Farewell to the Homeplace in Hal Boyle's Long Memories
A New York AP piece portrays an elderly mother marking a final goodbye to her century-old home. As she prepares to move with her daughter and son-in-law, memories of six children, a diphtheria tragedy, and a lifetime in the house surface. The family jokes about selling relics as they depart, leaving the old house to new tenants and a brass bedstead still sparking questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Jim
Tru
Soviet Push Vaccines in the Soviet Union
U S officials report the USSR is developing live-virus vaccines for influenza mumps and respiratory infections with billions of doses from seed Sabin polio. Live mumps vaccines have reached 60 000 children with good responses while live influenza vaccines show drawbacks. The piece also notes findings on smoking and heart attack risk and calcium’s role in bone thinning.
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Associated Press
Soviet Union
U.S
U.S.S.R
Albert Sabin
United States
American Heart Association
Philadelphia
Thomas Anderson
University of Glasgow
U.S. Propaganda Efforts in East Berlin Revealed
USIA and VOA broadcasts dominate coverage of East Germany with 36 languages, text of top officials, and Berlin relations. RIAS transmits in German and avoids inciting revolt while distributing images, reports, and TV film to 90 nations at no cost.
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Victor Wilson
Herald Tribune
Washington
United States
East Germany
East Berlin
United States Information Agency
Voice of America
VOA
USIA
Rusk
Berlin
East
West Berlin
Rockin Chairs Hobby Spurs Early Iconic Porches
AP report from Batavia New York profiles Trudi Alessi in Macomb Illinois as she promotes rocking chairs as pivotal to American life. She cites Abraham Lincoln's Springfield home and traces a chair dating to circa 1776 owned by Mrs Paul Lambert of LaSalle Illinois, underscoring a long tradition connected to families and regions. Myron Betts recalls pioneering self service markets in 1917 calling it a basketeria. He describes placing two dozen baskets at the door to ease shopping for his wife, and notes one customer objected to being helped herself, threatening to shop elsewhere.
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Trudi Alessi
America
Abraham Lincoln
Springfield
Westernlindis University
Paul Lambert
LaSalle
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Batavia
N. Y
Myron E. Betts
Betts
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Pashund
Eve
Lyn
Green ST
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
RIAS
Radio In Ameri
Can Sector
Fisher
Morekaad City
Idee
Dustneer Day
Pepsi Cola Bottling Company
Greensboro
N.C
Tetsl-Cola Company
N. C
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