Jocko McCormack a Sailor Who Survived Many Sinks
Jim Bishop profiles John McCormack known as Jocko McCormack a sales executive and former Navy Seaman Second Class. He survived several ship sinkings including the heavy cruiser Quincy near Guadalcanal and the President Wilson. The piece notes his bold humor and long memory of wartime exploits.
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Jim Bishop
John McCormack
House of Representatives
McCormack
the Canteen Corp
Jocko McCormack
Pacific Fleet
Nocko
John
Jocko
Quincy
Guadalcanal
Ironbottom Sound
Navy
Pacific
Woodrow Wilson
Boston
U.S
J.g
Norfolk
Maine
His Majesty’s Navy
Buster
Nob
England
America
Diogenes Searches Washington For An Honest Man
Washington satire follows Diogenes in a gray toga wandering the capital seeking an honest man. He visits the White House Capitol Pentagon and various agencies before turning to journalists at the National Press Club, only to have his lamp stolen leaving him empty handed.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Diogenes
Athens
White House
Justice Department
Capitol
Pentagon
Public Information Office
Ital
Unital
State Department
CIA
HEW
HUD
Asia
National Press Club
14Th
F Streets
Franks Hood Associated Editor Carrier Rates
Frank B Hood associate editor and member of the Associated Press notes AP rights. The snippet lists carrier boy terms and weekly home delivery rates with monthly and yearly prepaid options.
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Frank B. Hood
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Daly Guern
Pali
Dally
Shere
Silver Faith wins Armstrong County Fair Closed Stake in two heats
Silver Faith a three year old trotter owned by Dr H B Buterbaugh Indiana extended her winning streak to seven with two straight heats to take the Closed Stake at Armstrong County Fair. The report notes the horse and ownership and records a separate state education rating for an elementary school and a highway planning resolution from Indiana Borough Council.
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Silver Faith
Armstrong County Fair
H. B. Buterbaugh
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin
State Department of Education
Pennsylvania Highway Department
Indianarough Council
Script Censorship by Movie Board Sparks Debate
Washington Merry-Go-Round says studios submit scripts to the Motion Picture Association of America rating board for tentative ratings and then tailor content to meet rules. Board members propose cuts and scene directions to avoid R or X labels, prompting charges of censorship and industry backlash.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Motion Picture Association of America Rating Board
Rating Board
Kotch
Eugene Dougherty
Erica
Linda
Aaron Stern
New York City
Hollywood
Stern
Jack Valenti
Les Whitten
Valenti
Kennedy Bats For McGovern In Labor Backing Tale
Victor Riesel paints a backstage view of Kennedy and McGovern operatives in New York. Labor unions and Democratic-aligned groups map a robust effort to mobilize liberal labor voters, with COPE meetings, fundraising pledges, and bloc pledges shaping the path to victory while some unions hold back.
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Victor Riesel
New York
Biltmore
America
McGovern
Nixon
Dewey
New York State
Bulls
Bears
Wall Street
Liberal Party
Labor
Sarge Shriver
John V. Lindsay
Ted Kennedy
Jack Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Dick Nixon
Franklin Roosevelt, Jr
Nelson Rockefeller
Congressional Black Caucus
Tammany Hall
Frank Rosetti
Plasterers Union
Bronx
Pat Cunningham
Kennedys
Charley Buckley
Boston
New York Labor Committee
McGovern-Shriver
Washington
United Steelworkers of America
Lou Stulberg
International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union
Stulberg
Afl-Cio
Peter Bomma- Tito
United Rubber Workers
Bill Sidell
California
Carpenters Brotherhood
Richard Nixon
Democratic Party
George Meany
Messrs. Nixon
George) Shultz
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Chicago
Drake
Afl-Cio High Executive Council
Howard Samuel
National Labor Committee
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
al Barkan
Barkan
Harry Truman
Speaking Freely Case Of Job Finding The Man By DON OAKLEY
The article notes a shift in housing starts and jobs to the South and West in 1972, with 70 percent of starts and 66 percent of new jobs in those regions. It cites Disney World as boosting Florida housing and discusses migration driven by climate and employment, plus the impact of the postal service stamp honoring Aaron Montgomery Ward and Direct Mail Advertising Association initiatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Oakley
U.S
Advance Mortgage Corp
Detroit
United States
South
Florida
Disney World
Advance Mortgage
Irving Rose
Houston
Phoenix
Denver
East
Midwest
Inns
Sumer
DMAA
Direct Mail Advertising Association
Park Avenue
New York
N. Y
MR. Ward
Aaron Montgomery Ward
Postal Service
Direct Mail Trade Association
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Wwtnt
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Water St. Tudiana
Dee
Mary Lou
Melinda
Kennedy
Berry's
NEA
Tac
Buddy
Fischer and Spassky
Reykjavik
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