Saturday Notebook on Washington jabs and city notes
A collection of short satirical items from Washington and local musings. Jabs at Senate spending on an office design study and an environmental psychologist. Observations on Thanksgiving, TV stars, battered husbands bills, paper price hikes, energy jokes, a historic preservation ordinance quip, and a TV family remark.
Proud Flesh Medical Inquiry to Dr Thosteson
A reader asks what proud flesh is after a leg injury heals with a carbuncle like appearance. The letter notes numb fingers, relief from hanging limb, and vitamin use B1 and E, asking for possible explanations and guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Thosteson
Thesteson
R.B.S
Dr.Thosteson
Tama
Granulation Tissue and Medical Clarifications
Explanations on granulation tissue and proud flesh in wounds, plus medical Q and A notes on triglyceride levels fasting lipid types, carpal tunnel symptoms, dizziness in a 13 year old, and pre marriage gonorrhea testing inquiries.
Names and numbers clash in a baby name column
A humorous column muses on naming trends as legal name changes, with Dengler seeking to be called 1089 and friends joking about One-Zero-Six-Nine. It lists quirky real names, riffs on identity, and a mock future of numbered births and celebrity-style monikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornbeck
Cherry
Ottawa
Kansas
Michael Dengler
Minneapolis
Minn
Dengler
Ten
One-Zero
Six-Nine
Maby
John Train
Belcher Wack Wack
Belcher
Mr. Wack
A. Moron
Virgin Islands
Gaston J. Feeblebunny
Nita Bath
Zoltan Ovary
New York
Ophelia Legg
Plummer and
Leek
John Senior
Junior
Calder Wellington Womble
Winston and Salem
Ogden Nash
Mark Clark van Ark
Aristotle Tottle
God
Sin
Cedar
Ransom Memorial Hospital
Federal Supports For Shorn Wool Up To $20 Million
AP Farm Writer Don Kendall reports that Congress approved a new subsidy formula yielding federal payments for wool sold in 1977 and 1978. The Agriculture Department lists an incentive price of 99 cents per pound for shorn wool in 1977, up from 72 cents, with 1.08 dollars for 1978. Mohair price rises to about 1.50 dollars per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Kendall
Washington
Congress
Agriculture Department
Department
U.S
Office
Ino Tole
The Gathering TV special stars Asner and Stapleton
ABC presents The Gathering a two hour Christmas drama filmed in Chagrin Falls Ohio Edward Asner and Maureen Stapleton headline as a dying industrialist reconnecting with his scattered family to arrange a final Christmas reunion The plot follows his attempts to keep his illness secret while sparking a hopeful family gathering amid tensions and memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Sharbutt
Los Angeles
Muzak
ABC
Chagrin Falls
Ohio
Edward Asner
Maureen Stapleton
Asner
Miss Stapleton
Canada
John Barry
Rebecca Balding
Lawrence Pressman
Gail Strickland
Craig Harrison
James Poe
Poe
Dennis Dalzell
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Ottawa Herald
U.S. Senate
Senate Committee
Senate
Kansas City Chiefs
Atchison
California Assembly
Department of Energy
Federal Commission On Paperwork
Dr. George Cc
Thosteson
Washington, D.C
Colorado
Pop
Jesus
Amon
America
Loretta Lockhorn
Farrah Fawcett
pOiTiEr
Ediay J Jones
Pippi
Eldidde
S. Main
Roberts
Wellington
Associated Press
Valerie Perrine
Bill Bixby