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...what ailed the baby in a railroad flat on Manhattan's Eighth Avenue. She had an up & down fever and convulsions soon after birth, there was something wrong with her eyes and her head became enlarged. She died in a hospital at the age of one month. Pathologists Abner Wolf and David Cowen could not fix the cause of death, but they found some puzzling little organisms in the brain. They were protozoa, to be sure, but what kind? Not until two years later (1939), when the two doctors had a similar ease and were able to transmit...
Capp writes and draws the comic strip "Li'l Abner" and the continuity for the "Abbie 'n Slats" strip. He is a director of the Boston Summer Theatre...
...founded Barium Steel. In 1938, his investment firm was booted out for good, after investigation showed that he had violated Exchange rules by juggling his books. Joe Sisto then concentrated on the steel business with the financial help of his longtime friend, New Jersey Underworld Boss Abner ("Longie") Zwillman...
...Lampoon has not, however, completely abandoned the lighter side of art. Its short poems, particularly Lines in Favor of Deposed Kings by John Updike, are amusing rather than laugh-provoking. Regrettably, however, Updike has also tried some sketches on College life in the style of Frederick Osborne and Abner Dean, portraying oversized deans and headless freshmen. Too obviously derivative, these are neither original nor entertaining. And Updike could also use some fresh cartoon ideas...
...ABNER M. FRITZ...