Lighter Side: Mao Feats Theorized To Prove Fitness
The parody piece imagines Chinese leaders debating stunts to prove Mao Zedong’s health, joking about cartwheeling the Great Wall or hopping deserts on a pogo stick. It quips about a ping pong winning streak with a dramatic photo.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Mao Tse-tung
Yangtze River
Mao
China
Peking
People’s Republic Committee
San Yan San
San San Yan
Yan San San
Sun San Yan
Gobi Desert
Yan Sun San
DAILY CROSSWORD AND CRYPTOQUOTE PUZZLE PAGE CLUES
A list of crossword Across and Down clues plus a Daily Cryptoquote with a long quotation and attribution. Also includes yesterday's cryptoquote solution and a reference to Douglas MacArthur.
This cow moos only for men and other oddities
Dear Abby letters recount a cow that resists milking by women, a paraplegic honeymoon tale, and a daughter troubled by a mother in law’s lavish gifts. The exchanges mix humor and personal anecdotes with unusual household dilemmas.
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Abby
Freeport
Dear Abby advice column prompts family tensions and loneliness
A reader asks how to tell his mother to quit work and spend more time with his father, worried he is lonely and nearing a loss. Abby suggests honest conversation, then offers the standard mail reply and a request for her booklet on letter writing.
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Abby
Helen Mae
Dad
Late Night TV Listings Highlight Classic Sitcoms And Movies
A dense schedule of daytime and evening programming lists multiple channels with titles featuring classic films and series. Notable entries include Murder by the Barrel, The Over the Hill Gang Rides Again, and Nobody's Perfect among dramas and comedies, plus a mix of news, game shows, and soap operas across ABC, CBS, and NBC networks.
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Kenneth Mars
David Huddleston
Fred Astaire
Doug McClure
James Whitmore
Tyrone Power
Loretta Young
Off Broadway Exposé: theater in a modern coma
Jim Bishop surveys New York theater, bemused by off Broadway trends, anti plots, and edgy critics. He notes the shift toward sensational acts, mixed audiences, and new churches for gay communities, ending with a personal encounter in a packed theater.
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the Biltmore
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