Used car gimmick sparks cross department jokes
A reader letter parodies a Boston dealer touting "previously owned" cars while neighbors riff on government ads. They joke about the Labor Agriculture and Defense departments, a Congressman Robert Michel voice, and a Farmers Overseas Core as a Viet Nam era spoof.
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Boston
Zeke Grubb
Harvard
Ed Doolittle
Zeke
Washington
Pentagon
Department of Agriculture
Bug Hookum
Labor Department
Robert Michel
Ilinois
Ing
Josh Clodhopper
Bug
Michel
Agriculture Department
Congress
Viet Nam
What Other Editors Are Saying
A reader letter discusses seat belt usage and safety culture in cars and urges constant use. It notes accidents and a lack of belt adoption amid a broader push for safety devices, then references a local car crash and a Federal pay hike report, ending with a casual sign-off by Uncle Cal.
Parental Guidance and Viet Nam Message in Central New York
A highway wreck at 2 a m in a central New York community shows drivers discovering the scene at 7 a m while no parent had notified police of missing children. The piece urges teens' determination and stresses parental guidance as Vietnam remains a present reminder and test of values.
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New York
Viet Nam
Editorial critiques war effort and youth guidance
The piece condemns unpopular war and calls for stronger parental guidance to guard youth development. It notes Americans die abroad while enjoying prosperity and urges careful influence on discipline, love, family, and right or wrong. The column mentions Mr and Mrs Don Ponting visiting an Apaloosa horse show in Jackson Wyoming and a visit with Mr and Mrs Don Shufeldt last weekend.
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Viet Nam
Don Ponting
Jackson
Wyoming
Don Shufeldt
Page Two Update on Local Residents
Mr and Mrs William of Soda Springs traveled to Pag Monday where Mrs Meade Iv er, George Jenkins, and others visited Provo Hospital for Mr Jenkins a former OA resident and reported to be improving satisfactorily Mrs Meads returned home on Wednesday
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William
Soda Springs
Meade Iver
George Jenkins
Tagete
Provo Hospital
Jenkins
Meads
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