Word: nebraska
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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N.C.A.A. FOOTBALL (ABC, 2:45-9 p.m.). Nebraska v. Oklahoma, followed by U.S.C. v. U.C.L.A...
Being tapped for the semi-state-sponsored organization is deemed an honor comparable to receiving a commission in the Nebraska Navy or a nomination as a Cook Country poll-watcher...
...White House, finally produced that famous sour grape: "I would rather be right than President." A sweeter reaction, "Now I can see my family," was used by William Scranton in 1964 and Nelson Rockefeller in 1968. How would the Great Scorer judge Eugene McCarthy? After losing the Indiana and Nebraska primaries, he sent no congratulatory words to the winners. His grudging endorsement of Hubert Humphrey was delayed on "principle," was issued only after the Vice President approached Nixon in the polls and was probably too late to affect the outcome...
...printing postcards with a $474 investment in 1907, then, by dreaming up greetings or condolences for every occasion, grew into a firm that now produces more than 7,000,000 cards a day, with an estimated annual sale of $200 million. Died. Edward R. Burke, 87, Democratic Senator from Nebraska from 1935-41, who started as a New Dealer, but soon opposed F.D.R.'s attempts to pack the Supreme Court, levy a progressive income tax, and protect labor unions, thus losing his party's nomination in 1940; in Kensington...
...expected, Nixon walked away with Nebraska's five electoral votes...