Word: wigged
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Viet Nam War servicemen, John Baugh, 32, of Boise, Idaho, achieved the distinction of becoming the Army's last draftee. While a member of the Idaho National Guard in 1970, Baugh was told to cut his long hair. His answer was to wear a short wig to company drills. The military's retort was to order him to active duty. For the past seven years, Baugh has been fighting the Army. This month he lost his last battle in a U.S. circuit court...
...painted sky blue, with puffy white summer clouds-her brother Richard's artwork. In the back there is a small swimming pool, beside which stand a 6-ft. metal robot, a souvenir from one of her TV specials, and a stone statue of a naked maiden-wearing a wig and sunglasses. Out front is a 1955 Dodge Royal Lancer. One of the ugliest cars ever to come out of Detroit, it is nonetheless a treasure to her: "I like cars that look like real cars I could identify when...
...morning television. As the climax to a robbery that netted only $30, the bandits ordered the boys, ranging in age from 14 to 22, to lie face down on the floor, then systematically shot all four in the head. The mother, Mrs. Betty Spencer, 43, survived only because her wig was blown off by a fifth shotgun blast and the robbers mistook it for the back of her head...
...Dick nuptial parody is part of a six-week series starring the British-born Rigg, 38, who also plays English Actress Celia Johnson in the 1946 movie Brief Encounter. Rigg is especially proud of her transformation into Taylor. Says she: "I did the major makeup work myself. The black wig, the beauty spot-and showing off the cleavage...
...Mostel, 61, is again playing the part like a hyperthyroid zeppelin. Why did Mostel return to Anatevka? "Greed!" he bellowed at an opening-night party last week at Manhattan's Tavern on the Green, where he Zeroed in on friends and tugged at a lady's bouffant wig. Wife Kate finally got him settled down for a midnight supper and sighed: "I have only one more opening night left in me." Her mate was an ecumenical pain during the pre-Broadway road tour. Explained Kate: "He would walk up the aisles and people would say, 'God bless...