Magazine world shrinking under cost and circulation pressure
The piece notes many familiar magazines struggle with rising production and mailing costs and shrinking ad revenue as readers drift to television. It cites Playboy Cosmopolitan Readers Digest TIME and Mad among others, observes The Saturday Evening Post’s rare revival, and concludes more old mags are doomed to fold with time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Television
Liberty
Collier’s
The
Saturday Evening Post
Look
Playboy
Cosmopolitan
Arthur Koestler
Norman Mailler
TIME
DeGaulle
Homo Sapiens
Times
Keystone solon little shifty by Jack Anderson
Rep. J Irving Whalley of Pennsylvania, a longtime House Foreign Affairs figure, is accused of illegal kickbacks and payroll padding to fund gifts and personal expenses. The report ties him to a capital printing ally, Collary, and alleges extensive use of House funds for political purposes. It also notes Whalley’s UN career and ongoing investigations with future installments promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Irving Whalley
House Foreign Affairs Committee
United Nations
House
Whalley
C. Robert Collary
Capital Press
Duncanville
Collary
Blair County
Jobs to avoid in a tough job market
New York report satirically lists unlikely careers for a young man starting out. It mocks roles from teaching Casey Stengel English to supervising morals in Las Vegas and a protocol adviser to Martha Mitchell, illustrating the awkward fit of many jobs with an era’s expectations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Casey Stengel
U.S. Marine
Muhammad Ali
India
Women’s Liberation Movement
National Society of Embalmers
Las Vegas
Martha Mitchell
U.S
Corry News Briefs from January 1982 and 1932 Snippets
A 1:45 a.m. report in Corry recounts a Mead avenue resident accusing a First Avenue crossing watchman of intoxication after his car struck the crossing gates. Also noted are a birth at Corry Memorial Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. J. Roger Moyer and a birthday gathering for Mrs. Shirley Bugbee. Weather lore recalls a 90 degree January day, and Ted Luther of Corry Country Club is joining Valley Heights Country Club in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Avenue
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren McChesney
Mead Avenue
Corry Memorial Hospital
J. Roger Moyer
East Main Street
Ted Luther
Corry
Valley Heights
Pittsburgh
Political satire list and tax note in New York AP copy
A New York AP piece presents a long list of satirical attributions to public figures and entities followed by a national tax commentary. It notes smoldering tax revolts, school bonds, and discusses value added tax as a potential reform, referencing the Nixon administration. The article cites public figures from Huey Newton to John Wayne and Martha Mitchell, with a closing focus on taxation philosophy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Internal Revenue Service
United States
Michigan
Nixon
VAT debate rises as schools funding clash looms
Discussion centers on replacing local property tax with a federal value added tax to fund schools if Supreme Court rules taxes unconstitutional. Richard Lindholm argues VAT broad base equals Grass National Product, supports efficiency and lower rates. Critics warn administrative load rises. still, supporters claim objective standards reduce special interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Richard Lindholm
The
Tax Foundation
Lindholm
New Year desires from famous figures and fictional musings
A playful list pairs public figures with whimsical New Year wishes. Henry Kissinger asks for a mouth zipper, Muskie for a nose warmer, Golda Meir for kosher Phantoms, Hoover for a birth certificate, Sadat for a soldier who cannot run, Kosygin for a frontal lobotomy, and Reagan for a Kent scholarship, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Senator Muskie
Golda Meir
Bob Hope
Hollywood
Edgar Hoover
President
Premier Sadat
Jacqueline Susann
John Connally
Senator Kennedy
Jimmy Hoffa
John Lindsay
Premier Kosygin
Willie Sutton
LBJ
Ronald Reagan
Kent
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Magazine World Shrinking
Post
Keystone Solon
By Jack Anderson
Windber
China
Korea
Pennsylvania
Bobby Baker
U.S. Treasury
Les Whitten
Congress
Hanei
Russia
CIA
Chou En-lai
Nikolai Podgorny
North Vietnam
Hoang Mwoi
Muoi
Hanoi
Dr. Kissinger
Peking
Chou
DRV
Mui
Podgorny
Gerald Bagley
East Irving Street
Charles Bugbee
Barry
James
Mrs. Bugbee
Jim Bishop
John V. Kenny
Huey Newton
George Wallace
Elijah Muhammad
Jimmy Breslin
Indira Gandhi
Nevada
Howard Hughes
Jackie Gleason
John Knight
John Unitas
Fidel Castro
Mao Tse-T'Ung
Flip Wilson
Anna Roosevelt Halsted
Eugene McCarthy
Bryant Park
Bob Considine
Jacqueline Kennedy
Billy Graham
James Rowley
Milton
Goldstandt
Mayor Daley
Time Magazine
Jesse Jackson
R.A
Joe Robbie
Dolphins
Louis Wolfson
Earl Wilson
Santa
F. Lee Bailey
Martin Bormann
Sanitation Department of
Jerusalem
John Wayne
U.S. Supreme Court
South Vietnam
Harry Truman
Louise Hackmeister
John Chancellor
Sophie Kroll
Robin
Pamela
Elinor
Jim
Kevin
Chip
Chris
Amy
Kelly
Aristotle Onassis
Nelson Rockefeller
Mike Royko
Newark
Archie Bunker
Senator Gurney
FLA
Lady Bird Johnson
Gore Vidal
Tennessee Williams
William Buckley
Son of God
Yale
Chiang Kalsher
Tom Ferris
Raquel Welch
Hubert Humphrey
Bureau OF Internal Revenue
Abby
Kathi
Karen
Saige Steppe
Moy
Laur
Beh, Stroy
Itw
Vietnas
S. Rai Saigc Army
Ae Dochu
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