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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1960
Page
24
HAL BOYLE humor column humorously chronicles a diet fiasco at breakfast and the quarrel over weight. The narrator jokes about dieting, appetite, and social pressure while musing on fat and society with wry, exaggerated theories. The piece blends witty anecdotes, pop culture asides, and self deprecating reflections on body image.
Bing Crosby recalls nearly losing his career because of large ears. In a party with Perry Como at Danny's Hideaway a Hollywood casting director told him his ears were like airplane wings and he would not fit. He described the years of ear fittings and eventual return to acting.
A mash of bridge theory notes by Oswald Jacoby outlines no trump hand values and rebid patterns. The text shifts to celebrity chatter about Bing Crosby and others including anecdotes from Las Vegas and New Orleans.
The piece argues against the notion that ignorance is bliss, noting humans are thinking beings who seek understanding. It asserts self-acceptance yields greater happiness than denying essence. It also discusses gendered affection, citing a reader noting six year old girls show more affection than boys and attributing differences to parental socialization from infancy.
Fragmented text appears to outline sun sign periods from Aries through Virgo with garbled phrases. Mentions include Taurus April 20 to May 20 and Cancer June 22 to July 2, plus notes on vigor, developments, and patience amid unsettled phrasing.
A fragmented zodiac column lists Sun sign periods with garbled descriptors for Libra through Pisces. It mentions checkups for Sagittarius and money collection pressure affecting Capricorn and Aquarius, with unclear guidance and dated 1940 interpretive notes.
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