America's Funnybone Fourth of Five Parts on Business Humor
A humor study by Sanford M. Teller traces how American business embraced jokes during shifts from postwar labor to modern office humor. It notes Wall Street darkness, mid-century acceptance, and then widespread use in advertising, memoranda, and publishable office material.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockefellers
Sanford M. Teller
Ita
Teller
New Yorker
Wall Street
Alan Dun
Des
University of Califonia
Berkeley
Carlere
San Francisco
Gevernor
American Folklore’ Soc Society
America
Mr. Murphy
Frank Stilley
Costly Victory for Consumer Spurs Flight Overbooking Debate
The Supreme Court ruling lets passengers sue airlines for bumped reservations, a win for Ralph Nader and consumers but a costly one for the public. The piece links rising litigation to higher insurance costs, insurer bankruptcies, and broader consumerism policy, noting flood and FAIR plans as responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Supreme Court
Allegheny Airlines
Ralph Nader
Nader
DeForest W. Abel Jr
Amica Mutual Insurance Co
A.M. Best Co
Federal Insurance Administration
Reagan Merits Reckoning in Gop Delegates Contests
Washington reports show Reagan conservatives gaining traction in King County Missouri and Kansas delegations as Ford faces a tough path to the convention. The piece notes activists rallying conservatives to disrupt moderate plans and cites Dole Pearson and Governor Evans shaping outcomes. The broader view sees a prolonged, body-count struggle with Ford needing about 40 percent among 250 delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gerald Ford
Missouri
Warren McPherson
Eterions
King County
Ronald Reagan
Evans
Ford As
Ford
Reagan
Kit Bond
Kansas
Robert Bennett
Johnson County
Robert Dole
James Pearson
Alaska
West
Minnesota
Connecticut
Delaware
Barry Goldwater
Oswego Palladium Times Ad Rates and Policy Notice
The Palladium Times provides home delivery and mail rates for Oswego and surrounding areas with yearly, half yearly, and monthly pricing. It notes carrier, motor route prices, holiday adjustments, and error liability limits for advertisements while stating the Associated Press owns local news.
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West First St. Oswego
N.Y
Oswego
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Times
Clark Morrison
Wayne
Northern Cayage Co
U.S
Associated Press
Palladium-Times
Dayton Debates on Evolution and Creation in 1925 Era
Dayton residents confront the Scopes era clash as fundamentalists and evolution supporters debate human origins. The piece notes Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan, the persistence of creationist belief, and local biology professor Willard Henning as examples amid a wider national struggle between science and faith.
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Dayton
Tenn
Nea
Clarence Darrow
William Jennings Bryan
John T. Scopes
Tennessee
Darrow
Bryan
God
Baal
Willard Henning
Bene
Henning
Wilde
Jogging Good Health Exercise For Women Too
Dear readers discuss jogging benefits for women and men stressing pleasure over pace. The letter notes health gains from steady exertion, cautions against overdoing it, and advises training progressively for overall fitness.
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DR. Lamb
Reader
P. O. Box
Radio City
York
Residents oppose Hygiene Department merger with Alea Center
A letter to the editor argues against a proposed merger of the Hygiene Department with the Alea Center. The writer warns the plan risks underfunding and improper care for mentally ill patients, urging Governor Carey to halt the merger immediately and preserve the Gothap hospital’s capacity. The piece stresses that communities are unready and that patients deserve solid care and rehabilitation.
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Hygiene En
Te Alea Center
Stave Weltten
Erner Carey
Marcy
Department of
Mental I.cola
Gothap Tone
Neach
Department of Mental Eee
Ats
Pingy
Carey
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Charles Bartlett
the Palladium-Times
Tom Tiede
Berry's
Harvey
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