ECCENTRICS: Scmford Darling Paints His House

The Santa Barbara, Calif., Chamber of Commerce does not include Sanford Darling's home on its tour of local attractions, but perhaps it should. TIME Correspondent Timothy Tyler visited Darling's small frame house on Rancheria Street. His report:

Just when it seemed that life was about over for Sanford Darling, it started all over again. It happened one day when Darling, already 68 years old, was standing on his front lawn, trying to decide what color to paint his house. He stood there stooped, red-faced and wrinkled from a not very eventful life: a...

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