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Rep. Kathryn Granahan (D.-Pa.) intends to devote special attention to foreign films "which she regards of low moral tone," according to Varlety. French movies will be given particular emphasis, since Mrs. Granahan feels that they may be undermining the NATO alliance, the trade reported.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOUSE COMMITTEE BEGINS OBSCENITY INVESTIGATION | 11/13/1961 | See Source »

It was a sunny Saturday morning, and the big parade was about to begin. From the horns came tentative tootles as bandsmen warmed up, and here and there snapped the punctuating rap of snares. Off to one side, a little lipstuckup ten-year-old girl in a resplendent black uniform...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Customs: The Nymphettes | 11/3/1961 | See Source »

Boroff blames matters like this on general prejudice, and predicts, "As more women join the ranks of graduate students, it will no longer seen a heresy when they devote themselves to the intellectual life. The gates of the ghetto will swing open." But nothing, not even the great enlightenment Boroff...

Author: By Michael S. Lottman, | Title: Mr. Boroff Examines American Colleges Without Much Skill | 10/27/1961 | See Source »

Died. John Daniel Hertz, 82, Austrian immigrant newsboy who became a transportation tycoon by founding the Yellow Cab Co. in Chicago in 1915 and the Hertz Drive-Ur-Self in 1924, later retired to the race track (one possession: Count Fleet), but left off retirement to parlay more fortunes as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 20, 1961 | 10/20/1961 | See Source »

> Effective in mid-November, all free meals and all hard liquor will be eliminated from coach flights; only coffee, tea or milk will be served free. Cold snacks will be available-at a price. First-class service will remain substantially unchanged. So-called "frills in the cabin," claim the airlines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aviation: Charting a New Course | 10/13/1961 | See Source »

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