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...achievement soon froze in the rigors of the cold war. The Red satellite was a milestone in history, a giant step toward the conquest of interplanetary space. But it was also a Communist achievement with serious implications for the West that the Communists themselves made clear. Cold-war propaganda rang in the Russian announcement: "The present generation will witness how the freed and conscious labor of the people of the new socialist society turns even the most daring of man's dreams into a reality...
...yellow skirt talked to a schoolboy, his books in one hand, a gallon jug with two lively brown mice in the other. "If you want to be chicken," said the girl, "go on in." The boy smiled shamefacedly -and went to school. The Central High School class bell rang at 8:45-and at almost that instant a shriek went up: "Here come the niggers...
...Last Word. When the class bell finally rang, the Negro students had not yet arrived. District Commander Walker, out of rugged Hill County, Texas (where it is said of the best people: "They kill their own snakes"), called the white pupils into the auditorium, explained his mission: "You have nothing to fear from my soldiers, and no one will interfere with your coming, going, or your peaceful pursuit of your studies . . . One last word about my soldiers. They are here because they have been ordered to be here. They are seasoned, well-trained soldiers, many of them combat veterans. Being...
Tintinnabulations resounded throughout the University yesterday. The Russian chimes of President Lowell rang in the evening, announcing the first High Table, and in the less traditional Boylston Hall a fire bell rang for fifteen minutes, causing worried students to stand hesitatingly before its door...
Department stores happily met a late-summer buying rush. Sales in August's last week jumped 5% above the preceding year. For the whole month, New York City area stores rang up 7% more sales than in last year's record August. And in the Labor Day week, stores were crowded with shoppers, notably at Macy's in Manhattan. Said Macy's Chairman Jack I. Straus: "In view of the continuing high levels of employment and consumer income throughout the nation, we anticipate fall sales to be about 6% ahead of last year...