June 19 [Sunday, although dad didn't note it] I got sport shirt and pyjamas for Father's Day. We drove to pop's where we gave Canadian Club, socks & tie. We had a nice dinner together with Lil & family. Eugene won a chess game from pop. When we left we drove to City Island and spent an hour there having ice cream & hot dogs.
June 20 We got a parking ticket for obstructing the crosswalk in front of our house. Jack Fleck, an unknown won the Nat'l Golf Open beating the great Ben Hogan in the playoff.
June 21 At the 10th Anniversary of the founding of the UN at its birthplace, San Francisco, President Eisenhower pledged U.S.'s cooperation for a new kind of peace with the atom as a productive servant, before the delegates of sixty member nations.
June 22 Lloyd Paul Stryker is dead at 70.
June 23 Lillian visited Dr Holzman and found she had an adenomal cyst of the goitre thyroid. The Scelba gov't resigned today. India & Russia formerly called for a nuclear weapons ban and recognition of China's rights on Formosa and the U.N. Frank Hayes is dead at 46.
Part of the words "adenomal cyst" are crossed out and the word "thyroid" written, in pencil, in what I believe is mom's handwriting, on top of the word "goitre", scanned in below.
June 24 I started my vacation today while Lillian finished up work today. Scientists at a congressional hearing on the Salk 'polio' vaccine voted 8-3 to continue giving shots during the summer. Archie Moore Lightheavyweight champ K.O.'d middleweight champ Bobo Olson in the 3rd round. Eugene drew "Shambleau and Others " C.L. Moore, "Fighting Caravans" Z. Grey, "City" C. Simak, "Far From the Customary Skies" W. Eyster, "Calculus" J.V. McKelvey. A.A.Troyanovsky died at 73 and Amon Carter at 75. Sylvia had a club party here to which five girls came out of ten invited. Susan G, Susan C, Lucy G, Roberta G, Eileen D. They danced, had refreshments and romped. I drove them home.
June 25 Eugene and I simonized the car this morning. We took Jerry and Madeline to Cross County Center in the afternoon. Sylvia met two Quannacut girls Abbey Bernstein and Judy Sapadin at the "Y" - 53 st. They had some hamburgers, French fried and eggcream then came here. They went out to play miniature golf then played Monopoly here. We drove Abbey home at 108 st. and Brdway [sic] then put Judy on the Subway at 53 st. & 7. She lives in Forest Hills. Soviet planes downed a U.S. plane off Alaska. Three crew members were wounded. Hy Turkin is dead at 40.
