Eisenhower Letter Highlights Free Minded Democracy
The column presents Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1953 letter to Robert B. Downs of the American Library Association, read to council on June 26, and connects its themes to Independence Day 1972. It extols libraries as free knowledge sources and warns against suppressing ideas, urging intelligent vigilance against fanaticism and censorship to sustain liberty.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert B. Downs
American Library Association
America
Schulberg Keeps Writing Busy Dig In And Keep At It
Author Budd Schulberg, 58, outlines a vigorous plan as he publishes Loser and Still Champion on Muhammad Ali, prepares The Four Seasons of Success about six writers, and works on a Puerto Rican migration film script and a stage musical inspired by A Face In The Crowd.
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Phil Thomas
Wricey New York
Budd Schulberg
Schulberg
Sammy
Muhammad Ali
Joe Frazier
Joe Louis-Max Schmeling
Sinclair Lewis
William Saroyan
John Steinbeck
Thomas Heggen
Nathanel West
F. Scott Fitzgerald
United States
Hollywood
Hardcover Best Sellers List Shuffle
The top selling hardcover titles shift positions from week to week. The Word by Wallace remains strong at number one while The Winds of War by Wouk and My Name Is Asher Lev by Potok hold high spots. Capitanes and the Kings by Caldwell and The Terminal Man by Crichton appear in the upper tier. Nonfiction includes Jonathan Livingstone Seagull by Bach and The Game of the Foxes by Farago among others.
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Word
Wallace
Wouk
Asher Lev
Potok
Caldwell
Chickten
Jonathan Livingston
Seagull Bach
Kahn
Farago
Harris
Collins and Lapierre
Publishers Weekly
Comprehensive paperbacks list of classic and modern titles
A dense catalog of best sellers and notable books spanning crime drama fiction history and memoirs. Authors include Salinger Roth Robards and Plath with works like The Exorcist A Clockwork Orange and The Bell Jar alongside biographies and diet guides.
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Tarantula
Dylan Rose
Cameron
Salinger
OUR Gang
Roth
DeMarco Capone
Kobler
Methusaleh Enezyme
Stewart D.J
Jeffreys
Owens
Pendleton the
Betsy
Robbins
Jones
Hobson
Sanders D. J
Jefferys
Archie Bunker
Edith Bunker
Jassy
Nidetch Capone
Robler
Michener
Roth Penmarric
Howardh
Nino
Birds OF America
McCarthy Him
Galsworthy
Pignatelli
Wounded Knee
Brown
Sayers and
Silverman
Stone the Doctor
Stillman Bell Jar
Plath
Woodkwiss
471 Officers Trained During May
Columbus Ohio AP Attorney General William J Brown reports 471 regular and private peace officers were trained in May by Peace Officer Training Council divisions. This brings total certified during Brown’s term to 5451, with 1743 certified in 1972.
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Columbus, Ohio
William J. Brown
Peace Officer Training Council Division
Brown
Prize Compensates For Couple's Lost Station Wagon
In New Orleans a Cedar Rapids couple, Mr and Mrs Albert Briles, won a station wagon at the National Association of Retail Grocers convention but were robbed of it when their prize was stolen after the event. A compensation prize was offered, restoring the loss as the couple prepared to depart.
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New Orleans
Albert Briles
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
National Association of Retail Grocers
United States
Balancing Book Names in a Mixed Readout
A compact list of titles and names appears including Young Mike Fink Bali The Old Woman Who Lived in the Vinegar Bottle Godden Junior Jude Harrison Landmarks of Liberty National Park Service Zoo Safari Shannon Picture Books Madeline and the Bad Hats.
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Mike Fink
Bali
Godden Junior
Jude
Harrison
Landmarks of Liberty
Tional Park Service Zoo Safari
Shannon
Madeline and the Bad Hats
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