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Katharine T. Kinkead

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7 picks · 1944–1960

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THE BRIGHTEST EVER
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REPORTER AT LARGE about the complex procedures of Yale University's admissions, in effect, how the freshman class is selected. Writer learned about it …

A ROSE IS A ROSE IS A BUSINESS
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REPORTER AT URGE about the Jackson & Perkins nursery, Newark, N. Y., the largest rose-breeding firm in the country. Back in the late twenties they named a …

WE DARNED NEAR KILLED LUELIA
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REPORTER AT LARGE about attending the League of Women Voters' Legislative Conference held once a year at Albany. Visit to the League's …

JUST GIVE US PEACE IN OUR HOME.
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REPORTER AT LARGE about Home Term Court, which deals mainly with family problems, and came into being largely thru the efforts of Judge Anna Kross. She had…

RUNAWAYS
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REPORTER AT LARGE about runaway kids & about the Times Sq. Patrol, a special unit set up by the Juvenile Aid Bureau, of the Police Dept., which rounds up …

THE LONELY TIME
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REPORTER AT LARGE about Youth Consultation Service, a private organization, to which unmarried girls can turn when they are faced with the ordeal of …

Miss Latimer and Her Kit B.
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A Reporter at Large about the Red Cross over seas hospital recreation division and how its workers are trained. Excerpts from reports from Miss Grace …