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...early recognized the vast potential of the water-filled vinyl mattress and was one of the first to begin merchandising waterbeds a year ago in California, has been proved a prophet in his own time. In the past several months, the waterbed has left the hippie's pad, where it first gained popularity, and successfully moved into the suburban bedroom. Promoter Zamoro, 53, has since retired on his profits, but the waterbed seems well on its way toward becoming a permanent fixture...
...plagued by Meniere's syndrome, a puzzling disturbance of the inner ear, possibly caused by a buildup of fluids, that produces vertigo, nausea and ringing noises. An able, no-nonsense administrator, Shepard was made chief of the Astronaut Office in Houston. But his longing for the launch pad remained. In 1968, on his own insistence, he underwent a complex ear operation (involving implantation of a thin, one-inch-long drain tube). When his ear improved, Shepard reapplied for active status and spent countless hours in the gym and Apollo flight simulators. Finally, in August 1969, he was designated, along...
...runaway daughter Sandra, 17, lying nude with an 18-year-old hippie in a seedy apartment. Garland testified that he struck the boy with his revolver and the gun discharged, killing Sandra. He then went berserk and killed Sandra's companion and two boys who shared the pad (TIME...
...knew, of course, that so-and-so was the "bagman," a collector of graft and bribes for Mayor Frank Hague, whose machine Kenny served and then ousted. That somebody's indolent cousin had been put "on the pad" by some ward leader's exertions. That every year on "Rice Pudding Day" those lucky enough to receive city patronage or employment kicked back a certain percentage of their gains. That "the little guy" himself distributed work tickets early in the morning to men going to the docks for the shape-up. That, as a matter of course...
...semipermanent resting place was the pad of a struggling young actor. He and a Brindle Scottish Terrier named Grounds became her most constant companions. By 1967 she had stopped carrying the cameras and began appearing in front of them. She had in fact become a sensational model?and promptly attracted the attention of a movie agent who had seen her TV commercials for Chanel No. 5 Bath Oil. Ali turned him off?fast. She had met a slew of movie people on location: "I categorically decided I didn't want to be involved in the racket...