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...bureau, the bomber may work in a "somewhat eccentric" way at his job, though authorities can't say what that job is. Many suspect he may have some connection to a university. The package that killed Mosser had a fictitious return address typed on it -- "H.C. Wickel, Department of Economics, San Francisco State University" -- that has so far yielded nothing...
Pecky Takes Over. Still amiable, Mr. Wickel asked for the rest of the bill, was informed that a white parrot named Pecky could tell, if it would. Stiffened with mike fright fortnight ago, it wouldn...
...Wickel took Pecky home, wooed it doggedly while phone calls, letters and wandering curiosity-seekers offered suggestions. For four days the parrot croaked over & over: "Nellie," "Lily," "Ken." Less amiable by now, Mr. Wickel shipped the bird back to Edwards...
...history wore itself out. From Chicago, where it had been shipped for Saturday's show, the parrot's "Ken" was enlarged to "Ken I'm No" and this was interpreted (by reading backwards) to mean: "On my neck." In NBC's New York studios, Mr. Wickel smiled grimly when Edwards promised to mail the money between Pages 12 and 13 of a book...
...here is where you folks listening come in on the gag," he confided. "Every one of you listening also mail a book to Mr. Wickel. . . . When all the books have arrived, Army trucks will cart them away to the Victory Book Campaign headquarters. . . . Mr. Wickel will be searching for Page 13s until the cows come home. ... I can just see his face...