June 1960

One question for the candidates

POLITICAL conventions, like Army-Navy football games and the World Series, usually find us close to a television set, deep in nervous enjoyment. We derive from these contests and the pageantry that surrounds them-- the boisterous rooters, the flags unfurled, the brassy, off-key music-- a peculiarly American exhilaration, part glee, part reassurance.

Practice aids for little leaguers

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Good news for the hurry-up gardener

You'll always find started plants growing in soil in some kind of container. Container will vary with size and type of the plants.

A house that likes people

DEATH BY DRIVING

THE SHORT-WAVE RADIO in Alfred Moseley's blue station wagon crackled urgently as we raced along the throughway outside of Boston at three in the morning. It was Sergeant Bellevue at State Police Headquarters calling, "Cruiser 916, Cruiser 916!"

The most buildable cabin yet

Build yourself some SUMMER COMFORT

MONEY

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GEAR of the year!

What does central air conditioning cost?

Get personal help at a Home Planning Center in furnishing and decorating your home

Look for this Better Homes & Gardens "Home Planning Center" seal when you're looking for ideas to help make your home more comfortable and attractive. It identifies leading stores which feature personal counsel in furnishing and decorating your home.

Barbecue KP

Spray rods with fat-free cooking aid or oven protector spray; or brush with salad oil before cooking --helps avoid sticking of food, saves cleanup.

Try a new outlook for summer

My family's FAVORITE FISHING spots!

RECENTLY, I was recalling with nostalgia a woods-scented summer morning in northern Michigan, an ice-blue gem of lake, and trout rising as we drove past. I remember how quickly I stopped the car, got out my fly rod, and soon had four silvery-pink rainbows caught, cleaned, and broiling over coals on green sticks whittled by my young son, Mike.

How to grow TREES in TERRACES

JUNE GARDEN REMINDERS

Chrysanthemums: Cut or pinch off tips of mum plants to cause branching, compact plants, and increased bloom. If more plants of a variety are wanted, root some of the tips in flat of moist sand. Weeds: Warm weather spurs growth of weeds in the garden and lawn. Cultivate the garden faithfully once a week to prevent weeds from getting a foothold. Use lawn weed chemicals as directed by the manufacturer's label.

How to get plans

the man next door

"It isn't the temptation that is so hard to resist," Judy said with 10-year-old insight, "it's the candy."