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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even Tangle Towns was a middle ground the News and the Mirror had run contests, but nothing unduly taxing to their readers' intellects. The News contests generally required the ability to read numerals and a knowledge of the alphabet (like the Lucky Bucks game, which had contestants comparing the serial numbers of dollar bills to a set printed in the paper; when they matched, the News gave a prize to those who were bright enough to discover the fact). Tangle Towns was tougher: You needed to know the entire alphabet well (upside down and sideways, too), and a little American...

Author: By Peter J. Rothenberg, | Title: Tangle Towns | 1/20/1960 | See Source »

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