May 1972: Rev W.L. Jenkins of Mississippi advertised that he was going to walk across the surface of the Ross Barnett Reservoir. But he had to cancel the event when he was shot in the leg while driving to the reservoir. He said he still planned to walk across the reservoir sometime in the future, but wouldn't publicize the event beforehand.
It doesn't seem that Rev Jenkins's failure to walk on water put a dent in his popularity. He continued to have an active ministry,
as documented on his website JenkinsMinistry.com.
Related post: When Yogi Rao walked on water
Quad-City Times - May 22, 1972
Who knew that electrical appliances could be such rivals? And is that gal's Bride of Frankenstein hairdo a result of the scary radio mystery, or just her natural style?
If you go to the source, you can magnify the text.
The classic weird-news theme of art mistaken for trash.
Raleigh News and Observer - Sep 27, 1979
Triple Variants by Sam Gilliam (source: GSA Fina Arts Collection)
The most important rule for being a successful robber is to rob places that have money.
Los Angeles Times - Feb 23, 1973
This seems like a lot of work just to keep a few flies out of your house. And do insects really dislike entering darkened rooms?
Full patent.
To win the title of 'Miss Durum Macaroni' it wasn't enough to be attractive. Contestants were also judged on a macaroni recipe that they were required to submit.
You can find the recipe of the winner, Julie Kay Dunkirk, below. She won with Mexican Macaroni Casserole.
Also, if you're a fan of browsing through old trade journals,
the entire run of The Macaroni Journal (1919-1984) can be found online at the website of the National Pasta Association.
Billings Gazette - Oct 30, 1963
Mandan Morning Pioneer - Oct 11, 1964
Macaroni Journal - Dec 1963
Update: I found a better quality image of Miss Durum Macaroni
on the website of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority.
In 1972, arachnidist John A. L. Cooke undertook to defend the reputation of tarantulas. Text from the
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix (Nov 2, 1972):
Like many arachnidists, Cooke is upset about public attitudes toward spiders, particularly tarantulas. In an interview, conducted in the presence of several very large live and hairy tarantulas, he pointed out that while they can inflict a moderately painful bite when angry, they are not venomous.
"I wouldn't let my 4-year-old son keep one as a pet if they were," he said.
Their bad name, he added, can be traced to the region around Taranto, in southern Italy, from which they take their name. This is the habitat of the true, or European Tarantul, whose bite was said to induce tarantism.
Webster's New International Dictionary defines tarantism as: "A nervous affection characterized by melancholy, stupor, and an uncontrollable desire to dance."
The traditional treatment was to encourage the victim to dance wildly until the effects of the poison wore off. Thus evolved the wild Neapolitan folk dance, the tarantella. According to Cooke, who is writing an article on the subject for Natural History magazine, musicians wandered through the fields at harvest time, ready to offer their services to a victim of tarantula bite.
Saskatoon Star-Phoenix - Nov 2, 1972
In his subsequent Natural History article, Cooke then revealed that it was probably black widows that had been biting the people around Taranto back in the Middle Ages. The tarantulas had been unfairly maligned:
Interestingly, it has recently been shown that even the European tarantula has been wrongly accused, that it does not inflict the dreaded bite attributed to it but is quite harmless. The real culprit in tarantism is none other than the famous black widow spider. The black widow, Latrodectus mactans, is a comparatively small, inconspicuous, and secretive member of the family Theridiidae, the comb-footed spiders. These include several common cobweb-spinning spiders found in buildings. Latrodectus, whose name comes from the Greek and means "secret biter," is a genus of world-wide distribution containing several species. Although all are highly venomous, only L. mactans is synanthropic, posing a serious threat to people.
"Despite their formidable appearance, North American tarantulas are a serious threat only to their prey—beetles and grasshoppers."