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...Vice President himself was making harmonious headway toward the Democratic nomination. Maryland's 49-vote delegation adopted a unit rule over the protests of Kennedy and McCarthy supporters, virtually assuring Humphrey of all 49 votes. In a brief visit to New York City, Humphrey sat down to luncheon with a group of Wall Streeters, walked off with pledges of some $750,000 in campaign contributions. With backing from such moneymen as Sidney J. Weinberg of Goldman, Sachs & Co.; John L. Loeb of Carl M. Loeb, Rhoades & Co.; John Connor of Allied Chemical Corp.; and Robert Dowling of the City...
...curious to be cautious. He pressed up close to the bar for a good look at the orangutans during his visit to the London Zoo. At that precise moment, one of the apes-Napoleon by name-relieved himself in the direction of His Royal Highness. Later, at a luncheon for the Royal Zoological Society, Philip apologized for "any faint whiff of animal which might be emanating from my end of the room. We have just been visiting some orangutans," said he, "and one of them welcomed me by widdling all over...
Meanwhile, the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, sponsor of the campaign, spoke at a $100-a-plate luncheon (chicken) in his honor at Northeastern University. After the luncheon there was a rally to kick off the Northeastern Caravan of the campaign at the Boston Common...
Abernathy said at the luncheon that the Poor People's Campaign will be the last attempt to deal nonviolently with the problems of poverty...
Last Monday, Pennsylvania's Joe Burk spoke to the weekly luncheon of crew coaches, and as much as told them his crew had the speed to beat Harvard this year. He said his oarsmen were "ten seconds faster than Vesper...