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Privileged Class. In Milwaukee, before Detective Charles Littnan arrested a 19-year-old he was chasing on suspicion of burglary, the boy shouted back: "You can't shoot me. I'm a teen-ager...
Think back to when you were a teen-ager-maybe in the days of Rudy Vallee or Johnny Mercer or the Charleston of the Roaring '20s. Well, if you weren't what we call a square, you would have had your "teenage fun" with these artists. It was your generation (with all respect) that broke away from the slow ballroom dance to the faster jitterbug, big apple, Charleston...
...Catholic "cannot be pushed around," is free to rely on his own conscience in matters outside "direct canonical concern." Said she: "Bishops, cardinals and even Popes may be subjected to criticism." Even excommunication is only "a denial of certain privileges, in much the same way that a teen-ager might be denied the use of the family car. He is, of course, still a cherished member of the family...
...have just read your article, "Sally's Service," [about British Teen-Ager Sally Moore, who rewrote an Anglican church's evening service for more teen-age appeal-June 15]. I think this gal Sally should take another look at what she is doing to God's service and her fellow youths. If she and other teenagers would put down their Elvis records and Mad comics and turn to the Book of Common Prayer and the Bible, they could better understand the Psalms and Apostles' Creed, instead of having to drop them from their service or distort...
Cessna's performance is proof that the private-aircraft industry, which sprouted like a teen-ager after 1951 (TIME, Feb. 17, 1958), has finally matured. Last year, despite the recession, U.S. private-plane manufacturers delivered 6,416 planes, up 300 over 1957, raked in $101.5 million v. $99.7 million in 1957. In January, the latest month reported, they sold 100 more planes and grossed $2,500,000 more than in January 1958. The recession proved that for the businessman, the private plane is not a luxury but a necessity. U.S. businessmen have taken to the air in such numbers...