Singer Confronts First Lady Over Vietnam War Revolt
Eartha Kitt argued at a White House luncheon that U S youth revolt grows from the Vietnam war. She told Mrs Lyndon B Johnson that young men refuse to fight in a war they do not understand, while Mrs Johnson listened, visibly troubled, and urged focus on constructive aims.
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Frances Lewine
Associated Press
Washington
Eartha Kitt
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Miss Kitt
Mrs. Johnson
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Air Force
Mrs. Hughes
America
Schlafly Vice President Campaign Expands in Oregon
Oregon Republicans see a ballot opening as Phyllis Schlafly supporters file to place her name on the primary ticket as a vice presidential candidate. Hallie Wiggins of Portland cites first time VP options and a desire for voters to choose a woman.
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Portland
Ore
Phyllis Schlafly
Alton
Oregon
Hallie Wiggins
Schlafly
National Federation of Republican Women
Federation
Chicago
Lar
America First
Daly
Illinois
American Stool and Chair Co
Uncle Sam
Two Aldermen Delay Daley Gun Control Measure
Chicago city council stalls Mayor Daley gun ordinance as Aldermen Edward School seeks delay until January 30 and cites sufficiency of state licensing law. City plan aimed to register all weapons.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Aid
Edward T. School
Alto Pass seeks grade school principal and staff additions
Alto Pass Grade School District seeks a full time principal teacher with a $7000 base salary in a district where the superintendent also runs the high school. A combined first second grade class position replaces Mrs Foffel. The board plans volunteer safety upgrades, adds a kindergarten post, trips to Springfield, and defers hot lunch cuts while keeping milk.
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Alto Pass
Samuel E. Slagel
Janis Foffel
Slagel
Springfield
Illinois State Museum
Bert Wheeler Dies in New York at 72
Bert Wheeler, longtime vaudeville and film comedian from Omaha to New York, died of emphysema at 72. His career spanned vaudeville with a famed act in the Ziegfeld Follies and later films with Robert Woolsey. Woolsey, a Murphysboro native, died in 1941. The Holland Tunnel was named for Clifford M. Holland.
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Bert Wheeler
New York
Omaha
Wheeler
Woolsey
Murphysboro
Robert Woolsey
Sarah Woolsey Copher
Herrin
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Singer
Ped
Kasperak
Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Harry Oberhelman Jr
Oberhelman
Joan Baez
San Francisco
Santa Rita
Alameda County
Oakland Military Induction Center
Lar Daly
San Diego
Laos
Navy
Dieter Dengler
Johnson
First Federal Savings & Loan
Association OF
Herrin, Illinois
Federal Home Loan
General Reserve
Holland
Hudson River
Clifford M. Holland
BERNZ
Cosco
Shelvers
Nicholson
Jefly
NORKO
Ragged
X-L Hardware
N. Park Ave
Walters
Anna
N. Division
Heckel
Carterville
Goss
House of Appliances
S. Ill
Carbondale
Marion
Oxford
Leonard
Russel
S. Main
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