Folk Song Records Rise In Popularity Across Groups
Folk songs by the Weavers and college and German university choirs top shelves as summer listening. The Weavers blend blues and country with hits like Good Night Irene and Tzena Tzena while German University Songs by Erich Kunz and the Vienna State Opera Male Chorus showcase lush choral backing.
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Weavers
Blazers
Vienna State Opera
Burl Ives
the Weavers
Carnegie Hall
The
Irene
Tzena
Vanguard
Pete Seeger
Lee Hays
Fred Hellerman
Ronnie Gilbert
Corey
Clementine
Rhodie
Erich Kunz
Vanguard Kunz
Metroplitan
Crisis of Faith Montesi Scandal
Book review of Wayland Young’s Crisis of Faith The Montesi Scandal. Doubleday & Co. 4.00. An analysis of the 1953 Wilma Montesi death, the Italy trial, and the political fallout showing public disillusionment with power and cover ups among elites.
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Montesi
Wayland Young
Doubleday & Co
Wilma Montesi
Italy
Wilma
Rome
Mr. Young
Young
U. S
Best Sellers List Highlights Diverse Titles
A catalog of fiction and nonfiction works features Anatomy of a Murder by Traver The Winthrop Woman by ton Ice Palace by Ferber A Summer Place by Sloan From Rome with Love by Madnes plus Inside Russia Today by Gunther Masters of Deceit by Hoover Please Don’t Eat the Daisies by Kerr Kids Say the Darndest Things by Linkletter Dear Abby by Van Buren.
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Traver
Winthrop
Ton
Ice Palace
Ferber
Sloan Ae
Rome
Madnnes
Kerr
Linkletter
Abby
van Buren
Daredevil BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP by Pappy Boyington
W R Rogers notes the memoir by Marine Colonel Gregory Pappy Boyington detailing his World War II career with the Black Sheep squadron. The book covers his wartime service in the Pacific, time as a prisoner, and rough personal persona without a focus on full operations.
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Pappy” Boyington
Putnam's
Marine Corps
Gregory
Boyington
Far East
Claire Chennault
Flying Tigers
Guadalcanal
Russell Islands
Choiseul
Max Miller
Miller
W. G. Rogers
Hobby Led To Military Career Creates Collector Colonel Von Schmitz
Lt. Col. Dick S. Von Schmitz of Fort Bragg built a 5000 plus unpainted figure collection and over 3000 painted miniatures as a life changing hobby that began at age six. He details uniforms from British and colonial troops, American units, and Scottish regiments while directing Psychological Warfare at Fort Bragg. He credits early love of military science for his Army career and marriage to his Kansas teacher wife. He aims to complete more units and repaints with help from English and German artists. He recalls wartime experiences in Europe Asia and his escape from a German prison camp. He seeks help locating authentic Scottish and American uniforms to fill his foot lockers.
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Fayetteville
Dick S. van Schmltz
Ft. Bragg
Kansas State Teachers College
Col. Schmltz
von Schmlitz
von Schmiltz
Kansas College
West Point
von Schritz
Col. von Schmltz
von Schmltz
Europe
Orient
Special Warfare School
Col
Vietnam
Sam
Doug
Kurt
Richard
Cape Fear
Photographers Tell How on a New Long Playing Record
Louis Stettner conceived a candid record featuring 10 photographers discussing methods and philosophies. The hour long release includes quotes from Rothstein Cartier Bresson Hoban Weegee and Gowland and explains editing from up to sixteen hours of talk into three to nine minute segments.
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Louis Stettner
Weegee
Henri Cartier-Bresson
Arthur Rothstein
Bruce Downes
Tana Hoban
Philippe Halsman
John Rovian
Peter Gowland
Lincoln-Douglas stamp marks sesquicentennial and debates
The first in a four stamp series for Abraham Lincoln birth centennial drops August 27 in Freeport Illinois to commemorate the Lincoln-Douglas debates. A sepia 4 cent stamp features a print of Lincoln addressing a crowd with Douglas behind him. First day covers available by August 27 via Freeport postmaster.
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Abraham Lincoln
Freeport
Ill
Lincoln
Douglas
Solve A Crime Solution Row Reflects Off Glass
The text notes sunlight would have altered a reflection on the glass behind Tom Brunner. It preserves a concise, puzzle like line suggesting a clue about glare and positioning in an office scene.
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Tom Brunner
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