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Double Feature. In Houston, arrested after being seen stuffing a small boy into the trunk of his car, Bobby Woods confessed that he was hiding the child to save the price of one admission at a drive-in movie...
Hopeless as it seemed, Freddie's case was studied carefully at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange. Dr. Kessler showed Mrs. Thomason how to exercise Freddie to develop his trunk muscles, rolling him from side to side and making him twist as much as possible. Back home in Magnolia, where her husband is a radio repairman, Mrs. Thomason exercised Freddie for 45 minutes, twice a day, for almost a year...
Last week bright-eyed Freddie was at the institute again. Dr. Kessler had decided that his trunk muscles had developed enough for him to be fitted with his first pair of legs. Made of plastic, the legs are only thigh-length (usual for learners), and held to Freddie's body by a corset-like harness. The toes of the stumps point backward for better balance. A simple screw adjustment made by the nurse or mother makes the legs flex so that Freddie can sit down...
Coign of Vantage. In Hawthorne, Calif., police caught up with the motorist who had been seen to stuff a small boy into the trunk of his car, learned that the boy, his son, was trying to locate a rear-end rattle...
...design combines something of Ford and Studebaker, and the upswept rear fenders of Cadillac. Inside, it is stripped of everything but essentials (no radio, clock or chromium trim). For additional economy, the body's top and rear are stamped all in one piece, with no rear trunk. Instead, the luggage space is behind the rear seat, which can also be pulled down to provide extra storage or cargo space. The front seat is hollowed out to provide leg room for the rear seat passengers. With a four-cylinder, 74-h.p. Willys engine (a six-cylinder, 76-h.p. de luxe...