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...Teahouse of the August Moon, by Vern Sneider. An amiable U.S. Army captain, assigned as an occupation administrator, is presented with two respectable geisha girls as "souvenirs," and learns about the Okinawan way of life from them. Pleasant summer reading (TIME, June...
...TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON (282 pp.)-Vern Snelder- Putnam...
...Native Souvenirs. How Fisby got around the Purdy plan and built himself a miniature Utopia full of happy Okinawans is the story of Vern Sneider's nimble novel. An Army veteran with Okinawa service, Sneider has written a shrewd fantasy about the American in the uncomfortable role of conqueror...
Only the top pitching has kept the club in the league. Vern Bickford and Warren Spahn have been winning, but Johnny Saln has been losing. Max Surkont has been the Braves' only pleasant surprise...
...Pittsburgh's Southpaw Pitcher Cliff Chambers, a no-hitter over the Boston Braves (3-0), the first no-hitter of the year and the first in either league since the Braves' Vern Bickford turned the trick last season...