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     MANUSCRIPTS and ARCHIVAL MATERIAL

Box 96

 Container

Contains 19 Results:

"Oh, well, off into the world again…", 1971-11-08

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 1
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A tiny man carrying a banner that reads "foreign aid," leaves the United States Senate.

Dates: 1971-11-08

"Let me see that recipe again!", 1971-11-09

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 2
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American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) President George Meany sits in a pot cooking on a stove, while two chefs look on. The pot is labeled "5.5% wage raise limit."

Dates: 1971-11-09

"That's what we need - a good war to keep our minds off our troubles!", 1971-11-11

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 3
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Two malnourished men in ragged clothes, representing Pakistan and India, sit on a street corner. Their legs have been run over by a large tank.

Dates: 1971-11-11

"May we all continue smiling once they start talking…", 1971-11-12

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 4
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A group of United Nations delegates shake hands while all are wearing huge smiles. A sign behind them reads, "Welcome to the UN Chinese Delegates."

Dates: 1971-11-12

"Top of the mornin' to you, ladies - and isn't it a cryin' shame what the wicked British are doin' to us all…?", 1971-11-17

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 5
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A man greets people through the entrance of a grocery store as he tosses a bundle of dynamite inside. Nearby, a car labeled "IRA," for the Irish Republican Army, waits for him.

Dates: 1971-11-17

"…And you're going to China.", 1971-11-18

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 6
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United States President Richard Nixon and Uncle Sam look out the window of a building representing the United States. Outside, Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro is surrounded by a crowd of people holding signs welcoming Castro to Chile.

Dates: 1971-11-18

"…Or maybe we could make the decision we don't want, send it to the Senate to be over-ruled and end up with the decision we do want!", 1971-11-19

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 7
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A group of men walk into a door labeled "Pay Board." One of them is holding a decision that has been stamped "Over-ruled."

Dates: 1971-11-19

"Oh yes, Mr. Johnson, your book is doing very well - we have it over on the romantic fiction shelves.", 1971-11-22

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 8
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A bookstore employee tells former United States President Lyndon B. Johnson that his book can be found on the romantic fiction shelves.

Dates: 1971-11-22

"It's the truth, I tell you! I'm a hijacker and I bailed out of a 727 jetliner with $200,000!", 1971-11-26

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 9
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A man holding a briefcase is hanging from a tree by his parachute. He tells two men passing on horseback that he is a hijacker with $200,000."

Dates: 1971-11-26

"Testing! Testing! 10-9-8-7-6…", 1971-11-26

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 10
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A man speaks into a microphone connected to a speaker system labeled "Arab War Announcing Machine."

Dates: 1971-11-26

[Butz and the farmer ], 1971-11-29

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 11
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In a parody of the painting American Gothic, United States Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz stands in front of a farmhouse next to a woman labeled "Small Farmer." Butz is holding a pitchfork in one hand and is gripping the back of the woman's neck with the other.

Dates: 1971-11-29

"Did somebody knock?", 1971-11-30

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 12
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A large baby, labed "Federal Employees," sits on the doorstep of United States President Richard Nixon. A note that reads "take this poor child in out of the freeze" is pinned to the baby's diaper, and a man representing the Senate runs away in the background.

Dates: 1971-11-30

"…And this little old gray-haired lady asks me, "Are they Phantom jets, young man?" and I says "Yes, ma'am, they are" and then she slugged me!", 1971-12-01

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 13
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United States soldiers scramble at an air force restricted area as a "little old gray-haired lady" (Prime Minister of Israel Golda Meir) flies away in a stolen aircraft.

Dates: 1971-12-01

"Camp Followers", 1971-12-07

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 14
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"A vulture representing the Soviet Union rides on the back of an armed man representing India.

Dates: 1971-12-07

"I don't get no respect!", 1971-12-08

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 15
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A peace dove flies over the head of a man holding a United Nations flag, defecating on him as it flies over.

Dates: 1971-12-08

"In order to encourage you all to fill out your own tax forms…", 1971-12-12

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 16
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A United States Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employee explains that this year's tax forms will be written in Serbo-Croatian, and will be accompanied by an explanatory pamphlet in Spanish.

Dates: 1971-12-12

"Now, for my next mistake…", 1971-12-13

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 17
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A member of the Irish Republican Army stands in front of flaming rubble. In the flames are the words, "Murder of Irish legislator a mistake," says IRA."

Dates: 1971-12-13

"I rushed down to welcome you back!", 1971-12-13

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 18
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Unemployment hurries to meet a United States veteran of the Vietnam War as he arrives back in the U.S.

Dates: 1971-12-13

"We will carry on the war…", 1971-12-16

 Item — Box: 96, Folder: 19
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A man representing Pakistan wipes his bayonet on the coattail of Uncle Sam, representing the United States. They stand in front of a field of bones.

Dates: 1971-12-16