Who remembered Herb Klein during a memorial aboard the USS Midway?”
Memorial services were held Tuesday for former Nixon aide and Union-Tribune executive Herb Klein. The memorial was held on the flight deck of the USS Midway on San Diego Bay. Herbert G. Klein died July 2nd at age 91. He served as Richard Nixon’s ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers. Klein died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, family members told the Union-Tribune. Klein was an icon in San Diego. Former California Governor Pete Wilson, who spoke at the memorial, proposed naming the new downtown library after Klein. Klein became a special correspondent for Copley after serving with the Navy in World War II. He covered Nixon’s 1946 congressional campaign for Copley, starting an association that would eventually lead him to the White House. Klein accompanied Vice President Nixon to Moscow in 1959 for historic meetings with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. The next year, he represented Nixon in
Memorial Held for Herb Klein; Former Nixon Aide, Union-Tribune Exec Contributor: Elex Michaelson Email: elex.michaelson@sandiego6.com Last Update: 7/15 8:41 pm SAN DIEGO — Memorial services were held Tuesday for former Nixon aide and Union-Tribune executive Herb Klein. The memorial was held on the flight deck of the USS Midway on San Diego Bay. Herbert G. Klein died July 2nd at age 91. He served as Richard Nixon’s ex-White House director of communications and a former editor for Copley Newspapers. Klein died after suffering a cardiac arrest at his home in the San Diego suburb of La Jolla, family members told the Union-Tribune. Klein became a special correspondent for Copley after serving with the Navy in World War II. He covered Nixon’s 1946 congressional campaign for Copley, starting an association that would eventually lead him to the White House. Klein accompanied Vice President Nixon to Moscow in 1959 for historic me
