Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 05, 2022 -
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Category: Education, Riots, Protests and Civil Disobedience, Burlesque, Exotic Dancing, Stripping and Other Forms of Staged Nakedness, 1950s, Pranks
“Have they dropped the electronic theory?” he asked her.
“I don’t know anything about it,” she replied.
Before she could say more, he fired the gun at her.
“I just wanted to kill somebody,” he told police. “I was going to shoot anybody. It was my book. They wouldn't look at my book. They wouldn't even look at it."
Peakes had done the calculus: Shooting people gets you in the papers. And if you shoot physicists because they rejected your theory, your theory gets in the papers.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 02, 2022 -
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Category: Death, Science, Scary Criminals, 1950s, Mental Health and Insanity
Posted By: Alex - Sat Oct 29, 2022 -
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Category: Architecture, Utilities and Power Generation, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
Posted By: Alex - Tue Oct 25, 2022 -
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Category: Anthropology, Science Fiction, 1950s, Yesterday’s Tomorrows
These Hollywood strippers, members of the League of Exotic Dancers, refuse to work because "the low wage scale of $95 at week" they receive when they take time off. They are (l-r): Champagne; Daurene Dare; Jennie "The Bazoom Girl" Lee, president of the league, Rusty Lane; and Novita.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 24, 2022 -
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Category: Entertainment, Dance, Tradesmen, Manual Laborers, and Skilled Workers, Burlesque, Exotic Dancing, Stripping and Other Forms of Staged Nakedness, Public Indecency, 1950s
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 23, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Husbands, Wives, Marriage, 1950s
Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 19, 2022 -
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Category: Music, Psychology, 1950s
Posted By: Alex - Sun Oct 16, 2022 -
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Category: Games, 1950s
Puccini's opera 'La 66Bohème' was performed as a special performance for the Esperantists. Finally, Miss Maria Wenczel from Hungary was chosen as 'Miss Esperanto 1963'. Diethilde Magori from Germany and Helen Salmos from Sweden took second and third place in this competition. After the end of the congress, the young people drove to Sofija in a special caravan, where they were expected by the 48th Esperanto World Congress.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 16, 2022 -
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Category: Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Languages, 1920s, 1950s, 1960s
Posted By: Alex - Fri Oct 14, 2022 -
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Category: Music, 1950s
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