Complex sentence: An assistant, Marge Budwig Saunder, was hired to read the slush pile and help out, and the magazine's first issue, dated October 1950 on a planned bi-monthly schedule, appeared on news stands on 1 August 1950.
Split into simpler sentences: An assistant, Marge Budwig Saunder, was hired to read the slush pile and help out. The magazine's first issue, dated October 1950 on a planned bi-monthly schedule, appeared on news stands 1 August 1950.