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Gittleman introduced me around camp. Winkers have nicknames, but not like Bubba or Moose or Sugar Ray. More like Blue or "L" or Moishe or Ferd. Gittleman then handed me a squidger (a large, thick chip used to flip tiddlywinks around) and said, "Kid, how'd you like to play a game with...

Author: By Jeffrey E. Seifert, | Title: Pumping Iron with World-Class Jocks | 10/31/1981 | See Source »

...other major Democratic candidates in the primary have thrown their support to Treen, whose buttoned-down conservatism they prefer to Lambert's unbuckled populism. In a televised debate, Lambert strongly implied that Treen had offered to pay off the campaign debts of House Speaker Edgerton L. ("Bubba") Henry and State Senator Edgar ("Sonny") Mouton and give them top jobs in his administration in exchange for their support. The outraged legislators claimed that Lambert made the offer, not Treen, and they challenged Lambert to join them in taking a lie detector test. Then Charles ("Buddy") Roemer III, who ran unsuccessfully...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Battle Royal for Huey's Throne | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Bubble-Yum lovers make way; Hubba Bubba will soon be here...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Wrigley's Answer To Bubble-Yum: New Hubba Bubba | 4/18/1979 | See Source »

...Bubba, 4 ft. 7 in., 75 lb., was packed off to join 1,800 felons at Mississippi's overcrowded state penitentiary at Parchman. Predicted Ronald R. Welch, director of the Mississippi Prisoners' Defense Committee: "He'll never live out the sentence...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Rough Justice in Mississippi | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

...last week it appeared that Bubba's case would be reopened. In the meantime, he is undergoing psychiatric examination at Parchman, where he is being protected by a trusted lifer assigned him by the warden. Says Defense Counsel Julie Ann Epps: "He's a terrified little boy who really doesn't understand what's going on. He doesn't know what 48 years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Rough Justice in Mississippi | 2/26/1979 | See Source »

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