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Wednesday, October 12, 2011

They wrote the book on Seattle's World's Fair

Then-former Vice President Richard Nixon, daughter Julie Nixon and wife Pat ride the Seattle Center Monorail during their visit Aug. 9. Earlier that same week, a contingent from the Kennedy clan, led by U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy, had visited; Kennedy gave a stirring speech to a packed crowd of 800 at the Playhouse.