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...Paris Herald column, "Europe's Lighter Side," syndicated to six other U.S. dailies by the New York Herald Tribune, takes the informal measure of a wide range of American travelers abroad from Paul Hoffman, Jim Farley and Henry Ford II to "Slapsy" Maxie Rosenbloom, Ernest Hemingway and Lana Turner. And Buchwald's lighthearted guidebook, Paris After Dark, which has sold more than 60,000 copies, is one of the best sources of information for Americans on Paris restaurants and night life...
Sturdy Stopper. Virginia's Highway Commission has bought 10,000 plastic traffic signs from General Tire & Rubber Co. for use on its roads. Lighter and tougher than steel, yet only one-eighth to one-tenth inch thick, the plastic signs withstand the attacks of man and nature better than metal ones...
...expected that the finish of the furniture will be light brown, to compromise between the gloomy effect of very dark surfaces and the easy staining of lighter finishes...
...CRIMSON this week learned that within two years both the flannel suit and the tab or rounded shirt collar will have gone the way of the hair shirt and the diamond stick pin. Square merchants blame the recent influx of western students here for the increased demands for lighter shades in shits and sport coats as well as the swing to one and two-button models from the standard three-button style...
...trend away from the raccoon coat continues as the bulky great-coat of recent years gives way to lighter, weather repellent fabrics with zip-in linings. The crowning glory of the college man's hat also seems on the down grade. One style, however, the Tyrolean green alpine model with feather brush and hidden ear-muffs, is gaining popularity so quickly that one expects to hear yodels echoing from the steps of Widener...