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Uncle Cal Recounts Christmas Talk and Government Memo Obsession
In a humorous exchange Uncle Cal from Caribou relays shoppers plans for Christmas at the country store. Ed Doolittle brags about wanting the official U S Government Style Manual while critiquing Nixon era information control and Pentagon jargon. Anecdotes include clerical staffing, public building terms, and a farmer’s common sense versus book learning.
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Ed Doolittle
Alge
Santa Claus
Richard Nixon
U. S
Clem Webster
Nixon
Cler
Pentagon
Public Building Service
Clem
Ito
Bug Hookum
Bug