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...World's Flyweight Champion Dado Marino, Hawaii's aging (35) "Little Brown Doll," a 15-round decision in a return title bout with Britain's Challenger Terry Allen; in Honolulu...
...Manhattan, after a period of long and careful study, a panel of judges including Dr. Ralph Bunche selected a model for what will become the first "anthropologically correct Negro doll." Behind the project, wrote Eleanor Roosevelt, a hearty supporter of the plan, was "the idea that a really beautiful Negro doll would give joy to the Negro children and add to their self-respect. The white child in finding herself unconsciously choosing a doll without any regard to color will forget discrimination...
...earth, ship-to-planet. Across the street in Macy's toy department, the normal sales staff was boosted from 200 to 1,000. In Atlanta, Rich's department gave its toy department 15% more space than last year, and put in a special department just to sell doll clothes...
With the help of such come-ons, U.S. toy sellers hope to push sales well over half-billion mark this year, the highest ever. Among the huge assortment of new and ingenious toys are dolls that speak Spanish and French, dolls that say "Mama" when tilted one way and "Papa" when tilted the other, dolls that clap their hands, suck their thumbs, wet their pants ; dolls that sleep, smile or screw up their faces and bawl ("Hedy the Three-Faced Doll"). There are miniature race horses called "Phony Ponies," which are powered by Mexican jumping beans, cows that...
...London, she cabled frantically that she was short of clothes. Would Bergdorf's please send her 24 more outfits, in beige, grey, black and brown? One matron delighted in buying $60 Bergdorf hats for her dachshund; another regularly bought ermine capes for her granddaughter's doll collection. For years, one of Bergdorf's steadiest customers was an aged woman who bought a custom-made burial dress once a year to be sure that she'd be properly attired when the time came...