As a kid growing up, my Dad lived in the outskirts of Pittsburgh in a relatively old, run-down neighborhood. Without the availability of most luxuries and quality forms of entertainment, he and his friends were forced to devise their own creative schemes to have fun. One of his closest friends, Eddie Blackson, was always extremely interested in winning prizes by way of radio call-in competitions, mail-in contests, and most commonly, sending in cereal box-tops.
When Eddie was 10 years old, he b...
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