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December 14, 1957

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PUERTO RICANS: AMONG THE COLD PEOPLE.

Christopher Rand

REPORTER AT LARGE about Puerto Ricans in N. Y., and about how the migrants react to being classified as colored. The darker Puerto Ricans react by …

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THE RESTLESS BAKER

Robert Lewis Taylor

PROFILE of Paul Dean Arnold, founder of Arnold Bakers, Inc In 1932 Arnold married Miss Betty Wells. Her family, on her mother's side, was in position …

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