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...council social workers used the slow approach. They began by loafing near gang hangouts, gradually drawing the boys into conversation, playing the jukebox with them, letting them cadge occasional cigarettes. As distrust faded, the council men identified themselves, proved that they were not cops and not out to nag, report the gang members or break their gangs. On the contrary, they were available for advice, an occasional two-bit loan, or help in arranging for the use of a gym or a place to hold a dance...
Entertainment Tax. In Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Salesman Edward Cerftin paid the manager of a restaurant $1.10 to keep the jukebox quiet during his lunch...
Nowadays, ragtime is almost forgotten, except for the occasional rippling of Nola or Piano Roll Blues from a jukebox. But it is worth remembering, say Authors Blesh and Janis, as "a part of [America's] folk-song and a part...
Born. To Margaret Whiting, 26, strawberry-blonde jukebox and radio songstress (It Might As Well Be Spring, Slipping Around), and Louis F. Busch, 37, Capitol Record Inc. executive: their first child, a daughter; in Hollywood. Name: Deborah Louise. Weight...
Sensitive Ears. In Chicago, when Lilly B. Johnson put a nickel in a jukebox and got his tune right away, a stranger who had already put in a nickel pulled out a .38 revolver and shot Johnson in the neck. In Andover, Mass., William Albert Trow willed West Parish Congregational Church $5,000, specified that it was to be used in part for eliminating "motor and other noises" from the church organ...