Broadway and Main Street sealed items for 1950 cornerstone
A satirical list by Billy Rose suggests what to seal in a cornerstone for future readers in 2050. Items include a Congressional Record, a Pay Check stub, a New York telephone directory, a phonograph record, a Time magazine cover with Norbert Wiener on cybernetics, a Kinsey Report, an Ellis Island immigration photo, a Picasso print, and an architect’s model for voting booths, among others.
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Billy Rose
Dulliah
Asparagua
Europe
Asia
New York
Time Magazine
Mark Ti
Harvard
Norbert Wiener
Ellis Island
U. N
First Avenue
Crazy Enough to Write Scenarios in Hollywood
Aaron Jordan quits advertising to chase movie scripts in Hollywood Sally doubts his dream. They move to Los Angeles with little money after three months and four almost sold scripts. The word almost haunts them as funds dwindle and doubt grows about their future.
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Anon Jordan
Chidaga
Sally
Aaron
Hollywood
Jos Neal
Pee Vig
Jordans
Almost A Mistake set wine By him an adjuster would up the next day
Aaron hides a plan to fake a finger injury for insurance money and a visit from an insurance adjuster leads to a job offer from a newspaper to Aaron and Sally. Aaron and Sally debate accepting the pay and the risk, finally deciding to take the writing position.
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Aaron
Sally
Thelma Jordan star Wendell Corey plans homeward trip
Hollywood veteran actor Wendell Corey, praised for experience and wisdom, discusses career moves and recent roles. He notes passing on Lang Turner project A Life of Her Own and reflects on Ray Milland taking a role Corey declined. Corey's family plans travel via New Orleans as he anticipates Father of the Bride sequel and other projects.
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Thelma Jordan
Lang Turner
New York
Ray Milland
Corey
Tec M
Ballistic Insight Upends Bullet Shock Myths
Modern researchers using high speed photography show shock peaks after bullets exit targets, not on impact. Western Cartridge Company images compare hollow point versus solid point 22 caliber rounds at three millionths of a second, revealing hollow points mushrooming and greater shock after penetration.
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Ballisticiana
Western Cartridge Company
Olin Industries, Inc
Ballisticians
Rabbits Prove Resilient to Long Term Hunting
A 16 year study by Dr. Miles D. Pirnie at Michigan State College tested rabbit population recovery under December hunting on a 500 acre Kellogg station plot. Over 10 years the average harvest was 103 rabbits per year with a peak of 172, totaling 1,640 removed in the period. Despite heavy take there was no drop in rabbit numbers, showing shooting is a poor control method but rabbits recover strongly in good habitat.
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Miles D. Pirnie
Michigan State College
Wildlife Management Institute
Kellogg Station
Fastest Gunners Hunt Big Game in Sea and Land
A fragmentary report notes hunters racing to secure top speeds and records across marine and terrestrial pursuits. Names, dates, and places are unclear, but the piece emphasizes prowess in hunting and fishing domains.
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Broadway
Main Street
Kinsey
Picasso
Grace Noll Crowe
Aron
Jackson
Goddone
Steamship Mountain
Cuckoo
BY Inez GE
Ize
Wendell Corey
Put
Paramount
Metro
Elizabeth Taylor
Sportsmans
Hornd
Jim Rhody
Bunny
Farm Machinery & Equip
Wood Bros, Avery
McCowing
Iowa
Hardin and Grundy Cou
Anit
Wm Management
SONA
Eldore
Far
Calona
Salem Grinnell
Afppli
Peeinai
U Grahoil Johnson
Falconer
Surprise
Lauin
Minsouri
Miles
Nira
F. Kramer
Evelyn, Perry
Mra
A. C. Wheaton
Roche Deter
N.Y
Mcnsasan & Robles
el Smith Brothers Menthol &c
Oid Cing
Fl Hatcheries, Inc
Worthington
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