Life in a Communist Society at Columbia High
Students at Columbia High School encountered a staged lesson on life in a Communist state on December 2 1967. The flag was removed and Washington portraits replaced with Moscow style images. A loudspeaker announced the principal’s ouster and a “people's director” Garvin taking charge to illustrate the new order.
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Columbia, S.C
UPS
Columbia High School
George Washington
Moscow
Washington
Garvin
Columbia High
Roger Kirk
Kirk
Poland
Barbara McEachern
Mary Arnold Garvin
Computer Shows Extent Of Viet Cong Domination
Deputy US ambassador Komer cites a computerized system covering 12 600 South Vietnamese hamlets. It rates 3 989 villages with 2.8 million people under Viet Cong control, the largest category, V, meaning near total domination.
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Saigon
VPSD
South Vietnam
Robert W. Komer
Komer
Johnson
William C. Westmoreland
U.S
Vietnam
South
Contractor objects to traffic flaggers policy in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas a contractor told UPI that equal employment rules go too far when he must hire an attractive woman to wave traffic at a construction site. Traffic slowed as cars stalled and he urged the Transportation Department to specify flaggers be middle aged and unattractive.
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Fort Worth, Tex
UPI
Transportation Department
Methodist Bishop To Speak At Rutland Evangelism Rally
Bishop Lloyd C. Wicke of the New York area will speak at two Evangelism Rallies in Rutland at 3 p.m. and Glens Falls at 7 30 p.m. on Sunday December 10. The program includes worship led by Richford Methodist Youth Fellowship and is coordinated by Rev. Paul LeFevre. Workshops on Visitation and Evangelism follow in Lake Placid Hudson Falls and Saratoga Springs December 12 13 and 14 led by Revs Chatterton and Lasher.
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Rutland
Lloyd C. Wicke
New York
Methodist Church
Troy Conference Methodist Church Board of Evangelism
Glens Falls
N.Y
Wicke
Richford Methodist Youth Fellowship
Paul LeFevre
Burlington
Tarrance Ogden
Troy Conference
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
William A. Lasher
Lake Placid Adirondack
Hudson Falls Methodist Church
President Johnson's Hidden Wit Often Absent in Public
Washington dispatch notes a droll side to President Johnson rarely shown in public. The piece compares Johnson with former President Truman, who also faced efforts to project formal dignity and avoid humorous style early in his White House years.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Johnson
Harry S Truman
Williamsburg
Ronald Reagan
California
Western Union
Office of Strategic Services
OSS
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
Congress
Everett Dirksen
America
Ev Dirksen
Capote TV showcase outlined for ABC in coming weeks
ABC TV plans a Truman Capote festival featuring interviews with Capote hosted by F Lee Bailey and adaptations of Capote stories. Programs include Among the Paths to Eden with Martin Balsam and Maureen Stapleton, A Christmas Memory with Geraldine Page, and a Laura adaptation headlined by Lee Bouvier Jacqueline Kennedy's sister and Robert Stack. The feature also questions Breakfast at Tiffanys adaptation for TV.
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Hollywood
Abc-Tv
Martin Balsam
Maureen Stapleton
Beautiful Capote
Capote
Laura
ABC TV
Gene Tierney
Clifton Webb
Dana Andrews
Lee Bouvier
Jacqueline Kennedy
Robert Stack
Miriam
Breakfast At Tiffany’s
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Rupert Young
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Mullen
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June L. Moses
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Mass
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MT. Snow
Haystack
Snow
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Mozier
People Daily
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State Rd
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Blondie
Johnny Hart
Chic Young
Florrie
Sieve Canyon
Milton Caniff
Heart of
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