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Mayors Candidacy Jokes Stir Bipartisan Skepticism
Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty announces a bid for the Democratic presidential nomination prompting derision from top leaders across parties. Sen. Henry M. Jackson and DNC figures condemn the move while others joke about Yorty’s political maneuvering and potential influence at the national convention. In Berlin East German guards fire at the Berlin Wall to stop a refugee, with one bullet entering a West Berlin bedroom and moments later emergency units arrive.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Sam Yorty
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Jackson
Stephen Reinhardt
California
Yorty
Spiro Agnew
New York
The
Los Angeles ‘Times
Berlin
Berlin Wall
West Berlin