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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Herman, Neb. the three operators of the tiny Herman Telephone Co. (386 subscribers) spent much of the day answering such questions as: "Who's got a good price on eggs today?" "How far is it to the Smith farm?" and "How do you spell phthisic...
...Leader of America." At week's end, with an entourage of 35 bearded bodyguards, Castro flew off to Caracas for another spell of the mass worship he adores. Roaring over the city at 500 ft. in a Super Constellation, Castro broadcast his excited impressions over a hookup linking the plane's transmitter to Radio Continente in Caracas: "I am speechless from the panorama. As we fly over the mountains I get the impression that I am in the Sierra Maestra." Venezuelans, who loyally supported the Castro cause during the long fight against the tyrant Batista, yelled their cheers...
...Bank's President R. E. McNeill Jr.: "I would not be surprised to see an increase in the discount rate. There is a high level of business, inventories are down, money is fairly tight, and banks are well invested." With higher rates ahead, U.S. bonds had another sinking spell last week, reached the lowest level in years; many Treasury issues now yield more than 4%. Furthermore, future Treasury issues may meet only a tepid reception, because Government bond yields are now bumping against the top legal limit of 4¼%. As the bond market, led by Government issues, drifted...
After rising from police reporter to assistant city editor of the Seattle Times, Griffith went east in 1942 on a Nieman fellowship, then joined TIME. When foreign news duties took Griffith to Europe, he, like many another American, fell under the spell of the Continent's ancient glories, but coolly assessed its caretaker, rather than dare-taker, cultures. He admired the well-bred aplomb of knowledgeable Englishmen whose ease of manner gives "the impression of having already lived once," but found "too many reserved seats" in English life. He was drawn to the independent French spirit of live...
Bell, Book and Candle (Phoenix; Columbia). John Van Druten's comedy about the contemporary prevalence of witches cast enough of a spell on theatergoers to give it a six-month run on Broadway. But somewhere between Broadway and Hollywood the broomstick broke down. Like the play, the picture is about a beautiful witch (Kim Novak) who decides to exchange cantrip and gramarye for love and marriage, and about the man (James Stewart) she sets out to enchant. The part is almost perfectly written for Actress Novak. The script quickly announces that as a witch she is not supposed...