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Dates: during 1950-1959
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A few seasons ago, at the tag end of one of those strength-sapping St. Louis summers, Stan toyed with the restful notion of quitting after he rapped out his 3,000th. Now he knows better. Stepping up to the plate and swinging free-not for fence-busting homers, but...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Old Pro | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

¶ A bare three weeks after he directed his St. Louis Hawks to an upset victory over the Boston Celtics for the N.B.A. championship, Coach Alex Hannum abruptly announced that he was quitting the club. Reported cause of the break: the penny ante salary of $10,000 offered by terrible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Scoreboard, may 12, 1958 | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

Using Maximilian's system, Berlitz teachers can, and have, taught illiterate savages (Philippine Igorots, brought to the U.S. for the St. Louis Exposition of 1904) to speak English, and literate Americans to speak most of the world's tongues. Berlitz Schools in New York are prepared to teach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: The Language Merchants | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

Detroit's trouble in 1958 is only too evident on the sales graphs. Last week's reports showed a slight upturn in the last ten days of April. But for the first four months of the year, the industry is down a crushing 33%-and there are few...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: On the Slow Road | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

Reigning Cats & Dogs. In St. Louis County, Mo., State Weight Inspector Arthur J. Schneider stopped a truck, ordered the driver to rearrange his freight to take excess weight off the rear axle, sympathetically changed his mind when the driver told him the cargo was eight leopards, a cheetah, eight dogs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, may 12, 1958 | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

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