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October 2, 1965

The New Yorker cover for October 2, 1965

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annals of crime

In Cold Blood—II: Persons Unknown

Truman Capote

Part 2 of Truman Capote’s legendary report about a murdered family in Holcomb, Kansas.

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Are We Losing East Frambesia to the Communists?"

Thomas Meehan