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A Thinking Man's Way of Death Florida Governor Bob Graham, responding to opponents of the death penalty: "It disappoints me that the issue cannot be dealt with on an intellectual basis." Not to...

...Back to the Drawing Board James B. Sanders of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, described by a Federal judge as "the most inept counterfeiter I ever heard of," was sentenced to five years' probation for cutting the corners off a $20 bill and pasting them on a $1 bill to make a bogus $20 bill...
...Unknown at This Address Among 2,735 students entering lower-division geography courses in Kentucky's public universities, 57 per cent were unable to locate the state capital, Frankfort, on a map...
...Not to Worry Edward Teller, known as the father of the hydrogen bomb, says, "Nuclear apocalypse is a myth...
...Fun on the Day After Survive magazine, put out by the same people who publish Soldier of Fortune, is sponsoring a subscription sweepstakes with prizes that include a small-arms arsenal, a laser gunsight, a bulletproof sports jacket, hunting knives, and freeze-dried food...
...Some named the bordering states as North Virginia and South Virginia, or placed the Appalachian Mountains in Asia...
...Submissions cannot be acknowledged or returned...
...Should I store them in a lead-lined container...
...A Glowing Report A spokesman for the GPU Nuclear Corporation, which operates the Oyster Creek nuclear power plant near Forked River, New Jersey, acknowledged that plant records stored in a bank vault were found to be somewhat radioactive...
...Uniform of the Day Reporters covering Nancy Reagan's visit to a Tokyo museum during the recent Presidential trip to the Far East were directed by the White House to "wear clean, hole-less socks, as you will be required to remove your shoes before entering...
...At the University of Kentucky in Lexington, 29 per cent could not find Lexington on a Kentucky map...
...How True United Press International dispatch from St...
...Neither radiation nor atmospheric effects from any possible nuclear war would destroy life on the planet...
...First Things First Question addressed to the "TV Q&A" column of TV Guide magazine: "If we become involved in a nuclear war, would the electromagnetic pulses from exploding bombs damage my videotapes...
...And Death Shall Have a Deduction Treasury Secretary Donald T. Regan has endorsed legislation that would exempt from Federal income taxes all members of the armed forces killed in recent overseas actions, such as those in Lebanon or Grenada...
...Readers are invited to submit No Comment items...
...Frontiers of Free Enterprise Wham-O, a toy company in San Gabriel, California, has announced that it now mixes an artificial peppermint fragrance into its hula hoops...
...Wham-0 also makes chocolate-scented Frisbees for dogs...
...A new tax on cross-country skiers went into effect December 1. Big Mac Attack In the event of nuclear attack, civil defense officials in Utica, New York, plan to order 1,000 hamburgers and 1,000 cups of coffee from carry-out restaurants to sustain occupants of municipal fall-out shelters...
...Georges, Grenada: "Governor General Sir Paul Scoon, who vowed to return 'true freedom' to Grenada, has banned public meetings, authorized arrests without warrants, and warned that he will censor the press...
...Please send original clippings or photocopies and give name and date of publication...
...Snow Job Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich has called for repeal of a "unitary tax" on out-of-state earnings by Minnesota corporations, arguing that "administrative problems" make it too difficult to collect the tax...
...The idea, says a member of the Survive staff, is to take a problem of survival—a nuclear holocaust, for example—and "turn it into something fun and uplifting...

Vol. 48 • February 1984 • No. 2


 
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