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...Smithie (class of '59), has a pleasant and natural voice, but more striking is her versatility of dramatic expression. In one scene, she coos sweetly over the new-born babe as the group sings "Virgin Mary Had a Little Baby," and in a subsequent number, she brandishes a mean pen-knife in a rowdy rendition of "Union Maid." Although 3 Folk Sing is nominally a trio, there is also a fourth, Paul Prestopino, a talented instrumentalist who accompanies the others. With his black beard and black-rimmed glasses, he provides added flavoring to the "Family of Man" atmosphere...

Author: By Martha E. Miller, | Title: 3 Folk Sing | 5/19/1959 | See Source »

...were ushered into the Kremlin for more of Khrushchev's camaraderie. He autographed their short-snorter bank notes, received with thanks a map showing the point where Soviet and American troops first met before V-E day. When Alexander Lieb of Sherman Oaks, Calif, gave Khrushchev a ballpoint pen as a souvenir, Nikita, laughing, handed over a more expensive fountain pen in return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Be Kind to Americans | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...preserve a truce with the Deliverers. Most of this went to Harold Gross, a convicted labor extortionist who runs a Teamster local in Miami, has been on Neo Gravure's payroll (together with four of his relatives) since 1945, after serving three years in the pen. But a share was slipped to a Longshoremen's Union official, Cornelius Noonan, who helped Gross engineer the shakedown.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Payoffs' Price | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...More Fun. There she lives alone in a two-room apartment over the school. The one thing she leaves to others is cooking. In the office she usually dictates letters, though she has learned to write-far more legibly than most people with normal hands-with a special pen hooked to her stump. Dr. Carlsen attends conventions all over the country, traveling easily by plane or train if it is too far to drive. But driving she loves, in a car with special controls, like those for handicapped veterans. "It's the only thing I'm proud...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Handicap Winner | 5/18/1959 | See Source »

...down his pen and quit taking notes. He heard no more of the lecture, he was too involved in the task of working his rubbers off his feet. He wiggled discreetly in his chair, pushing one heel against the other until, finally, his Cordovans stood naked to the world...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rain | 5/15/1959 | See Source »

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