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...Wright, who was born in Los Angeles and has spent almost all of his life there (except for a hitch as a U.S. Navy pilot and a TIME correspondent in London) can recall the time when "there was little more than wheatfields beyond Western Avenue." He found that the Los Angeles story was a rediscovery of his hometown. For Ed Rees, a native of Delaware, it was a firsthand discovery. After talking to architects, sociologists, county supervisors, meteorologists, etc. he found that some of his pet theories about...
...Almost daily Cope finds room in his column for his favorite gospel-the coming of a Southland rich with new topsoil, year-round pastureland and milk-fed beef. The foundation of the Cope gospel is the fast-growing vine, kudzu;*he organized Georgia's Kudzu Club (20,000 members), and has plugged the vine so long that friends call him "the Kudzu Kid." It was betting on the horses that introduced Cope (and Georgia) to another important crop. On his way to drop a little money at the 1945 Kentucky Derby, Cope spotted a grass called Kentucky 31 fescue...
...Trans-ocean Air Lines pilot circling 5,000 feet above the Radio City studio. (His thought was a commercial plug for the company.) These feats, Dunninger solemnly avers, were accomplished for the entertainment of TV audiences without the use of "supernatural powers." But they have given an almost supernatural boost to his Bigelow Show* (Thurs. 9:30 p.m., NBCTV) rocketing it from 19th to second place in the current Hooperatings...
...using its own tugs and barges, hauls Pennsylvania's freight across New York Harbor to Greenville, N.J., earning the Pennsy $1.10 in terminal credits for every ton of freight. For doing the work, the Long Island gets only 35? a ton. Thus, the Pennsy gets 75? for doing almost nothing. Said the commission: these revenues over the years would have more than wiped out the $12 million in accounts payable which the Pennsy claims is now due from the Long Island. ¶About eleven miles of Long Island track form a vital freight route to the Brooklyn waterfront. Fees...
...Still British as Unionists rolled up a 3-to-l majority in House of Commons over Republican Catholics. 48. U.S. sailors desecrating a hero's statue here were almost lynched...