Word: pops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...this point conductors Arthur Fiedler and Harry Ellis Dickson took over. They swung the orchestra into the semiclassics, the nostalgic songs of the years when 1930 was young, and finally riotously outrageous parodies of current pop hits, including an assassination of "Davy Crockett...
...Udall, Kans. (pop. 610) everyone was pleased when shy Schoolteacher Aileen Holtje announced her engagement. One night last week the womenfolk were giving her a wedding shower. All day long Aileen worried about what clothes to wear because of the contrary weather, which changed from rain to sultry heat to dusty winds; eventually, she decided on a summery nylon print dress. As the party began, thunder rumbled in the southwest, and a woman said uneasily that tornado warnings were out- clear to Texas...
Across the Wheat. Blackwell (pop. 10,000) felt uneasy beforehand. "You kind of kept wondering what it was you were worried or unhappy about," explained one resident. At 9:23 p.m. Pearl Joyce Peckham was standing on her front porch while a boy friend picked up hailstones rattling down from the dark sky. "The next thing I knew," she related, "he ran and grabbed me and said, 'My God, it's a tornado.' and there it was, right on top of us. It was dark, but this thing was much darker than the night. We ran into...
...face of spiraling costs, many a U.S. daily has died in the last ten years, and few new ones have been born. Three months ago, in Tallahassee, Fla. (pop. 38,002), Leo William Bowmall, vice president of Manhattan's Bulkley Dunton Pulp Co., decided to try to buck the trend. He and other backers put up more than $250,000 to launch the Tallahassee Capital Post, to compete with the 50-year old Tallahassee Democrat (circ. 14,014). Last week, after barely 68 days of life, the new paper died. Even though the Post was small, with a circulation...
Europe used to spend its summers displaying castles, cathedrals, ruins and mountain vistas. Nowadays, sightseeing is being heavily supplemented by music-hearing. From metropolis to hamlet the cry echoes: "Let's start a festival!" One happy hamlet that has followed the call is Germany's Bad Bertrich (pop. 800), nestled on a hillside 45 miles from Coblenz, near the Moselle river. It is moderately well known for its waters (good for stomach, gall bladder and liver disorders) and its 18th century castle, onetime residence of Prince-Bishop Clement Wenceslaus. Only a few years ago, tourists in Bad Bertrich...