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Goldwater Visit Remains Aiken Highlight Of 1960s Tour
The article chronicles Barry Goldwater's 1964 Aiken stop as a guest of state Sen. Marion Smoak, detailing a weekend of golf and a polo match at Whitney Field, with Goldwater surrounded by children including Anne McClearen Woodrum. It notes the moment as part of a larger GOP surge in the South that year. It also mentions Smoak’s later government work, Thurmond’s 1964 party switch, and Goldwater’s World War II service.
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Barry Goldwater
South Carolina
Aiken
Goldwater
Marion Smoak
Smoak
Nixon
Washington
San Francisco
Nelson Rockefeller
Lyndon Johnson
Palmetto
Jack Parker
Bobby Knowles
Bob
H.A
Mac) McClearen
Republican Party
Whitney Field
Anne McClearen Woodrum
McClearen
Shoney's
Bear
Anne Woodrum
Strom Thurmond
South
Thurmond
Johnson
Army Air Corps
Les Litton
New Ellenton
Yuma
Ariz
Litton
Shoney
Arizona Sea