Word: kidded
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...children's page, Manhattan's Communist Daily Worker gave its young readers directions for making "a New Look beanie" from daddy's old felt hat. "With a row of Wallace buttons around the beanie," it exclaimed, "you'll be the best-dressed kid in school . . . Anything goes on a beanie, and the whackier the better...
Back in Tilden, Neb., the folks were buzzing with big talk. A local kid, towheaded Richie Ashburn, was knocking them dead up in the big leagues with the Philadelphia Phillies. It was his first season, too. Last week, the Ashburns just couldn't wait any longer. The family-even Grandma, Grandpa and Uncle Elmo -set off to Chicago to watch Richie play...
Success has given him just a touch of sophistication. The Phillies signed him up three years ago, after his one semester in junior college, for a bonus of $4,500. "I was just a kid then," he says, "and didn't know what the score was." Last week, after taking his Dad to Chicago's 606 Club (a striptease joint), he remarked offhandedly: "I've seen better in Boston...
...Gorcey, side-of-the-mouth "Dead End Kid" of stage & screen, had gat trouble with his estranged wife Evalene. One dark night at home in suburban Los Angeles, he heard people coming in without asking, so he grabbed his rod quick and blazed away. It was just Evalene and a couple of detectives having a little peek. Nobody got hit, but Leo got arrested on a gun charge and faced trial this week...
...last year, Bunk wrote a letter about Roy Fisher for a contest sponsored by the Quiz Kids to pick "The Best Teacher of 1947." When the judges picked Mr. Fisher for only a third prize ($500), Bunk was hopping mad. This year he put up an argument with another letter: "I don't think Mr. Fisher is second to any teacher. I think he's the best. I feel pounds lighter when I enter his door." Last week, a Quiz-Kid committee of college professors admitted that Bunk was right by naming Roy Fisher "The Best Teacher...