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THE BEAT GOES ON

PARIS—When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre a few years back, officials left the wall empty where the famous painting had been displayed. During the two years the picture was missing, more people went to see the blank space on the wall than had come to view the painting itself in the previous twelve years.

February 1, 1979
Rick Johnson

THE BEAT GOES ON

Small Wasteland

PARIS—When the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre a few years back, officials left the wall empty where the famous painting had been displayed.

During the two years the picture was missing, more people went to see the blank space on the wall than had come to view the painting itself in the previous twelve years.

Now if someone would just steal Laverne & Shirley . . .

Rick Johnson

Next It'll Be AppleProduct Pie

WEINERLAND, U. S. A.The National Hot Dog and Sausage Council has ruled that any frankfurter exceeding eight inches may be termed a "foot-longhotdog. "

Rick Johnson

Panic, Saw Incite Cannck Law

TORONTO—A Canadian man who fan through a theater with a buzzing chain saw during a showing of "The Texas Cfiainsaw Massacre" has been jailed as a "public nuisance."

The suspect, who had reportedly been drinking with friends, timed his toothsome debut to coincide with the film's gory climax. While some of the cooler patrons dismissed it all as a publicity stunt, others ran screaming from the theater and have not been heard from since.

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