Bob Hope Best Jokes For Troubled Times 1973
Bob Hope selects ten best jokes from 1973 reflecting troubled times. He recalls front line audiences and a Queen Mary show in 1939 after war declared in Europe. The list covers Watergate, beef shortages, energy crisis, post office complaints, Look magazine, and gasless Sundays with sharp one liners.
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Bob Hope
Bob Thomas
Associated Press
Wester North Hollywood
Calif
Hope
England
Europe
Athenia
Murder trial set for Alday family killings in Georgia
Three Maryland men charged with six counts of murder in the May 14 Alday family killings go to trial in Donalsonville as jury selection begins. Billy Isaacs pleaded guilty to burglary and armed robbery, with murder charges dropped. Other defendants George Dungee, Wayne Coleman, and Carl Isaacs face rape indictments and remain escapees from a Maryland prison.
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Donalsonville
Maryland
Alday
Billy Isaacs
George Dungee
Wayne Coleman
Carl Isaacs
Billy
Seminole County
Superior Court
Walter I. Geer
Southern Keeps Schedule Tight Amid Holiday Travel
A Southern Railway spokesman says the system meets most new ICC passenger rules and notes near capacity loads on the Washington Atlanta Crescent during Christmas. Delays cited stem from AMTRAK connections. once Southern joins AMTRAK’s computer reservation system in February, it will be fully compliant, with delays capped at about 30 minutes for the Washington to Atlanta run.
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Washington
Southern Railway System
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Southern
National Railroad Passenger Corp
Amtrak
New York
Civil Aeronautics Board
CAB
Atlanta
Boy Survives as Four Others Shot in Detroit
In Detroit a 5 year old boy survived a Friday shooting that left his mother Janice McGee 23 and three other relatives dead. Police say the four victims were last seen Thursday night with the boy and believe the killings are drug related. The child is in good condition and staying with grandparents. the city’s 1973 homicide total rises to 741.
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Detroit
Julie Brown
Stanley
Eddie Wallace
McGee
GM cuts 530000 passenger cars as 38000 workers are laid off
General Motors plans an extended layoff of 38000 workers with an overall passenger car production reduction of about 530000 by next fall. The cuts target large and luxury models while small cars and trucks rise in production. Michigan faces heavy impact with 13000 workers affected, including 5600 in Flint plants and 2000 at Pontiac.
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Martin Hirschman
Associated Press
Detroit
General Motors
United States
Michigan
Flint
Pontiac
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High Point Enterprise
Harry Warner
Warner Brothers Family
London
Lincoln Memorial
San Fernando Valley
Look Magazine
Israel
John Mitchell
Ned Alday
Jerry
Chester
Jimmy
Aubrey
Mary Alday
Jerry Alday
Richard Wayne Miller
McConnellsburg
Meelwy
Suman Gery
Vrmen Watt
N. Wrenn
E. Green & White Ok Sts
AL Elder
Richard C. Gerstenberg
Juan Bautista de Anza
Sonora
Mex
California
Chick
PUMC
G. L
Chick” Ee Alec
FORD
Chevrolet
Irniture Palace, Inc
Kivett Drive
High Point
N. C
Daystrom
Central
North Main
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