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Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt, who had twice been at the top of the Wehrmacht command ladder in the west, went down again last week-and this time probably out. His successor: bulldog-faced Field Marshal Albert Kesselring...
Grasp butt lightly but firmly between thumb and third finger, stand back, aim, and let fire. The demonstration brought excellent results: two ladder cars, three engines, one rescue truck, twenty Cambridge firemen, and 300 feet of good Cambridge hose...
...ward machine in Kansas City's Italian section into a powerful and corrupt political juggernaut. He ruled Kansas City in its bawdiest, gaudiest era, hired ghost voters by the thousands, bet millions on the ponies, hand-picked Governors and Senators, started Vice President Harry Truman up the political ladder. Heavy-set and heavy-jowled, he was the incarnation of the cartoonists' political boss-especially when he wore a top hat. In 1939 he was caught red-handed with a whopping $430,000 bribe from insurance companies, went to jail for income-tax evasion. His empire crashed with...
...York Times's favorite sons last week took a step up the ivy-muffled Times ladder...
...Play: three fantastically ugly puppets, representing bacteria, loosen a lower tooth, look for a ladder to knock out an upper. Enter the Dentist. Enter also a lady puppet in a tubelike dress, a gentleman with hog-bristled pate. Senorita La Pasta (toothpaste) and Senor El Cepillo (toothbrush) kill the dental gremlins. In a quick change of scene the magnified mouth vanishes, its possessor reappears. An apple-cheeked urchin named Comino, he promises to brush his teeth forever after. As the curtain drops, his audience presumably vows to do just as Comino does...