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What's in a name? How about the Missouri dentists, Diggs and Hurtz?

c. 1986 N.Y. Times News Service NEW YORK - Author Paul Dixon confesses that he’s a person “who would rather spend a spare hour poring over a Seattle phone book, or a road map of Oklahoma, than the latest bestsellingnovel.” “I confess,” he admits, “to a near fetishistic fascination with what persons, places and things are called.” So he’s always delighted to drop in on Truth Or Consequences, N.M., or Will’s Gut in Chicago, rather than, say, Newark, N.J. So his latest book is titled “A Collector’s Compendium of Rare and Unusual, Bold and Beautiful, Odd and Whimsical Names (Delacorte Press, $15.95). Dixon also co-authored “There Are Alligators In Our Sewers.” Here are some samples of the names found in his latest book:

Fourth-quarter list drawn for prospective Putnam County jurors

GRANDJURY Ray Lynn Wentworth, Cloverdale West; Irene W. Howald, Washington; Tonya K. Sears, Fourth West; Ruth Stanger, Greencastle North; Marilyn S. Weist, Marlon South; Noble C. Fry, Franklin North; Sam A. McPherson, Floyd; Gary Cox, Greencastle North; Patricia Inman, Monroe East; Margarett S. Chase, Third West. PETTIT JURY Melissa Dawn Allen, Third East; B.L. Garrett, Warren; Barbara W. Norris, Floyd; James H. Lukenbiil, Monroe East; Olus Wilma Hutcheson, Monroe West; Betty Louise Redding, Third West; John O. Fletcher, Clinton; Michael Wayne Callahan, Marlon South; Ted William Frye, Fourth West; Vernon K. Elmore, Second East; Fred Williams, Jefferson; Janet Faye Nauman, Marion North: Peggy Spencer, Madison; Jewell Blue, Monroe East; Eric R. Bernsee, Madison; Jerry L. Swanson, Warren; Shirley A. Bills, Clinton; Edwin F. Barker, Franklin South; Pamela Jean Conner, Cloverdale West; Toni Jo Sears, Cloverdale West. Helen Phillips, Second West; Gary G. Eubank, Washington; Robert Lee Renner, Washington; Larry Eugene Phillips, Third East; Joy M. Eggers, First South; Guy E. Parrish, Warren; Karen Joyce Cook, Second East; John Charles Sears, Marion South; Claude Thomas Leonard, Third East; James C. Chadd, Warren; Kelly Michelle Elkins, Greencastle North; Karne D. Cash, Cloverdale West; Judith A. Wilson, Greencastle North; Steven Harold Mason, First South; Russell W. Fitzsimmons, Fourth West; Bayard Morgan, Cloverdale East; Keith B. Butts, Warren; Linda K. Hathorn, Cloverdale West; Mitchell D. Schoolcraft, Washington; Louis W. Ridgway Jr., Clinton. John E. Harlan, Washington; Philip E. Junker, Warren; Wilma Vaughn, Second West; Terry L. Zellers, Madison; Robert R. Clark, Greencastle North; Charles N. McVey, Warren; Virginia Denny McDonald, Monroe West; Randy R. Patrick, Franklin South; Paul K. Ford, Washington; DeAnna Sue Kelly, Russell; Steven T. Young, Cloverdale West; Patti Marie Hoover, Foxridge; Ruth Ann Winings, Cloverdale East; Harold Scobee, Third East; Sandra L. Kennedy, Cloverdale West; Judy Arlene Grigsby, Second West; Tonja D. Suitors, Clinton; Irene Fuller, Cloverdale West; Sandra Elaine Horn, Marion North; Albert Paul McGaughey, Russell. Dawn Marie Collett, Jefferson: Larry E. Jones, Cloverdale West; Betty A. Perkins, Greencastle North; Hazel F. Clodfelter, Russell; Brian David Smith, Monroe West; Norita A. York, Greencastle North; Darrell H. Gooch, Second East; Chris Lee Plessinger, Limedale; Edward H. Mathena, Second East; Lavon G. Vogel, Second East; Donald Goss, Cloverdale West; Bobby G. Bledsoe, Warren; Karen Lou Rominger, Marion North; Charles H. Gaither, Washington; Albert