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Raleigh Register in Beckley, West Virginia

18 May 1966

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Raleigh Register

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Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 18, 1966

Page

18

Soapy Williams Seeks Senate After Michigan Governorship

Detroit based report notes former Michigan governor Soapy Williams, heir to a toiletry fortune, returns from 1960 to pursue a U.S. Senate seat. The piece highlights his career, his former role as assistant secretary of state for African affairs, and ongoing political battles with a Republican controlled legislature.

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Michael J. Conlon Detroit UPI G. Mennen Williams Michigan U.S. Senate Tures Ivory Coast Kenya Congo Washington Patrick V. McNamara D-Mich McNamara Robert Griffin George Romney Cavanagh Jerome Cavanagh San Francisco State Department Lyndon Johnson Soapy Williams
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Old West fades as automated roundup and branding debuts

In a satirical column, Dick West envisions a high tech cattle roundup using frozen branding irons, remote control herding gear, and loudspeakers. The piece shifts to Michigan politics, depicting Soapy Williams’ 1966 campaign with past statesmanship and modern gadgetry, ending with a misread radar blip showing a horse.

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Dick West Washington UPI Agriculture Department Department Agricultural Research Service Little Joe the Wrangler MIT Corral Lillle Joe
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American Ballet Theater to tour Russia under 1966 pact

Washington reports the American Ballet Theater will be the first U.S. group to visit the Soviet Union under the 1966 1967 cultural exchange. A six week tour starts June 15 with 31 performances in Moscow Leningrad Kiev Minsk and Kharkhov. The Bolshoi Ballet is already touring the United States. Michigan stadium seats 101000.

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Washington UPI American Ballet Theater Russia State Department Moscow Leningrad Kiev Minsk Kharkhov Bolshoi Ballet United States
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