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Massive (6 ft., 240 Ibs.) Henry B. Krajewski of Secaucus, N.J. has a five-acre farm with 4,000 pigs, a flourishing saloon ("Tammany Hall Tavern") and political ambitions. Last week Krajewski, a black & white pig under one arm, a petition with 1,136 signatures under the other, strode into, the New Jersey Statehouse and filed as the "poor man's candidate" for President...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Poor Man's Candidate | 3/17/1952 | See Source »

...midst of the uninhibited alcoholics who put themselves on display at every football weekend, freshman smoker, and tavern in the Square, a small, rather esoteric group of students who drink purely for esthetic reasons has gone virtually unnoticed...

Author: By J. ANTHONY Lukas, | Title: Tastevins Seek 'Subtle Nuances' | 3/7/1952 | See Source »

Insult. In Butte, Mont., Dennis Lambert sued Tavern Owner W. B. Booth for $16,500, charged that Booth flew into a violent rage and beat him up after Lambert ordered a hamburger and removed the onions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Mar. 3, 1952 | 3/3/1952 | See Source »

...Duffy's Tavern." He will turn San Quentin over to his first assistant, Harley Oliver Teets, and will become a member of California's parole-fixing Adult Authority. In cleaning up San Quentin, Duffy had become one of the best-known, most admired prison administrators in U.S. penal history. But the most eloquent acclaim came from inside the walls. In the prison yard, a rheumy lifer clutched Duffy's hand and spoke out for his fellow prisoners: "God bless you, warden. You'll never know what you've done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Mister San Quentin | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

Excess Profits. In El Paso, Bartender Rafael Ruiz asked cops to look for a man who came into the tavern, asked for a $10 bill in exchange for ten $1 bills, then gave Ruiz back the $10 bill and the ten $1 bills in exchange for a $20 bill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 7, 1952 | 1/7/1952 | See Source »

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