E. McClure, Marion South; Joseph A. Horn, First South; Clarence Knauer, Second West; Kelly Randall Gannon, Marion South; Ora C. Turner Jr., First North; Jack R. Smith, Jackson. Robert E. Lowe, Second West; Ruth Imogene Ralya, Floyd; Scott Howard Smale, Floyd; Dan Joseph Rizner, Second East; Barbara Jean Ashworth, Limedale; Gay la Grace Meehan, Third West; Lester O. McHargue, Fourth East; Charles G. Brann, Washington; Cheryl J. Crawley, Foxridge; Gene J. McMurtry, Franklin South; Louis H. Williams, Fourth East; Robin A. Wells, Foxridge; Wanda Lou Evens, Floyd; Audrey Nellie Cox, Clinton; Thomas A. Heckel, Floyd; Glenn M. Bayer, Cloverdale West; James L. Preston, Franklin North; Garland L. Hixon, Foxridge; Nancy L. Clifford, Jefferson; Wallace E. McKeehan, Monroe West. Michele Huffman, Fourth East; Nellie R. Waddell, Cloverdale East; William D. Grimes, Russell; Chris A. Huber, Marion South; Steven L. Winters, Monroe East; John E. Willhoite, Floyd; Jayne Lee Crosby, Floyd; Robert L. Gray, Jefferson; Don Keith Jeffries, Jackson; Timothy Tod Sluder, Cloverdale West; Steve L. Hurst, South Marion; Thomas Paul Helmer, Clinton; Reba M. Porter, Jefferson; Russell E. Martin, Floyd; Margaret A. Dozier, Floyd; Mary Catherine Smith, Russell; Brad Jay Tucker, Cloverdale East; Dorothea Helen Wilson, Franklin North; Mabie L. Walsh, Monroe East; Robert Hershel Gordon, Jackson. 'Hielma L. Cain, Floyd; Thelma Cooper, Franklin North; Ivyl Kay Neeley, Jefferson; Kenneth Ray Johnson, Washington; Melissa L. Jones, Warren; Ralph H. Jordan, Marion North; Helen Marie Houck, Second East; Wayne V. Stine, Floyd; Rex V. Humphrey, Cloverdale East; Robert D. Schorer, Cloverdale East; Shirley D. White, Cloverdale West; Russell Baker, Greencastle North; Joseph H. Nickerson, Fourth East; Donald R. Vance, Clinton; Anita Jo Frye, Monroe East; Billy Ray Cole, Marlon South; Kristen K. Ehrman, Second West; John M. Sullivan, Warren; Bradley K. Phillips, Marion North; Lloyd Max Wertz, Russell. Betty Joan Rlssler, Washington; Norma M. Costin, Marion South; Marilyn R. Grable, Limedale; Robert A. Lancaster, Fourth East; Fred Nichols Jr., Washington; William A. Smith, Fourth East; Lorraine Luse, Jefferson; James Embree Samsel, Warren; John Wood, Fourth West; Betty J. Wallace, First North; Charles Gaston, Cloverdale East; Brenda Jo Mcßride, First South; Melvin Ellis, Madison; Jerry F. Long. Third East; William Robert Miller, Monroe East; Naomi Bock. First North; Carolyn Milner, Greencastle North; Charles Franklin Lee, Foxridge; Helen M. Gardner, Fourth East; Sandra Lynn Shrewsbury, Monroe East. William Lawrence Sibbitt Jr., Second East; Theodora K. Shuck, Second East; Wilson D. Lane, Russell; Leone D. Anderson, Third West; David Taylor, Fourth West; Glen Rex Runnells, Floyd; Jo Anna P. Grease), Floyd; Marvin E. Palmer, Clinton; Kenneth R. Davies, Monroe East; Dorothy Dickerson, Franklin North; Mary M. Fields, First North; Bonnie Clark, Clinton; Oscar Pitman, Franklin North; Lucille A. Hoots, Jefferson; Dorothy Wright, Jefferson; Clarence C. O’Hair, Monroe East; Elinor Glynn Ziegelman, Second East; Harrison Leroy Null, Marion South; John W. Whitaker, Third West; Alfred M. Thompson, Washington. Dorwtn D. Duncan, Fourth East; Betsy Evendale Adams, Monroe East; Kenneth I. Bullerdick, Third East; Howard Mock, First North; Marie B. Aker, First South; Gary R. Wilbur, Warren; Mary Rosetta Brown, Washington; Pamela Joy Hoskins, Cloverdale West; Mildred Louise Laudig, Cloverdale East; Howard W. Brown, Monroe West; Recil Arnold, Marion South; Leon Tippin, Jackson; Fern Cox, First South; Chere Lynn Phillips, Jefferson; Ramona L. Tilford, Marion South; Karen A. Amber, Second West; Jackie G. Clifford, Monroe East;

