Rx FOR A STORY WORTH THE TELLING; A Novelist Analyzes the Ingredients That Make Narrative an Enduring Art Rx for a Story Worth the Telling
By Elizabeth Bowen
E Bowen on fiction as art
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August 31, 1958
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DRAMA BOOKSHELF
By Unknown Author
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Tigers, With Lary, Trip White Sox, 6-3; TIGERS TURN BACK WHITE SOX, 6 TO 3
By the Associated Press
CHICAGO, Aug. 30 -- Frank Lary, a slender right-hander, pitched and batted the Detroit Tigers to a 6-to-3 decision over the Chicago White Sox today. In recording his fourteenth victory, Lary hit his first home run of the year and two singles to pace an eleven-hit Tiger attack.
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NEWS AND GOSSIP OF THE RIALTO; Tryout Season Begins In Philadelphia This Week -- Other Items
By Arthur Gelb
W Goldman seen giving Shubert interests stiff competition, Phila, where he and Shuberts have 2 theatres each; he amends '56 anti-trust suit against Shuberts to ask $3.15-million damages, $1,050,000 over earlier suit
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BRAVES TRIM PIRATES, 9-1; BURDETTE PITCHES HIS 16TH VICTORY Braves' Hurler Also Clouts 3-Run Triple as Pirates Yield 6 in 3d Inning BRAVES TRIUMPH OVER PIRATES, 9-1
By United Press International
MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30 -- The Milwaukee Braves, led by Lew Burdette's pitching and hitting, scored a 9-1 victory over Pittsburgh today to increase their National League lead to seven and one-half games over the second-place Pirates.
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Notable Births
1958Serge Blanco, Venezuelan-French rugby player and businessman[†]
Serge Blanco is a former rugby union rugby player who played fullback for Biarritz Olympique and the French national side, gaining 93 caps, 81 of them at fullback. His alternative position was wing. He was generally nicknamed by French rugby fans as the Pelé of Rugby.
1958Stephen Cottrell, English bishop[†]
Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell is a Church of England bishop. Since 9 July 2020, he has been the Archbishop of York and Primate of England; the second-most senior bishop of the church and the most senior in northern England. He previously served as Bishop of Reading, 2004–2010, and as Bishop of Chelmsford, 2010–2020.
Historical Context for August 31, 1958
In 1958, the world population was approximately 2,911,249,671 people[†]