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WALLACE TURNER - TYPED LETTER SIGNED 12/12/1961 - HFSID 18829

Turner writes to radio/TV host George Sanders from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare Typed letter signed: "Wally", as Assistant to the Secretary. 1p. 6½x9, Washington, D. C., 1961 December 12, Department of Health, Education and Welfare letterhead. To: Mr.

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WALLACE TURNER
Turner writes to radio/TV host George Sanders from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Typed letter signed: "Wally", as Assistant to the Secretary. 1p. 6½x9, Washington, D. C., 1961 December 12, Department of Health, Education and Welfare letterhead. To: Mr. George Sanders, KPTV, Portland, Oregon. In full: "Dear George: I suppose you were locked in the Bathroom. Regards," Newspaper journalists Wallace Turner (1921-2010)and William Lamber, while working for the Portland Oregonian won a Pulitzer Prize in 1957 for their expose of vice and corruption in Portland involving municipal officials and officers of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, Western Conference. During the investigation, Turner became associated with Bobby Kennedy and ended up working in public relations in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (early 1960s) during the Kennedy administration. Turner worked as a correspondent for the New York Times from the 1960s through the 1980s. Horizontal fold crease passing through signature. Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.

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