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THE MIAMI NEWS "The Best Newspaper Under The Sun" MIAMI, , FLORIDA WILLIAM C. BAGGS EDITOR file. November 1, 1960 Vice President Richard M. Nixon Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Vice President: My son, Craig, is gamboling over the clouds in the wake of your dear letter to him. Incidentally, he has stepped up his campaign to convince his father that Mr. Nixon should be elected the next President of The United States. I, however, am stunned. You advised Craig that perhaps he could persuade me to the rightness of your cause. About ten hours after receiving your letter, I was quietly reading a book in my bed in the evening and was knocked out of the bed by a bolt of lightning, which tore a gaping hole in the roof, ripped through the rafters, and knocked out a piece of ceiling. There is only one question I have to ask you, and it is most personally asked. Did you have anything to do with this? Sincerely, his Reproduced at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum