THE WEEK.

Source :: New Republic. 8/8/64, Vol. 151 Issue 6/7, p3-7. 5p.
Publication Year :: 1964
Abstract: This article offers world news briefs for the week of August 8, 1964. The political attributes of former U.S. Vice President Hubert Humphrey, and his relationship to former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson, are discussed. Details of a trial involving President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, James R. Hoffa, is discussed. U.S. legislation pertaining to the "forgotten 30,000" drafted soldiers, who were ineligible to serve in the Vietnam War due to their married status, are discussed.