Hoover’s 1960 Promise Echoed in 1964 Convention
At age 90 Herbert Hoover did not attend the 1964 Republican National Convention, sending a message read by Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen. Hoover urged a briefer platform focusing on limited government, balanced budgets, and tax cuts, asserting freedom’s primacy.
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San Francisco
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Waldorf- Astoria
New York
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
White House
Stanford
Valachi Remains In Prison Isolated From Inmates
Joe Valachi, the mob informant, continues solitary confinement in a District jail. Officials say no plans to move him as his crime data is largely exhausted. At 61 he stays in a secluded cell, exercises, watches TV, and receives mail with little threat. He is described as content it’s over.
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Justice Department
Valachi
Georgian Leader Elected Grand Exalted Ruler of Elks
New York AP report at the Elks 100th Grand Lodge convention says Robert K. Pruitt a 58 year old Atlanta lawyer won the grand exalted ruler position without opposition. Fred H. Kelly of Salina was also elected grand esteemed royal knight without opposition.
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Robert K. Pruitt
Atlanta
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Elks
Grand Lodge
Fred H. Kelly
Salina
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Joseph Valachi
Underworld
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Massachusetts
Kansas
United States Brewers Association
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Lawrence
Haskell
Hwy
East 23Rd Street
TSS Tani
Mies
PERE
Salem Maple
Nevamar
Duxbury
the Mart
Willett, Sprague & Carleton
Heywood Wakefield
Dearborn
Broyhill
Keller
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