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...three-month tour of the illegal gambling joints and after-hours drinking places in and around Omaha, Neb. But Loughnane was no playboy. He was a reporter-announcer for Omaha's station KOWH, and his method of reporting seemed straight out of Dick Tracy: hidden in his wristwatch was a tiny, German-made microphone, from which a wire led up Reporter Loughnane's sleeve to a recorder strapped to his shoulder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Real Thing | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

...recorded show called Omaha After Dark, Loughnane and Station Manager Todd Storz aired some of the gleanings of the remarkable wristwatch, brought to listeners the actual click of illegal dice, the clink of ice in illegal highballs, and the voices of illegal nightclub owners and employees. One waitress was heard to reassure Loughnane that her place had not been raided in more than a year; an owner answered a question about gambling by saying: "Sure, downstairs. Just go on down. You know everybody down there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: The Real Thing | 7/27/1953 | See Source »

...McCarthy's two junketing gumshoes have been out of school." (Cohn and Schine are both 26 years old.) The Schnuffler telephoned Washington frequently, interviewed scores of anonymous Germans and Austrians, refused all social overtures of the press. Though reporters were startled, Cohn remained cool and collected when his wristwatch alarm went off in the midst of a Vienna press conference. By then it was almost time for the Schnuffler to leave Europe, and U.S. Information Service employees could go back to getting some work done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: Schnuffles & Flourishes | 4/20/1953 | See Source »

...Seoul, the C-119 crashed against a 2,000-ft. peak. There were no survivors; the Air Force called it the "worst transport disaster" of the Korean war.* In the litter of mangled flesh and metal, search parties found some of the presents-satin slippers, a woman's wristwatch, a pair of child's pink pajamas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEN AT WAR: No Survivors | 11/24/1952 | See Source »

...stomach from seeing the real thing. The Wing Sang's agents, Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd., promised to repay the passengers who had chipped in ransom money. British, U.S. and Chinese Nationalist ships kept a lookout for a handsome buccaneer, wearing brown leather gloves and a gold wristwatch, who made short speeches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CHINA: Yo Ho Ho! | 2/25/1952 | See Source »

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