Tony Randall King of America? George Washington's seance pitch
In a humorous seance dialogue, George Washington urges crowning Tony Randall as a king for America. The piece riffs on monarchy versus republic, praising kings for stability and criticizing elections, while noting kings in other nations.
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Tony Randall
Washington
Ronald Reagan
Monarch
U.S
Washington, D.C
Fox
Pearl Bailey
George
Ethiopia
Greece
Will Rogers Says Gosh, Were We Crazy to Think Big
A disguised Will Rogers passage reflects on mass production and economic peril in 1932. The dialogue critiques the era’s leaders and optimism, noting job loss fears and sobering truths while sparing Hawaii and Britain from spared pride. It ends with a quip about Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.
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George
Tony Randall
In Common Quiz Set One Confirms Shared Category
Contest items list terms like Bottom Cager and Gobbing with Joy alike in hidden grouping. Each line targets a shared category across varied terms, requiring cross domain knowledge to identify the common thread.
Lice Infestations Tie Cities to Regional Trends
A medical survey ranks Providence Rhode Island as the top city for lice infestations, based on A-200 Pyrinate sales. Other top cities include Corpus Christi Harrisburg Albany Troy Orlando Boston Fresno and San Francisco. High percentage increases point to potential outbreaks.
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United States
California
Infectious Diseases
Providence
R. I
Leslie C. Norris
American Health Consultants
Corpus Christi
San Antonio
Tex
Ft. Smith, Ark
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Missoula, Mont
Honolulu
Hawaii
Austin
Washington
D. C
Bangor
Miami
Fla
Syracuse
N. Y Ottumwa
Iowa
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Utica
N. Y
Norris
Fort Wayne
Lubbock
Indianapolis
Anderson, Ind
Books of the day the 1960s to 70s voice in poetry and law
Allen Ginsberg lectures on poetry politics and consciousness at Kent State Wisconsin State and universities amid Vietnam War Kent State shootings and campus debates. Robert M Cover discusses slavery era moral legality versus law at Yale. Jens Bjerre’s The Last Cannibals profiles Australian aboriginal life.
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Allen
Allen Ginsberg
McGraw-Hill
Kent State
Wisconsin State
Wyoming
California
Robert M. Cover
Yale University Press
Yale Law School
Robert Cover
Supreme Court
Story
McLean
Shaw
Swan
Jens Bjerre
Estad Bannister Drake
A Song Born in San Francisco Coat Caper
The narrator describes a busy day in San Francisco with two detectives from a so called Sexy Crimes Squad as his coat goes missing in a dining and nightlife tour. He names venues like Cookies Buzzys and the Regency and notes the Sheraton Palace while joking about city lore and a missed heater at the hotel.
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San Francisco
Long Beach
SFPD
Chris Sullivan
Don Kennealy
Carolyn
Buzzy's
Joe Jost
Kearny St
Buzzy
California
United States
Buzzy’s
Herb Caen
Punny Quotations from Several Newspapers
A collage of humorous quotes from various U S papers notes an average man living longer due to taxes and hints at lighthearted jests about life. The items include lines from McAlester Oklahoma Morning Press Dallas Morning News and Detroit News.
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McAlester
Okla
News
Detroit
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Willim Sumner Ridder
News ‘Service
ST. Paul, Minn
George Washington
Great Britain
America
Nincompoop
Will Rogers
Kamehameha
Randall
Kingdom of Heaven
Jack Klugman
Thie Roger
Carthage
Berlin Highway
Scapa Flow
Hudson River
Port Arthur
Art van Harvey
Clarence Hartzell
Bernadine Flynn
Billy Idelson
Paul M. Rhymer
Tyler
Cade
Wyatt
Shays
Turner’s
Extension
Liquorian
Maryknoll
Sign
Watchtower
Demetrius
Theseus
Hippolyta
Titania
Hermia
St. Cloud
Dubuque
Hannibal
Cairo
Natchez
Ciphebra
Zenith
Alge
Sydney Harris
Journal
Guallatiri
Lascar
Cotopaxi
Kibo
Misti
United Mineworkers
Mississippi River
McKinley
Harrison
Fillmore
Bryan
Taft
Chile
Ecuador
Tanzania
Peru
George Robeson
Regency
Top
Crown Room
Fairmont
Fisherman’s Wharf
Cookie
Sheraton Palace
Randy Stricklin
Ray Stricklin
Shellar/Stricklin Mortuary
Vic
Sheelar/Scricklin Mortuary
Edward Torrence Vic
Sheelcar Stricklin
Long Beach Boulevard
NTLY
ANO
Morning News
Dallas
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