Wrapping The Mummy - The Hula Hoop Trick That Got The City Comptoller in 1962

WYPR - 88.1 FM Baltimore | By Gil Sandler

Published November 21, 2013 at 12:43 PM EST

The craze was all over Baltimore, and when the city held a hula-hoop contest among its children, the City Comptroller himself thought he could have won it.

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Wrapping The Mummy - The Hula Hoop Trick That Got The City Comptoller in 1962

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