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Word: shiprock (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week, burbling Cinemactress Billie Burke was called into the studio to pick a name out of a fishbowl. The name happened to belong to Mrs. Edgar Parrett, 56, of Shiprock, N. Mex. That was how Mrs. Parrett became "Queen for a Day" and the winner of a staggering $35,000 assortment of prizes, the biggest, of course, in radio history-at least for a few weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Mrs. Parrett's Day | 3/15/1948 | See Source »

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