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Barry cannot walk; he gets around the house by squatting on a roller skate and using it as a scooter. He cannot go to school, but a teacher visits him two hours a day. Barry's mother, a railway worker's wife, always picks him up by the hips rather than grasping him under the arms. "He seems to have developed a sixth sense about bumping into anything that might break a bone," she says. "Unfortunately, he can't anticipate other people's actions. When visitors come, he usually sits under the table. He finds that...
...shotgun. Four of his brothers & sisters were also looking on. His father, Deputy Sheriff John Sikon, a former preacher, objected to the program. His mother said it wasn't harmful. Words between the parents led to blows. After the deputy sheriff struck the wife with a paint roller, Jerry slipped a shell into his shotgun and fired at his father. "Don't blame the boy. I was wrong," said the father just before he died...
...Herr Roller, known in the concentration camp only as 509, lay on the ground in the mild March sunshine. He was wearing the outer clothing of three men on top of his own, yet he was cold. Perhaps it was because he was so thin-5 ft. 10 and under 80 pounds. Below the hill on which ie lay, the pleasant old German town poked orderly and serene. Then the Allied bombardment began...
...Rollers have been around for years. But the old-style roller was hardly an improvement on the brush; it still had to be dipped in a pan, would drip paint. The newer rollers, made by Cleveland's Kenwill Corp. and others, hold the paint inside the cylinder, let it out through holes onto a rubber or fabric sleeve so that it can be rolled on walls or ceilings without dripping. Even the big brush makers like Rubberset Co. are beginning to sell rollers. But brush makers are not giving up the battle. Sears, Roebuck recently began selling a brand...
Strictly for high brow crap games, this set of dice and roller will mark the recipient as a man of the world, whose fame and fortune are made on the next throw. It can also be given to those who play other games involving dice. The five dice fit into a compartment at the bottom of the roller, and the whole set cost just $3.50 at J. AUGUST'S, in the Square...