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Lyndon even made U.S. hatmakers happy-something that tousled Jack Kennedy was never able to do-by inspiring an L.B.J. hat. The Hat Corp. of America announced plans to put out two-and three-gallon models with relatively narrow two-inch brims-scaled-down versions of Lyndon's five-gallon Stetson. One thing that is not scaled down is the price-which ranges from $12.95 to $100. All that Lyndon gets from the deal is publicity, but that's enough...
Clay also has the dangerous habit of leaning back to avoid punches, and, given Liston's two-inch reach advantage, the chances are that Cassius will not be able to lean back far enough...
...two-inch cars on the HO-scale track that raced a scale Mille Miglia, safe-driving obstacle course and drag strip for the "Grand National" championship were the products of the Aurora Plastics Corp., which joined with the Ford Motor Co. in organizing an elimination contest enlisting 1,000,000 "drivers"' in 48 states (the state champions ranged in age from eight, for California, to 37 for New York). But Aurora's Model Motoring sets, ranging from $20 to $50 (individual cars are $1.98 or $2.49), are only one of 13 different lines of miniature electric racing cars...
...still not yet 8 when Old Railroader Russell stepped into the sixth-floor office of S.P. General Manager William Jaekle. Picking up a two-inch sheaf of papers that summarized the performance of his 22,394-mile line during the previous 24 hours, Russell skimmed rapidly through the data on passenger trains. (Russell's undisguised opinion of passenger trains is that of 19th century Rail King James J. Hill: "A passenger train, sir, is like the male teat: neither useful nor ornamental.") But his eyes brightened when he came to the figures on freight. Inked across one page...
...Harvard Alumni Bulletin would have had material for a lively series of news stories had there been a reporter present at the diploma riots. The May 6 issue devoted 22 inches to the history of "Latin at Harvard," then used a two-inch caption to mention a "'spontaneously assembled' group" the first night, which "re-formed Thursday night... and rather more Bursar's cards changed hands...