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Pillows & Salve. Such brutality was plausible. Kierdorf had an arm-long arrest record, once served 27 months for armed robbery. On parole he had been made, at Jimmy Hoffa's insistence, a Teamster official like his ex-convict uncle, Herman Kierdorf (impersonating a federal officer, armed robbery), before him...
Propaganda. The Byoir agency's specialty was to plant anti-truck articles, which carried the bylines of top free-lance writers. Evidence was presented that Byoir helped write or research truc's stories in Harper's and the Saturday Evening Post. The agency admitted paying $500 to...
The first attempt to honor the cowboy painter came a cropper in 1931 when his widow telegraphed Montana's governor that the winning model of the seven submitted in a competition for a statue was "unlike the real Charlie Russell." World War II halted a second effort. Meantime, Charlie...
Brass Whistle. The pace of the tour was killing. Panted Furnitureman Herbert Osgood of Youngstown, Ohio: "The hours aren't long enough." Puffed Wall Streeter Franklin McClintock happily: "We don't even have time to brush our teeth!" Host Osawa lost his voice trying to shepherd his guests...
The University of Miami's Irwin Luck, 18, tyro tunesmith, proved his sophomore flair for big-time promotion. Weary of begging Crooner Perry Como to plug a passel of Lucky lyrics, Floridian Luck anted up $500 of his own savings plus $350 from his real-estate man papa, bought...