NAMES AND JOBS: Matt Batts, ex-major league baseball player; James Cabbage, grocer in Indiana; Marvin Dime, coin dealer ; Oscar Egg, inventor of the oval bicycle frame; Robert Furlong, racing commissioner; Rev. James R. God, Baptist minister; Bill Headline, news editor. MEDICAL NAMES: Fem Asthma, M.D.; M.D. Bonebreak, M.D.; Leona Couch, psychiatrist; Cutting B. Favor, vasectomies; C.B. Footlick, a podiatrist. PARTNERSHIPS AND FIRMS: Block and Cleaver, Canadian butchers ; Bucket and Son, plumbers; Burnham and Overbake, New Jersey bakers; Bury Funeral Home, Buffalo, N.Y.; Diggs and Hurtz, Missouri dentists.

Marilyn Parker, Madison; Charlene O'Neal, Warren; Berenice Hazel Wilson, Jackson. Mary Ann Saathoff, Greencastle North; Kirk Lewis Miller, Franklin North; Lois P. Zeph, Floyd; Marion Underwood, Greencastle North; Janice Gall Bumgardner, Marion North; Mary June Greeson, Greencastle North; Audrey K. Walton, Greencastle North; Micheal Tzouanakis, Fourth West; Ruby H. Black, Fourth West; Ronny L. Gossel, Franklin South; Lindel D. Pierce, Madison; Dennis Fordice, Russell; Shelby S. Spencer. Marion North; Wilbur T. McCallister, Washington; Judy Ann Flowers, Third West; Calvin Leon Lints, Washington; Deana Lynn Mann, Cloverdale East; Ronald R. Barker, Franklin North; Barry Grimes, Monroe West; Leonard V. Hackley, Floyd. Kimberly S. Irish, Floyd; Lee D. Creed, Fourth West; Leann Steele, First North; Teresa Louise Parker, Jackson; Charles M. Storm, Limedale; Freada M. McMahel, Greencastle North; John H. Garl, Foxridge; Barbara A. Dinsmore, Limedale; Brenda Ann Vickrey, Marion North; Tammy Sue Freeman, Marion North; Alfred E. Stattner, Cloverdale West; Betty H. Sendmeyer, Fourth West; Virginia Lee O'Hair, Third West; Linda Sue Phillips, First South; Winifred R. Neal, First North; Linda L. Rogers, First North; Jenny Horner, Second West; John R. Scamahom, Greencastle North; Michael R. Rossok, Limedale; Ruth Alexander, Fourth East. Frank Fritzinger, Greencastle North; John F. Liphardt, Jackson; James M. Knauer, Greencastle North; Charles Brown Jr., Fourth East; Dale Richard Cook, Madison; Theresa Lea Lupear, Madison; Herbert W. Clones, Franklin North; Gary Rissler Berkemeier, Washington; Carol Lee Hoopengamer, Warren; Randy Lee Cummings, Cloverdale West; Mark Wesley Mays, Second East; Geraldine T. Hasty, First North; Ben Buser, Franklin North; Ira Stout Jr., Foxridge; Pauline Huber, Cloverdale West; Gertrude Luther, Floyd; Jane Louise Alcorn, Floyd; Dennis A. Whitmer, Floyd; Ralph Edmund Bell, Monroe West; Edwin Smith. Franklin South. Kathleen C. Beasley, Cloverdale East; Deborrah J. Durbin, Jefferson; Judith A. Neeley, Clinton; Raymond T. Price, Cloverdale West; Larry D. Jones, Franklin North; Janice Michele Pieper, Monroe East; Glendon C. Dixon, Monroe West; Hubert W. Everman, Russell; Juanita M. Morrill, Third East; Christina Records, Fourth West; Robert W. Kempf Jr., Jefferson; James R. McCullough, Jackson; Herbert F. Fischer, Jackson; William F. Deßoer, Washington; James W. Collins 11, First North; Jackie R. Oliver, Russell; James E. Rowings, Madison; Fred Lee Meyers, Cloverdale West; Jeanne Serpa. Third East; Coletta F. Larkin, Third East; Glen H. Conley, Washington; George Peter Reed, Fourth East; Judy K. Deckard, Cloverdale East; Alan Wayne Dicks, Cloverdale East; Timothy P. Gruenholz, Fourth East; Linda Lou Pingleton, Fourth