Secret Service duties and President protection history
Jim Bishop recounts the evolution of Secret Service protection from the Kennedy era, noting expanded duties, early warning systems, and the role of Agent Rowley. He discusses guard strategies, dangers faced by presidents, and the agency’s long collaboration with the FBI under Hoover, while reflecting on ongoing political risk and a mystique around leadership.
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Field
McKinley
Congress
Secret Service
Rowley
John F. Kennedy
Dallas
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
The
Bronx
Bridget McTigue Rowley
St. John’s University
Mabel Cluen
Claudia
Linda
Donna
White House
Authors Wanted by a New York Publisher
Leading book publisher seeks manuscripts of all kinds including fiction non fiction poetry scientific scholarly and religious works New authors welcomed Free booklet offered write Vantage Press Inc 120 W Stat Dept X 17 New York
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Vantage Press, Inc
New York
Tet Offensive Seen As Costly Setback For Viet Nam War
The Tet push is described as a costly, futile effort that failed to rally South Viet Nam or shake the U S embassy defenses. Ho Chi Minh's elite guerrillas, trained in the north and deployed to the south, were decimated as the attack was crushed and the South remained loyal.
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Viet Nam
U.S
Hue
South Viet Nam
North Viet Nam
South
Show Biz Roundup of Hollywood Gossip and Deals
Elvis Presley pays his dentist to work on him in a costly arrangement. A veteran Hollywood gossip item notes Mercedes sightings in Saigon, Italy’s Isa Miranda to join Shoes of the Fisherman with Anthony Quinn, and Fannie Hurst’s NYC tie. Pearl Bailey’s album is promoted, Jerry Colonna’s TV endeavor nets a fee after taxes, Caldwell linked to Gina Lollobrigida’s Parisian circle, McCall’s to excerpt from a forthcoming book, and Milton Drake shifts to electronics publishing research.
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Elvis Presley
Jackie Gleason
Italy
Isa Mirando
Anthony Quinn
Hwood
Quinn
Fannie Hurst
New York City
Pearl Bailey
Pearl
Butterfly
Jerry Colonna
Bob Hope
Earl Muntz
Bob
Jerry
Gina Lolloetceteras
Caldwell
McCall’s
Milton Drake
McGraw-Hill
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Jim Bishop
Saigon
Paris
Averell Harriman
Tan Son Nhut
Hanoi
N. Y
Winchell
Model
BIG
H.P
Craft Howe
Sun
Terre Haute
PLAZA
Panty
Bee-Kee-nees
MEIS
Cafe Brazil
Terry
Barco
California
Bos Ae A
Meis Ist
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