World's Fair Faces US Russian Showdown at Brussels
At the Brussels World's Fair the United States and the USSR mount rival pavilions from April 17 to October 19. American funding lags behind Soviet spending and tactics, with Belafonte and Benny Goodman donating performances while the Soviet state arts push proceeds without such limits.
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Brussels
Europe
Congress
United States
U. S
Harry Belafonte
Harlem
Benny Goodman
Us.s.r
Katherine
U.S Pavilion at Fair Highlights Progress and Problems
The display will present American achievements and unfinished business. It will show racial integration efforts, slum clearance, droughts, floods, and traffic issues. Soviet features include overcrowding and slave labor camps. The U.S. pavilion, a $6 million circular building by Edward D. Stone, includes two pools and a forward entrance near a transparent orchard.
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United States
U. S
New York
Edward D. Stone
World’s Fair pavilions show US and Russia exhibits
Side by side on the Brussels fair grounds the United States and Russia unveil their air wares. The US pavilion features a transparent plastic building with a lattice of gold wire and stars amid apple trees. The Russian pavilion rises with aluminum and glass walls and a tall metal tower seen as a rocket or monument, provoking speculation.
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United States
Russia
U.S
Challenge Grows Agricultural School Plays New Role
Ames Iowa descriptive piece notes Iowa State College founded in 1858 as an agricultural school now a large research university. It highlights land grant status under Morrill Act, extensive engineering enrollment, and broad mission from farming efficiency to technology and humanities. President James C. Hilton stresses citizen leadership in a complex world.
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Ames
Lowa
Lowa Prairie
James C. Hilton
Iowa State College
Adonijah S. Welch
England
Scoffers
ISC
People's Colleges
Bill
Iowa
Michigan State College
Welch
Hilton
Tourists Flock To Havana Amid Turbulent Times
Havana draws American visitors despite daily violence and rebellion as the new Havana Hilton opens under guard. Americans seek adventure and fun, with tourism receipts rising toward fifty million dollars despite unrest.
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Havana
International Airlines
Havana Hilton
Esther Williams
Rory Calhoun
Cuba
Batista
Armando Maribona
Cuban Tourist Institute
A tidy motto misused as homes clutter risk
A household habit article notes how placing low tables footstools and fans in traffic lanes creates hazards for dark or daydreaming passersby. It urges keeping paths clear to prevent accidents or injuries.
Rising marital tension linked to feminine independence
Dr. Arthur Mandy, Johns Hopkins psychiatrist, argues modern feminism fuels wife aggression and frigid marriages. He cites women seeking independence as dampening family life, urges husbands to support and acknowledge wives, and calls frigidity a national problem tied to gender role shifts.
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Arthur Mandy
Baltimore
Dr. Mandy
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Medical School
Sinai Hospital
Mandy
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