Try And Stop Me Peppered with jokes about bosses and boasting pilots
A collage of light gags and anecdotes features a boss and his secretary plotting job moves, Jerome Beatty on a 140-seat jet with a full crew, Zsa Zsa on a gray Sunday morning, and a New Jersey school sign about brakes. Humorous vignettes include Duncan Hines, a Swedish farmer, Somerset Maugham, Harpo Marx, Punch editor B V Lucas, and Milton Berle. The piece ends with kitchen wisdom and a wood tibia food gag.
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Jerome Beatty
California AB 80 brings state oversight to tax assessors
The AB 80 reform bill assigns the State Board of Equalization direct supervision over local assessors, replacing advisory status. It aims to curb scandals by granting power to investigate, correct, and standardize assessment practices, with new rules on exemptions, uniformity, and notifications. The measure, authored by Perris and Knox, becomes operative after governor's signature and next year’s assessment cycle.
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Sacramento
Nicholas Perris
Oakland
John Knox
Richmond
State Board of Equalization
Loyke
Alameda County
Ane
Henry Miller and the California cattle empire saga
Henry Miller built a San Francisco slaughtering network by acquiring ranches from the Hildreth Brothers near Los Banos and forming a continuous cattle flow financed by the Bank of California. He partnered with Charles Lux after buying options on 6935 acres and 7500 cattle, creating a long lasting business despite personal tragedies including the deaths of his first wife, child, and daughter Sarah Alice.
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John Sandoval
Henry Miller
San Francisco
Miller
Bay Area
de Hatos
Sanchez
Estadillo
Castro
Martinez
San Jose
Sacramento
Stockton
Sierra
San Joaquin
Mother Lode
San Benito
Los Banos
Peninsula
Charles Lux
Lux
Baden
Pacheco Pass
Hildreth Brothers
California
Minnesota
Hildreths
Santan de Santa Rita
San Joaquin River
Hildreth
Muller
Gilroy
San Joaquin Valley
Butchertown
William C. Tealston
Bank of California
Ralston
Alsin
Alsace
Haggin and Tevis
Vorite
Bloomsfield Ranch
Nellie
J. Leroy Nickel
Nickel
George M. Bowles
Warsaw Pact Summit Sought Amid Cold War Tensions
Soviet Union and allied states prepare for a high level Warsaw Pact meeting in Bucharest Romania as leaders from Poland Czechoslovakia Hungary Romania and Bulgaria reportedly converge to discuss alliance cohesion amid Western pressure. Albania remains loosely involved amid the 1961 split while Western actions in Vietnam and NATO moves prompted cautious Eastern bloc responses.
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Romania
Soviet Union
Poland
Czechoslo
Ofvakia
Hungary
Bulgaria
Albania
Kremlin
China
USA
U.S
Viet Nam
Communist Party
NATO
Romanian
Fener Oy Siscue
Ibd
Suilay
Russi Fations
Victoy
Fee Auasin
Tokyo
Dean Chom
Hart de Alune
Charles de Gaulle
Peking
China News Agency
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Mike Connolly
Pickens
Zsa
Zsa Harntoot Qame
Pius
New Jersey
Detroit
Duncan Hines
Max Lindquist
Somerset Maugham
Harpo Marx
England
Epsom Downs
Stratford-on-Avon
B. V. Lucas
Punch
Milton Berle
Orville Reed
Joan Franciosa
Boyer August
Center
Our Lady of Grace School
Castro Valley
All Saints
Jack Brain
Hayward
August
Winton Grove
Clayton Valley High School
Concord
Brown
Board of Equalization
History of
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Santa Clara
Gilroy and
Hollister
Bloomfield Ranch
Henry Miller, Jr
Sarah Alice
Sandoval
Economist
Big Top
Mission Blvd
Harder Rd
Big Top Center
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