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...There (Sun. 6:30 p.m., CBS). Re-creation of "The Evacuation of Cor-regidor...
...street. The Marguttiani organized a committee for the defense of their neighborhood, and last fall the Italian Ministry of Public Instruction halted further ravages by decreeing that Via Margutta is a "zone of notable public interest," in which no new buildings may be built or existing décor altered without government consent.* Last week Italian architects were hard at work on plans for the restoration of the street. The government had offered a prize of 1,000,000 lire ($1,600) for the best plan, recommending that the offending garage "be considered an object of special study." Both artists...
Richardson, a journalism graduate of Indiana University, came to TIME after a war career as a soldier-reporter for Yank Magazine in the Far East. He was the Army weekly's first cor respondent in the Pacific, covered the New Guinea campaign, walked an esti mated 600 miles in forays behind enemy lines in Burma with Merrill's Marauders, rode the first convoy over the Ledo-Burma Road from India to China, dropped into Japanese-held Rangoon with Gurkha paratroops, and was awarded the Legion of Merit by General Douglas MacArthur...
Bunk Johnson (Columbia LP). The last professional engagement played by the late New Orleans trumpeter, who once showed some hot licks to a kid cor-nettist named Louis Armstrong. With six longtime jazzmen of Bunk's own choosing, he plays a free & easy program of twelve tunes, e.g., Chloe, Some of These Days, Out of Nowhere, in his simple but highly polished style. There are a few quaint runs and riffs straight out of turn-of-the-century New Orleans, but every number has the glow of on-the-spot invention...
...Magic Speller" ($3) whose picture cards, when inserted in a slot, rack up simple words like "bird" and "bear" for a child to copy on a miniature blackboard. The Tom Thumb typewriter is a real working model ($19.95). Prospective architects can try their hand with "Blockbusters," big, cor rugated-paper blocks capable of holding more than 200 lbs. (twelve blocks for $5.95). Radio hams can assemble their own crystal sets ($2.50). One of the best bargains for budding mechanics: the plas tic "Fix-It" automobile. Its battery, radi ator and gas tank can all be filled; wheels can be removed...