Dukakis Shapes TV Image With Precise Convention Show
Dukakis and aides engineered a calculated TV presentation aiming to lower expectations and exceed them. Networks highlighted fanfares, narration by Olympia Dukakis, and scenes with Jesse Jackson and other dignitaries while framing the candidate beside his wife rather than his rival, shaping a favorable televised tableau.
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Boston Pops Orchestra
John Williams
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Kitty
Jesse Jackson
Ayatollah
South Africa
Texas
Dukakis-Bentsen
Hosiery group to donate 100000 socks to Salvation Army missions
The Tennessee chapter of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers plans to ship more than 100,000 socks to Salvation Army missions across the Southeast this fall. The project led by Clark Houck of Buster Brown Apparel aims to help 14 states including Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana and more reach needy families during the cold months.
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Tenn
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West Virginia
Swaggart Bible College enrollments drop sharply opening seminary
Enrollment at Jimmy Swaggart Bible College will fall about 72 percent to roughly 400 students on August 29 from last year’s 1451, while the school plans to open a seminary with 12 students. Attorney William Treeby cited registrations and inquiries as basis, noting ongoing promotion via television. Some faculty and students left after Swaggart was defrocked amid his confession. Debra Murphree claimed she posed naked for Swaggart in a New Orleans area motel.
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CBS
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Jimmy Swaggart Bible College
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Swaggart
Debra Murphree
Ukrainian girl from Chernobyl area given U.S. cancer treatment
Two year old Hanna Sverstink from Kiev, near Chernobyl, travels with her mother to Philadelphia for a brain cancer operation at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. Doctors say a 50 percent chance to save her life. mother believes radiation from the 1986 accident caused the illness. Local officials facilitated the cross Atlantic medical travel.
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Chernobyl
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Moscow
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Sino-Soviet Talks Planned on Cambodia War by August
The Soviet Union and China agreed to special talks by late August to resolve the Cambodian conflict. Beijing indicated a positive Soviet role is a prerequisite for a Sino-Soviet summit with Gorbachev. Deng Xiaoping’s participation remains uncertain due to age, with Zhao Ziyang likely to lead China if needed.
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