Philadelphia photograph session and bail reform notes
A memo from Hank Greenspun discusses Philadelphia photographers in Las Vegas for a convention photo session at 5:30 Thursday in front of the convention center. It also comments on a national bail reform move and previews Paul J. McKusick’s June report on the Nevada Girls Training Center. Mentions controversial magazine stand offerings and literary titles amid broader social commentary.
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Philadelphia Bulletin
National Photographers Association
Our Town
Charles Higgins
Bulletin
Las Vegas
Higgins
Jimmy Deitch
Convention
Jaik
Nevada
Paul J. McKusick
McKusick
Northern
California
California Youth Authority
Scranton Seizes Momentum as GOP Field Narrowed
Scranton seeks delegates for the GOP convention with a whirlwind tour across multiple states. He criticizes the Bradley rights bill and Johnson era policies while discounting Eisenhower’s endorsement. Five of nine DC delegates back Scranton. two back Goldwater. two uncommitted. He plans more stops in Delaware, New Jersey, West Virginia, Florida and key Ohio and Michigan contests.
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Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
San Francisco
CBS
District of Columbia
Goldwater
Harrisburg
Delaware
New Jersey
West Virginia
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
Midwest
Northeast
James A. Rhodes
George Romney
Deep South
California
Bare topless dresses shock shoppers in London fashion debut
In London, topless dresses hit display windows and quickly sold, with Mrs. Margaret Pawley and Carol Cleveland among early buyers. Reports note mixed reactions from fashionists and critics, while media weeklies debate propriety and historic precedent dating back to ancient Crete and Renaissance Venice.
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London
Margaret Pachey
Playboy Magazine
The
Sunday Mirror
Mirror
Lionel Crane
Wallace Peters
News of the World
Nora Downey
Sunday Times
Crete
Venice
Bartolommeo Veneto
Pearl Binder
Missing in Fierce Ambush Near Saigon
An American officer and two enlisted men are missing after a battle with Viet Cong forces 10 miles northeast of Tan Ninh City. Officials say six Viet Cong irregulars were killed, intelligence on captives pending, and hundreds of government troops reinforced the area as fighting continued through the night.
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Saigon
Souda
Tan Ninh City
Observations on war advocacy and living spaces
A reader questions how one could advocate war after viewing striking images in Life magazine by Japanese photographer Akihiki. The text condemns the scene as a shameful, shambolic portrayal of brand new apartments.
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Life Magazine
Akihiki
Khrushchev Leaves Denmark After Mixed Danish Stop
Premier Khrushchev departed Copenhagen aboard the Bashkiria for Sweden as Danish reception ranged from cordial to cool. He faced criticism for farm remarks and security, but Danish officials said he behaved politely and left a friendly impression despite incidents during the visit.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Sweden
Jens Otto Krag
Anastas Mikoyan
Krag
Khrushchev
Bashkiria
Baltic
Dodd urges trade leverage to wring Soviet concessions
Senator Thomas J. Dodd proposed using Western trade with the Soviet Union as a political lever, calling for a united East-West trade policy and a NATO conference to coordinate action. He warned lack of policy could cost the West its strongest negotiation tool amid a continuing Soviet economic crisis.
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Washington
UPI
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
Senate
Internal Security
United States
Seek Clues To Kennedy Air Crash
Federal investigators examined the Kennedy air crash wreckage to determine the cause. Four Walker Reed Army Hospital specialists joined the probe, tasked by President Johnson, as Sen. Birch Bayh and wife recovered. FAA administrator Najeeb E. Halaby headed the inquiry into the fatal crash near Barnes Airport.
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Kennedy Air
Federal Aviation
Walker Reed Army Hospital
Washington
Johnson
Massachusetts
Birch Bayh
D-Ind
National Guard
Barnes
Westfeld
Najeeb E. Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Edwin T. Zimny
Lawrence
Mass
Kennedy
Edward 5. Moss
North Andover
Peter Sellers Denies Quitting Movies After Heart Attack
London actor Peter Sellers 38 recovering from a near fatal heart attack denied a Daily Mail report that he plans to quit acting. He said he does not feel like acting now and will resume only when medically advised, noting he won’t appear in a Sherlock Holmes film but has other major propositions ready.
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London
UPI
Peter Sellers
The
Daily Mail
Ter
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Cooley Dickinson
Northampton
Sen
Edward Kennedy
Napoli
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