1970s
Detroit 9000
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 29, 2016 -
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Category: Crime, Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1970s
Sued over mean snake
December 1971: Rae Adler, 28, sued the Critterville pet store, accusing them of selling her a "mean snake," unsuitable as a pet. It bit her the day after she brought it home, causing a toxic reaction.Unfortunately I can't find how this suit turned out.
Lebanon Daily News - Dec 15, 1971
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 19, 2016 -
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Category: Animals, 1970s
Dracula Memento
What are the odds for this "soil" being authentic?
Original ad here. (Back cover.)
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 15, 2016 -
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Category: Horror, Scams, Cons, Rip-offs, and General Larceny, 1970s
Aliens from Spaceship Earth
The year 2016 would be vastly different and possibly improved if we had all heeded the path outlined for us in 1978 by Donovan.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 13, 2016 -
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Category: Aliens, New Age, Documentaries, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
Tractor Flees Burning Barn
Several years ago we got to hear Paul talk about the theory of resistentialism — this being the theory that inanimate objects can display spiteful behavior toward people.This 1970 story seems to be related to that concept, as it demonstrates another form of purposeful behavior exhibited by an inanimate object — in this case, a will to survive.
The Louisville Courier-Journal - Aug 10, 1970
Posted By: Alex - Sat Apr 09, 2016 -
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Category: Motor Vehicles, 1970s
Miss Medic Alert
The winner of this title was "a beauty with a hidden medical problem" — which sounds slightly ominous.Unfortunately I haven't found a picture of Miss Medic Alert, but it seems like the contest ran from the late '60s to the mid '70s.
Detroit Free Press - Mar 10, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 06, 2016 -
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Category: Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, 1970s
Let them eat pigeon
September 1975. Jackson, Mississippi had two problems: how to feed the homeless cost-effectively, and how to get rid of the pigeons whose numbers were getting out of control downtown.Solution — trap the pigeons and feed them to the homeless. The birds were served broiled in gravy.
Unfortunately, many of the homeless refused to eat them. The director of the rescue mission admitted the birds were "tough" and "the taste was strange," but hoped the flavor would improve if prepared in a pressure cooker.
The Berkshire Eagle - Sep 13, 1975
Posted By: Alex - Thu Mar 31, 2016 -
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Category: Food, 1970s
Bummer
"Flower children are just for plucking!"
Bare female chestal portions in film.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 31, 2016 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Pop Art, Sex Symbols, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, 1970s
The Legend of Boggy Creek
Some weird viewing for your WU-vie weekend.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 25, 2016 -
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Category: Cryptozoology, Movies, Regionalism, 1970s
Rutland’s Missing Mail Mystery
June 1975: The post office in Rutland, Vermont was receiving numerous complaints about mail not being delivered. So what was happening to the mail?"Patient observation" revealed the culprit to be a new trash basket recently donated to the city by the Kiwanis Club and placed outside the post office.
Many people were apparently mistaking the trash basket for a mail box and putting their letters in it. Although one resident noted, "I can't understand it. It doesn't even look like a mail box, except it's blue."
The Hays Daily News - June 5, 1975
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - June 9, 1975
Posted By: Alex - Wed Feb 24, 2016 -
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Category: 1970s
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