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Word: steeplejacks (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Alvin ("Shipwreck") Kelly, 51, No. 1 flagpole-sitter of the trivial '20s, has been spending his Sundays in a Connecticut jail for drunken driving. The arrangement keeps him from losing his steeplejack jobs. Of Brenda Frazier's ex-footballer "Shipwreck" Kelly, Alvin says: "I guess there's plenty of room for two of us as long as he don't go climbin' any poles." ∙ ∙ Racing Driver Kelly Carl Petillo, winner of the Indianapolis speedways in 1935, was charged with "suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon" on a Los Angeles cop. Petillo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Past Masters | 8/25/1941 | See Source »

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