Predictions for 1971 from Criswell style forecast
In a spoof year end forecast the author predicts 1971 will bring a weak Penn Central sale, Chicago missing the World Series due to a night game rule, fashion shifts toward unisex styles, nude scenes for aging actors, CIA intrigues, teacher strikes, tax changes for the very rich, eco car canopies from tin cans, Tiny Tim’s vocal shift, smoking bans on TV, Colts and Cowboys faltering, Lew Alcindor deemed too short, and Nixon’s constant insistence on making things clear.
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Tiny Tim
Baltimore Colts
Dallas Cowboys
Lew Alcindor
Nixon
Alias Smith and Jones premieres as witty western caper
AP reviews Alias Smith and Jones on ABC as a tongue in cheek western with Pete Duel and Ben Murphy. Ambition is amnesty through staying straight amid temptations while the secret amnesty author remains hidden. Burl Ives plays a sly town magnate in a breezy, well cast opener.
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Jerry Buck
NEW York
Smith and Jones
ABC
Pete Duel
Ben Murphy
Duel
Murphy
Paul Newman
Wily Burl Ives
Ives
Granddaddy
Dan August
NBC
Flip Wilson
CBS
Reorganization urged to curb government waste and new taxes
Speech notes bluntly that future tax funding will be needed and that reorganization in Washington and on the ground can improve value for money. It cites overlapping agencies such as the Bureau of Reclamation the Corps of Engineers and the Soil Conservation Service as wasteful. Cases of hospital billing errors and inflated eye prostheses are highlighted by Kemper Insurance. Army spying and security memos flag friction with congressional probes. Air Force generals and guardsmen were used to airlift cadets to the Sugar Bowl.
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Washington
Bureau of Reclamation
Corps of Engineers
Soil Conservation Service
Rouse
116Th Military Intelligence Group
Executive Branch
Legislative Branch
Army
FBI
Congress
Air Force
New Orleans
Air National Guard
Air Force Academy
University of Tennessee
Memory and painting mix in a humorous column
A nostalgic Corry Evening Journal piece reflects on memory as guidance, then recalls Jimmy Durante and a whimsical tale of painting a house. The narrator, a columnist, mentors readers with jokes, family moments, and a self deprecating love of amateur art.
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Durante
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By Jack Anderson
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Virginia
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H. L. Mencken
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Palo
Geatoe Rsample
Wiliam Exton
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AP Rewa
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Peresall
Virginia Lee
Frank Freeman
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