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Brooding over the possibility of a woman as U.S. President, a New York Post columnist recalled that a Maine constituent once inquired of doughty Republican Senator Margaret Chase Smith: "What would you do if you woke up one morning and found yourself in the White House?" Senator Smith's tart reply: "I would apologize to the President's wife and go home...
...take treatment for a virulent dose of gonorrhea), Errol got a job as a bottle smeller for a soft-drink company, i.e., he sniffed empty bottles to detect kerosene, etc., to discover which bottles needed special washing. Later he was the gigolo of a wealthy middle-aged woman who "woke my understanding of the possible wonder and diversity of the female form." One night, tired of his work, Errol skipped out with all her jewels...
Next day, hung over in headline. Rooney woke up and got sore, conceded that he'd been "half smashed," but "a man would have to be drunk to appear on that show. Paar is the dregs of television." That afternoon, the two men met, and in the end both apologized. Mickey was supposed to reappear on Paar's show for the sake of good will, but he changed his mind. Paar gleefully announced his replacement: Moppet Star Evelyn (Eloise) Rudie, nine years old and ten inches shorter than Mickey's 5 ft. 3. Full of good taste...
...Middletown, Ohio seemed too good to be true. In high school, he scored 2,460 points in three years to smash Wilt Chamberlain's record by 208 points. By his senior year, some 150 colleges from Princeton to Hawaii were after him ("They woke me up in the morning; they got me out of class"), but he chose Ohio State. Last year, in two scrimmage games against the varsity, the phenomenal freshman unhinged his elders by nicking home 92 points. Giddy with anticipation, Coach Fred Taylor began drilling Ohio State in an offense that could be draped around...
...bombers. During the harried months of the switchover at Emerson, with the Air Corps' General "Hap" Arnold calling him up to plead for "just one turret, just one," Symington worked around the clock. When exhaustion dragged at him, he flopped on a cot in his office. When he woke up, often in the middle of the night, he went back to work. General Arnold got turrets aplenty...