GODREY, ILL. (12 April 1985) Artist E. (Ned) Engelhardt Giverson, working on the figure of Robert P. Wadlow, the Alton Giant at the Lewis and Clark College, Trimpe building.
When Mary Pickford arrived at Lambert Field... at noon she was greeted by Robert Wadlow, the [tallest man] in the world. The other man is a radio announcer... viewed them both. Miss Pickford and her husband... Rogers' home at Olathe, Kan., where his fater... ill. Wadlow, who lives in Alton, and at 21 is 8 feet... tall, left yesterday afternoon by plane for New... he will appear on a radio program next week.