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Carl Sandburg's Poems for Children (Caedmon). Poet Sandburg, in his keening, wonder-struck voice, reads a selection of the short poems that have fueled his public recitations for years. The quieter ones-Buffalo Dusk, Young Sea, Early Moon-are fused with a sense of mystery that any receptive child can feel...
Between October 1958 and July 1959, the gross at Sotheby's was $16 million, including $770,000 for a Peter Paul Rubens (see opposite page), until last week the highest price ever paid at an auction. A Gauguin Tahitian scene, owned by George Goodyear of Buffalo, fetched $364,000. Cezanne's Peasant in a Blue Blouse got $406,000; and Gainsborough's Mr. and Mrs. Robert Andrews brought $364,000, the top price ever paid at an auction for an English painting...
...chesty Peter J. Crotty, 51, the future must have seemed cheery. As the Democratic boss of New York's Erie County (Buffalo), he delivered bountifully for Jack Kennedy in 1960 and got the new President's heartfelt thanks in person at the White House. Soon word was passed that Crotty was a Kennedy favorite to replace bumbling Michael H. Prendergast as New York State Democratic chairman-might even aspire to becoming national chairman...
...then came last week's election in Buffalo. A Crotty protėgé. Democratic Mayor Frank A. Sedita, had been beaten in the primary by Democratic Councilman Victor E. Manz. Crotty refused to back Manz in the general election; instead he openly supported Sedita, who ran as an independent. With the Democrats angrily split, Buffalo elected Chester Kowal as its first Republican mayor in eight years. Instead of the familiar thanks of victory, Peter Crotty heard irate Democratic demands...
Isapwo Muksika Crowfoot (?-1890), Blackfoot chief: "What is life? It is a flash of a firefly in the night. It is a breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is as the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset...