Tufts University - Jumbo Yearbook (Medford, MA)

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No pictorial expression of the mood of the times could lack photographs of the awe- some instruments of war. The United States to fortify its diplomacy and to be ready in case of a hot war rushed the development of new and expensive weapons, including supersonic jets, versatile helicopters, proving themselves by airlift miracles in Korea, com- plex Nike rockets with 1,500,000 parts, the atomic-powered submarine, the Nautilus, which could remain submerged indefinitely, and huge supercarriers, nearly four times the length of a football field. All

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l The dawning of the thermonuclear age, with its H-bomb whose lethal radioactive fallout could cover a cigar- shaped area of 7,000 square miles, put a premium on the ability of diplomats to keep the temperature low in the cold War. The Far East had become a lot nearer to Americans. Many a GI brought home an adoring Asian wife. U. S. artists like sculptor Isamu Noguchi spanned the Pacific for their inspira- tion and achieved that pleasing Oriental quality of oneness and ease in their work. The Asia-conscious government sent Vice- President Nixon on a first-hand tour of the Far East. The Kor- ean Armistice, concluded in the summer of 1953, eliminated one of the big hot spots in the cold War. The American reaction to the Panmunjom peace was probably best expressed by the photograph below of three tired and relieved marines when they heard the news. Time for a cigarette.

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Never had production been so high or prosperity so great. The stock market topped the previous peak of 19295 business expanded at a frantic paceg and rich farm lands produced evergrowing food sur- pluses. The picture below with the graphic line shows Americais rising food yield since 1920. Although the government taxed heavily for defense spending and inflation cut into the purchasing power of the dollar, the American consumer during our college years was living on top of the world and, as the song says, just rollin' along. He had to rollg obesity was also at an all-time high. 95 xH 3 ii :gill 'Qin ' -ff .. ,si nei l Xxjiir , 2-',ff'5 f ,Us,7 ,4w -':?f5:5f3:..' wvg - hgiaiz.. '1 :yi-y.,q.,i3: peiafqsfswz , fffs-'vX5Qig3 .ii , iffwgMfwftfik sg 555:-725314 Effiw- 'H' -:sf f Kfiilffffif'ff'-'f-He'Y HY1V'fi ..,. '.-',f,'1?'Tfg eifiwxgifiygii' ,ima-3, v ,s21ig- ' - L K.1,'g'.rf-53-gift,nga., ' 25,53 . f .L I f f,fi':f', if 1'w.1wg,m., -1 79 1. fx - -,'?w,'. ' ' .ffrlfi-ww 27423 Q-1':a-1-i4g.wz.f, ,v,gif1:11.-. w 5 , ,E g.2.m1Qg.Qw my We I . ldiilkiis Nfl. l..Lfi'l:' p-ML. ,',H: 'Liles-f'f'.l 1 ' Q' .wfhff liiybfl film- It 13 f3,,VW.t5i1lz.: lg g'ff'.2E- ','f'5f.l',-7 .1 ' N ., .. , , .,+a52k1+ ,V :,gf1-ff.. -,S . , .V , as-ff f f' ,v-'wfv'.-sw:'gm-Q 1.5 -71' ' K ' ' l'.w5ffk:J' , V , ,.m,g1, W-,'g?'.-'Al Y - 3 iiiivii? -i,Q5f':1f ,g-'xiiklii 1:f','f.:m'. ar, -I f f of 3 if 1' Alf 'S ix 'L . I V57 i. K pi I ' i v Hzsii .ffeQfi,lQq-filgibzi flf,g'll',f L'-' W . '- , :- --,wi,m:,e..w,f- , .fa gray an - l ' . ' I w if... . - , a K. Y , - V, ' g.a3,i- ,qu , ' ' j.if:f't .' i .5 I , , ,1,,., . ,, , , , Q- - ..-fi' - ' 9 we a 9 , .. s,,. ,. .. ,Ku ..,. E E, ,J A . , ' 5 eg A K ' if 'YV in ' Nggp 'Q su , W ' - 'wx ..-Q.. 4 -A Mass-selling techniques, such as the 44-store Shop- per's World in Framing- ham, Mass., were designed to accommodate the avari- cious and comfort-hunt- ing public.