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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 84

 Container

Contains 27 Results:

"1st Anniversary of Czechoslovakian Uprising", 1969-08-18

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 19
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A small group of men representing the Czech government stand far away from a wreath lying on the ground. The wreath is labeled "1st anniversary of Czechoslovakian Uprising."

Dates: 1969-08-18

"Wheeeee!!", 1969-08-19

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 20
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A rickety train labeled "Nation's Railroads" carries precariously stacked barrels of poison gas.

Dates: 1969-08-19

"Now, there's a switch!", 1969-08-20

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 21
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United States President Richard Nixon watches as a group of men replace a sign reading "Impeach Earl Warren" with a sign reading "Impeach Haynsworth." Earl Warren was the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Clement Haynsworth was nominated for the Supreme Court by Nixon, but was not confirmed.

Dates: 1969-08-20

"Happy Anniversary!", 1969-08-21

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 22
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A large Soviet Union tank runs over the foot of a man representing Czechoslovakia.

Dates: 1969-08-21

"With friends like these…", 1969-08-22

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 23
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A man labeled "Camille victims," referring to Hurricane Camille, crawls out of rubble as around him people sell food for $200 a sack, water for $1 a gallon, and oxygen for 25 cents a go.

Dates: 1969-08-22

"Don't look on yourselves as being put in mothballs-rather consider it a spearhead attack on larger budget cuts!", 1969-08-24

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 24
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United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird rows a small boat toward a large ship, carrying a document labeled "military budget cuts."

Dates: 1969-08-24

"…However, as we all know, the pot of gold at the rainbow's end is quite mythical!", 1969-08-27

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 25
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United States White House Urban Affairs Advisor Daniel Patrick Moynihan stands in a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow labeled "Vietnam War." A group of people labeled "The Cities" looks on.

Dates: 1969-08-27

"This may be none of my business, but if you want my opinion…", 1969-08-29

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 26
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Uncle Sam, representing the United States, gets between China and the Soviet Union and attempts to give an opinion on the Warsaw Pact.

Dates: 1969-08-29

Big Tobacco Visits the House of Representatives, 1969-06-20

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 1
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Big Tobacco leaves the House of Representatives carrying the "bill to ban cigarette health warning."

Dates: 1969-06-20

…I hereby declare Rhodesia an independent republic., 1969-06-20

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 2
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Prime Minister of Rhodesia, Ian Smith, surrounded by a small group of white men, addresses a much larger audience of Black men.

Dates: 1969-06-20

"You probably don't know me, but I cast a spell on your predecessor…", 1969-06-24

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 3
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United States President Richard Nixon stands in water, holding a man representing Vietnam on his shoulders. On the nearby shore, Senator J. William Fulbright appears as an elf sitting on a toadstool.

Dates: 1969-06-24

U.S. Army Mustard & Nerve Gas Stockpile, 1969-06-30

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 4
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Two United States military officers stand near the "U.S. Army Mustard & Nerve Gas Stockpile." One holds a document that reads "Army must dispose of gas at storage sites."

Dates: 1969-06-30

"Spheres of Influence", 1969-07-01

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 5
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The Soviet Union and United States President appear as two worms in a globe shaped like an apple. President Nixon is coming out of a hole in Romania and the Soviet Union out of South America.

Dates: 1969-07-01

"Well, now, we're going to have to think about it…", 1969-07-02

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 6
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A United States Senator holds a document labeled "Surtax Extension - Passed by House." The document is smoking and is being handed to the senator by someone lying on the floor. The senator says they'll need some time to think about it.

Dates: 1969-07-02

"Just one more favor, Rocky - a lot of people are dubious about my visit to Romania, so…", 1969-07-06

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 7
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United States President Richard Nixon asks a favor of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller, who is lying on the floor next to a briefcase labeled "South America."

Dates: 1969-07-06

"We're too late - they've struck first!", 1969-07-11

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 8
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A group of United States military officers, one holding a missile labeled "Planned ABM [anti-ballistic missile], recoil from a paper airplane labeled "Gromyko asks better Russia-U.S. Relations," referring to Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrei Gromyko.

Dates: 1969-07-11

"Tell the doctor he'll only be billed for an office visit!", 1969-07-14

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 9
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A doctor waits nervously at his desk as a representative from the United States Internal Revenue Serice Audit Division goes through his Medicare and Medicaid records.

Dates: 1969-07-14

"Would you like to come back up and do it again for the folks back home?", 1969-07-14

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 27
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An Apollo 11 astronaut falls while climbing down from the spacraft to the surface of the moon. Another astronaut records him for a live television broadcast.

Dates: 1969-07-14

Just now I inadvertently wished you men a quick and happy journey home..., 1969-07-16

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 10
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A group United States soldiers sits in a truck with a sign that reads "Out of Vietnam by 1970!" Their commanding officer addresses them while holding a document that says " Secret U.S. Thailand Commitment."

Dates: 1969-07-16

Upstager, 1969-07-17

 Item — Box: 84, Folder: 11
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Uncle Sam, representing the United States, prepares to make an announcement, but is upstaged by a clown juggling balls labeled "Soviet," "Moon," and "Shot."

Dates: 1969-07-17