I worked with YAF in California in the late 1960’s. I was in charge of making buttons for the state organization to be sold at the St. Louis YAF convention of 1969 or 70 [can’t be sure which]. I got to meet Al Capp at the convention.
I helped organize the St. Louis convention, it was summer of ‘69. Inviting Al Capp to be our headline speaker was my suggestion; thankfully Mike Thompson was a very fun, interesting, open-minded guy, some other people in power then wouldn’t have given him consideration.
Oh, Ken, that’s you, isn’t it! I’ve often wondered where you were, how you were doing.
Are you ever in contact with Phil Luce?
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I am a historian writing a book about conservatism in the 1960s. I’d be crazy to ignore the 1969 YAF convention in St Louis. If anyone wants to talk to me about the convention please send me an email at sethoffenbach@gmail.com
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Thank you!