U.S. Bans D.H. Lawrence Novel

Posted on June 21, 2009 by lmharnisch
June 21, 1959, I Feel Terribly Different

"I Feel Terribly Different."
June 21, 1959, Fathers Day

The Farmers Market ad pokes gentle fun at Times columnist Hedda Hopper.

 June 21, 1959, Lady Chatterly's Lover

Postmaster General Arthur Summerfield defends his decision to ban "Lady Chatterly's Lover" from the U.S. mails.

June 21, 1959, Lady Chatterly's Lover

June 21, 1959, Lady Chatterly's Lover

Times book columnist Robert R. Kirsch says Summerfield's ban is "shockingly like the kind of literary criticism issuing recently from the Kremlin."
June 21, 1959, Best Sellers

What's on the bestseller list? Why, it's "Lady Chatterly's Lover"!

 
 

June 21, 1959, Miss Young Republican

Even the Republicans have beauty contests!

June 21, 1959, Neutra Church

A drive-in church designed by Richard Neutra? And get this: The minister is some fellow named the Rev. Robert Schuller.

June 21, 1959, Sophia Loren

Joe Hyams interviews Sophia Loren.

June 21, 1959, Duncan Trial

Audio excerpts from the Elizabeth Ann "Ma" Duncan trial.
 

June 21, 1959, Superman

June 21, 1959, Jealousy

At left, George Reeves' mother hires Jerry Giesler to investigate his apparent suicide. Above, Richard Ingledue kills Charles De Long in a fight over Dolores Mayfield. The judge sentenced Ingledue to a year in jail, calling him a "spoiled brat."
 

June 21, 1959, Murder Suicide

Abe Ben Fisher kills one man and wounds two others before committing suicide. "He just put the gun to his head and fired," says Donald T. Giertz, who was shot in the mouth. 

June 21, 1959, Puzzle

Newspapers in the 1950s often ran contests featuring peculiar puzzles — like this one. 

June 21, 1959, Ballet and Baseball

Ballet is like baseball — except I don't think dancers spit nearly as often. 

June 21, 1959, Sports  

Don Drysdale leads the Dodgers to a 9-2 win over the Reds, bringing the Dodgers within 2 1/2 games of first-place Milwaukee.
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2 Responses to U.S. Bans D.H. Lawrence Novel

  1. JScott's avatar JScott says:
    June 21, 2009 at 1:00 pm

    The answer to the puzzle is “architect.”
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebus

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  2. Carol Gwenn's avatar Carol Gwenn says:
    June 22, 2009 at 12:30 pm

    You’re right : the years between the wars produced some of the most creative & attractive print ads ever seen. The last vestige of the era was Bullock’s Wilshire, whose ads used to appear on the back page of the Times’ Metro section. If you recall, they were haute deco in style, as if they’d simply been moved from 1935. Am sure you recall those ads as fondly as many of the rest of us do.

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