Why I Love America by Louis B. Seltzer in Tracks
National editor Louis B. Seltzer praises the United States in Tracks July issue, calling it the greatest country and expressing awe after decades in journalism. He notes rising interest in American history, shrines, libraries, and birthplace sites as a sign of renewed national inspiration.
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Louis B. Seltzer
Cleveland Press
America
Tracks
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Seltzer
United States
U.S.A
Life Magazine
Rock and roll riots stain teens thrill in 1950s
San Jose police halted a July 8 rock and roll riot at a dance hall after a beer bottle was thrown. $3000 in damage, 13 youths treated, nine arrested. July 3 Asbury Park Convention Hall also saw a riot blamed on excess beer and hot music with 12 surrounding towns sending officers. Elvis Presley faced heavy criticism for TV gyrations on the Milton Berle show, drawing protests but boosting Heartbreak Hotel and Don't Step on My Blue Suede Shoes into the hits. Presley later appeared on Steve Allen with similar controversy and strong fan support.
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San Jose
Calif
Asbury Park
Elvis Presley
Washington, D. C
Atlanta
White Citizens Council of Birmingham
Berle
Steve Allen
Allen
Elvis
Presley
Ed Sullivan
NBC
Spain’s lash beauty cures olive oil bathes lashes
The article notes Spanish women use olive oil to bathe lashes. It cites general home beauty wisdom from the era alongside various facts about wallpapers, medieval homes, and tides. The piece blends curiosities from different topics into a column of short notes.
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Spain
Young journalists publish their own paper The Heights Herald
Bobby Lynch and Robert Warf, teens from Clifton Forge, run The Heights Herald with 300 paid readers and 23 ads in edition nine. The project includes editorials reviews a TV column and a Hats Off feature saluting local achievers.
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Fred C. McCoy
C & O Rwy
Bobby Lynch
R. N. Lynch
Robert Warf
R. E. Warf
the Heights Herald
Bridey Murphy
Heights
Clifton Forge
Herald
Lynch
Birth of Herald Height and teen beer debate
The Herald Height began on Christmas Day 1953 when Bobby Lynch received a Hektograph and published a first edition the same day. The mimeographed paper survives as a learning venture though costs exceed sales. The piece notes a rise of near beer aimed at teens, a legal loophole with half percent alcohol, and police concern over underage access.
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Herald Height
Bobby Lynch
Armed Forces Down But Killing Power Up in Cold War Shift
The United States and Russia discuss disarmament while expanding capability to destroy each other. Dulles rejects broad cuts, while Adm. Radford hints at a possible 800,000 reduction by 1960 leveraging new weapons.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Dulles
Bulgaria
New York Times
Adm
Radford
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Congress
Free World
Questionable U.S. military cuts amid nuclear age concerns
A discussion on possible reductions in U.S. ground forces, the role of air power and nuclear weapons, and the risk of triggering wider wars. It cites Dulles and Radford, noting allied trust and potential Russian pressure as decisive factors in any policy shift.
Military men honored on May Honor Flight and overseas service
Airman 2 C. Herold Garten Beckley is named to the Honor Flight for May after serving at the Pentagon. Sgt. Robert G. MecClure Seated in Germany with the 237th Field Artillery Battalion, is a Woodrow Wilson High School graduate and son of Mrs. J. B. Hand. Pvt. Thomas G. Jessup of Beckley takes part in amphibious training with the First Cavalry Division on Iwo Jima, after enlisting in 1955 and training at Fort Jackson.
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204Th
Aacs Airways and Air Communications Service Squadron
Pentagon
Washington
D. C
C. Herold G. Garten
Beckley
United States Air Force Communications Center
Mac Garten
Tolbert St
Woodrow Wilson High School
Air Force
Germany
237Th Field Artillery
Robert G. MecClure
Clarice
Mullers
Army
Japan
Woodrow Wil
J. B. Hand
Damascus
First Cavalry Division
Pacific
Iwo Jima
Thomas G. Jessup
Charles M. Jessup
Route 1
Camp Whittington
Fort Jackson
Jessup
The Circus Is Dead Long May It Reign
New York notes that while John Ringling North calls the tented show a thing of the past, circuses as a form endure in new American and global guises. The piece argues the circus persists, incubates, and reappears like a phoenix despite claims of decline, with six references to its history and cultural impact.
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New York
John Ringling North
America
Lucius Tarquinius Priscus
Rome
Europe
United States
Emmett Kelly
North
Russians and Americans share humor in lively anecdotes
A dispatch from Yalta recalls Russian humor in eateries and tub fishing gags, plus inmates imagining Napoleon as a spouse. It also notes Western satire in Russian magazines, jokes about Lenin and Stalin, and cultural exchanges with American entertainment figures.
Debate on Psychology Professors as Educational Salesmen
A publisher argues psychology professors should actively attract larger classes to boost enrollments and college revenues. Dean Horace Mitman rebuts, saying no department rivalry will be allowed, while defenders claim competition and better teaching raise student value and national progress.
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Horace G
Florida
Crane
Horace
C. B. Mitman
Milman
Psychology
Glenn Frank
The
University, of Wisconsin
America
Ipitina
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