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...handiwork of young Murray and Sylvia Winant. The two New Yorkers, who have no children of their own, got the idea for It's Fun to Eat from watching their neighbors' struggles. On one side of each record, a boisterous breakfast, lunch or supper character - Doc Clock, Happity-Yappity Appetite and Sip-Sip Supper -coaxes the kiddies into putting away their toys and washing their hands. The other side hustles them into eating up every thing on their plates. It is all done to rollicking music...
...years, Horace ("Doc") Schwerin has found it good business to stick his nose in other people's business. As a buck private, he sounded off about Army life...
...Doc Schwerin uses no by-gosh or by-Gallup polling system. Each Tuesday and Thursday evening, he fills an NBC studio with 300 listeners. Most of them come because of the free tickets, but many show up to speak their minds about radio. First they are screened to match the particular program's national audience. (Says Schwerin: "There is no such thing as a typical radio audience.") Then they listen to programs, recording their reactions on a tab sheet. About every 30 seconds they check the "good," "fair," or "poor" column. After Jan. 1, testers will use a mechanical...
...strong battle leader." But, he added, West Point makes no concessions to its star athletes. An All-America tackle who flunked in mathematics was kicked out last June. General Taylor said that Cadet McWilliams had received a "particularly lucrative offer from a certain quarter." Other Army stars (the brightest: Doc Blanchard and Glenn Davis) have had "their summer furloughs marred by visitations and solicitations" at bull-market prices. Concluded the General: "The authorities at the Military Academy view with concern . . . the apparent decay in the amateur spirit of college athletics...
Gruff old Doc harrumphed: "I don't really care if I take a trip or not. I'm damned if I know what I want...