Nixon for pres, new Chicago top April Fools’ Jokes
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WASHINGTON
(AP) Pot Nixon
huli'rv il w.is ihr
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been dreading lor 18 years l or
fans of the former president, il
was a (imam < ome I rue
Thousands of listeners on
National Public Radio's "Talk
of I h (i Nation'' program
Wednesday tuned in to hear
Richard Nixon as played by
impersonator Rich Little an
nounce Ids candidacy for the
Republican presidential nomi
nation
"People rushed out to tell
their mailmen. some were <ry
ing. they wi re really emotion
a I."' program host John
Hoi kenbnrry said of people
who railed in after tin program
ended
Little read an annoum <
rnunt spins h
"I would not Isi.isi of a earner
in whir I) so many tragedies and
sellsicks have ociwrred," Little,
playing Nixon, said ' I would
only say that it is the true lead
er who stands alone Having
man hud up this hard road and
won ha< k your confidence. I
ask you ont e again, my lellovs
Ami'ni ant, In make mo vour
president
The program then wont to
politic .il analyst Norman Orn
stem, who nave a rntx k irrinus
dissertation on the* ramifica
lions of a Ninon campaign
Than Harvard law professor
Lawrence Tribe discussed the
constitutional question of
whether a president who re
signed in disgrace midway
through his si r onti term would
lie able to run again "Might
tie.' Tribe said
Hot kenU rrs then opened the
phone 11ties Before cullers
m*n! n the air. 1 ht• \ worn lot in
on tin- joki' .nni played right
ii long
"Thev wore giving serious
analysis of how it would he
easier for the Democrat!! I’.irtv
if Nixon were the nominee
Someone else thought Nixon
was too liberal, he said
Gotcha ya
los an(;i;i.i:s (Ai>) \\vi
I nine to ( hit ago
That's what passengers arriv
mg at Los Angeles International
Airport saw April Fools' D.iv
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That'■> what passengers arm
mg at l>os Angeles international
Airport saw April I ools Dav
vvhi’H they looked out thr win
dow s ol their airplanes
An Bfi-foot-iong yellow ban
ner with 20 fool-high red letters
was hoisted alxive the pavilion
at Hollywood 1’ark rare track
about three miles from the air
port
"It was something we always
wanted to do,'' said park
spokesman Brock Sheridan
We thought it would lie kind
of funnv and our new manage
ment thought it would be a
great prartii al joke
Sheridan said the sign would
be up two days
DJ for a day
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AT)
Hundmls of listeners called .1
morning talk, show on April
Fools' Day wondering why ra
dio personality Boh Conners
had been replaced by the
host Conners had replaced
more than a year ago
WTVN-AM s one-day substi
tute was Jim Bleikump, .1 for
mer station host who quit in
January 1‘JWl after managers
said he ysas rude during an in
terview with a congressman He
works for another station in the
city
Bobby Hatfield, operations
manager, said Dlrikamp gorxf
nelurediv agreed to the spoid
But some listeners didn't think
It y\ as funny
"'Thank Cod it's not true, '
Hatfield quoted one listener as
say mg
What about jelly?
WASHINGTON (A**) With
tongues firmly m cheeks or
perhaps stu< k to iht* roofs of
Uunr mouths un April Fools
panel of peanut butler lovers
tr.u i'il the history of the noble
legume Wednesday, from its
roots in the Ini an empire to the
gums ol television's talking
hotse Mr l.d
In a vx 111\ wandering that
mixed lai t and fiction, the ex
perts examined the peanut and
peanut butler from every per
specliVe at the Second Annual
Smithsonian Gonference on
Stuff
hast \ ear's c onlereni e was on
the history ol Jell-O. anil
they're talking about lawn art
lor next year
Why peanut butter this year7
Perhaps bet ause it is embed
ded in the culture of middle
Amerii a
"Who cun imagine middle
America without peanut hut
ter'1 said Kavna Green, direc
tor of the Smithsonian Institu
tion’s American Indian Pro
gram at the National Museum
of American History "It is pea
nut butter on w hu h the empire
of Ward and June and Heaver
(Heaver was built
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