Notable Women Named in 1968 Admiration Poll
Mrs Dwight D Eisenhower tops a Gallup poll of 1511 respondents as the most admired woman, followed by Indira Gandhi and Mrs Richard Nixon. The list includes Golda Meir, Aristotle Onassis’s widow, and Queen Elizabeth II, with various other public figures scoring votes. A separate federal ruling allows poet Allen Ginsberg to read publicly in Miami Marine Stadium, after a prior microphone shutoff over language. In Mississippi, 69 year old Ashville writer and nurse Mrs Lockye Nanney Bushell is highlighted as the university’s oldest coed attending Ole Miss, studying writing, Spanish and genealogy.
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Dwight PD. Eisenhower
Gallup
Eisenhower
Indira Gandhi
India
Richard M. Nixon
Golda Meir
Israel
Aristotle Oasassis
Joseph P. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Queen Elizabeth II
Margaret Chase Smith
Raatnik
Ginsberg
U.S
Clyde Adkins
Atkins
Miami
Miami Marine Stadium
Marine Stadium
Lockye Nanney Bushell
Ashville
N. C
University of Mississippi
Stag Party Judge Takes Leave Amid Prostitution Charges
New Orleans judge Edward A. Haggerty Jr. steps down on indefinite leave after district attorney accepts charges alleging solicitation and transport of women for a stag party. He had presided on the Clay Shaw case and was among 14 arrested in a motel vice raid. The move follows a lengthy police probe and a comment from his lawyer.
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New Orleans
Clay Shaw
Edward A. Haggerty Jr
Heggerty
Naggerty
Dist
Atty
Din Garrison
Maggerly
Shaw
New Orlean
Gearvison
Winrder
John Wf. Kennedy
Viet War Mudslide Blocks Vital Freeway for Rose Bowl Traffic
In Los Angeles a mudslide blocked a key freeway link for Rose Bowl bound traffic as U.S. forces in Vietnam resumed combat after a New Year cease-fire. The conflict news reports show American deaths nearing 40,000 with 65 enemy incidents in the cease-fire window and casualties among American and South Vietnamese troops.
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U.S
Saigon
Vietnam
Los Angeles
Perot Pushes Gift Mission to aid U S prisoners
Texas computer magnate Ross Perot urged Americans to back his plan to deliver 24 tons of Christmas gifts to U S prisoners in North Vietnam. He spoke at the Waldorf Astoria after returning from Copenhagen and planned to fly to Dallas. He said letters of support could press Hanoi to ease conditions. He estimated the trip cost $600,000 and would keep gifts in a Dallas warehouse pending permission.
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New York
APL
Texas
Ross Perot
U.S
North Vietnam
Dallas
Perot
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Vicliane
Laos
Copenhagen
Ally attack on Yanks' plane investigated in Cambodia
SAIGON APS reports the Liu missileary command is examining a claim that a South Vietnamese warplane fired on an American spotter plane over Cambodian territory. Military sources say the O Bird dog spotter aircraft in Cambodian airspace was fired upon by a South Vietnamese Skyraider.
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Saigon
APS
Liu Misilery Command
Anchorage records warm year with December heat wave
Anchorage area officials reported a record warm December 1969 with a mean temperature around 2 degrees, about 10 degrees above normal. The prior record stood at just under 27 degrees set in December 1939, signaling an unusually mild end to the year.
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Anchorage
Alagka
Brireatt
Nixon Avoids Bowl Crush Watches on New Year's Eve
President Nixon spent New Year’s Eve in San Clemente quietly watching televised bowl games and pledged to sign one bill on the first day of 1970. He noted several bills passed late in the 1969 session, with mixed views on their significance and impact on foreign policy.
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San Clemente
Nixon
Gwail Nixon
Secretary of Commerce
Min Yise Carrier Delivery Notice
Delivery note indicates single copy service to carrier, with instructions to ensure placement and handling of the SSNPS item. No clear names, places, or dates readable. preserves fragment context as a brief public notice.
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Southfield
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Corley
Iran
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Elmwood Cemetery
Elmwood
Golden State
Morlar
196Th
da Nang
U.S. 5Th Mechanized Infantry Division
Hivanae
Texan
Hanoi
Ttis
Moscow
Ambase Salar
Jacob Ream
Golden State Freeway
California
Pasadena
She Willside
Highway Patrol
Slide
William Ingram
Senate
House
Ron Gusto
Press-Telegram
Tina Fair Course
RT Coats & Slacks
Hickey-Freeman
Kuppenheimer
Lakemar
Savile Row
la Posada
Lakewood Center
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