Word: spottedness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Where, came a voice out of a crowd in New Jersey, had the Democratic candidate for the presidency picked up his suntan? "Not from playing golf," grinned Adlai Stevenson, "but from preaching the Democratic gospel in public places." Other voices sounded out of other crowds: "We like Ike!" Stevenson replied...
The Long Voyage Home. In Shelburne Falls, Mass., after he had raided the Shelburne Falls V.F.W. Club on six separate nights, made off with a total of $820. George H. Upton decided that his usual route to the club had become too risky, swam 400 ft. across the Deerfield River...
Stanley's Producer-Director Max (Show of Shows) Liebman spotted Hackett on Broadway two seasons ago as the tippling racketeer in Sidney Kingsley's Lunatics and Lovers and signed him for two one-shot shows. After a season of high-flying spectaculars-some right out of left field...
Among the top ten are three big oilmen and a former lawyer. Also on the list is an Ohio gambler whose method made history. Ranging through football-talented Ohio and Pennsylvania in the 1940s, he spotted prospective stars, would sometimes offer to send them to college. The boys never knew...
Defense Rests. In Spring Lake, Mich., miffed at getting a speeding ticket that cost him $28.85, Norman DeVecht spotted a police car parked behind the city hall, was scheduled for another arraignment after he ripped off its siren, stop sign and red warning light, twisted a windshield wiper, bent a...