Word: ga
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...Score. In La Fayette, Ga., Donald Williams Crider, arrested on a charge of bigamy, told the sheriff he had no idea how many wives he had, because "I don't know how many times I got drunk...
Died. Chase Salmon Osborn, 89, author, prospector, philanthropist and onetime progressive Republican Governor of Michigan (1911-12); of pneumonia; in Poulan, Ga. Osborn made a fortune from iron ore discoveries in Canada, Lapland, Africa and Latin America (he gave most of the money to charity), sponsored one of the first workmen's compensation bills in the nation, Michigan's first women's suffrage measure. Two days before his death, he married Stellanova Osborn, 55, his longtime secretary and adopted daughter (after a court dissolved the adoption...
...Snead won the Masters Championship at Augusta, Ga., with a 72-hole total...
BRUCE WILLIAMS Atlanta, Ga...
Levy told his candymakers to experiment, soon had them producing a new-type candy every day. Blum's now makes 1,308 different varieties of candy, ice cream and cakes (his St. Patrick's Day ice cream is labeled "Erin Ga Blum"). Levy also prodded sales with some merchandising razzle-dazzle, put candy in everything from French porcelain dishes and satin hats to great, flat, silver-wrapped boxes the size of dinner trays. He plugged snob appeal and "personalized" packages. (Singer Hildegarde's is shaped like a grand piano...