East; Kathryn Ann Jordan, Third West; Wanetta Zaring, First North; Francis O. Smith, Fourth West; Betsy J. Moore, Fourth West; Janet L. Calbert, Second West; Mary Ellen Smith, Jefferson; Matthew C. Goffinet, Warren; James D. Willis, Third East; Colleen B. Parker, Cloverdale East; Patricia Lee Nicholson, Greencastle North; Robert James Stark, Second West; Inez L. Myers, Washington; Leonard L. Whaley, Greencastle North; Gloria Kersey, Franklin North. Lorrie L. Pettit, Washington; Madonna Clodfelter, Foxridge; Jo Ann Bean, Cloverdale; James Kenneth Hutcheson, Cloverdale East; Rosemary Harrold, Greencastle North; Claud E. Smith, Greencastle North; Martha H. Haulk, Franklin South; Beryl E. Kerr, Fourth West; James Robert Davies, Warren; Virginia Allenbaugh, Washington; Mickey Daniel Hammond, Third West; Malinda Lee Bassett, Second East; Richard P. Kohlhaas, Second East; Deliora H. Stafford, Foxridge; Richard Eugene Rice, Cloverdale East; Martha Jane Cash, Cloverdale East; Max F. Smith, Cloverdale East; Rosemary Williams. Washington; Edna Jane Boswell, Fourth West; Bryan L. Hartman, Monroe East. Selesta J. Stough, Washington; William A. Dory Jr., Third West; Harold E. Unger, Clinton; Victor E. Kinsel, Floyd; Gladys Troke, Floyd; Rita C. Pierce, Marion South; Larry Leon Hutsen, Marion North; Gladys T. Hennon, Franklin North; Penny Ann Custis, Tliird East; Nancy Jane Price, Monroe West; Kathy Sutherlin, Greencastle North; Joyce Humphreys, Greencastle; James L. Williams, Washington; Gary B. Broadstreet, Marion North; Margaret M. Ulemas, Third East; Vivian M. Holliday, Second East; Enos Frank Orr, Cloverdale West; Tamara K. Thomas, Jefferson; Deborah L. Merritt, Monroe East; Martha Ann Lynn, Franklin North. Ruth M. Gentry, Monroe West; Joy Lynn Flynn, Cloverdale West; Richard F. Rosser, Third West; Kinga Castle, Greencastle North; Dale E. Cantonwine, Clinton; Cecii O. Nichols, Foxridge; Lynn W. Whitlock, First South; James R. Baird, Franklin North; Joseph E. Crooks, Warren; Gary D. Vickous, Marion North; Steven J. Sutherlin, Russell; Caloin K. McKamey, Cloverdale West; Linda Wright, Third East; Margaret R. Buis, Jefferson; Ralph V. Martin, Washington; Dale Petrick Nixon, Foxridge; Stephen Terry Hall, Third East; John A. Johns, Madison; Patricia Zeronik, Washington; Fred W. West, Second West. Richard M. Stewart, Franklin South; John Allen Howald, Washington; Evelyn P. Stowers, Franklin North; Dora E. Burk, Second East; Mary Lynn Bright, Foxridge; Kathryn Littrell, Clinton; Karen Louise Sowle, First South; Carol J. Rulfs, Marion North; D. Eugene Sutherlin, Fourth East; Lucy Shackelford, Jackson; William Harvey Schad, Franklin North; Donald "’roctor, Russell; Madonna May Jones, Limedale; Howard W. Braden, Greencastle North; Tammy Jo Kean, Monroe East; Gerald D. Hayes. Fourth West; Russell L. Scobee, Monroe West; Janet Lee Monnett, Cloverdale West; Harley F. Cain, Foxridge; Alma J. Evans, Marion North. Pearl E. Harvey, Madison; Laura L. Torr, Madison; Glenden Sallust, Jefferson; Hattie I. Rhine, Cloverdale West; Wayne W. Riley, Foxridge; Earl H. Larmore, Fourth West; Gerald W. Krouse, Clinton; Gwyndolyn Fisher, Fourth East; Nancy J. McMurtry, Franklin South; Jane Ann Harris, Greencastle North; Peggy L. Lemley, First North; Pauline Bryant, First South; Tansy R. Wells, Fourth East; Thelma Louise Arnold, Marion North; Angela Marie Clymer, Fourth East; Joyce Cavin, Fourth East; Raymond H. French, First South; Elizabeth Roberts. Russell: Gayle L. Stallcop, Washington; Clifford R. Norton, Second East.

