Washington Notebook on press, politics, and jokes
The column recalls Truman advising how to handle reporters at a press event, Johnson's White House briefings on the south lawn, and light anecdotes about public figures. It includes quips from Oliver Wendell Holmes, Gov Scanton, Carl Rowan, and others about press conferences and media relations.
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Washington
Harry Truman
National Press Club
Missouri
Johnson
White House Rose Garden
President Johnson
Executive Mansion
Beals
White House
The
Civil Liberties Union
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Post
Alan Barth
Supreme Court
Holmes
Capitol Square
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
William Scanton
Advertising Council
U. S. Information Agency
Carl Rowan
Adler Arranges May 26 LBJ Fundraiser Salute
Richard Adler, JFK and LBJ adviser, plans a May 26 Salute to LBJ fundraiser for the Democratic National Committee in Washington. He aims to create a theaterlike atmosphere in a National Guard armory with 10,000 balloons to aid acoustics, featuring Mahalia Jackson, Joan Baez, Mitzi Gaynor, the Christy Minstrels, Gregory Peck, Gina Lollobrigida, Allan Sherman.
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Washington
UPI
U. S
White House
New York
John F. Kennedy
Richard Adler
Adler
Johnson
Dwight D. Fisenhower
Guy Lombardo
Lawrence Welk
Kennedy
LBJ
Democratic National Committee
National Guard
Armory
Indianapolis Speedway
Mahalia Jackson
Joan Baez
Mitzi Gaynor
the Christy Minstrels
Gregory Peck
Gina Lollobrigida
Allan Sherman
Miss Lollobrigida
Mr. Sherman
Increases Noted In Soil Sample Numbers
Texas farmers using soil testing to guide plant food usage show a 46 percent rise for Jan-Apr 1964 versus 1963. The Seymour lab reports a 255 percent surge, rolling Plains producers. Lubbock and College Station labs also rise, reflecting growth in soil fertility interest.
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Texas
C. D. Welch
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
Welch
Feed and Fertilizer Control Service
Seymour
Rolling Plains
Lubbock
Nomi Nations Nominees Await Senate Confirmation
President Johnson sent Mercer Cook and William Witman to the Senate for approval as ambassadors to Senegal and Togo. Cook, 61, currently Niger ambassador, would succeed Philip Kaiser in Dakar. Witman, 50, a career diplomat, would replace Leon Poullada in Lomé.
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Washington
UPI
Mercer Cook
Senegal
William Witman Nkas
Togo
Senate
Johnson
Cook
Niger
Philip M. Kaiser
Witman
Leon B. Poullada
Almanac By UP International May 27 1964
Today is May 27 1964 the 148th day of the year with 218 remaining. Historical notes include Garibaldi’s 1860 Sicily invasion and Palermo capture, the 1937 Golden Gate Bridge opening celebration, Bismarck sinking in 1941 after a British pursuit, and a Bennington explosion in 1941 with many casualties.
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Giuseppe Garibaldi
Sicily
Palermo
Kingdom of
Nales
Golden Gate Bridge
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