Word: mailings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...luxurious four-room suite that Powell used to occupy in the new Rayburn House Office Building n Washington. Two secretaries, a tiny remnant of the staff that Powell once commanded as a Congressman and chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, remain in the office to answer mail...
...letter of protest was much milder than most of the antiwar mail that enters the White House each week, but it had its own special kick. "Viet Cong terrorism is real," it said. "So are the innocent victims of U.S. bombing, strafing and shelling." It went on to describe the war in Viet Nam as "an overwhelming atrocity." What made the letter unusual was that it was signed by 49 members of the International Voluntary Service, a private Peace Corps-like organization whose 170 staffers in Viet Nam exemplify the best of the U.S.'s outgoing altruism (TIME, April...
...disenchanted with Prime Minister Harold Wilson, whose Labor government is plagued by, among other things, rising unemployment and a foreign-trade deficit. Two weeks ago,the Gallup poll found that Wilson's administration was the most unpopular British government since World War II. Last week the Daily Mail's National Opinion Poll reported that if elections were held today, Ted Heath's Conservatives would win by a 100-seat landslide. The results of two by-elections supported that statement. In the university town of Cambridge, the Tories recaptured a swing seat from Labor with a massive majority...
...from the producers of the upcoming Daniel Boone TV series. This is Ames's fourth -and probably last-season in the show. Fess Parker, who plays the title role, co-produces, and owns a 30% piece of Boone, is chafing in his buckskins because Ames pulled more fan mail last spring. In any case, Ames wants out of the noble-savage bit. "Television series are a great hazard," he explains. "The more successful the show, the more identified with the characters you become...
Into the Black. One of the least boring is WAVA, which covers Washington, D.C., from Arlington, Va. While admitting that the location has built-in advantages, WAVA's executive vice president, John Burgreen, points to fan mail from Congressmen, Government officials and businessmen complimenting the station for its continuous, up-to-the-minute coverage of the Arab-Israeli war. Even the President has had his office wired so he can monitor WAVA instantly...