THE GOLDEN KAZOO (246 pp.)—John G. Schneider—Rinehart ($3.50). The simple thesis of this book is that tomorrow’s President will not be elected by the people, nor by old-line machine bosses ...

An 80-year-old man threatened to turn off his hearing aids. And one kid wore a T-shirt with a big kazoo on it that bore the message “I Destroy Silence.” The record that folks sought to eclipse ...