Standards for Polls to Prevent Bias in Survey Reporting
The piece argues for a truth in polling law requiring disclosure of sample size methods questions organizers and funders. It questions bias from conservative pollsters and overrepresentation in samples and notes Gallup uses 320 regions with random family selections. It warns that polls influence elections and politics may hinge on accurate disclosure.
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Gallup
Harris
Dy Gall Tp
Rockefeller
Nixon
Congress
Republican Party
Former Silvers Gambing Bank Account Testimony at Friars Club Trial
UPI reports former Phil Silvers associate William Quealy testified in the Friars Club card cheating case that Silvers had a special bank account for gambling. He said he managed the account in 1965 as the defendants allegedly rigged gin rummy games at the Beverly Hills club.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Phil Silvers
Friars Club
Sgt. Bilko
William C. Quealy
Silvers
Beverly Hills
Maurice Friedman
Benjamin Teitelbaum
Johnny Roselli
T. Warner Richardson
Manuel
Ricky’ Jacobs
Hague Farman
Farman
Jacobs
Quealy
Laxalt Celebrates 46th Birthday With Work Schedule
Governor Paul Laxalt marked his 46th birthday with a full day of official duties. His staff held a brief lunch celebration before he flies to Miami Beach to attend the Republican National Convention.
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CA City
Upi
Paul Alt
Laxalt
Miami Beach
Promoter Of Flight Exposition Faces Vegas Court
A criminal complaint filed in Justice Court charges Lynn Garrison with obtaining credit by false pretenses. Garrison, an official of American Aerospace and Military Museum, reportedly ran up debts tied to the Las Vegas International Exposition of Flight. Promoters face complaints over unpaid bills and a separate grant inquiry by the Convention Authority.
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Eighth Judicial District Court
State OF
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Clark
Hyman Friednash
Georgie Eriednash
Hyman Friednesh
Georgia Friednesh
Las Vegas
District Court
Loretta Bowman
Ruth Dowd
Vegas
Las Vegas’ International Exposition
Lynn Garrison
Pomona
Calif
Garrison
American Aerospace and Military Museum Inc
General Aviation Co
Los Angeles
Tax records show cigarette and liquor tax slips in June
The Nevada State Tax Commission reported June receipts declined from the previous year. Cigarette tax dropped seven cents per pack from 607,290 dollars in June 1967 to 520,470 dollars this June. Liquor tax yielded 297,504 dollars, about 800 dollars less than last year.
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Carson City
UPS
State Tax Commission
Nevada State Ceramics Association Food Sale Today
The Nevada State Ceramics Association holds a food sale today August 3 at 9 a.m. at Food Fair located at 1401 No Decatur. Proceeds support association activities and community outreach.
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Nevada State Ceramics Association
No. Decatur
Lamb Defends Rancho Charleston Medical Building Deal
County Commission Chairman Darwin Lamb denounces critics of a proposed Rancho Charleston Medical Building purchase. He says the criticism ignores the board’s fact finding and asserts the deal involved no improprieties despite reports of inflated fees and planning personnel potentially conflicting with their duties.
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Lark County Commission
Darwin Lamb
Rancho-Charleston
Rancho- Charleston Medical Bulding
Lam
Three U S Pilots Freed From Laos Reach Vientiane
Three American pilots freed by North Vietnam arrived in Laos and planned to fly home on a commercial flight. They were greeted by U S ambassador William Sullivan and Air Force attaché Col. Robert Tyrell at Vientiane airport.
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UPI
North Vietnam
Laos
U.S
William Sullivan
U.S. Air Force
Robert Tyrell
International Control Commission
CCC
Air Force
Low
Bailiwick
Thompson
Carpenter
Pacifist
Hanoi
Two New York Policemen Shot Down In Ambush
Two NYPD officers Thomas Dockery and Leonard Fleck were shot by a shotgun ambush as they investigated a reported family argument in Crown Heights Brooklyn. The attackers and a possible accomplice fled, sparking a 150-strong manhunt and a Black Panther clash nearby.
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New York
UPI
Crown Heights
Brooklyn
Thomas Dockery
Leonard Fleck
Eastern Parkway
Johnson presses steel firms to hold line on prices
President Johnson appealed to steel company presidents to restrain price hikes and then flew to Texas for an extended stay at his ranch. He sent telegrams stressing national welfare and met Eisenhower at Walter Reed before boarding to Johnson City.
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UPI
Johnson
Steel Company
Texas
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Yuki
Johnson City
Chicago
Eisenhower
Reagan hopefuls addressed at convention proposal
Citizens for Reagan chairman proposed that three Republican presidential hopefuls be allowed to address the National Convention before delegates ballot a nominee. Henry Bubb to GOP chair Bliss. Nixon camp non-committal. delegates undecided as tradition blocks prior convention appearances.
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UPI
Citizens For Reagan
Henry Bubb
Topeka
Kan
Ronald Reagan
California
GOP
Ray ©. Bliss
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Herbert G. Klein
Nixon
Rogers Morton
Bubb
Bliss
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