From Sailor to Bestselling Writer Richard McKenna's Path
Richard McKenna, aged 40 in 1953 and a former destroyer sailor with 22 years at sea, chose the University of North Carolina to study writing. He did not retreat to a desert cabin or a Midwest college but learned the craft, now earning prestige with Harper's Prize, a serialized work, a Book of the Month pick, and $200,000 in movie rights negotiated. He sought guidance from Captain John S. Keating, his former commanding officer, who led Naval ROTC at UNC.
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Leon Rooke
Chapel Hill
Richard McKenna
Korean
Desert
Mid - Western
Mid-West
University of North Carolina
Saturday Evening Post
McKenna
John S. Keating
Keating
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Navy
Korea
John Honigmann
Prof. Honigmann
Scandinavian design centers shape modern crafts the world
The article notes four Nordic nations promote high design through official design centers sponsored by national societies. Designers, manufacturers, and retailers collaborate to present carefully chosen, saleable products from fur niture to glass. Critics worry about sameness and sterile copying as Scandinavian firms chase the U.S. market.
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U. S
Hebrew Actors Union Expands Projects As Jobs Shrink
The Hebrew Actors Union teams with theatrical producers on ethnic stage projects to create work for its shrinking membership. Plans include a modern Two Idiots staged by HAU actors plus Israeli performers, a topical revue, and a repertory group. The union has 250 members, down from 1500 in 1939.
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New York
Hebrew Actors’ Union
Abraham Goldfadden
HAU
Israel
MUSIC NOTES Winning The Praise
It seems that American performing artists are making headway internationally, earning praise and boosting cultural exchange. The piece notes the United States gaining prominence even behind the Iron Curtain and suggests dividends from this growth for the arts.
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All Arts
United States
Importer notes lack of European crafts at Southern markets
An importer and associates recount forming Contessa Moroni Imports after touring Italy and Europe with Coca Cola ties and Monarch Elevator links. Higgins cites European craft pride and handwork, with fairs in Munich and Florence, as contrast to U.S. mass production. The piece touches on Moscow praise for Shaw Chorale, the Bergen Mall Playhouse opening, Horowitz’s return to recording, and UNC Chapel Hill music series beginning Tuesdays.
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Italy
Coca Cola
Contessa Marini
Mirella Cavaglia
Teague
Higgins
Carlson
Monarch Elevator Co
Connell
Galloway Buick
Greensboro
Perrin
W. I. Anderson Co
Contessa Moroni Imports
Europe
U. S
Munich
Germany
Florence
United States
Bergen Mall
New Jersey
New York State
Playhouse
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Scandinavian
Captain Keating
Thoreau
Walden Pond
Carolina
Great Lakes
Rogers Terrill
Terrill
Furn. CO
E. Green St
North State
Central Exchange
High Point
Thomasville
Randleman
Porter
Lindbergh
the Reivers
Faulkner
Youngblood Hawke
Wouk
Wallace
Morton
Charley
Steinbeck
Nizer
Gardner
Hebrew Union Shrinking
Teague and
Ceive
Moscow
Shaw Chorale
Russia
Vladimir Horowitz
Columbia
Horowitz
Rachmaninoff
University of North Carolina In
Hill Music Hall
Coronet Carpets
N.C
State Distributing Carpet Center
Greensboro Road
Sedgefield
Warner's Wayside
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