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...Always Darkest. In Catlettsburg, Ky., Police Chief Ray Castle came to work, found a note from the lobster shift: "Ray, the radio in the police car won't work. The lights in the men's restroom are out. Sewer on 34th St. stopped up. The town clock is 7 minutes slow, and payday is past due 10 days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Sep. 10, 1956 | 9/10/1956 | See Source »

CHESTER WARREN QUIMBY Wickliffe, Ky...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 13, 1956 | 8/13/1956 | See Source »

Airtight Case. In Dayton, Ky. Dick Beuerlein, 24, escaped from jail where he was being held on a reckless-driving charge, was recaptured two hours later explained to cops: "I've got claustrophobia...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jul. 23, 1956 | 7/23/1956 | See Source »

Washout. In Benton, Ky., the city council passed an ordinance setting a $5 fine for "shooting, firing or squirting a water pistol inside city limits," set a $25 fine on water-pistol vending...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jun. 11, 1956 | 6/11/1956 | See Source »

Horseplayers who studied their form charts simply had to make him the favorite. Even the homebred hardboots from Jefferson County, Ky., agreed that Florida-bred Needles was the horse to beat in the 82nd running of the Kentucky Derby. But they all had their doubts. The big bay colt had won his big races this spring in his home state, where he got a 5-lb. native-son weight advantage. There was also an old bluegrass-and-julep tradition : "No horse whose name begins with 'N' can win a Derby." None ever had; Native Dancer, the favorite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bluegrass Tradition | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

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