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...teeming Negro and colored shantytowns of Johannesburg, where newspapers and magazines are a rarity, a truck piled high with magazines rumbled through the unpaved streets last week. Wherever it stopped, hundreds of people swarmed about it, buying the magazine: The African Drum. A 5? Life-size monthly, Drum has in less than three years become the leading spokesman for South Africa's 9,000,000 Negro and colored population. In South Africa, torn by racial strife, Drum's popularity is easily xplained. "We air the views and grievances of the blacks," says Publisher James R. Bailey, a white...
John Krizna's sharpness made the Mazurka one of the evening's high-points. Usually a fine virtuoso, Krizna is too flashy to be a good supporting partner. Yet his Drummer divertissement in the Graduation Ball was a disappointment--probably because he had to twirl drum sticks as well as execute some complicated steps. The ballet itself was unusually gay and frivolous due to the excellence of the cast. Throughout the entire performance, they projected themselves well and always danced as a group...
...week and stopped before a greeting committee of 1,500-odd bureaucrats. Out stepped 34 Russian ballerinas, composers and scientists and the 260-member Soviet Army Red Flag Song & Dance Ensemble. Forward rushed 150 Chinese Young Pioneers with bouquets. The two sides embraced and, led by 70 gaily clad drum dancers, marched to a large square. There, according to Radio Peking, a waiting crowd rumbled "thunderous, spontaneous cheers of 'Stalin!' and 'Mao Tse-tung!'" while speakers extolled "the most devoted friends of the Chinese people, sent by the great Generalissimo Stalin." The Chinese Communists proclaimed "Sino...
Three hundred strong, the Mullius society marched into the ranks of the peace strikers. Their banner urged bigger and better imperialist wars, Jingoism, and increased armament. The three leaders of the society were dressed as Hitler, Karl Marx, and a boyscout. Quickly the leaders strike tried to beat the drum for peace, but in vain. The Mullius men had turned the strike into a farce. Heckled incessantly, the YCL leaders were showered with eggs, onions, and pennies by the crowd...
...this and feared that Cashmore would hurt Stevenson's chances in New York, since the machine idle for the Senate nominee would not be helping in the Presidential race either. And while Ives was gaining votes for Eisenhower, there would be no strong candidate to help Stevenson. Attempting to drum up Liberal interest in the campaign, they nominated Counts. The Liberals know their man will lose, but they feel that they can help win the state for Stevenson...