Writer Quentin Reynolds Remembered As Generous Mentor
A personal tribute recalls Quentin Reynolds as a generous mentor to young writers. He worked as a renowned war correspondent for Collier’s, edited before the war, and hosted Americans at the Savoy Hotel. The author credits Reynolds with giving him status and kindness, alongside colleagues Bob Considine and Shirley Povich.
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Ernie Pyle
Quent
Collier's
Savoy Hotel
Bob
Reynolds
Sherman
Merman
Downey
Considine
Shirley Povich
Bob Considine
Quentin Reynolds
Big Quent
Toots Shor
Reform, Welfare, and the Duty of Individual Responsibility
The piece discusses public assistance, its abuses, and calls for reform. It cites The Reader’s Digest essay Why the Dole Doesn’t Work by Earl and Anne Selby, highlighting perverse incentives, dependency, and generational welfare. It contrasts this with a warning on the moral drift under dictatorial duty and emphasizes personal accountability.
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Reader's Digest
Earl
Anne Selby
Selbys
U. S
Troll dolls and their unlikely origin story told
An exploration of Troll dolls tracing from Danish woodcutter Thomas Dam who carved a birthday gift, to mass production in Denmark New Zealand and Florida. The piece notes Norwegian and Norwegian moss trolls, their prices, and cultural appeal as charming yet ugly artifacts linked to luck and childhood fantasy.
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Medusa
Dammit
Dam
Thomas Dam
Denmark
New Zealand
Hialeah, Fla
U. S
Norway
Execution averted but Zimmerman suffers after decades
Innocent man Isidore Zimmerman, freed after 24 years in New York prisons for a crime he did not commit, remains jobless in Seattle while his tell-all book Punishment Without Crime gains readers and proceeds. Meanwhile Tennessee Gov. Frank Clements halted five executions and West Virginia ended capital punishment, with New York recommending abolition.
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Washington
Isidore Zimmerman
New York
Seattle
Frank Clements
Tennessee
West Virginia
New York State
Zimmerman
Herbert Lehman
Welfare Reform Moves Mark New Legislative Chair
Sen Harold Runnels of Lovington becomes chair of the Legislative Finance Committee with a 94000 operation fund and aims to investigate welfare. The House asks the LFC to study school transport motor and boundary issues while radio use by state agencies prompts interference. Inez Gill shifts from LFC staff to a new director role. a new LFC director will be hired. The gas tax survived and other reorganizations were proposed, including consolidation of state hospitals and alcoholism clinics. San Juan lawmakers blocked a 250000 welfare building project amid party tensions.
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Will Harrison Santa FE
Harold Runnels
Lovington
Legislative Finance Committee
LFC
House
Highway Department
State Police
Game Department
Forestry Department
Motorola
Legislature
Inez Gill
Legislative Council Service
Jerry Brasher
Albuquerque
Jim Patton
Las Cruces
Gordon Melody
Las Vegas
Larry Goodell
Roswell
John Hoover
John Mershon
Otero
Robbie Mayfield
Charlie Bassett
Fred Moxie
Bassett
New Mexico State
Alberta Miller
Jack
Roswell Daily Record Staff and Address Details
Roswell Daily Record lists Jimmy C. Cox as Advertising Manager Albert A. Stubbs as Managing Editor R M Higginbotham as Business Manager and provides subscription rates and delivery terms for Chaves County and surrounding areas The paper operates from 424 North Main Street Roswell New Mexico and is a member of The Associated Press
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Chaves
Roswell
Trade
Associated Press
Book Review Distinctly British Views First Journey
Winston S Churchill portrays a 22 year old journalist on a 20 000 mile single engine plane trip through twenty African nations with a German Krupp companion. He notes British coloration in views on Congo politics race in South Africa and Schweitzer hospital while acknowledging doors opened by his name. The tone is casual and observational not authoritative and the journey is framed as a young man adventure.
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LBJ
U.S
South Viet Nam
North
Viet Nam
Fay Kohler
Moscow
Gromyko
Asia
Africa
Europe
Churchill
Sir Winston
Germany
von Krupp
United Nations
Congo
Albert Schweitzer
Lambarene
Miles A. Smith
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Montgomery
Dieppe
Normandie
Stork
United States
AL Stubbs
Troll Factories
Hakke
Benjamin Spock
Drew Pearson
Britain
Michael Stewart
London
Indochina
Molotov
Geneva
Kennedy
Laos
Foreon
de Gaulle
U ‘Ibant
SCHC
Boys Reformatory
Girls Correctional School
Mental Hospital
Miners Hospital
Raton
Los Lunas Hospital
Crippled Childrens Hospital
Ugh
Truth Or Consequences
Tuberculosis
Fort Stanton
Alcoholism Commission
San Juan
San Juan County
Welfare Department
Harrell Budd
Ray Atchison
Jim Atcitty
Austin Roberts
Jimmy C. Cox
Advertising Manager
Albert A. Stubbs
R. M. Higginbotham
Ee “5
North Main Street
N.M
Roswell, N.M
Book Review
Winston S. Churchill
Publishers’ Weekly
Herzog, Bellow
Harry Sundown
Gilden the Man
Wallace
Berlin
Deighton
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