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Only three of the ten largest unions impose compulsory retirement on their officials. And labor leaders are a durable lot: President Joseph Moreschi of the Hod Carriers is 80, domineering David Dubinsky of the Ladies' Garment Workers 73, Jacob Potofsky of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers 70, and A. Philip Randolph of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters...
When the actual vote soliciting began again at a 5 p.m. rally of the Amalgamated Garment Workers Union, Bellotti uncorked his "standard" speech for the first time that evening and revealed the line he is taking to get out the Democratic vote in the closing days of this close battle...
Witnesses opposing the bridge--led by Dietz, a local property owner--said it would deprive the street of light and air. One witness claimed that the "large ominous bridge would seal the doom of Palmer St. . .give it the oppressive atmosphere of a wholesale district...like the garment district...
...less forgettable moment came when NBC decided to ignore the podium during New York City Mayor Robert Wagner's speech seconding L.B.J. Instead, the network turned breathlessly to Sander Vanocur as he buttonholed David Dubinsky, boss of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. At last came Vanocur's question to Dubinsky: "Did you know that Mrs. Hubert Humphrey makes all her own clothes?" Over to Huntley-Brinkley...
...habit Egyptians cannot kick is the galabiya, the loose, ankle-length cotton garment that looks like a nightshirt and acts as an air conditioner of sorts in Egypt's sweltering heat. Fellah (peasant) and townsman alike have worn the flowing gown since the days of the pharaohs, and no amount of cajoling by Nasser's Ministry of Culture and National Guidance has been able to convince Egyptians that they should switch to that restricting jacket-shirt-and-pants that those strange, perspiring foreigners seem to prefer...