Book review notes Rockefeller search ends in anticlimax
Milt Machlin’s The Search for Michael Rockefeller recounts a 1969 manhunt in New Guinea for Nelson Rockefeller Jr. The inspection of the missing explorer, an amateur scientist and art enthusiast, yields little beyond the drama of a vanishing in a last true wilderness.
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Michael Rockefeler
Milt Machlin
Henry Stanley
Machlin
Michael Rockefeller
Gov
Nelson’ A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
New Guinea
Dr. Livingston
Argosy Magazine
Charles P. Wallace
UPI
Haute cuisine history prompts appetite and indigestion
Jeanne Lesem reports on a book by E. B. Page and P. W. Kingsford, detailing medieval gluttony and practical jokes, the persistence of food adulteration into the 19th century, and the rise of private chefs and Parisian restaurants. The book notes Careme and others modernized dining, with French origins influencing American fast service.
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E. B. Page
P. W. Kingsford
St. Martin's
England
Careme
Page
Kingsford
Paris
Jeanne Lesem
UPI
Helen Frankenthaler monograph by Barbara Rose
Barbara Rose profiles Helen Frankenthaler in a compact Abrams volume, tracing her shift from realist references to color space, ascetic monumentality, and wash techniques that revealed texture. The monograph notes her influence on Kenneth Noland and Louis Morris and highlights design by Robert Motherwell and quality color plates.
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Helen Frankenthaler
Barbara Rose
Harry N. Abrams
Abrams
Frankenthaler
Kenneth Noland
Louis Moris
Robert Motherwell
Frederick Mr. Winship
UPI
Diet books available at New Castle Public Library
Readers can find practical help for special diets at the New Castle Public Library per Mrs. Marjorie Book. The Ulcer Diet Cook Look by Harold Rubin and Bland But Grand by Edith Pertz cover ulcer diets and bland cooking. Emil Conason’s The Salt-Kree Diet Cook Book and Elma Bage’s Cooking Without a Grain of Salt target low fat or low salt needs.
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New Castle Public Library
Marjorie Book
Ubcer
Harold Rubin
Edith Pertz
Emil Conason
Elma Bage
Best Sellers list highlights top fiction and nonfiction titles
UPI compiles a Publishers' Weekly style roundup of current best sellers across fiction and nonfiction. Notable titles include The Winds of War by Herman Wouk, The Exorcist by William P. Blatty, Open Marriage by Nena and George O’Neill, and Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach, among others.
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UPI
Publishers’ Weekly
Herman Wouk
Irving Wallace
Taylor Caldwell
William P. Blady
The
Blue Knight
Joseph Wambaugh
Asher Lev
Chaim Potok
Arthur Hailey
Frederick Forsyth
Li Harrowhouse
Gerald A. Browne
Harry Kemelman
Ladislas Farago
Roger Kahin
Eleanor and Franklin
Joseph P. Lash
Jonathan Livingston
Seagull
Richard Bach
Nena
George O'Neill
Ruth Montgomery
F. Lee Bailey
Harvey Aronson
Engine CO
Dennis E. Smith
Bring
Unicorn Anne Morrow
Lindbergh
O.K
Thomas Harris
Elizabeth I in popular history by Neville Williams
Book review notes The Life and Times of Elizabeth I by Neville Williams Doubleday ten dollars serves as a compact popular history. It contrasts Elizabeth I with Mary Tudor and Mary, Queen of Scots, sketches era life from architecture to theater and court politics, yet treats the queen as a royal enigma.
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Elizabeth I
Neville Williams
Doubleday
Henry VII
Elizabeth 1
Elizabeth
Mary
Queen of Seals
Mary Tudor
Bloody Mary
Mary Stuart
Queen of Scots
Williams
Cecil
Dudley
Darnley
Times of
Post War Years by Werth reviews early Cold War
Alexander Werth's posthumously published study covers 1945 to 1948 and argues Stalin was pushed into the Cold War by Truman's moves. It contrasts with Roosevelt's hypothetical impact and delves into Stalinist police state methods, challenging the common West-led narrative.
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Russia
Alexander Werth
Taplinger
Soviet Union
West
Werth
United States
Truman
Josef Stalin
Free West
Stalin
Richard H. Growald
UPT
New Castle Library Adds Product Cross Reference Directory
The New Castle Public Library has acquired a product cross reference directory to aid consumer complaints. The reference lists over 2,000 name brand products and 1,000 producers with full addresses. Correspondence should go to the Library Board chairman or president at the main office.
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Citizens of
New Castle
John Oliver Roe
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Hamilton
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