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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1977
Page
10
New York based report notes Indiana University professor Gloria Kaufman is compiling a feminist humor anthology. It blends historical wit with modern anecdotes and cartoons to show humor aids survival, defuses fear, and signals ongoing gender questions.
University of Wisconsin researcher Joanne Cantor tests show men dominate women in jokes. Studies with 34 mate and female students then 68 male and 53 female students reveal a bias: readers rate male dominated punchlines as funnier, while both sexes still find a female victim funnier. Cantor cites humor’s male domain and social norms as reasons, noting double standards for women with witty comebacks.
Long Beach hosts the third annual mixed doubles tennis tournament June 5 with play starting at 9 am and a lunch at noon. Division playoffs at 2:30 pm, exhibition and awards party at 4:30 at Dan and Fran Ridder’s home. Proceeds aid heart disease research and education. hypertension screening offered. Betsy Bixby chairs with Jeanne Bader as assistant. 40 courts booked citywide including Recreation Park and Long Beach State.
Torchlight lecture series by Symphony Guild raises funds for the Long Beach Symphony. The first program Tuesday at Emerald Hall features four Guild members who visited China with slides of their trips. Sessions start 7:30 p.m. a $2 donation supports the orchestra.
A series of wedding announcements details several couples united in Southern California ceremonies. John Steven Velardo and Michelle Woodman wed at St. Bonaventure Church, with honeymoons to San Diego. Edward Nielsen and Ricey Kislingbury wed at Nielsen-Sunnyside Chapel and plan a Palm Springs honeymoon. Thomas Hargrove and Tammy Juliano married at California Heights Baptist Church and will honeymoon in San Diego. Steven Laxson and Paula Thorne wed at Sherman Foundation Gardens in Corona del Mar, with plans to live in San Clemente. Richard Mary Davis and Fiona Ritchie married at Brethren Church and anticipate a Mexico cruise for their delayed honeymoon. Cindy Olson and C Dean Molder wed at Lakewood Village Church, proceeding to live in Westminster. both are noted as members of the United States Racing Club.
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