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Died. Marquis James, 64, two-time Pulitzer Prizewinner* for history (The Raven: A Biography of Sam Houston, Andrew Jackson; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in Rye, N.Y. Of historical writing, he said: "Many good writers . . . are lazy and shallow about their research . . . most of the . . . competent researchists can't write for sour apples...
...Government still holds 6,327,000 bales (a year's supply) of cotton, 913,000,000 bushels (a year's crop) of wheat, 657,703,000 bushels (three months' supply) of corn, and hoards of butter, cheese, dried milk, barley, beans, flaxseed, sorghum, oats, rice, rye, soybeans, honey, peanuts, tobacco, wool, winter cover crops, linseed oil, olive oil, tung-nut oil and whey. Except for these market-depressing surpluses, the consumption of U.S. farm products in 1955 would be only 1% less than production. Obviously, the real key to the farm trouble is to find more, better...
American blended rye whisky has a bouquet that matches the best cognac France can produce. The dogs of Yakima, Wash. are friendlier than dogs in most U.S. communities. The Burma-Shave company needs a greater variety of jingles for its roadside signs. The best apple pie in the U.S. is served at the Cottage Inn in Cripple Creek, Colo. The whistles of railroad trains speeding across the American prairies are in the key of C, and are the first, third and fifth notes of a chord. These and other minutiae are among the many observations and conclusions...
Into the Big Time. Ed got another hungry look at a world he was to love when he worked as a caddy at Rye's Apawamis Club, where, after toting golf bags for 18 holes, he would compare tips with a fellow caddy named Gene Sarazen. who also grew up to make a name for himself. At Port Chester High School, Ed won eleven major letters but got "frightening" grades in everything except English. He also landed his first newspaper job: high-school correspondent for the Port Chester Daily Item...
...once drew four cards to a slice of rye bread...