Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 Many public libraries have collections of newspapers on microfilm - sometimes even going back to the 18th century. I often make use of the newspaper collection at the Toronto Reference library. Just for the fun of it, I viewed the New York Times edition of Sunday, Sept. 27, 1953 to read "all the news that's fit to print" on the day Amma was born. >From the Sept. 27, 1953 New York Times: * "Delays plague Korean peace parley" - Syngman Rhee opposes neutralization and unification of North and South Korea. American POWs in Korea who have refused repatriation called out angrily "Yankee imperialists go home" to a group of American officers who sought to persuade them to change their minds. * "Plan $500,000,000 aid to Franco, U.S. sees Mediterranean safe" - Spanish dictator Francisco Franco signs defense agreement with U.S. * Pope Pius XII proclaimed a Marian Year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. * "100 dead in typhoons in Indo-China" * Sept. 27 was the last day of the baseball season. The New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers had clinched the pennants and were preparing to meet in yet another Subway Series. The St. Louis Browns played their last game ever, losing to the White Sox, on the day Amma was born. On this day, American League owners voted against moving the woeful franchise to Baltimore, but the Browns ultimately would begin the 1954 season as the Baltimore Orioles. * among the movies playing on this day: "Shane", "Stalag 17", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" * the Sunday New York Times cost only 20 cents * a split-level ranch house on Long Island sold for $15,890 * A fully-loaded Buick, with gobs of chrome and those nifty "portholes" on the front fender, sold for $2964. If you preferred to drive an import, you could buy an Austin A-40 Somerset for $1895 (this car is the design inspiration for India's classic Hindustan Ambassador!) * a round-trip flight from New York to Delhi via TWA or PanAm cost $1060 (big bucks 50 years ago, and that was on a Lockheed Constellation or other prop plane) * there was no cable back then, only 13 channels and three networks. A 21-inch Magnavox black and white TV could be had for $229 *and finally, there was this from Dubya's grandfather: "The tide has turned inthe Cold War against Communism and the United States is winning the struggle for a free world", Sen. Prescott Bush (R-Conn.) told the Steuben Society of America. I wanted to view the local papers but because Amma was born on a Sunday, there were no newspapers published in Toronto that day. Fifty years ago Toronto was shut tight on Sundays, with literally ****all to do except go to church. Sundays were so dull back then that people wished to die on a Saturday so they wouldn't have to spend another Sunday in Toronto. Keval p.s.. the Amritavarsham webcast is working, though picture quality is still poor. I'm listening to Amma's bhajans as I type! The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 25, 2003 Report Share Posted September 25, 2003 and when all that was happening God was silently born in a remote fishing village in kerala..... wow. bala Mike Brooker <patria1818 wrote: Many public libraries have collections of newspapers on microfilm - sometimes even going back to the 18th century. I often make use of the newspaper collection at the Toronto Reference library. Just for the fun of it, I viewed the New York Times edition of Sunday, Sept. 27, 1953 to read "all the news that's fit to print" on the day Amma was born. >From the Sept. 27, 1953 New York Times: * "Delays plague Korean peace parley" - Syngman Rhee opposes neutralization and unification of North and South Korea. American POWs in Korea who have refused repatriation called out angrily "Yankee imperialists go home" to a group of American officers who sought to persuade them to change their minds. * "Plan $500,000,000 aid to Franco, U.S. sees Mediterranean safe" - Spanish dictator Francisco Franco signs defense agreement with U.S. * Pope Pius XII proclaimed a Marian Year to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the definition of the dogma of the Immaculate Conception. * "100 dead in typhoons in Indo-China" * Sept. 27 was the last day of the baseball season. The New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers had clinched the pennants and were preparing to meet in yet another Subway Series. The St. Louis Browns played their last game ever, losing to the White Sox, on the day Amma was born. On this day, American League owners voted against moving the woeful franchise to Baltimore, but the Browns ultimately would begin the 1954 season as the Baltimore Orioles. * among the movies playing on this day: "Shane", "Stalag 17", "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" * the Sunday New York Times cost only 20 cents * a split-level ranch house on Long Island sold for $15,890 * A fully-loaded Buick, with gobs of chrome and those nifty "portholes" on the front fender, sold for $2964. If you preferred to drive an import, you could buy an Austin A-40 Somerset for $1895 (this car is the design inspiration for India's classic Hindustan Ambassador!) * a round-trip flight from New York to Delhi via TWA or PanAm cost $1060 (big bucks 50 years ago, and that was on a Lockheed Constellation or other prop plane) * there was no cable back then, only 13 channels and three networks. A 21-inch Magnavox black and white TV could be had for $229 *and finally, there was this from Dubya's grandfather: "The tide has turned inthe Cold War against Communism and the United States is winning the struggle for a free world", Sen. Prescott Bush (R-Conn.) told the Steuben Society of America. I wanted to view the local papers but because Amma was born on a Sunday, there were no newspapers published in Toronto that day. Fifty years ago Toronto was shut tight on Sundays, with literally ****all to do except go to church. Sundays were so dull back then that people wished to die on a Saturday so they wouldn't have to spend another Sunday in Toronto. Keval p.s.. the Amritavarsham webcast is working, though picture quality is still poor. I'm listening to Amma's bhajans as I type! The New with improved product search Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Ammachi The New with improved product search Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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