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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Those who had three polio shots over a year ago were also urged to come for a booster shot on Mondays or Tuesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. or Wednesdays or Thursdays from 10 to 11 a. m. Those who have not yet had all three Salk shots are asked to report very soon. Parental permission is advised...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Free Inoculations | 2/6/1959 | See Source »

Both the personnel and armament of Castro's army are heterogeneous in the extreme. Most men carry Browning Automatic Rifles, M-l's, or Thompson sub-machine guns purchased through agents in the United States. There are many, however, who carry rifles of Dominican origin. These are weapons which Trujillo originally sold to Batista, but which were later captured in rebel raids upon government arsenals. I asked the bearded owner of one such rifle whether he had a bullet ready for original owner Trujillo, in the event of a Cuban "liberation" expedition to the Dominican Republic. He slowly replied...

Author: By Warren KAPLAN L, | Title: Law Student Visits Castro's Cuba: Soldiers and Inhabitants Exultant | 2/6/1959 | See Source »

...seemed a very kind man, shy but friendly, with an English tweed jacket and a smile all his own. "I thought you might be the telephone man; I'm expecting someone this morning to connect the phone. I understand you have some questions to ask; I wish you could have left them earlier; I'm not really so good at this sort of thing. But do come...

Author: By John B. Radner, | Title: The Comedy of Manners | 2/5/1959 | See Source »

Well, Mr. Auer, you were right. I admit that I doubted your word and went out to buy a copy of the magazine before subscribing. But I'm convinced now. I have found your February 2 issue just chock full of facts, and I was able to use them at least a dozen times today. For instance, I was in a conversational circle today that was revolving around Bernstein (Estrella Bernstein, our cleaning woman) and I just usually dropped the fact that Cecil B. DeMille was dead. You remember--your latest issue devoted nearly three-quarters of a page...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thank-You Note | 2/4/1959 | See Source »

...that in too. But I am glad you could give two-thirds of a page to the rumors about the Shah of Iran and that exiled Italian princess and a similar amount of space to that Polish refugee novelist Hlasko. He sounds like a real interesting guy and I'm glad to see some coverage of his activities in Germany rather than any of this dull stuff about German reunification. The same goes for the story on the princess. Who wants to read about a cabinet resigning anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Thank-You Note | 2/4/1959 | See Source »

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