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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1977
Page
10
In New York Gloria Kaufman catalogs feminist humor as a lasting tool in gender equality battles. The anthology traces witty verses cartoons and anecdotes from past centuries to show women using humor to cope with oppression and to fortify intellectual and social resilience.
University of Wisconsin researcher Joanie Cantor finds jokes where women debase men are judged funnier when the female target is strong, suggesting humor has long favored male dominance. Her two studies with Penn and Wisconsin students show both sexes rate male-dominated jokes as funnier, reflecting cultural bias.
A citywide tennis love-in called Love Affair will span Long Beach, with more than 40 courts booked for a mixed doubles tournament to raise funds for heart disease research and education. Betsy Bixby chairs, with Jeanne Bader assisting, and a champagne house prize for the best blood pressure reading.
A three part Torchlight series by the Symphony Guild begins Tuesday at Emerald Hall. Each 1:30 p.m. program in federdo Avenue and Seventh Street asks a $2 donation for the Long Beach Symphony. The first session features four Guild members who toured China including Margaret Nee Blanche Collins Dr Malcolm Todd and Alberta Carlson with slides of their travels. The June 2 talk covers Friendship through Understanding with Carlson slides of Shanghai Wushi and Tainan. A final June 9 program presents Carlson slides on the Forbidden City the summer palace the Ming Tomb and the Great Wall.
Multiple wedding notices from Westminster Corona Del Mar and surrounding areas detail ceremonies at St Bona venture Catholic Church California Heights Baptist Church and Lakewood Village Community Church. Couples Velardo Woodman Nielsen Kislingbury Hargrove Juliano Laxson Davis Mulder wed. honeymoons planned in San Diego Palm Springs Austria Mazatlan. Readers learn parents sponsors schools and future plans.
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