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...vest-pocket chart which lists the calories in popular foods. The demand for the chart was so heavy (total: 87,596) that the News bannered the series on Page One. By last week, the Fat Boy had spread to 77 daily newspapers ranging from the North Bay (Ont.) Nugget (circ. 10,217) to the New York Journal-American (circ. 724,729) The Journal gave Elmer eight-column headlines on Page One, appointed its fattest reporter, 243-lb. Syd Livingston, to provide local color stories. (He refused to go on the diet himself.) Promotion Manager Ed Templin of the Lexington...
...wife, for instance, once complained publicly that in a domestic tiff he had belabored her with a blackjack. The sheriff of Wayne County tried to jug him for not paying a $7,500 libel judgment, thus forcing him to set up a temporary government in exile at Windsor, Ont. (TIME, Aug. 21). And finally, a recall group began working for a special mayoralty election in the hope of throwing him out of office...
Lost Generation. In Hamilton, Ont., the No. 7 Central Hamilton Branch of the Canadian Legion prepared invitations to its children's party, included an obliging provision: "Members with no children are invited to bring two grandchildren...
Cool Head. In Forest, Ont., Harry Vinten finally got out of bed to leave his burning house, explained to firemen why he had relaxed as they smashed windows and doors to get to him: "You guys seemed to be doing all right...
...Kind. In Barrie, Ont., four miners were arrested for passing counterfeit money they had received in payment for stolen silver...