People Today Magazine – Page 2 – Old Magazine Articles

American Love is Better
(People Today Magazine, 1955)

This article is based on the research of Paul Popenoe (1888 – 1979), and the American Sociological Society that pointed out the high STD rate in Europe at the time indicated that the first sexual experiences among the males of that continent were with prostitutes. Two additional factors in the author’s argument highlighted the alarmingly high suicide rate among young European women coupled with the fact that the illegitimate birthrate far outpaced that of the United States at that time. Illustrated with four images that depict how depraved European dating in the Fifties was and how darn wholesome American teenage dating used to be by comparison, this article presents some sociological data supporting the conclusion that American love is better than European love because the American approach to the topic was simply easier and Europeans are just a bunch of pervs.

Golf Gets Easier…
(People Today, 1954)

The Golfmobile provides an ideal solution for two new golfing problems: a growing shortage of caddies and a crop of time-pressed golf lovers, headed by President Eisenhower, who frequently uses a Golfmobile to cut playing time in half.

The Tamarisk Country Club in Palm Springs, California was one of the first to employ a fleet of the ‘bugs’ and now many courses throughout the country are doing the same.

Building the CIA
(People Today Magazine, 1951)

For the first time in history, the U.S. government is training professional spies – and picking the brightest college youngsters to make espionage their career. By December, some 250 men and 50 women will be learning the spy business from the bottom up, at schools they mustn’t even admit exist.

A 1951 article about the young CIA can be read by clicking here…

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The Royal Guards of Buckingham Palace
(People Today, 1953)

Coronation Gowns
(People Today, 1953)

A smattering of 1953 gowns designed by the most active European fashion designers at the time.

A’ is for Acting
(People Today Magazine, 1955)

It was called the Universal-International School of Motion Picture Drama and it was established in 1948 (the year of it’s closing is not so easy to find). The school’s young students were all Universal contract players who had been chosen by legendary casting agent Robert Palmer; a few illustrious names from the alumni list include Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, Shelley Winters, Jeff Chandler and Piper Laurie.

Although he is not listed as a student in that program, Clint Eastwood can clearly be seen in the center of the attached class photo.

He Posed for Auguste Rodin
(People Today Magazine, 1955)

Sixty years before this article was published, Libero Nardonne, who posed for the Rodin’s celebrated sculpture, The Kiss (1885), enjoyed a life as one of the most popular artist’s model in all of Paris – at a time when the greatest artist’s in the world were residences of that famous burg. Jump forward to 1955 and you would find him a broke and broken man who lived on the streets – nonetheless, he showed the American photographers through the art museums to point out all the masterpieces he had played a part in creating.

The Girl ”Loomed Large” – for a Bit
(People Today Magazine, 1951; Tempo, 1954)

For reasons we are unable to fully comprehend, today’s magazine editors are no longer asked to cast their ballots for a category titled Most Photogenic Figure on TV – but this was not the case in 1951, and Delores Roxanne Rosedale won hands-down.

Noel Field: Family of Spies
(People Today Magazine, 1950)

Additional magazine and newspaper articles about Cold War spies can be read on this page.Read more …

Highlights of Soviet Espionage: 1949 – 1953
(People Today, 1953)

Well-illustrated, pithy and informative, this article will get you up to speed on some of the espionage triumphs of the Soviet GRU (the military intelligence arm of the former worker’s paradise). The article refers to where their agents trained before their American and Canadian deployments, what they were taught, and how big the GRU was. Of even greater interest were the parts of the article that referred to their Atomic spies and the variety of traitors and turncoats they were able to attract.

The Witnesses
(People Today Magazine, 1955)

This is a report on the UFO and extraterrestrial experiences recalled by numerous men and women who attended the Second Annual Spacecraft Convention at the Giant Rock Airport near Palm Springs, California in 1955.