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...prices have long been the envy of U.S. housewives. Last week, T-bone steaks were 70? a lb. in Lethbridge and sirloin was 75? in Ottawa. This was a third less than New Yorkers were paying, but Canadian housewives thought the prices outrageous. In Ottawa they paraded with a papier-mâché cow, demanding a rollback. They would certainly protest more loudly if prices jumped again-as prices certainly would if the government lifted the embargo on beef shipments to the U.S. Yet cattlemen in Calgary, selling choice steers for record prices as high...
Allegedly placed there by "thirty students," a papier mache elephant's head adorned the center of the restrum, and signs--of which "Save an Elephant! Volunteer Today! Be Personally Vivisected!" is representative were on the walls...
...weeks ago a huge billboard covered with propaganda posters of the Soviet-backed Socialist Unity Party (SED) attracted unusual attention in the heart of bomb-shattered Dresden in the Russian zone. Plastered squarely in the center of the billboard was a red poster bearing the slogan: "Wir haben kein Papier, aber wir sind auch hier" (We have no paper, but we are also here). The poster was signed by the anti-Communist Christian Democratic Union (CDU). Firemen soon tore down the poster, but thousands of Dresdeners had enjoyed a good chuckle...
...teammates labeled him "meat-head." He promptly missed a fly ball, got even by throwing it into the stands. In 1940, Williams announced that he would rather be a fireman than a big-leaguer. That prompted the artful Jimmy Dykes of the White Sox to distribute papier-mache fire helmets to his players whenever Williams came to bat. The only thing anyone liked about him was his hitting-a terrific .406 in 1941. Then he joined the Navy, eventually became a Marine flyer...
...bomber gored through the thick steel and stone of the building as if they were papier-mâché. Then, in a flash of flame, the gasoline tanks exploded. In another instant flames leaped and seeped inside & outside the building...