POLITICAL NAMES: Bananas The Clown, Salt Lake City council candidate; E.Z. Million, a 1968 candidate for the Oklahoma legislature; None of the Above, one-time candidate for Louisiana governor; Sister Boom Boom, former candidate for San Francisco’s board of supervisors. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NICKNAMES: Sultan of Swat, Babe Ruth; Staten Island Scot, Bobby Thompson; The Earl of Shohomish, Earl Torgeson; The Rabbi of Swat, Moe Solomon; The Duke of Tralee, Roger Bresnahan. AUTOMOBILE NAMES: (not knicknames) Average Man’s, Blood, Bonneville, Bugmobile and Cutie. GENERAL COLLECTION OF REAL NAMES: Magdalena Babblejack,

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NEW YORK (AP) There was something special about NBC’s easy ratings victory in the first week of the new season, at least in the eyes of its competitors. A Johnny Carson special was a hit for NBC, and two specials flopped for CBS. " The bottom line found NBC in first place with an average rating of 18.6, trailed by ABC at 15.1 and CBS at 14.9. NBC and ABC both scored in the top 10 with specials. NBC’s TV movie, “Stranded” with Lonnie Anderson, tied ABC’s “Moonlighting” for sixth place, the movie “Raiders of the Lost Ark,” making its television debut on ABC, was ninth and Carson’s 24th anniversary special was No. 10. NBC topped the ratings with “The Cosby Show” at 33.5 and a 53 share, “Family Ties” and “Cheers,” all from Thursday night. “Dallas” on CBS placed fourth and NBC’s “Golden Girls” rounded out the top five. Each rating point represents 874,000 homes with television. NBC executives suggested that “Dallas” was unlikely to repeat its

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fourth-place finish with the very successful Bobby Ewing cliffhanger, and that 22nd-place “Miami Vice” will begin to narrow the gap. “Most of the things we tried seemed to work,” said Brandon Tartikoff, president of NBC entertainment. “There doesn’t seem to be any spot where we need to go to the bullpen.” The most conspicuous thing that didn’t work was putting “Miami Vice” up against “Dallas” at 9 p.m. on Friday. Poltrack said the “Dallas” audience was up 11 percent from last year’s premiere, while “Miami Vice” was down 25 percent. 1. “The Cosby Show,” NBC, 33.5 rating, 29.3 million homes. 2. “Family Ties,” NBC, 32.1, 28.0 million homes. 3. “Cheers,” NBC, 30.0,26.2 million homes. 4. “Dallas,” CBS, 26.5,23.2 million homes. 5. “Golden Girls,” NBC, 25.6, 22.4 million homes. 6. “Stranded” “NBC Monday Night Movies,” 24.9,21.8 million homes. 6. “Moonlighting,” ABC, 24.9, 21.8 million homes. 8. “Murder She Wrote,” CBS, 24.6, 21.5 million homes. 9. “Raiders Of The Lost Ark" “ABC Sunday Night Movie,” 22.7, 19.8 million homes. 10. “Johnny Carson 24th Anniversary Special,” NBC, 22.1,19.3 million homes.