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...black car sped up to a 1951 Ford station wagon and waved it to the curb. Out stepped a man in the uniform of a New York City special policeman. He stuck a pistol into his victim's face while another man, also armed and wearing a Halloween mask, appeared on the other side of the Ford. The thieves knew what they wanted. Inside the old station wagon, guarded by six unarmed messengers, was a load of jewelry and gold bullion valued at some $3,000,000. It was a routine transfer of valuables between wholesalers and repair firms...
Green for Ruddy, Blue for Sallow. The trend became obvious two years ago, when Elizabeth Arden noticed a sudden sales increase on its Arden for Men line (which includes face cream and face mask, hair spray, brilliantine, three kinds of scent and two shades of powder). Sales doubled in 1962 and are running about 100% higher this year. Revlon and Lanvin have followed Elizabeth Arden into the masculine market; Clairol may soon join the parade...
...mask called Sudden Youth is a big seller at Jerry's barbershop on Madison Avenue, where the favorite tinting color is Banker's Grey and a new hair-styling by Jerry himself costs $25. About half of his clients are show biz; the rest are executives, and they are the ones that care. "A lot of actors don't worry about what they look like except when they're onstage," says Jerry. "But a businessman has to think about it all the time...
...trundled out to bat with his shin guards still on, showed up behind the plate without his catcher's mask. He once hit a pitcher on the chest with a throw to second base; another time he beaned the second-base umpire, and one day he caught a fly ball with his forehead. His face creased in concentration, Yogi was always the first Yankee to report for work. "I know I'm going to take the wrong subway, so I leave an hour early...
...their peccadilloes. (The French editor did not reply to Denning's request.) The judge found "a great deal of evidence" about fashionable parties at which "the man who serves the dinner is nearly naked except for a small square lace apron round his waist" and a black mask over his head so he "cannot be recognized." The dinner, it appears, is "followed by perverted sex orgies; the guests undress and engage in sexual intercourse one with the other, and indulge in other sexual activities of a vile and revolting nature...