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Every town had its hero; one of the biggest was Wichita Falls' 248-lb. Tackle Willie Bigham (so beefy were his legs that two football socks were sewn together to fit each calf...
...Century B.C., lugged a four-year-old cow to a sacrificial altar, farm boys have been trying to duplicate his legendary feat. Rural jokesters long ago figured out how a man might lift better than his weight in beef. If a growing boy lifts a small calf, they say, and keeps lifting it day after day, why shouldn't the grown man eventually be able to lift the full grown cow? For the Borden Co.'s farm-flavored radio show, County Fair, the ancient gag looked good as new. Last week, Borden's Milo, a husky...
Buck, 17, was in ABC's New York studio Oct. 9 when Phoebe was offered to a farm boy willing to try the stunt. The calf weighed only 75 Ibs. then, an easy lift for 149-lb. Buck, a football hero at Somerville, N.J. high school. For each day he gets her off the ground, County Fair pays...
Once a week, Phoebe is pushed into the back seat of a car, driven to Manhattan, led awkwardly through crowds, and into the studio. Before the show, both kid and calf weigh in. Last week, as the show moved to CBS, Phoebe outweighed Buck. Weight gains in the 61 days: Phoebe, 86 Ibs., Buck...
...gentle" Jains, one of India's oldest religious sects, believe that almost every living thing is man's brother. They are thus careful not to harm any form of animal life, even the smallest insects. Gandhi once (1928) offended them deeply by killing a helplessly maimed calf. The Jains are humane to women & children but take a dim view of mankind in general: billions of years ago humanity was very good, they say, but in less than 40,000 years from now, all men, having reached the bottom of a "bad" cycle, will be less than one foot...