McCarthy Campaign Gathers on Columbia Campus
Steven and Sheila Weinberg mobilize McCarthy partisans with 750 campus volunteers including 200 Barnard students led by Jean McKenzie. A March mass meeting followed Hershey and Kennedy campaign announcements, with off campus events and campus fundraising supporting the effort. Local HQ opens on Broadway and benefits in city fund-raisers draw figures like Bikel Newman Belafonte.
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Sheila Weinberg
Columbia
Teachers College
McCarthy
Barnard
Jean McKenzie
Hershey
Kennedy
Eugene’s
Eugene’s Politics At Cabaret By Marilyn Bain
Report from Eugene’s New York political cabaret where 28 tables host a mix of patrons including Mary from Peter Paul and Mary, Betty Camden and Adolph Green, Phyllis Newman, and a Newsweek photographer. The night features Broadway music numbers, with the Camden Green team providing the strongest moments and addressing themes from McCarthy to Nixon as guests spotlight theatre and political culture.
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Marilyn
Bain
Eugene's
New York
Mary
Peter, Paul
Betty Camden
Adolph Green
Mr. Green
Phyllis Newman
Newsweek
University
Viste
Eugene’s
David Shyer
Richard Maupi
Phylis Newman
Charles Strauss
Bonnie & Clyde
Bye Birdie
Golder Boy
Jules
Sule
Wonderful Town
McCarthy
Richard Nixon
al ‘Lowenstein
Columbia ADA chapter grows as campus liberals seek outlet
ADA's 68 member Columbia chapter forms to offer a liberal platform distinct from SDS and Young Democrats. Led by Jon Adelman the group backs McCarthy and Weiss, plans a April 26 27 antiwar actions, and aims to pressure Columbia on student power and Morningside Heights policy.
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Columbia
Campus Ada
Americans For Democratic Action
Jon Adelman
SDS
Young Democrats
Johnson
ICV
ADA
Amatai Etzioni
Jetsbr
McCarthy
Kennedy
Nixon
Barnard
Ted Weiss
Leonard Farnstein
Trade Union Is
Weiss
Manhattan
New Hampshire
Columbis
Adelman
Tme
Vietnam
Central Park
Sheep Meadow
Morningside Heights
University
McCarthy Campaign Event Lists Future Rebel Evening Schedule
Eugene McCarthy spoke urging pledges to the Poor People's March on Washington. The event on Second Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets features future evenings with writers editors on April 17, folk rock on April 18 with Janice Ian Richie Havens and Phil Ochs, social critics April 19 and political satire April 20. A $5 minimum entrance goes to the McCarthy campaign fund.
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Eugene’s
Second Avenue
S4th
Janice Ian
Richie Havens
Phil Ochs
McCarthy
Rockefeller Students Back Rockefeller Campaign Drive
New York area students formed a national committee starter group to back Nelson Rockefeller for the Republican nomination as Lyndon Johnson announced he would not seek the 1968 bid. Bruce Kelley leads a petition campaign and campus balloting while Rockefeller remains a tentative candidate. Headquarters are at 7 East 52 Street, New York.
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Nelson Rockefeller
Lyndon Johnson
Rockefeller
Bruce ‘Kelley
Choice
Choice Rockefeller
Nixon
Committee
East 52 Street
New York
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Rob Ginsburg
Hunter College
Tom Jaxton
Joseph Heller
Preston Wilcox
Fritz Weaver
Indiana
New Jersey
Eugene
By Jackie Taner
Columbia Students For McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
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