Promising Sign as High Point College Studies Debuts
High Point College launches HIGH POINT COLLEGE STUDIES under Dr. Wendell M. Patton offering six faculty papers on topics from Latin America in Revolution to Faulkner and Proust. The issue includes art drawings, a poem, and notes on Latvia’s land tenure, with plans for annual editions and wide distribution. J. B. Lippincott Co publishes Burgess Leonard's STRETCH BOLTON'S ROOKIES about two rookies who spark a midleague team into pennant contention.
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High Point College
Methodist
Wendell M. Patton
Latin America
William Faulkner
Proust
Latvia
Blackstock
High Point College Studies
William J. Snowder
Alexander V. Berkis
Thomas A. William Jr
Edwin A. Pleasants
Lincoln Lorenz
Raiford Porter
North Carolina
J. B. Lippincott Co
Burgess Leonard
Stretch Bolton
al Lowdermilk
Two Biographies Highlight Father Son Bonds in Books
A review discusses GOD'S ODDLING by Jesse Stuart and NIGHT by Elie Wiesel, both told by sons about their fathers. NIGHT portrays brutal camp life and loss of faith, while GOD'S ODDLING paints a warm tale of dignity, labor, land, and responsible fatherhood.
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Emerson
Thomas Carlyle
Jesse Stuart
Mick Stuart
Stuart
Elie Wiesel
Auschwitz
Elie
Buna
Buchenwald
God
Wiesel
The Hunter by Tuviah Friedman
Tuviah Friedman recounts a 15 year hunt to capture Adolf Eichmann, detailing his search through Nazi networks, Eichmann's capture in Buenos Aires, and Friedman's own wartime experiences amid the Holocaust. The memoir blends the manhunt with stark depictions of Nazi cruelty and personal survivor history.
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Tuviah Friedman
Doubleday
Meysels
Eichmann
Israel
Poland
Adolf Eichmann
Nazi Germany
Dienststelle Eichmann
Eichmann Authority
David Ben-Gurion
Europe
Buenos Aires
Friedman
Solve-A-Crime Solution
Most of Kendall's final message remained on the page with the pen resting on the last word. The scene in the dark room raises doubt about how he could have committed the act with the lights out.
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Kendall
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Public Library Week
The High Point Public Library releases the bookmobile timetable for March 6 through 10. Locations include Ingleside at Westover Winston Road at Oakview Road Pine Valley Road at Marywood Oakview Road at Woodview and Bridges at Futrelle on Monday.
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High Point Public Library
Ingleside
Westover
Winston Road
Oakview Road
Pine Valley Road
Marywood
Woodview
Bridges
Futrelle
Beaucrest
Welch
State
Johnson
Parkside
Clover
Tabor
Dayton
E. Lexington
E. College
Hedrick
Ashe
Highland
Florham
Arbordale
English
Oakwood
Rotary
Ridgecrest
Prince
Dane
Greenview Terrace
Ragan
Thissell
Clara Cox Homes
Clara Cox Circle
Mill
Culler
Vail
Martin
Willard
Gordon
Ellwood
Wendell
Daniel Brooks
The Watchman review by Davis Grubb in Scribners
A critical portrait of The Watchman by Davis Grubb, praising its poetic imagery and emotional power. The Ohio River town setting shapes a tale of Sheriff Luther Alt whose kindness contrasts with a brutal crime and personal betrayals. The review highlights secondary characters and the novel’s Gothic mood.
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Davis Grubb
Scribners
Grubb
Luther Alt
Ohio
Luther
Cristi
Jill
Cole Blake
Christmas Sanders
Judas
Jason Hunnicutt
Sheriff Ali
Broad Peace Corps Idea Urges Global Youth Involvement
Bishop Frederick B. Newell of the Church World Service advocates expanding Kennedy’s Peace Corps to include young people from other nations, potentially under United Nations auspices, calling it a forthright and imaginative contribution to world peace.
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NEW York
Overseas Relief and Reconstruction Agency
Kennedy
United Nations
Frederick B. Newell
Church World Service
National Council of Churches
Shaeffer Pen Co Reports 1960 Red Ink Demand Dip
Red ink demand at Shaeffer Pen Co fell 8 percent in 1960, signaling softer consumer interest. Fort Madison Iowa reports the company’s latest business results.
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Fort Madison, Iowa
The
Shaeffer Pen Co
Dazed Motorist Loses Legs After Near Train Collision
In Topeka Kansas AP reports John E Jacobson a 33 year old salesman barely avoided a train when his car struck a signal post and halted near the tracks The dazed driver stumbled from the car and was knocked under a passing Santa Fe train surgeons at a local hospital amputated both legs one above the thigh and one below the knee PMID
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Topeka
Kan
John E. Jacobson
Santa Fe Railroad
Jacobson
Jenny by Nature review in Georgia setting
The critique summarizes Erskine Caldwell's Jenny by Nature noting a Georgia town dominated by Dade Womack and a boardinghouse keeper Jenny Royster who shelters a girl claimed to be mulatto. The reviewer finds the plot convenient and the romance with Milo Rainey hard to believe, with uneven writing and wooden dialogue but some wry motel humor.
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Jenny
Erskine Caldwell
Farrar, Straus and Cudahy
Jenny Royster
Georgia
Dade Womack
Womack
Milo Rainey
Miles A, Smith
Forrester Named Outstanding Virginia Farm Family 1960
Grafton H. Forrester, then a seventh grader in Lively, planted 710 of an acre of tomatoes and earned 75 dollars as he started farming. He and his family were recognized as Virginia's outstanding farm family in 1960 and now operate 700 acres raising poultry hogs beef cattle corn soybeans barley and oats.
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Lively
Grafton H. Forrester
Forrester
Virginia
Family at China Court by Rumer Godden
A multi generation tale centered on the Quin family at China Court. Debo rah Russell Quin dies in 1960 just before the American grand daughter Tracy Quin arrives. Flashbacks reveal loves, loyalties, and a legacy shaped by Miss Elia and the old house.
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China Court
Rumer Godden
Viking
Deborah
Ripsie) Russell
Borowis Quin
Borowis
Isabel
Ripsie
John Henry
Ripsie Russell Quin
Tracy Quin
Tracy
Stone House
Quins
Miss Elia
Tito invites Tito to visit Brazil
President Janio Quadros said Brazil invited Yugoslav leader Marshal Tito to visit Brazil. No date was announced.
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Brasilia
Brazil
Janio Quadrog
Tito
Bargain Announcement For The Answer Shop On Broad Street
The Answer Shop moves to the center of Broad Street across from the Railway Express Company a few steps off Main Street. Shop for bargains in the shopping area and discover amazing low prices. Come in soon and save money.
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Broad Street
Railway Express Company
Main Street
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