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...much farmer as newsman. He grew up on a South Dakota livestock ranch, graduated with a degree in agriculture from Iowa State College in 1923. After college, he caught on with the Cedar Rapids (Iowa) Gazette as its first farm editor, spent days skidding down muddy roads to dig out stories in long, back-fence chats with farmers. Says he: "When you're looking for news, there's nothing that beats getting out yourself and talking to sources...
Today in East Germany, dancing the Lipsi has become a demonstration of Communist faith. Press and radio alike are pushing its doubtful charms. Even the hipsters who still don't dig it are reading the published directions, in self-defense. "Lipsi can be danced on very small, overcrowded dance floors. We can practice it at home in the living room. Just always remember: keep moving in the direction that the man is facing, to avoid unpleasant collisions...
...Sunday services at Gettysburg Presbyterian Church, inspected his Aberdeen Angus, worked over speeches scheduled this week before the NATO ministers in Washington and a Gettysburg College convocation. This week, the holiday over, he planned to return to the White House after the annual Easter-egg roll. There, he would dig in to face a returning Congress and the crises which have become almost part of an average day's work...
...bands as Count Basic, Jimmy Lunceford, Duke Ellington. Jon Hendricks himself composes most of the lyrics, which are supposed to approximate-in sound and sense-the instrumental feel of the original band arrangement. Example: last week Singer Annie Ross, cast in the role of "brass," opened with the line "Dig Count Basie blow Joe's blues away," was seconded by the "reeds" (Hendricks, Arranger Dave Lambert) with the line "Blow Joe's blues away." After that the two sections sang together in a bouncing counterpoint, with the "brass" falling back and punctuating the "reed" line with repeated "yeahs...
...Time to dig some sand...