Variety Club Honors Nixon (Universal Newsreel, Mar 1960)

Description

The original release sheet reads: POLITICS - 1960 At his first White House press conference in weeks, President Eisenhower gives a strong boost to Richard Nixon's candidacy. VARIETY CLUB HONORS NIXON New York City. Vice-President Nixon is made an honorary barker of Variety Clubs - International. ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE New York City. The most miserable weather in the 35-year history of the parade fails to dim the spirit of loyal Gaels or the color of the traditional turn-out on Fifth Avenue. RESCUED RUSSIANS RELAX San Francisco. Four Russian sailors rescued after 49 days adrift in the Pacific, enjoy the hospitality and beauty of the Golden Gate City as they recover from their ordeal. TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO DUST STORMS darken the skies of America from the mid-West to the Rockies. The grim era of the Dust Bowl and the Oakies is at hand. F.D.R. approves the new constitution of the PHILIPPINES. Names of the news included PRINCESS BARBARA HUTTON MDVANI, Reno-bound and aviatrix LAURA INGALLS. With Spring in the air, the City of Miami chose its BEAUTY QUEEN. In Hollywood, STREAMLINE COIFFURES made the style news.

Collection

MCA/Universal Pictures Collection

Series

Motion Picture Releases of the Universal Newsreel Library