Humphrey Camp Agitated by Poll Urges Bold White House Run
The Humphrey camp fixates on the Dec 12 Gallup poll showing 23 percent yes for a Humphrey presidency, 58 percent no, and 19 percent undecided. Staff warn of a confidence gap, push for bold foreign policy travel, and fear Johnson’s restraint on Vietnam and influence over his VP image.
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Humphrey Camp
White House
Washington
Gallup
Humphrey
State Department
Pennsylvania Avenue
Robert Kennedy
New York
Kennedy
William Connell
Viet
Nam
Africa
Johnson
Vietnam
Throttlebottom
Humphrey Long
Keokuk Armory Blast Toll Climbs to 21
The Thanksgiving eye explosion and fire at the Keokuk national guard armory left 21 dead. Joan Smith, 39, of Keokuk died at Graham hospital and Betty Harnetiaux, 41, of Hamilton Illinois, died earlier after severe burns from the blast during a Swing Ezy club square dance.
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Keokuk
National Guard
Joan Smith
Graham Hospital
Betty Harnetiaux
Hamilton
Ill
Iowa Post High School Study Group To Meet
Iowa City directors and members of the citizens advisory committee for the Iowa Cooperative Study of Post High School Education will meet in Des Moines Tuesday to hear preliminary reports from three fact finding bodies. Chairman J W Maucker president of the State College of Iowa said preliminary findings will be presented by committees on population and enrollment projections student characteristics and economic development and manpower.
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Iowa City
Citizens’ Advisory Committee
Iowa Cooperative Study
Des Moines
J. W. Maucker
State College of Iowa
Santa Claus Was Too Thin but No One Saw It
Irving Selis of Associated Blind, Inc. hosted a party for 250 blind children where he played Santa though he is himself blind. The event featured a one year old elephant named Champagne, candy, singing, and Braille addressed presents.
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Santa Claus
New York
Irving Selis
Associated Blind, Inc
Selis
The
Associated Blind
Hotel
New Yorker
Tom Geraghty
Hell’s Kitchen
Geraghty
Leaflets urge U S troops to quit fighting in Vietnam
Illustrated leaflets distributed around Di An and nearby U S army bases urge troops to oppose the war. They claim casualties are inevitable and depict student demonstrators and a purported list of Americans refusing to fight. A second set targets South Korean troops and cites draft-age signatories.
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Dian
Vietnam
U.S
McNamara
Brother
Pentagon
Nerr di An
Saigon
Phillip Abbott Luce
G.P.O
New York
Leaves Million. Son Receives One Dollar From Bank Estate
A Los Angeles judge ruled that Robert A. Bank the late Charles A. Bank's son is entitled to only one dollar from the Beverly Hills attorney's $967,000 estate. The 1938 will provided a one dollar claimant clause. The estate will be divided among two brothers and four sisters per the will. Charles Bank died in 1963.
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Los Angeles
Charles A. Bank
Beverly Hills
Robert A. Bank
Blanche
Bank, Jr
Superior Court
Leonard A. Diether
St John’s Students Protest Faculty Firings
St John’s university's 16 member student council voiced extreme displeasure over the dismissal of 28 faculty. They plan to send representatives to meet with administrators for substantial answers and seek details on measures safeguarding student academic standing.
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NEW York
St. John’s University
Ben Casey confronts reporter in hospital scene
In a dramatic moment at a city hospital, renowned doctor Ben Casey encounters a persistent journalist seeking an expose. The tense exchange hints at deeper hospital intrigues and raises questions about press access.
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Ben Casey
Kcrg-Tv
Channel 9
Ex Fireman’s Appeal Denied By Civil Service Commission
The civil service commission unanimously denied former Fire Captain Dale W. Fielder’s appeal after he was discharged November 12 for conduct unbecoming a member and detrimental to the department. Chief Jesse Hunter testified that Fielder knew of the dismissal and missed retrieving a written copy at the central fire station. The appeal, filed 21 days after dismissal, falls outside the 20 day limit.
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Civil Service Commission
Jesse Hunter
Dale W. Fielder
Fielder
Fire Department
Hunter
Central Fire Station
Woman Sets Herself Afire at Venice Gas Station
Los Angeles police said a 67 year old woman named Charlotte Forrest drenched her clothes with gasoline in a Venice service station restroom and set herself on fire. A note in her purse asked that her body be given to science. An attendant at the station said she bought a can of gas thinking her car had stalled.
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Los Angeles
Venice
Charlotte Forrest
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