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...good of the party." Since then he's made several appearances at D.F.L. rallies and spoken half-heartedly in support of the now official ticket. Humphrey, who wisely sat on the sidelines during the primary fight, has returned to lend his waning prestige to Rolvaag's campaign and patch up the party's wounds...

Author: By Richard R. Edmonds, | Title: How to Get Mangled in Minnesota Politics: Sandy Keith Succumbs to Sympathy Vote | 11/1/1966 | See Source »

...GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN (CBS, 8:30-9 p.m.). Everybody out to the pumpkin patch to join Linus in his annual wait for the arrival of the Great Pumpkin. Also starring in this animated cartoon special; Lucy, Snoopy and Charlie Brown...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Oct. 28, 1966 | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

...nostalgic capital of lost causes. In the 19th century the family invested less shrewdly, and by the time Harry was 15, the Byrds were on the brink of bankruptcy. He quit school, took over management of a family newspaper and made it prosper. He also staked out a small patch of orchard near the little town of Berryville, expanded his preserve until it encompassed 5,000 acres, and eventually became the world's largest individual applegrower. Once established as the squire of Rosemont, his baronial estate in the lush, pristine hills near the state's northern border, Byrd...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Virginia: The Squire of Rosemont | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

...amputated limb can be successfully reunited with the victim. He may then be induced to suspend his natural incredulity when told that a criminal condemned to death has donated his body for dismemberment in the interests of science, and that all the parts will be usefully employed to patch up other people. The French government, as representative of a loffical people, has worked it out that such procedures will do much to repair the military disadvantages of having a smaller population than the U.S. or China; one soldier can be used again and again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: That Old Gangrene of Mine | 10/28/1966 | See Source »

Last week Marcos was busy with preparations for his most ambitious foreign-policy move to date: the seven-nation Manila Conference of Asia's non-Communist allies, which opens next week. Marcos released $190,000 to patch Manila's perennially potholed roads, and the city throbbed to the passing of earth movers and dump trucks. Paintbrushes slapped and lawn mowers clattered up and down stately Roxas Boulevard as hotels and nightclubs indulged in a hasty face lifting. U.S. Presidential Press Secretary Bill D. Moyers bustled from airport to embassy to Malacanang Palace (the Filipino White House) making arrangements for everything...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Philippines: A New Voice in Asia | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

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