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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Rebuttal. In Lisbon Falls, Me., when the town's selectmen increased the tax rate on real estate, the citizens held a special meeting, voted to dismiss all five selectmen from their jobs.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

If I may say so, I thought the cover story came out very well. As far as I am concerned, it was all too complimentary, and as far as my views are concerned, accurate, which is the main point. May I congratulate you on the result and express my own...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

Why all the adjectives for 40 & 8, like "fanny-pinching and town-wrecking" and none at all for the parent American Legion? Let me suggest a couple: the public-till-raiding, socialism-for-us-but-not-for-you American Legion.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

As you noted, the heat was oppressive; the area was a slum; the killers had contacts with a marijuana salesman; they were all Puerto Rican immigrants; the two leaders had stepparents, and one lived with a sister whose husband had deserted her. Yet the city scoffed at the "theory that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

As a means of reducing tension between the law and juvenile criminals in New York City, I suggest that President Eisenhower invite some of the gang leaders to tour the country. Let's show them the corn belt, Levittown, Pa., and Congress in session. Let's show them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 5, 1959 | 10/5/1959 | See Source »

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