Watergate Day satire aims at 1974 observer response
A Buchwald satire imagines June 17 as Watergate Day with national observances like parades and fireworks. It envisions Americans taping doors, lying, and spying as a juries and leaders mock the Watergate scandal. The piece ends with a foretaste of June 17, 1974.
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Washington
United States
Julianna
Nixon
England
Guy Fawkes
Mr. Stein
White House
CIA
FBI
Pennsylvania Avenue
Committee
Watergate Complex
Democratic National Committee
Jerry Lewis on TV plans and humor in America
Jerry Lewis, 46, rejects a regular TV variety show but says he would host again if it fit his visual hi fi concept. He argues humor fades as U S TV dominates, urging less programming and a French style schedule to revive laughter and social engagement.
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Jay Sharbutt
NEW York (Ap
Jerry Lewis
Lewis
America
United States
France
Take a Fetus to Lunch bumper sticker statement
Letter writers critique the UNBORN controversy with a provocative bumper sticker idea while others praise Brezhnev and ERA progress. A reader jokes about a Hats Off Day for husbands with salary‑drawing wives, and another questions government rain manipulation theories. End with a final satirical query about cloud seeding and a sign‑off.
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Russia
Reba N. Harmon
Berry's World: A British Sex Scandal?
Cartoonist notes that a real good old-fashioned sex scandal could have surpassed Watergate, joking about British tabloid intrigue and political headlines.
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Great Britain
Male chauvinist speaks on women and equality
Boyle New York reports a controversial column arguing about feminism and chauvinism. The author rails against what he calls female chauvinists and describes a new female archetype in the labor market. He cites Socrates to claim equality leads to superiority.
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New York
Sir Galahad
America
Quaker Founder Quote on Obedience and Justice
A letter stresses discipline and unity, urging readers to avoid associating with those who refuse to heed its guidance. It cautions warning errant individuals as brothers, framing obedience as essential insurance for life. The excerpt cites William Penn and his Quaker ideals.
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William Penn
Pennsylvania
Nixon Presidency Believed in Peril
Washington sources say President Nixon faces a weakening fall-back, with aides resigning and a widening Watergate crisis. They warn the president may reveal more in coming days and could be forced to resign as credibility and governance collapse.
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Washington
NEA
White House
Nixon
Watergate
H. R. Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
John
D Day Normandy invasion and other historical events
On this date in 1944 Allied forces landed on the Normandy beaches marking D Day. Also noted are 1871 Alsace annexation, 1918 Belleau Wood action, 1966 James Meredith wound, 1968 Robert F Kennedy death, a Rhodesia mine disaster a year ago, and birthdays of the Dalai Lama and Dr Paul Dudley White. Thought by John Wycliffe is cited.
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Normandy
France
Alsace
Germany
Belleau Wood
James Meredith
Mississippi
Robert F
Kennedy
Los Angeles
Rhodesia
Dalai Lama
Paul Dudley
White
John Wycliffe
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Thacee
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Ernest
Frank & Ernest Men's Tailoring
By Bob Thaves
Latitude
Granada
Paradount Pictures
Barbera-Sagittarius
E. B. White
Panavision
Technicolor Warner Sree
Aware Communtesance Company
Pal
Cool Hand
Luke Eorany
Ty Donn Pearce
Frank
Gordon
Ty Stuart Rosenbers
Tecinicol
Warner Coos
Seven Arts
Alberto Grimaldi
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Yul Brynner
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