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...Where is the shaved head and the big ball and chain?" asked small, terrified, 14-year-old Barney Lee. Barney had not found San Quentin Prison all he expected...
Last April 29 Barney shot and killed his 36-year-old uncle, Nickoli ("Dick") Payne, at their ranch in the Monterey County mountains, because he had been "bawled out" for not doing his chores. His sentence: life...
...less than a year ago that Tobe learned he had really clicked. That was the hot August day when he had a phone call from Willys-Overland Vice President Delmar ("Barney") Roos, ask ing "What in hell is this thing we've got to put on our vehicles now?" "This thing" was Tobe's new "Filterette" and the "vehicles" were 18,000 Willys jeeps. Now, by Army specifications, all tactical vehicles, including tanks, must be equipped with his Filterettes—and Tobe Deutschmann expects his 1942 sales to hit $5,000,000, 50 times what he grossed...
Never have I seen a more discouraging sight than the rogues' gallery. No wonder it was said that the Rev. Phillips [Ze Barney T. Phillips, chaplain of the Senate]" used to look at Congress and pray for the country...
...meet: the 66th annual outdoor Intercollegiate A.A.A.A. championships. The athletes: Penn State's Sprinter Barney Ewell, New York University's Miler Leslie MacMitchell, Georgetown's Shot Putter Al Blozis. With customary prowess, each of these supermen dominated his particular field...