Jokes and Jokers From Jim Bishop to Bob Hope and More
A compendium of jokes and punchlines highlights from Jim Bishop and Bob Hope style humor. It catalogs anecdotes about toll bridges rich Texans and a buried millionaire, playful quips from Joey Adams and Buddy Hackett, and lighthearted gags about counterfeit bills and everyday family moments. The tone mirrors mid century newspaper humor columns with quick, punchy setups and social snapshots.
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Texas
Bob Hope
Jack Paar
Joey Adams
Subscription rates and publication details
Subscription rates are listed for daily, Sunday, carrier, and mail subscriptions including in and outside trading areas. The News-Journal Inc. publishes daily since 1857 and quotes a Bible verse from John 8 12.
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Utside
U.S.A
News-Journal Inc
Puppy Gift Brings Joy and Challenge for Christmas
Readers share a poem about an animal shelter pup and why a family may welcome a new dog this holiday. The piece notes the mother sacrifices time for a newborn puppy and highlights the shelter as a source for dogs in various shapes sizes and colors with loyal hearts.
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Trenton
Animal Shelter
Bigger Folks Coming Records Predict Taller, Heavier Population
Century-spanning records forecast by 2000 the average man standing six two and weighing 176 pounds, and women averaging five six and a half feet tall at 141 pounds. Changes imply crowded spaces, longer beds, higher doorways, and shifting shopping habits amid growing congestion. Khrushchev invites Kennedy to Moscow amid hostile hospitality rumors.
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Uncle Horace
Grandpa
Cities face rising costs and new tax ideas
A historical note argues cities must raise more money as costs rise, citing parking meters’ spread from 30s efforts by Cleveland’s Citizens League to 112 Ohio cities collecting 5.67 million in 1959. Water and sewer services stop being free, demanding broader revenue methods despite public opposition. Khrushchev warns of continued nuclear tests regardless of Western action.
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Cleveland
Citizens League
Ohio
Unfair Oil Limitation on Import Costs Oil Producers Call for Interference
Oil men push limits on foreign oil imports claiming it raises domestic prices and benefits producers. Pentagon policy notes the restraint cost the armed forces 20 million dollars since April 1959. Sen. Prescott Bush warns heating oil prices may hit new highs. Critics say tax setup favors oil interests over public welfare.
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Pentagon
Burton B. Riggs
Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Jokes Punch Up Nerves and Texans in Quick Quips
A collection of humorous vignettes pairs Drinking and nerves with a stubborn cowboy wit. A senator’s dying partner, two psychiatrists, and a Boston visitor clash in quips about Texas bravado and Paul Revere. Some punch lines land, others miss the mark.
Uphold Moral Law as Path to Peace in UN Debates
The article argues the core issue is moral law in foreign policy, warning defeatism risks war. It condemns appeasement on Red China’s UN admission, urges steadfast U.S. positions, and critiques Sweden and The New York Times for supporting expediency over principle. It warns that yielding to immorality could drag the country into wider conflict and calls for maintaining moral standards in the U.N. and foreign policy.
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Washington
United Nations
China
United States
Moscow
America
U. N
Red China
Korea
Sweden
New York “Times
U.N
Freeman shakes in as agriculture sec hits home
In Washington the handshaking ritual returns as Secretary Orville Freeman outlines a sweeping program to cut costs and modernize the Agriculture Department. He notes use of computers in routine tasks and predicts growth, as the secretary’s entourage swells toward a payroll pushing near a hundred thousand.
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Orville L. Freeman
Mr. Freeman
Europe
Jane
New Frontier
Freeman
Agriculture Department
Department of Commerce
U. S
War Declared on Germany and Italy in Congress Action
Twenty years ago on Thursday December 11 1941 Congress formally declared war on Germany and Italy as Secretary of War Henry L Stimson announced the sinking of the Japanese battleship Haruna by U S Army bombers north of the Philippines R S Weatherwax was elected president of Oglesby Barnitz Bank and Trust Co to fill the unexpired term of retiring D Fe Harlan
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West Germany
United States
West Berlin
Congress
Germany
Italy
Henry L Stimson
Haruna
Philippines
R. S. Weatherwax
Oglesby- Barnitz Bank & Trust Co
D. FE. Harlan
Middletown High Teacher Speaks on War Causes
Middletown High educator H. H. Lawrence addressed CoY Club members at the YMCA about events leading to the war between the United States and Japan.
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Middletown
H. H. Lawrence
United States
Japan
Coy Club
YMCA
Celebrities in Europe and Broadway buzz mix in gay gossip
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Katharine Cornell sails for Europe aboard Queen Mary with Noel Coward, possibly retiring from stage. Red Buttons and wife near separation. Sterling Hayden on Martha's Vineyard writing a travel book. Paris notes Dior wedding gowns, Bardot joining Warrior's Rest, and Turkiye upset by Lawrence of Arabia dialogue. Broadway talk includes Dinah Shore divorce, Geraldine Page with Adlai Stevenson, Janet Leigh as Twister, and Mary Peach's raised price in No Love for Johnnie.
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Katharine Cornel
Guthrie McClintic
Europe
Noel Coward
Miss Cornell
Switzerland
Noel
Red Buttons
New York
California
Sterling Hayden
Martha's Vineyard
State Dept
Africa
Sam
Jack Carter
Copacabana
Paris
Marc Bohan
House of Dior
Annouchka von Meeks
Karim
Aga Khan
Brigitte Bardot
Christine Rochefort
Raf Vallone
Vallone
Brigitte
Francoise Sagan
Terence Rattigan
Sarah Bernhardt
Lawrence
Rattigan
Broadway
John Mills
Graham Greene
la Colombe d'Or
St. Paul de Vence
Riviera
Dinah Shore
George Montgomery
Lindy’s
List St
Geraldine Page
Adlai Stevenson
Janet Leigh
Rank Organization
Mary Peach
Johnnie
Julie Munchin
Bonnie Brandon
Actographs Reveal Alberta Herring Links to Fur Trade
Herring from Lesser Slave Lake in Alberta indirectly aids fur coats as most annual catches feed mink farms. Salt blocks for U S cattle form under about 340 tons pressure. Olympic peninsula rainfall reaches 140 inches yearly on mountain slopes. Tiger beetle in the tropics emits attar of roses scent attracting bees it preys upon.
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Lesser Slave Lake
Alberta
Canada
U. S
Olympic Peninsula
Washington
Tropics
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Jim Bishop
Henry Youngman
John
Shen Lee
Buddy Hackett
Dave Regan
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Russia
Joe E. Lewis
Lewis
Senator Ford
Ian
San Antonio
Ruin
Alamo
Boston
Paul Revere
Sissy
David Lawrence
Armed Services
Tv. N
Wom
General Assembly
George Dixon
Freemans
Eisenhower
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Dorothy Kilgallen
Mous Inn
Greene
Pop Goes the Weasel
Anthony Newly
Margaret
Antonio
Margarita
Dennis the Menace
Santa Cis
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