Golden's For 2 Cents Plain Poised for Best Seller List
Robert Marks lauds Harry Golden's second book For 2 Cents Plain as a companion to Only in America. The collection blends East Side boyhood recollections with sharp social commentary on race, politics, religion, and segregation, delivered with humor and directness.
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Golden
America
Carolina
New York
East Side
Fountain Run
Kentucky
Myers Park
Charlotte
San Francisco
Ham
David Dubinsky
Mae West
Miss West
Verein
Schutzen Park
Steamfitters Union
Harry Golden
Robert Marks
Museum Treasure Hunt Exhibit Lets Viewers Trace Inside Stories
New York City museum launches a gallery using through the lens photography to reveal hidden tales behind exhibits. Photos spotlight Meshie the chimpanzee, Joe Louis’s knockout fist cast, a 14 year old Theodore Roosevelt, and a termite nest under Congo robin.
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Irving Desfor
New York City
Ata
Joe Louis
Theodore Roosevelt
Aineia
Meshie
Africa
Leo
Verreaux
Leo the Lion
Stamps In The News Highlights Sports Themed Issues
Collectors notice a surge of sports stamps from various nations as Olympics loom. Italy released its 1960 Rome Olympic set with five stamps, Hawaii plans a hood stamp depicting a warrior and island map, Fiji issues a Kandavu parrot portrait with Queen Elizabeth, and Netherlands Antilles marks Hotel Aruba opening.
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United States
Rene
Eles
Zugspitze
Italy
Campidoglio
Constantine
Rome
Honolulu
Haat Seeman
Hawaii
Fiji
Elizabeth
Buxtehude
Reece
Netherlands Antilles
Aruba Caribbean
Aruba
Agreeable The Bottletop Affair
Lt Merle Wye in Hawaii takes a cushy Intelligence post on a remote island exchange mission. Nurse Mollie joins the plan as a prized assignment. A Japanese saboteur on the reconquered island stalls Army supplies, sparking Navy Army wrangles and a halting wartime romance.
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Merle Wye
Hawaii
Wile
Mollie
Navy
U S Using Fairs to Sell American Way in Cold War Clash
The United States uses international fairs to promote American life and agriculture with exhibits, loans, and tech support. Nixon opens the Moscow exhibition as the U S and Soviet shows compete in New York and Brussels.
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Frank Cormier
Washington
Uncle Sam
Richard M. Nixon
Moscow
Soviet Union
New York
U.S
State Department
Brussels
Commerce Department
United States
Pice A Some
Om Energy
Morocco
Milan
Naeces
Japan
Multitasking Author Frank Slaughter Keeps Busy Writing
Dr. Frank Slaughter, a Jacksonville surgeon turned prolific author, writes 2,000 to 3,000 words daily and has produced 34 books in 18 years. His output includes a Civil War novel Lorena due August 6 by Doubleday, and Pilgrims in Paradise about 1600s Bahamas. Sales exceed three million yearly with two million from paperbacks. only Erskine Caldwell and Erle Stanley Gardner outsell him.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Frank Slaughter
Housewives
Erskine Caldwell
Erle Stanley Gardner
Slaughter
Lorena
Doubleday
Paradise
Bahamas
West Chester
Frank G. Slaughter
Unsoiled ODE TO A YOUNG LOVE reviewed by Basil Davidson
A brief critique of Basil Davidson's Unsoiled Ode to a Young Love from Houghton Mifflin surveys a tale of a dairy worker Poppy Wellin, her earnings from entertaining men including an American soldier Cook, and the arrival of Ted and his son Jacob. The novel, set amid squalor, follows a theme of virtue in a degraded environment with Lindy and the teen daughter’s presence.
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Basil Davidson
Houghton Mifflin
Poppy Wellin
CIA Oa
Cook
Ted
Lindy
Poppy
Jacob
Davidson
Venice Canals Link 118 Islands by 400 Bridges
Venice Italy is built on 118 islands connected by over 400 bridges forming the famed network of waterways. The city’s intricate canal system shapes its design and tourism appeal.
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Venice
Italy
Love Story of Duloz and Maggie at Keroulac High
A Lowell Mass tale of Zagg and Maggie in a high school setting with track scenes and a birthday party. Duloz loves Maggie but she asserts desire, while Pauline the Irish girl is a secondary figure. The narrator leaves for Columbia as the story shifts from beat generation excess to a sincere tender romance praised for honest storytelling.
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Betegem College
Slaughter
Zagg
Ti Jean
Jack
Duloz
Maggie
Lowell
Mass
G. J. Risopoulos
G. J
Pauline
Young Duloz
Columbia
Concord
W. G. Rogers
Danger Man Running
A summary of a Panache novel by Elliot West set in Madrid and Paris. Ben Dana, an American reporter, contemplates helping ex Nazi Gen Steck smuggle a passport to reach buried jewels. Flight romance danger and a sensational ending drive the plot with sharp commentary on jacket copy.
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Ben Dana
Stoddards
Linus and
Fay
Europe
Steck
France
Soledad
Madrid
Paris
Ben
West
Pyrenees
Escaped prisoners waive extradition after Rock Hill arrest
Two fugitives Johnny Long of Rock Hill and Carroll Rogers of Gastonia were seized by Rock Hill police as they slept in a parked car. They waived extradition to North Carolina after being surprised during the overnight stop. Officers said the pair had escaped from a She Dee s prison camp.
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Rock Hill
S.C
North Carolina
Johnny Longwath
Carroll N. Rogers
Gastonia
She Dees
N.C
Prisoon
Hopeful warns West actions will affect Africa and beyond
The speaker argues that Western policies will have wide impact on Africa and the West. He frames his book as a political tract, noting a provocative definition of total apartheid as loving one’s neighbor only if they do not live nearby.
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Africa
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Man In Motion
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Maggie Cassidy
Jack Kerouac
Avon
Elliot West
Little, Brown
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Ocean Forest Hotel
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Myrtle Beach
John Tyler
Ray Cooke
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