Word: rocke
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...treasure chest of iced-in natural resources, a strategic base with frontiers on the Bering Strait, three miles from Asia. The U.S. also picked up in Alaska its first noncontiguous state, and thus added a new dimension-and a new promise-to the Union that had grown from Plymouth Rock and Philadelphia through Appomattox and Omaha Beach to become the bulwark of the free world...
...admissions policy makers in northern colleges did not have enough problems, the shut-down of high schools in Charlottsville, Norfolk, and Little Rock has raised an issue in higher education circles which will not be easily solved. In brief, the policy makers must decide if they will continue to admit or reject applicants from these schools on their individual merits, or, in the interests of supporting the Supreme Court, reject them all on the grounds of inadequate preparation. Such rejection, it it felt, would underscore the need for reopening the schools and integrating them...
Another effort by pop-music makers to improve their teen-age fans: a bestselling disk featuring assorted rock 'n' roll stars and entitled The Teen Commandments as sung to a funereal rock 'n' roll beat...
...Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad will cut sleeping-and parlor-car round-trip fares 28% for nine months to see whether lower fares will attract new riders. Sample: Chicago-to-Denver round-trip fare, including Pullman Roomette, will be $84 v. $123 for first-class air travel...
Dean Monro advises undertaking an exam for typing. Elvis Presley releases his new Christmas sensation, "Silent Night Rock." Forces beyond our control postpone the Second Coming...