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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...housewife, then handed out a brown-and-white potholder bearing the words: "Seely-Brown for U.S. Senator." Making a beeline for the next bell, he explained: "People throw campaign cards and buttons away. They keep potholders in their kitchens. A housewife will remember anyone who takes the time to knock on her door and give her something for her kitchen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Tumbling All Over | 10/12/1962 | See Source »

...University will definitely start to knock down the buildings by June 1964, but Wiggins revealed that demolition may begin about nine months ahead of schedule "if a relocation timetable can be worked out for the present occupants of Dudley and Little...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: University May Begin Demolishing Little Hall, Dudley by Next Fall | 10/11/1962 | See Source »

After nine knock-around years of marriage, Auto Heir Horace E. Dodge Jr. (age, 62; weight, 180) filed suit for divorce from Gregg Sherwood Dodge (age. 38; weight. 130), charging that she kicked and slapped him to the point that he feared "for his safety and existence." Her answer was a double-taker: "He's afraid of me physically? I can hardly lift him off the floor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Aug. 17, 1962 | 8/17/1962 | See Source »

...eaten. I want to enjoy my breakfast.' " Onetime Welterweight Champion Barney Ross watched Liston deck another sparring partner five times, wryly suggested that Trainer Reddish import zombies from darkest Africa. "Where else are you going to find training partners? He's the kind that knocks you on the chin and breaks your ankle. He'll knock out Patterson in five rounds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Fight Talk | 8/10/1962 | See Source »

...nation," he chatted at a press conference, "but do not come too late at night, as I may be sleeping." Army Commander Nicolas Lindley was named Prime Minister. Air Force General Jesús Melgar, the new Agriculture Minister, quickly scored with consumers by persuading butchers to knock down meat prices. The generals reaffirmed their intention to hold a simon-pure election next June. There were even stories that APRA, with which the generals have been feuding for three decades, had agreed to a modus vivendi: APRA would be allowed to continue as a party so long as it attempted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Peru: Settling In | 8/3/1962 | See Source »

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