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1. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   What is with George’s ridiculously tall helmet.

2. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   Lana Turner was one of several actresses who wore tight form-fitting sweaters in her 40s and 50s movies.

3. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   Attica is a New York prison which had a large prison riot at the time. “Rocky” is then-Governor Nelson Rockefeller who squashed the riot with armed force, resulting in many deaths.

4. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   In case people don’t know: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_State_shootings

5. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   John Mitchell was the US Attorney General under Nixon at this time. A controversial person even before the Watergate scandal.

6. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   That would be Ed Cox and Tricia Nixon (daughter of Richard Nixon)

7. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   I think Mike just mentions that he smokes it.

8. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   Roger Mudd was a correspondent for CBS news. Around this time he rumored to be succeeding Walter Cronkite as head anchor, but Dan Rather got the job instead. Mudd may be cranky because of that.

9. over 4 years ago on Doonesbury

   Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers in 1971 which showed that the Johnson administration had systematically lied to the American public.