Milestones to American History and Con conversations with Stalin
Crowell publishes Milestones to American History by Milton Meltzer featuring 51 historic documents from the Mayflower Compact to Brown v. Board. Harcourt Brace & World schedules Conversations with Stalin by Milovan Djilas for May 25 and plans future Djilas titles after Belgrade talks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Y. Crowell Co
Milton Meltzer
Supreme Court
Roger Williams
John Peter Zenger
Vanzetti
Stalin
Milovan Dijilas
Yugoslavia
Harcourt, Brace & World
Belgrade
William Jovanovich
Jovanovich
Djilas
New Island of Terrible Friends by Bill Stratton
A wartime memoir of Maj James Rickett of the British medical corps and Vis island near Jugoslavia. It follows a lone medical hope for commandos, scarce supplies, and improvised aid from partisans and captured German gear. A vivid, calmly humorous chronicle of unlikely heroism amid danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Stratton
Norton
Maj
James Rickett
British Medical Corps
Vis
Adriatic
Jugoslavia
Rickett
Foreign Office
Talking Cow is Banished
A talk ing crow named Joe, mistaken as a male, was banished from Rock Hill after biting children. Found with a broken wing last August, it learned to say hello and became a neighborhood pet. The humane society kept it 11 days for rabies tests before adoption.
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ST. Louis, Mo
Joe
Rock Hill
Arthur C. Brown
The
Humane Society
Ex Film Cowboy Rex Bell Seeks Nevada Governor Post
Rex Bell once a film cowboy and now Nevada lieutenant governor says he will run for governor. He announced at the Republican state convention opening address as Democratic Gov. Grant Sawyer filed for a second term in Carson City.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Rex Bell
Nevada
Clara Bow
Bell
Grant Sawyer
Carson City
Let My People Go by Albert Luthuli review
Book review of Albert Luthuli's autobiography Let My People Go from McGraw Hill priced at $5.50. The piece highlights Luthuli as Nobel Peace Prize winner and African National Congress leader, detailing his nonviolent stance, exile periods, leadership, and economic perspectives, and noting parallels with race issues in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Luthuli
McGraw - Hill
Luthuli
African National Congress
South Africa
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Public Library Week
The High Point Public Library announces the bookmobile routes for April 30 to May 4. No service Monday. Tuesday offers stops at Ingleside Westover Old Winston Oakview Parkside Clover Tabor Dayton and E Lexington. Wednesday closes College Village and joins Lindale Kimrey Cedrow Arlington. Thursday visits Barbee Fifth W College North Woodrow Forrest Blain Farriss Terrell Kimmons. Friday runs College Village Brentwood Lowe Friddle Austin Wesley Place.
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High Point Public Library
Ingleside
Westover
Old Winston Road
Oakview
Parkside
Clover
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
College Village
Lindale
Locust
Gordon
Kimrey
Cedrow
Arlington
Barbee
Fifth
W. College
North
Woodrow
Forrest
Blain
Farriss
Terrell
Kimmons
Brentwood
Lowe
Friddle
Austin
Wesley Place
E. Russell
The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming
Fleming's Bond thriller features an American frame story in Canada and a motel siege in the Adirondacks. Vivienne Michel narrates as James Bond arrives amid gangsters and intrigue leading to a letter ending the tale and Bond moving on to new adventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spy Who Loved
Ian Fleming
Viking
James Bond
Hotshot
Vivienne Michel
Canada
Adirondacks
Miss Michel
International Secret Service
Bond
Washington
Midway
Fleming
Reading Without Glasses Mystery After Party Visit
A note questions how Amanda Ames read a letter in Caroline Patterson's bedroom without glasses or access to them. The puzzle hinges on whether she had reading ability or other aids during the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Ames
Caroline Patterson
Caroline
Goodman To Russia With Benny Goodman Tour News
Benny Goodman and his orchestra plan a Russia tour up to eight weeks, with a five week contract and option for three more, amid Soviet cultural caution and US State Department expectations. The article also notes Russia’s cultural exchange with American groups and Fisher Reiner’s resignation as Chicago Symphony musical director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benny Goodman
Russia
United States
State Department
Washington
Soviet Union
Goodman Orchestra
New York City Ballet
Robert Shaw Chorale
Ukraiian Dance Ensemble
Fritz Reiner
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Reiner
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Robert Marks
Africa
Perpetual
Reg
Were
N. Main St
High Point
Franny
Zooey
Salinger
Renault
Stone
Hughes
Love
Caldwell
Nizer
Tuchman
Morton
Nixon
Straughan's Booksellers
Susan Starr
Philadelphia
Joseph Banowetz
Boulder
Colo
Roy Bogas
Richmond
Calif
Olegna Fuschi
Rome
N. Y
Vladimir Ashkenazi
Ashkenazi
Richard Siracuse
Alfredo Casella
Neapolitan Conservatory of Music
Siracuse
Rachmaninoff
Italy
National Federation of
Kennedy
Carnegie Hall
Isaac Stern
Leonard Rose
Eugene Istomin
Symphony of the Air
Alfred Wallenstein
Z.melnikov
English ST
Armory
MPS
Styles
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