A Goddess In The Scottish Highlands re THOMASINA
Paul Gallico presents Thomasina a ginger cat who dies and is revived by Daft Lori in Inveranach Scotland. MacDhui the veterinarian father, Mary Ruadh the girl, Bast-Ra goddess and Thomasina intertwine love, magic, and multiple lives ending in wedding between Lori and MacDhui as Thomasina restores the girl. Ivy Barr praising Gallico’s lyrical prose and Scottish settings.
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Thomasina
Bast-Ra
Ieran Thomasina
Mary Ruadh
Andrew MacDhui
Inveranach
Scotland
MacDhui
Daft Lori
Lori
Mac- Dhui
Daft
Thom
Asina
Age Ruadh
Paul Gallico
Ivy B. Barr
Happiness and Courage in Helen Keller’s View
A slim book discussion argues happiness is a means to worthy purpose rather than self gratification. Helen Keller cites faith and daring life as central to dignity, urging a universal outlook amid modern space age progress and social fear.
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City
New York
Helen Keller
Buchenwald
Miss Keller
Pat Hintz
North Carolina Spark in 1950s Juvenile Book Catches Local Flavor
A recent juvenile volume Sniffy by Olive M. Price, issued by Westminster Press, captures North Carolina’s flavor and atmosphere. The Pittsburgh born author portrays Cherokee legends and local life with realism, adventure, and human relations, appealing to both young readers aged 9 to 12 and adults. Roy Z. Kemp praises Price’s lucid style and authentic setting, noting its deep locale knowledge and engaging tale of Kamama Mickey and a motherless bear cub.
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North Carolina
South
Tar Heel
Maryland
Don Tracy
Maj
James Ralph Johnson
Nellie Holland Russell
Pittsburgh
White Bear
Kamama
Mickey
Sniffy
Stamps by SYD KRONISH UN stamps alert and new issues
A stamp reminder notes United Nations releases on February 10 featuring a 3 cent green and 8 cent blue UN commemorative with a lighted atom, plus first day cancellations. It covers French regular airmail, Haiti bi colored stamps, Turkey 400th mosque anniversary issues, and a West Indies Federation set with Queen Elizabeth portrait and Caribbean map.
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Syd Kronish
United Nations
International Atomic Energy Agency
U.N
U.N. Postal Administration
N. Y
France
Haiti
Bassin Zim
Turkey
Centroe
Caribbean
West Indies Federation
The Bagpipes Are Marching By
National Pipe Band Week is celebrated with humorous cautions about wives dancing with vacuums. The piece details bagpipe origins, Scottish and British regiments, and notable records from RCA Victor and Capitol, highlighting The Black Watch, Scots Guards, and various artists through albums and performances.
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RCA Victor
Black Watch
Royal Highland Regiment
Scots Guards
Charles I
Highlands
Buckingham Palace
Paris
Waterloo
Glasgow Police
Capitol
Best Sellers List Read: Fiction and Nonfiction Highlights
The list features Love Possessed by Lorna Love, Below the Salt Costain, Rally Round the Flag Boys by Shulman, Atlas Shrugged by Rand, On the Beach by Nevil Shute, Baruch My Own Story, Kids Say the Darndest Things by Linkletter, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Kerr, Where Did You Go Out by Smith, The Hidden Persuaders by Packard.
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Love Possessed
Cozzens
Costain
Boys
Shulman
Atlas Shrugged
Rand
Nevil Shute
Baruch
Linkletter
Kerr
Smith
Packard
Los Angeles Faces Escalating Crime Threat Says Chief Parker
Police Chief William H. Parker warned a City Council committee that Los Angeles could become a second Chicago for crime. He said criminal cartels are positioning for action and that the city has lost control of the crime problem as 1958 crime runs 35 percent ahead of the previous year.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
William H. Parker
Parker
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