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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thinner than usual but dressed to the usual hilt (a ring on every finger, gold pins in the lapels of his blue-grey suit, a jeweled pin in his red-speckled tie), octogenarian Negro Cultist Father Divine made one of his rare appearances to supervise a vittles-laden Feast of the Lamb, celebrating the twelfth anniversary of his marriage to his blonde "Virgin Bride," Edna Rose Ritchings, 33. While red-jacketed "Rosebuds" sang "All the Angels Love You, You Are So Beautiful, Lord," fading Father Divine jangled a silver bell to start a typical meal at his Philadelphia headquarters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jun. 2, 1958 | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

...species, says Rostand. Artificial insemination raises the possibility that husbands separated from their wives for long periods may arrange to have them inseminated during their absence. This requires a change in laws that now permit a husband to disown a child that he could not have begotten in the usual manner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: The Biology of Individuality | 6/2/1958 | See Source »

Yesterday, for the first time in many years, the Central Kitchen did not present its usual outlay of fish delicacies to tempt the palates of undergraduates. For the special coincidence of Memorial Day and Friday, Archbishop Richard J. Cushing granted a special dispensation allowing Roman Catholics to eat meat, a Central Kitchen official said...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fishless Friday | 5/31/1958 | See Source »

...already distended covers of the Advocate are further separated by three reviews of books by former English J students. Professor Guerard also contributes a discussion of these former proteges. The cover itself is less obstreperous than usual, an attractive product by Willard Midgette...

Author: By Christopher Jencks, | Title: The Advocate | 5/31/1958 | See Source »

First prize in the CRIMSON contest will be $25, and the award for second, as usual, will be a second-hand copy of the Yearbook. All entrants should submit a list of eight names to 14 Plympton St. before June...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: McElroy, Yang, Boulanger May Get Honorary Degrees | 5/28/1958 | See Source »

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