Johnson and Bob Hope trade quips at USO dinner
President Johnson and Bob Hope shared jokes at the USO twenty fifth anniversary dinner in Washington. Johnson presented Hope a plaque reading Thanks for the memory from a grateful nation. Hope quipped about an extra chair and Camp Run-Around, while noting Hope’s travels to Vietnam without Senate testimony requests.
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Washington
Johnson
Bob Hope
United Services Organization
Hope
Birdland
Vietnam
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Seek Recruits Join These Men Poster at Nottingham Jail
A British army recruiting poster reading Join these men is plastered on the wall inside Nottingham jail as part of wartime recruitment efforts. The poster aims to spur inmate enlistment and public support for service.
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Nottingham
England
UPI
Danny Kaye and Vikki Carr Bring Laughs to Saigon GI Show
Comedian Danny Kaye opened in bomb-torn Saigon before an all-GI audience while Vikki Carr sang to lift spirits. Both performers described the blast that rattled windows near the USO venue as hundreds of soldiers cheered between songs.
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Saigon
UPI
Danny Kaye
Vikki Carr
USO
Vikki
Kaye
The Lawman Forces Bitter Father to Choose
A drama unfolds as a father faces a harsh decision on air at 6 00 PM Friday on KCRG TV Channel 9. The televised confrontation tests loyalties and prompts a final, tense choice.
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Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Sweden Honors Belafonte and Dr. King
Dr Martin Luther King and Harry Belafonte were feted in Stockholm as a fund raising drive for civil rights received broad Swedish support. A royal audience, a gala at the Royal Opera House, and a televised show raised funds for the King’s Fund with hopes of aiding the American civil rights movement.
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UPI
Martin Luther King
Harry Belafonte
Sweden
U.S
Stockholm Royal Opera House
Belafonte
King
Royal Palace
Gustaf VI
King’s Fund
Esther Marrow
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