Word: wente
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...district was complicated by California's rules for special elections. On showing up at the polls, voters could decide to vote either Democratic or Republican no matter how they were registered. In this freewheeling situation, G.O.P. Winner McCloskey got well over three times the number of votes that went to the Democratic winner, and even the vanquished Shirley bested Archibald by more than 2 to 1. "A lot of Democrats went over to defeat that girl," said Archibald. "They'll come to my side...
After completing engineer training at Fort Hood, Texas, Smith, also 23, went home to Brownsville, Calif., on a 30-day leave in November 1965. At leave's end he phoned Fort Hood for further instructions, was told to report to Oakland Army Terminal Dec. 28 for shipment to Thailand. Then, days later, he received a telegram telling him to disregard the reporting date and await new orders "to follow." Obeying orders to the letter, Smith settled back to wait, meanwhile picking up a $130-a-week logging job. His wife Glenda Fay continued to receive her monthly $95.20 allotment...
...year hitch, Smith pulled on his Army duds and hopped a bus for Oakland, where he demanded his discharge. "I saw this sergeant, and he didn't know what to do with me, so he took me to see this lieutenant," deadpans Smith. "The officer kind of went crazy. 'Don't you know there's a war on?' he asked me. 'Don't you watch television?' Sure, I said...
...that broke into the movie, then a delay in the scheduled 10:25 news while scriptwriters scram bled to get together details. In millions of living rooms up and down the length of Britain, people watched transfixed while a gay Latin American dance rhythm blared from the box, which went blank except for a slide advising...
...before the Commons to answer questions about rumors that Britain had made international loan arrangements. He did not confirm that there were such negotiations for a good reason: there had not yet, in fact, been any. It was not until after the Cabinet meeting that the government went out and started looking for loans on the basis of its decision. The Bank of England's O'Brien went to work calling up his central bank counterparts in Europe and in the U.S. The whole deal was finally arranged by Saturday afternoon...