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Review By Susan Edwards
LINCOLN TELEPHONE DIRECTORY:
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co.,
1974.
Despite an appallingly plain cover
(especially for a reviewer who selects
most books by cover design alone), it's
difficult to put this book down.
Tittilation early in the text (heavy
breathingpanting calls, p.2) seems to
promise more.
It would be a mistake, however, to just
write this bestseller off as another sex
treatise. There is crime, too. A warning
against telephone misuse lists penalties up
to $500 and six months in jail. The secret
thrill, of course, is that the reader can so
easily identify with it. Like the Weight
Watcher working in a bakery or the
exhibitionist on the grounds crew of a
girls' school, I sit with a phone two feet
from the typewriter.
Similar editions
The book has its weaknesses-each
edition tends to- be repetitively similar.
The phone company, with its pervasive
advertising, attempts and fails at comic
relief. (See the slightly obscene picture of
peanuts preceding the blue section).
The reader, however, can always count
on a chuckle from the funny names listed
in the white pages. Not wanting to name
names, I refer only to examples: P. 236,
1st column; p. 187, any column; all the
Z's.
The yellow pages feature some of the
best reading material around. It is a
virtual library of information-where to
renovate pillows or treat your scalp. And
in the true Library of Congress puzzle
tradition, items are tucked away under
archaic headings.
Film potential
Another test of popular reading
material is film potential. I think Warner
Brothers could have a mint of a cartoon
with the "Yellow Pages After Dark." All
those little smiling razors, electric plugs,
termite spray cans (not to mention the
snarling termites) could soft shoe
themselves right off the pages.
This rampang personification also adds
a Jungian, mythlike depth to the plot
which otherwise is pathetic if not
paranthetic. (It's unclear). This reviewer
even had difficulty following it in spots.
A good point is that, if you own a
phone, the book is free since the phone
company probably already owns a little
piece of you. Despite virtually no
characterization or action (you are
literally forced to read between the lines),
the book, crammed with facts and trivia,
has the fascination of Wheatchex cereal
box games. Pedantic but recommended.
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Ushers are needed for the
UNL School of Music's
production of the opera "The
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information.
Tryouts for the University
Theater production of "Happy
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tonight. Sign up for , an
audition time at the Temple
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There will be a general
meeting of the African Student
Organization 7 p.m. Saturday
in the Nebraska Union.
The Dclian-Union Literary
Society will meet Sunday at 2
p.m. in the Nebraska Union.
Prospective members are
invited.
Applications are being taken
for students interested in
volunteering to work in income
tax assistance centers located
throughout Lincoln.
Volunteers will serve
low-income and handicapped
persons and students. Training
seasons begin Jar.. 21. Contact
Student Volunteer Services,
Nebraska Union 200, for more
information.
Phi Upsilon Omicron will
meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday in
the Home Economics Building,
Km. 121. "Jewish customs" is
the discussion topic.
There will be a
demonstration today at 3 p.m.
at the Capitol in support of the
Minonunec Warrior Society,
which took over an abandoned
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Applications are available in
1223 Oldfathcr for two
student conferences: VS. Air
Force Academy conference on
"Multinational Corporations:
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Academy conference on
"Europe -1975." Deadline for
applications is Wednesday.
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daily nebraskan
friday, january 17, 1975