1/2-1/8/55

Jan 2 Sunday Ohio State defeated Southern California 20-7 in the Rose Bowl.

Jan 3 President Jose Antonio Remon of Panama was assassinated by unknown killers. 

Jan 4 The U.S. closed 27% of the country to Russian travelers in retaliation for Soviet bars against us. 

Jan 5 Lil and I drove over to the Cross County Shopping Centre [sic] where Lillian failed to get shoes or seat material for the folding aluminum chair. We bought some butter crunch. The kids had not yet come home from school. Eugene is leaving early these days so he can put in extra work on his S.T.L. project - the Equatorial mounting. 

Jan 6 Wolf Ladijinsy [sic] whose dismissal as agricultural attache in Tokyo on security and other grounds caused a great uproar here has been given a security clearance and hired by the Foreign Operations Admin. 

Jan 7 Sylvia received a commendation from her teacher for her composition on "Champions Choice" JR Tunis. She admired her thoughtful expression while talking also. Dr Eugene Tarle is dead at 81.

Jan 8 Eugene played at Bobby's downstairs. Marian Anderson became the first Negro ever to sing at the "Met." when she sang in "The Masked Ball". Sir Arthur Keith is dead at 88.

12/26/54-1/1/55

Dec 26 Sunday Eugene went out to the park. 

Dec 27 Eugene went out to the school yard. He found no one he knew so did nothing there. Sylvia went ice skating at Wollman. It was jammed. 

Dec 28 Eugene is recovering and reinforcing and varnishing our folding chairs. Sylvia had a friend Anne and Norma here. They played scrabble. The French Assembly approved the entry of Germany into N.A.T.O. 289-251. 

Dec 29 Eugene went over to play with Bobby. 

The U.S. recaptured the Davis Cup from Australia after four years. Trabert d. Hoad 6-4,6-2.

Seixas d. Rosewall                                               Seixas & Trabert d. Hoad & Rosewall 6-2,4-6,6-2,10-8. Hartwig d. Seixas 4-6,6-2,6-3,6-3 Rosewall d. Trabert 9-7,7-5,6-3. 

The New York Film Critics voted "On the Waterfront" the best picture of the year. Best Actor - Marlon Brando Best Actress - Grace Kelly. Best Director Elia Kazan. 

Lillian went to Alexanders with Sylvia and got her a blouse, skirt and belt. Later I called for Eugene then Molly Lil & I drove down to Beth Israel where we saw Shirley and the baby. He is out of danger and very adorable.  

 

Dad left space for the second Davis Cup match score, but didn't fill it in. He also left out the final two sets of the first match, and the score he has is incorrect, as is the score of the fourth match. 

 

 Dec 30 Sylvia drew "Linda Kent, Student Nurse" D Deming, "Joan Foster - Soph." A R Colver, "Sunny The New Camp Counselor" LG Rosenheim, "Seventeenth Summer" M. Daly, "Your Loving Sister Pat Downing" F Wright, "Peggy Covers the News" E Bugbee, "Lynn Decker: TV Apprentice" D.L. McFadden.

 

Dec 31 Came home at 9 o'clock and we spent New Year's Eve watching television and eating grilled franks and rolls, salami, potato salad, sauerkraut, potato chips, sodas, rye highballs. Sylvia babysat with Norma. They alternated between here and downstairs. They slept here, Eugene sleeping on the Castro. The French Assembly reversed itself, voting 287-260 to re-arm West Germany. 

Jan 1 55 We drove out to Bear Mountain. We had lunch at the cafeteria then walked to the Zoo and museum exhibits. We saw bears, raccoons, fishes and snakes indoors, a geology exhibit, a Revolutionary museum, etc.

12/19-12/25/54

Dec 19 Sunday Eugene and Sylvia went over to mom's and Lil Harry and the kids were there. Eugene had a long chess game with pop but stalemated him. An Italian airliner trying to land at Idlewild in the cloudy weather crashed and burned. Six survived and twenty-six are believed dead. 10 hrs O.T. 

Dec 20 I picked up Molly and brought her here. The kids entertained with piano playing including duets. 4 hrs O.T.

Dec 21 Lillian read "Children of Abraham" Sholem Asch and "The Dream in the Flesh" Dan Levin 4 hrs O.T. 

Dec 22 Dr. Samuel Sheppard was convicted of killing his wife on July 4 by a jury out for five days. He received a life sentence. The doctor claimed an intruder murdered his wife and knocked him unconscious. During the trial various love affairs of the defendant were aired. James Hilton is dead at 54. 4 hrs O.T. 

Dec 23 We went to the library with Eugene who had come home early but failed to pick up Sylvia at school. Eugene drew "The Notre Dame Story" F Wallace, "Year's Best Science Fiction Movies" Bleiler & Dikty, "Warwhoop" McK Kantor, "The Bridges at Toko-ri" JA Michener, "Giant Brains" E.C. Berkeley. 4 hrs O.T. 

Dec 24 We picked up Molly and drove to Anne bringing presents for the kids. Sylvia played with Barbara and a friend Susan. Eugene had a time with Richie who shot him up and beat him all over the place. The French Assembly voted down German rearmament but approved sovereignty. The Italian chambers ratified both. The Federal Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 that the C.P. must register as a subversive organization dominated by Soviet Russia. Al Foreman is dead at 49.

Dec 25 We took Jerry land Joyce for a ride to the Cross County Shopping Center.