Stamps on First Day Sale Mark Flushing Remonstrance Commemoration
First day stamps issued in Flushing New York honor the 300th anniversary of the Flushing Remonstrance a protest against Gov Peter Stuyvesant law defending religious freedom. Details and designs to be announced. European Europa stamps from several nations feature varied motifs including unity and industry with differing denominations.
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Flushing
Long Island
N. Y
Peter Stuyvesant
Summerfield
Post Office Department
Europe
Saar
Germany
Belgium
Netherlands
Europa
Luxembourg
European Community of Nations
France
Yerby's Fair Oaks a tale of wealth and voyage
Ivy Barr reviews Frank Yerby novel Fair Oaks a sweeping antebellum plantation saga. Guy Falks traverses the world from Mississippi to New Orleans Cuba Africa Italy and Scotland amassing wealth through slave trade amid opulent backdrops. The critic praises Yerby writing but laments weak material despite grand storytelling.
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Mississippi
Fairoaks
Mr. Yerby
Guy Falks
New Orleans
Caribbean
Cuba
Atlantic
Africa
Italy
England
Scotland
Cathy
Rachel
Phoebe
Pilar
Beeljie
Prudence
Monique
Giulietta
Jo Ann
Mr. Falks
Ivy B. Barr
Author Of The Week Winston Churchill Honored Again
The piece profiles Winston Churchill, noting his Volume III in A History of the English Speaking Peoples and his status as a widely read wartime prime minister. It highlights his nine author of the week recognitions since 1943 through his history works and World War II volumes.
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Winston
Churchill
England
Martial Marlborough
Musical Lollipops End-of-Concert Sweets Entertain Critics
Beecham offers musical lollipops as encores to calm audiences after concerts. Record companies imitate with overtures and selections from Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Von Suppe, and Ormandy. Angel Records packages lollipop flavored albums for Christmas. D’Artega and Design Records present varied concert pieces with high fidelity engineering.
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Beecham
Angel Records
Berlioz
von Suppe
Mercury
Capitol
Felix Slatkin
Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra
Rossini
Tchaikovsky
Columbia
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Smentana
Offenbach
Rosa Linda
Caves of
Granada
Rebekah Harkness
D’artega
Missile Race Explanation
Anthony Bucemi was ticketed for driving slowly on the Pasadena Freeway at 28 mph after entering the freeway by mistake while shifting gears on an upgrade. A jury cleared him, noting the truck carried guided missile components. Municipal Judge Mark Brandler commented on the implications for U S missile program.
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Los Angeles
Anthony Bucemi
Pasadena
Bucemi
Mark Brandler
United States
Russia
Longest Parade in American History Documented
The Grand Review of the Union Armies on May 23 and 24, 1865 featured about 200,000 troops marching for two days in review before President Johnson.
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Johnson
Solve-A-Crime Solution Standish Describes Coat
Standish recalls the robber wore a double breasted coat that was buttoned when he walked away. He claims the man unbuttoned it to slip a gun into his belt, making the belt buckle with a G initial unseen.
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Standish
Current Best Sellers in Fiction and Nonfiction
A list of popular books including Love Possessed by James Gould Cozzens and On the Beach by Nevil Shute as well as Rally Round the Flag Boys by Max Shulman. It also notes The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard and Stay Alive All Your Life by Norman Vincent Peale among other titles.
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Love Possessed
James Gould Cozzens
Nevil Shute
Max Shulman
Grace Metali
Suzie Wong
Richard Nonfiction
Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Milovan Dji
Vance P
Robert Paul Smith
Norman Vincent Peale
First War In The Sky by Quentin Reynolds
Book review of The First War In The Sky by Quentin Reynolds traces the emergence of air power in World War I from improvised starts to modern fighting. It highlights pilots like Rickenbacker Luke Springs Richthofen and Garros, using diaries and letters to explore fighter ethos and chivalry in early aerial combat.
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Clausewitz
Garros
Rickenbacker
Luke
Springs
Richthofen
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By Syd Kronish
Kansas
Yerby
Frank Yerby
New York
the Dial Press
Catherine Marshall
Man
Peter
McGraw-Hill
Aoe Straughan’s Book Shop, Inc
N. Main St
High Point, N. C
Payment Inc
N.C
Hugh Mulligan
Ings
North Carolina
Insurance & Realty
Atlantic Savings & Loan
Quentin Reynolds
Rinehart & Company, Inc
Bob Horney
The
Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company
Bill Gray
Delbert Kirkman
High Point Area
Gray
Kirkman
High Point College
Philip F. Howerton
Johnson Building
Charlotte, N. C
Perpetual
High Point
ATS
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