LBJ and ? to Be Named by Dems at Atlantic City
Atlantic City notes show the Democratic lineup for vice presidential selections in a historical recap. The piece surveys past vice presidents including Adams, Tyler, Fillmore, Arthur, and Johnson era shifts, noting only Roosevelt, Coolidge and Truman achieved later White House terms.
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Dems
Atlantic City
N.J
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Theodore Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
State Seals Decorate 28 Light Poles
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention stroll the Boardwalk seeking home state seals on 28 light standards. The clay WPA plaques display each state's seal and motto in Latin, created in Trenton. States shown along the Boardwalk appear in order: Maine through Iowa including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, New York, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, Arkansas, Missouri, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Texas, California, Iowa.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Arts and Crafts
State Administration
Trenton
States
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
New York
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Michigan
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Georgia
Florida
Texas
California
Iowa
Atlantic City Hall Named Democratic National Convention Site
The huge seven acre Atlantic City venue known as Convention Hall will host the Democratic National Convention with 20 000 folding chairs on the main floor. It has hosted football games, ice shows, operettas and mass services and features the world largest pipe organ and air conditioning for delegates.
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Democratic National Convention Committee
Charles F. Curtis
Neral Directors Association
Protestant Episcopal] Church
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Air Corps
Atlantic City
Pastore Keynoter a Dynamic Figure in Senate
Rhode Island Senator John O. Pastore, named keynoter, is renowned for spontaneous, energetic speeches. A Civil Rights advocate and chair of the Senate Atomic Energy Committee, he rose from immigrant beginnings in Providence to U.S. Senate, attending law school at night and serving in many state and national roles.
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Washington
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
Pastore
Senate
House Atomic Energy Committee
Providence
R.L
St. Patrick's Day
U.S
United Nations
U.N
Vienna
Geneva
AP Plans Large Team to Cover Democratic Conclave
More than 150 AP newsmen and 50 photo staffers are assigned to cover the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Writers include Douglas Cornell Jack Bell Harry Kelly Frank Cormier Art Edson James Marlow Hugh Mulligan Frances Lewine and Joy Miller. The photo staff features 20 cameramen plus editors and darkroom technicians with private lines linking desks to reporters on the floor. Experienced teletype and wirephoto operators will dispatch copy and pictures on AP wires and wirephoto network.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Associated Press
Douglas Cornell
Jack Bell
Harry Kelly
Frank Cormier
Art Edson
James Marlow
Hugh Mulligan
Frances Lewine
Joy Miller
AP National
Connally to Nominate Johnson, His Longtime Favorite
Gov. John B. Connally of Texas plans to nominate Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic presidential candidate, as he did at the 1956 convention, reflecting a long collaboration with Johnson and Governor Edmund G. Brown of California.
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Connally
Austin
Tex
John B. Connally
Texas
Edmund G. Brown
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Kennedy
Dallas
San Antonio
University of Texas
Washington
Atlantic City a century of firsts and promotion tricks
Atlantic City emerged as a major resort shaping US norms with the Boardwalk lifeguards and first Miss America pageant in 1921. It built Convention Hall in 1928 turning it into a year round destination for conventions and tourism.
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Atlantic City
W.C. Fields
Fields
Field
Cynic In the Sun
Convention Hall
Afl-Cio
National Education Association
Carol Channing to sing at Democratic National Convention
J P Carol Channing of Broadway fame will attend the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City and perform the party theme song Hello Lyndon.
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Carol Channing
Hello
Lyndon
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
GOV
Edmond G. Brown
Robert F. Wagner
Edmund S. Muskie
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Andrew Johnson
Chester Alan Arthur
Horatio Seymour
James Gillespie Blaine
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Tyler
Fillmore
Winfield Scott
Marie Jacobs
Convention
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
American Federation of Labor
CIO
National Electric Light Association
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
American Hospital Association
National Fu
Sen. John
Absecon Island
Little Seashore
Boardwalk
Somme
Jai Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Secretary of the Navy
Alsthough Connally
Navy
Perry R. Bass
Sid W. Richardson
Atlantic City, N. J
Gov, John B, Connally
J.P
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