1970s
Rock Hudson Sings Rod McKuen
Full playlist here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 02, 2016 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Movies, 1970s, Cacophony, Dissonance, White Noise and Other Sonic Assaults
Williams-Dekker Piano-Teaching Computer
This oddball hybrid technology seems to have vanished from history, as I can learn little about its fate after its 1970 launch.
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jun 29, 2016 -
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Category: Music, Technology, 1970s
Said no at altar
I guess that's why it's posed as a question. You don't have to say "I do."Anyway, if you're 16, the correct response to a marriage request is 'No.' Unfortunately, it seems that Lois did end up getting married a week later, despite her initial reluctance.
The Ottawa Journal - May 1, 1971
SIBSON, England (UPI) —Radiant and demure in white lace, Lois Elliott walked down the aisle on her father's arm as the organ intoned "Here Comes the Bride."
"Wilt thou," said Rev. Frank Best, "take this man to be thy lawfully wedded husband, to love and to cherish 'til death do you part?"
Lois, 16, smiled at Mr. Best, at her father and at the groom. "No," she said quietly. Then she turned and walked out of St. Botolph's Church.
Lois offered no immediate explanation for her change of heart. But her father, Barry Elliott, said he thought a chance remark by one of the groom's relatives "may have upset her."
Posted By: Alex - Mon Jun 27, 2016 -
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Category: 1970s, Weddings
Late mail, postage due
1974: Roy Baker of Guthrie, Oklahoma received a Christmas card two years after it had been mailed. Because the price of a stamp had gone up between the time it was mailed and the time it was delivered, the post office decided there was postage due.Baker wisely decided it was useless to argue with the post office and paid them the two cents they wanted.
Detroit Free Press - Apr 7, 1974
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 21, 2016 -
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Category: 1970s, Postal Services
Follies of the Madmen #286
Lots of goofy stuff here.
First commercial: who's the publisher for that special Mom propaganda book?
Second and third commercials: love that trippy 2001: A Space Odyssey sequence as we fly thru the aspirin particles.
Fourth commercial: once upon a time, hairy chests were okay.
Fifth commercial: this woman has ingested so much iron that her bare feet are comfortable on metal stirrups.
Sixth and seventh commercials: life in a circus-acrobat household.
Eighth commercial: multivitamins promote blue balls.
Ninth commercial: children are iron-vampires.
Tenth and eleventh commercials: psychedelic scrumpcheroo!
Twelfth commercial: hey, a rerun! Or is this a flashback from dropping too many Chocks?
Thirteenth and fourteenth commercials: Charley Chocks, pusherman.
Fifteenth commercial: Chocks and chopsticks!
Sixteenth commercial: And you thought the Archies were too fake!
Seventeenth commercial: interplanetary Chocks colonialism!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 18, 2016 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Drugs, Psychedelic, Children, Elderly, 1960s, 1970s
Peanut Butter believed to be aphrodisiac
In 1971, it was widely reported that a girls' high school in Johannesburg, South Africa had banned peanut butter due to a concern that peanuts were a sexual stimulant.This news, of course, was met with incredulity by the American press, but given the lack of details in the story (the school, for instance, was never named) I suspected it might be an urban legend reported as news. However, in a New Scientist article published two years later (Nov 1, 1973) I was able to find some more information which suggests that the story apparently was true, and that the ban was inspired by local African folk belief about peanuts:
Sydney Morning Herald - July 19, 1971
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jun 17, 2016 -
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Category: Food, Sexuality, 1970s
Between Lust and Watching TV
Posted By: Paul - Fri Jun 17, 2016 -
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Category: Music, Sexuality, Television, Husbands, Wives, 1970s
Victor the Wrestling Bear
Full story here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jun 13, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Wrestling, 1970s
Warning required before crime
January 1973: Texas State Rep. Jim Kaster filed a bill that would have required criminals to give their victims twenty-four hours notice before they committed a crime. Argued Kaster, "Obviously the criminal is not going to do it, but this would be another punishment that could be added to the penalty." No surprise, the bill was defeated.
Arizona Republic - Jan 19, 1973
And this article gives a little more info:
El Paso Herald-Post - Jan 19, 1973
Posted By: Alex - Sat Jun 11, 2016 -
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Category: Crime, Law, 1970s
Eviction arrived before second coming
Grannis, Arkansas: On September 29, 1975, the Nance family — about 40 of them in all — stopped paying all their bills (including their mortgage) because they were sure the Second Coming was about to happen. They knew this because Aunt Iola Walker had received a message from God. Ten months later, U.S. marshals evicted them, and the family members had to, once again, get jobs.
The Eagle (Bryan, Texas) - July 17, 1976
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 09, 2016 -
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Category: Religion, 1970s
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