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Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Times president and publisher, said last night that the Lampoon parody did not come as a complete surprise. "I became suspicious last spring when the Lampoon ordered 1500 March 2 issues," he said...
...York Times Company announced yesterday afternoon that it will sue the Harvard Lampoon for $175,000 for "willful deceit, commercial libel and commercial defamation" in its March 7 Times parody...
Also contributing to the drop was the Lampoon's failure to match last year's gift...
HUMOR needs constant airing. The main reason why the Lampoon never makes anyone really laugh out loud (I hope The Proposition cast won't be too offended by this comparison) is that its pieces, though written by individuals, must be read to the rest of the organization for peer approval. Thus there is a tendency not to include anything strikingly different from what has been accepted before for fear that someone will frown and say, "I don't think that's funny." This is why most Lampoon pieces might just as well be written by the same, mildly amusing...
Cambridge City Councillor Alfred E. Vellucci last night noted an intolerable situation in the City. Cambridge has no dog pound. To remedy it, he suggested that the Lampoon buliding be changed to a home for four-footed caninses. Many thought it, a commendable idea...