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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1966
Page
3
The piece reflects on 20th century memories as Hal Boyle notes daily life contrasts. It lists facsimiles of past norms from wages and hobbies to manners and household technology, painting a wistful portrait of earlier American life and social habits.
New Haven Connecticut Ford Foundation announces a new 6.3 million grant to Yale University's international studies program. The award supplements a 3 million grant from 1961 to support a 10 year plan of graduate training and research led by Yale president Kingman Brewster Jr.
A copper 1943 penny worth up to $4 000 was stolen from a local collector in Alton Illinois. Police believe the thief had no idea of the coin’s value and may have passed it into circulation. The 1943 penny was minted in aluminum, but collectors claim three copper examples exist and two more reside in East Coast private collections.
The Philippines joined the United Nations with Malaya becoming the 82nd member in September 1957, marking another expansion of the world body amid Cold War era diplomacy.
Hollywood reports that films with Negro cast and themes now draw as much in the South as elsewhere. A Patch of Blue, featuring Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman, stunned Atlanta by grossing high figures, with only one New Orleans theater owner declining to show it. MGM expects a $4 million to $5 million national gross after cutting a kiss scene for Southern audiences.
Paramount head Howard Koch reports smooth Southern bookings for A Slender Thread and positive returns across the region It notes Poitier’s star power helping films with Black leads overcome regional prejudice and boost nationwide appeal
The Voice of America is affecting Russians, especially the young, according to VOA director John Chancellor. He said in three years VOA has broken the Soviet monopoly of news to their own people.
Ferry service between Manhattan and Brooklyn was discontinued in 1942, ending a historic transit link.
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