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...some watchers, it is all business. They just give the facts, with no frills. Others develop a distinctive line of patter. They try to cheer up stalled motorists with a little humor. "There must be a lot of ladies out tonight," Warren Boggess of San Francisco's KSFO likes to say. "I see cars swerving in and out of traffic lanes." Reporting for New York's WCBS, Bob Richardson and Neal Busch call themselves "Orville" and "Wilbur," their helicopters "help-o-copters." Last month Los Angeles' KABC hired a pair of chatty girls, blonde Kelly Lange...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Broadcasting: Above It All | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

Umpire "Dusty" Boggess swept off home plate 21 times, using 2 to 5.5 seconds for each sweeping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Dawdlers | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

Less fortunate was Tom Doyle, who in the old circle game, drew something too conservative for his tastes. jack Boggess sized it up with "resembling the third baseman for the Braves." After the tenth dance or so Tom broke away with his best "Won't you please excuse me," and limped away to rejoin a much amused stag line...

Author: By Jack T. Shindler, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 7/25/1944 | See Source »

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