Word: miche
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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HARRY GANZ Detroit, Mich...
...Those who held out: Allen, Jenison, Simpson (Ill.); Crawford, Hoffman (Mich.); Gwinn (N.Y.); Nicholson (Mass.); Rich (Pa.); Sanborn (Idaho); Werdel, Phillips (Calif.)-all of whom would qualify as diehard Republicans; and Communist-Liner Marcantonio...
Orville L. Hubbard had been running for one public office after another for almost ten years, but he could not get elected. Then, one fine day in 1941, the citizens of Dearborn, Mich. (pop. 94,000) were overcome by a desire for reform and they elected loudmouthed, 225-lb. "Little Orvie" Hubbard their mayor...
That took in a lot of territory, and other U.S. tennis scouts might not be ready to go so far, just yet. Nonetheless, as Ham Richardson raced through the National Junior field at Kalamazoo, Mich., there was plenty to watch. Slim (155 Ibs.), tall (5 ft. 11½ in.), and still growing, Ham had a solid service, a clean, running forehand that took the ball on the rise, Fred Perry fashion, and a flat, whistling backhand (at present, his best stroke), apparently so effortless that his placements with it seemed almost accidental. He could volley and drop-volley with...
...prizes. In Boston, sirloin steak went to $2 a pound. In Washington, a psychology-minded grocer put a sign out front: "Special: 5 Pounds Sugar, 98 cents"-just twice the price at the store across the street. By closing time, clamoring customers had bought 1,000 Ibs. In Allegan, Mich., a man asked to exchange a bag of badly caked sugar, confessed he had 250 pounds more just like it that he had hoarded from World...