Try And Stop Me from Bennet Cerf
A collection of short humor bits and anecdotes with witty lines about slogans in offices, a taxi driver’s off duty sign, Wall Street talk, expense accounts, diners, and a pig raffle. Features quips about Max Beerbohm, W H Auden, and a comedian receiving a fan letter.
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New York
Wall Street
Quiz on African Nations Hints at World Geography
A London byline UPI piece presents a playful geography quiz on Fort Lamy Chad Nyasaland and Yaounde revealing their modern equivalents and prompting readers to test their world knowledge in a light, classroom tone.
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Chad
Nyasaland
Africa
Yaounde
Sick Machines and a World of African Nations Rise
An amusing note on computer diagnostics contrasts with a lengthy survey of African independence. The piece lists 37 independent states, detailing dates from Algeria in 1962 to Zambia in 1964, noting Ethiopia as the oldest and The Gambia as the newest.
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Teaneck
Whatputer Programming Company
Thomas A. Wood
Mark Matthews
Decision Systems Inc
Africa
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Ivory Coast
Kenya
Liberia
Libya
Malagasy
Malawi
Mali
Mauretania
Morocco
Niger
Nigeria
Ruanda
Senegal
Sierre Leone
Somalia
Republic of South Africa
Sudan
Tanzania
Tanganyika
Zanzibar
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
United Arab Republic
Egypt
U.A.R
Upper Volta
Zambia
Donuts With Handles Patented by Dunkin Donuts
New York AP reports Dunkin Donuts seeks a patent on a doughnut with its own dunking handle. The firm distributes this product through about 250 shops nationwide. Chairman William Rosenberg says the handle lets customers dunk cleanly and keep fingers dry while enjoying the treat.
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New York
Dunkin’ Donuts
William Rosenberg
Lions teeth a tricky problem at Garden City zoo
In Garden City Kansas Kimberly the lion had a bone wedged between his teeth. Zoo superinterdent Claude Owens freed the bone after calmly reaching between bars as a dozen spectators watched. Kimberly cooperated by pulling and twisting his head. The bone popped out after a few minutes.
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Owens
Kimberly
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