Democratic Platform rejects Wallace busing plank shift
Washington AP report notes the Democratic Platform Committee, by 78 to 16, rejected a Wallace group bid to add a constitutional amendment banning busing for racial balance. The adopted language endorses desegregation and quality education as busing justification but states busing is not a method used. The vote signals a floor debate likely at Miami Beach convention.
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Washington
Democratic Platform
Alabama
George Wallace
Miami Beach
Wallace
Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid model to readers
An advertisement from Beltone invites Chicago residents to request a free non-operating Beltone hearing aid model for home use. The unit weighs under a third of an ounce and operates wirelessly at ear level. No cost or obligation is involved. write to Dept. 2172, Beltone Electronics Corp., 4201 W. Victoria, Chicago.
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Chicago
Beltone
Beltone Electronics Corp
W. Victoria
Ill
McGovern Seeks First Ballot Victory In Democratic Nomination
McGovern claims enough black delegate support to exceed 1509 votes for the Democratic presidential nomination at the Miami Beach convention, amid challenges from Humphrey and Wallace backers. The Credentials Committee weighs seating 151 California delegates amid disputes over the winner take all rule. The party platform panel debates busing, welfare, defense spending, and Indochina policy as it moves toward a draft for the convention.
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Miami Beach
U.S
Indochina
Vietnam
George Congestion
McGovern
Europe
George McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Humphrey
California
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Shirley Chisholm
New York
Democratic Credentials Committee
South Dakota
Democratic
District of Columbia
Louis Stokes
Ohio
Walter Fauntroy
Congress
William Clay
Missouri
Associated Press
George C. Wallace
Muskie
Fauntroy
Stokes
Clay
Chisholm
Arnold Pinkney
Nazarenes Aim To Grow To One Million Members This Decade
World Nazarene delegates at the 18th General Assembly in Miami Beach set a goal of one million members this decade, doubling current numbers. Dr. Charles H. Strickland was elected general superintendent. five incumbents were returned. The assembly urged 400 new churches and 200 000 new members for 1972-76, as membership rules were amended to admit divorced persons with regeneration evidence. Florida Governor Askew welcomed the assembly, and Swaziland’s ambassador thanked the church for hospital work including a maternity ward addition.
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Church of the Nazarene
Miami Beach
Fla
C. D. Westhofer
Nazarene
Charles H. Strickland
Nazarene Bible College
Colorado Springs
Colo
W. H. Lewis
George Coulter
Edward Lawlor
Eugene Stowe
Orville W Jenkins
Board of General Superintendents
Coulter
Nazarenes
Florida
Reubin Askew
Assembly County
Floyd Robinson
Nashville
Tenn
U. S
S. T. M. Sukati
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General Tire Service
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Jerry Shaker
Heckaman Buick
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