Restatement of Eleventh Commandment Shifts GOP Tone
Washington notes Ray Bliss issued the GOP pledge not to speak ill of fellow Republicans amid Rockefeller attacks on Nixon. Rockefeller pushes for a Nixon debate as party unity tests rise. Nixon and Humphrey edge toward autumn campaigns with conventions looming in August and October.
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Washington
UPI
Ray C. Bliss
GOP
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Republican National Committee
Portland
Ore
Rockefeller
Nixon
California
New York
Hubert H. Humphrey
Miami Beach
Chicago
Ronald Reagan
Humphrey
McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Isaac Singer Pioneered Million Dollar Annual Ad Spend
Isaac M. Singer, founder of the Singer Sewing Machine Company, became the first American to spend a million dollars annually on advertising, illustrating early scale in U S consumer marketing.
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Isaac M. Singer
Singer Sewing Macine Co
America
Winchell on the air and Broadway witticisms mix notes
The piece blends radio host Walter Winchell with social observations from New York’s Broadway scene. It mentions RFK’s funeral attendance, St Patrick Cathedral dress code, flamboyant party-goers, and quips from venues like the Venus, Hotel New Yorker, Lichee Tree, Ginza, and Ginza Press Box, highlighting era humor and public figures.
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New Yorker
Lichee Tree
Lower voting age plank urged in Indiana parties
Dennis Brinkmeyer 21, University of Evansville senior, sent telegrams to Indiana Democratic and Republican chairmen urging inclusion of a voting age lowered to 18 in party platforms. The Conference of Committees to Lower the Voting Age seeks cross party support as it organizes chapters nationwide.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Dennis Brinkmeyer
Conference of Committees
Brinkmeyer
University of Evansville
United States
Scoreboard Suggested to Protect Donors
Dr Vincent J Collins of Northwestern University proposed a life and death scorecard at the AMA convention to define death for organ transplants. He would monitor heart brain lungs circulation and reflex activity for one to two hours, scoring 0 to 2, with a total of 5 or more indicating life and less than 5 suggesting death. The panel on medical ethics also included other specialists discussing morality and legality.
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San Francisco
Vincent J. Collins
Northwestern University School of Medicine
American Medical Association
Collins
On the Line and Market Trends in 1960s America
A fragmentary column blends cultural jab at ignorance with economics and coins. It cites Rand Youth Poll estimating total annual teenage spending near 20 billion dollars in 1968 and notes Bank of Mexico sending a commemorative silver coin for the Mexico City Olympics. It discusses Aztec legends tied to Mexico City’s founding, American Express comments on credit card growth, and hints at a future pill addressing such trends.
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U. S
Rand
Smith and Wessons
Bank OF Mexico
Mexico City
Mexico
Aztlan
Tenochtitlan
James W. Thompson
American Express
Frank McAuliffe Publishes New Mystery Novel Rather A Vicious Gentleman
Former Terre Haute resident Frank McAuliffe releases his second paperback, a 213 page tale of a professional killer titled Rather A Vicious Gentleman. The book features Augustus Mandrell, linked to his prior work Of All The Bloody Cheek.
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Frank McAuliffe
Terre Haute
Augustus Mandrell
Mc.Auliffe
Ballantime Books
McAuliffe
Con McAuliffe
1St Ave
Glen Carpenter
James Roosevelt Jr Marries in Cambridge Mass
James Roosevelt Jr son of the late president's grandson married Ann Martha Conlon in St Pauls Church Cambridge Massachusetts Saturday The couple linked Harvard Radcliffe Boston University noting his Harvard class of 1968 and her Radcliffe 1966 graduation with Conlon a Boston University graduate student
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Cambridge, Mass
James Roosevelt Jr
Pasadena
Calif
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cambridge
Roosevelt
Harvard
Ann Martha Conlon
St. Paul's
Radcliffe College
Boston University
Six Victims In Explosion Near Doniphan Farm
Six people died when a leaking gas buildup in a Doniphan area farm house exploded. Victims include Carl Friend 51 and wife Dorothy both of St. Louis and Darrell Robertson his wife Leona Kaye 28 plus their two young children. Sheriff Dawes said a gas line leak from a butane tank was known for months and apparently never repaired before the blast and fire.
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Doniphan
Lewis Dawes
Ripley County
Carl Friend
St. Louis
Dorothy
Dawes
Darrell Robertson
Leona Kaye
Arkansas State Line
Take Precautions To Guard Leaders In Pittsburgh
The Rev Ralph David Abernathy head of the SCLC canceled a speech at a Poor People's Campaign rally in Pittsburgh's Hill district. Rev Andrew Young spoke in his place as FBI warned of life threats against Abernathy learned Saturday.
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Pittsburgh
Ralph David Abernathy
South Christian Leadership Conference
Andrew Young
SCLC
Abernathy
Washington
Young
FBI
Bob Hope to Rest at Home After Eye Treatment
Hollywood AP Bob Hope aged 65 will rest at home for at least 10 days following photocoagulation therapy for a recurring left eye ailment. He underwent the procedure Saturday at St Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles to seal a ruptured blood vessel and stop bleeding. Whitesell, a Pacific Air Forces training instructor and Korean War veteran, is a Wiley High School graduate who served at Nakhon Phanom Royal Thai AFB.
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Hollywood
Bob Hope
Hope
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Los Angeles
Pacific Air Forces
Nakhon Phananom Royal Thai Afb
Thailand
Whitesell
Wiley High School
Sergeant Whitesell arrives for duty in Japan
Sgt. Charles E. Whitesell son of Mr and Mrs Paul Russell sells 1209 Wabash Ave has arrived for duty at Tachikawa AB Japan. The report notes his assignment location and family background as part of the wartime personnel movements.
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Charles E. Whitesell
Paul Russell
Wabash Ave
Tachikawa
Japan
Whitesell
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ST. Patrick’s Cathedral
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Harry Truman
James Roosevelt
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