretary of agriculture to set up a food stamp plan for free food to the needy. The vote was 18 to 1 in favor, with Rep. Anfuso of New York introducing the measure and Republican opposition.
A vote on the bill was delayed after Republicans walked out in protest during a committee session led by Chairman Canley. The bill would let Secretary Benson largely control the plan and fund it via direct congressional appropriations, allowing certified needy people to redeem welfare stamps for food at groceries.
Reader's Digest July issue asks which regular cigarettes carry less tar than certain filter tips and which have raised tar or nicotine content. It notes a cancer specialist praising a significant reduction in cancer risk and highlights an article about industry changes.
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