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introduces Bleakley at Madison Sq Garden rally
Landon declares Roosevelt's program is uncertain
promise greeted with cheers
says he failed to try to collect war debts at request of Roosevelt
Pa RR express derailed; 1 killed, 19 hurt; list of injured; account of wreck, Princeton
1936Polina Astakhova, Ukrainian gymnast and trainer (died 2005)[†]
Polina Ghrighorievna Astakhova was a Soviet and Ukrainian artistic gymnast. She won ten medals at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.
1936Dick Vermeil, American football player and coach[†]
Richard Albert Vermeil is an American former football coach who served as a head coach in the National Football League (NFL) for 15 seasons. He was the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles for seven seasons, the St. Louis Rams for three, and the Kansas City Chiefs for five. Prior to the NFL, he was the head football coach at Hillsdale High School from 1960 to 1962, Napa Junior College in 1964, and UCLA from 1974 to 1975. With UCLA, Vermeil led the team to victory in the 1976 Rose Bowl. Vermeil's NFL tenure would see him improve the fortunes of teams that had a losing record before he arrived and bring them all to the playoffs by his third season, which included a Super Bowl title with the Rams.