Time of Your Life essay urges active living over nostalgia
Editor notes James Thurber essay argues escape into nostalgia is unproductive and urges readers to stay active. The author recalls personal milestones from youth and career, contrasts Western longing with modern duty, and ends with a call to be up and doing. NEXT: J. Edgar Hoover
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Renewed push for fourth R rigor spreads nationwide
A National Education Association survey shows grade schools and high schools across the country adding a fourth R rigor to curricula. Examples include longer English periods in Davenport Iowa and weekly themes in Beverly Hills California.
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Gypsy Rose Unpacks Lace Dainties In New Tour Return
Gypsy Rose Lee returns to performance with black lace attire for a musical comedy role in The Threepenny Opera. She signs a four month tour through sixteen cities as leading lady, producers say. The off-Broadway satire has drawn audiences for six years and grossed 214 million dollars.
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Weather Outlook Florida Week Temperatures Dip North Normal South
The weather forecast from the Associated Press notes temperatures will run below normal in north Florida and near normal or slightly below in the south. Rainfall will be moderate to heavy, with up to four inches possible in some areas especially South Florida. A weak front lingered, bringing clouds and showers including a heavy deluge in Jacksonville.
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Jersey Dock Blaze Damages $1 Million
A major fire on the Hudson River waterfront in Weehawken New Jersey destroyed a ferry terminal, docks, freight sheds and boxcars, with more than 1 million dollars in damage. The blaze began at the abandoned 42nd Street ferry and drew 400 firefighters from Hudson and Bergen counties plus New York City fireboats. Three piers, a boat repair yard and barges burned. nine others were hurt, one missing, and a man received minor burns as crews fought the blaze for three hours amid drizzle.
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Bolivia Fight Leaves 4 Dead in Santa Cruz
Reports from travelers say four people died and twenty were injured in fighting at Santa Cruz over the weekend. More than two hundred persons were reportedly arrested. Militiamen led by Luis Sandoval Moron attacked military and police forces as Santa Cruz was declared a military zone two weeks earlier.
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British Troops Reinforce Berlin Border As 500 East German Police Arrive
British Maj. Gen. Sir Roman Delacombe orders a Welsh regiment company with four Centurion tanks to the East West Berlin border as 500 East German police appear opposite the sector. West Berliners cheer Lyndon Johnson pledge and 1,500 American troops arrive amid renewed barrier building and tension easing in the city.
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Kennedy Cut Short Cape Cod Trip To Back Johnson
President Kennedy returns to Washington from Cape Cod to receive a report on Lyndon Johnson's mission to West Germany. Johnson meets Adenauer and Brandt in Bonn and Berlin to reaffirm firm U S backing in the Berlin crisis. Mrs Kennedy and Caroline join a cruiser trip up Martha's Vineyard before returning home.
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Johnson Back In Washington After West Berlin Mission
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson arrived in Washington to report to President Kennedy on a 36 hour mission to West Berlin. His jet landed at Andrews Air Force Base at 11 04 a m EDT. He would brief Kennedy on efforts to lift the spirits of 2 5 million West Berliners.
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Reds Clear Out Whole Neighborhood Where Windows Face Capitalists
In Berlin’s Harzerstrasse, half the residents were evacuated as moving vans guarded by Communist police emptied East Berlin homes. A concrete wall with barbed wire blocks side streets, cutting access between sectors while residents watch tearfully from windows amid crates, dishes, and beds being removed.
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Hong Kong Faces Cholera Threat Amid Epidemic Spread
AP report notes vaccine rushed to Hong Kong to curb cholera spreading from southeast China. 32 confirmed cases and 20 suspected in the colony with possible total near 100. Health inspectors on the border monitor shipments as fears widen to Formosa and the Philippines.
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Kensington Park Cavalcade of Homes Opens for Inspection
Kensington Park presents a 14 acre recreation center and home exposition from 8 a.m. to dusk. Prices start at 11 250 dollars with 375 dollars down.
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