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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Robert L. Joseph adapted Boulle's noved for stage presentation, and he has not done an altogether satisfactory job. Too many of the characters are shockingly inconsistent, changing horses in midstream without even getting their feet wet. A number of extraneous considerations, notably the Negro problem in the South, are mercilessly appropriated to fill gaps in continuity...
Remarks in a report by Richard L. Plaut, President of the National Scholarship Service and Fund for Negro Students, prompted Monro's recommendation. Plaut advocates "an organization, enjoying both public and private support, of the size, strength, and prestige of, for example, the National Science Foundation," to search for hidden talent...
...L. KROHN Easton...
When he was elected to the St. Louis board of education in 1953, mild-mannered Daniel L. Schlafly seemed an unlikely man for the job. Vice president of a family business (bottled water), Dan Schlafly, 47, is a Roman Catholic who never attended a public school* and never sent his three children to one. As it turned out, Schlafly has done more to clean up graft in public schools than anyone in the history of the city...
...economy? Steel has turned up slightly in recent weeks, and steelmen, who feel that things could hardly get any worse, now hope to operate at about 70% of capacity in the fourth quarter. Housing starts snapped back in August from their abnormally low July rate, and Housing Expert Miles L. Colean forecast this week that 1961 will be at least a 1,400,000-start year- second biggest year on record in terms of dollar value. New construction contracts have held up well, this summer advanced to their best level in a year. Federal and state spending...