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Jack ("Greasy Thumb") Guzik, one of the successors to Capone's power, came to his wake. Hymie ("Loud Mouth") Levin, another underworld kingpin, sent flowers. So did politicians from the First Ward. But the funeral at old St. Mary's Catholic Church was a disappointment-half the seats were empty, and Hinky Dink got only three automobile loads of flowers, as compared to Bathhouse John's seven...
...your baby neurotic? Does he cry at night, suck his thumb, bang his head against the crib, wet the bed, talk or walk in his sleep? If so, he may be getting too much sleep. This conclusion has been forced on British Child Psychiatrist J. A. McCluskie, long a student of dissatisfied babies...
...sixth round Champion Zale had a bleeding lip, red welts over both eyes, a buzzing head, a chipped bone in his right thumb. Graziano's only apparent wound was a bloody nose. Groggy but still game, Zale suddenly launched a tigerish attack on Rocky's midsection. The challenger crumpled, gasping for air, and a following left hook floored him. When he finally got his wind back, he jumped up full of fight, but it was too late...
...president in charge of advertising. Schooled at St. Mark's and Yale, he served an apprentice, ship in the paper-box industry, was an Army colonel in World War II. As yet he has had little chance to show whether he has inherited his father's Midas thumb...
...American front, Perón's fortunes were low. His attempt to blackmail the new Bolivian Government by holding up needed wheat shipments had flopped. The U.S. had stepped in, agreed to send Bolivia enough wheat to see the year out. Paraguay had slipped from under the Argentine thumb, showed some stirrings of democracy. Chile and Uruguay were going ahead with democratic election campaigns. Perón's dream of a Bloque Austral (southern bloc) had folded-for the moment. But Juan Domingo was still trying. Last week he signed a new trade treaty with Ecuador...