Four Presidents Listed Themselves Churchless
NEW YORK AP Candidates religions may influence preredential politics. Only four of 33 presidents listed themselves churchless, with Hayes the recent example. Ten presidents were Episcopalians, eight of the first 14 wielding that faith. Other faiths included Presbyterians Methodists Unitarians Bap tists Dutch Reformed Quakers Congregationalists and Disciples of Christ. The Rev Rutherford L Decker Baptist minister seeks the Prohibition party nomination.
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Nominee Die Committee Votes Man For Both Parties
In Los Angeles AP reports both major parties would select a presidential candidate if their nominee dies before the election. The process would use a majority vote of each party’s national committee. Committees consist of two members from each state plus DC Puerto Rico the Virgin Islands and the Canal Zone.
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Los Angeles
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Virgin Island
Canal Zone
Daily Crossword Across and Down Clues From Implied Grid
A compact list of crossword clue fragments covering across and down hints. The readable parts point to a themed set with numbers and partial word prompts, including references to objects, colors, and concepts like country, brittle, bitter, facial terms, and geographic or cultural terms.
Parliamentary Experts Help Push LBJ Approval
The article describes how parliamentary experts John W. McCormack and Clarence Cannon steered Lyndon B. Johnson's nomination for vice president at the convention by acclamation. Kennedy supported Johnson, with little opposition expected, and rules suspension secured a swift, unified nomination amid voting roars and gallery noise.
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Los Angeles
Lyndon B. Johnson
John W. McCormack
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House
Clarence Cannon
Missouri
Johnson
McCormack
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Cannon
LeRoy Collina
John F. Kennedy
World Services Director For AP Is Announced
Stanley M. Swinton is named World Services director of The Associated Press a new post combining AP overseas news and business distribution. He succeeds Lloyd Stratton who retires after 40 years with AP while remaining corporate secretary through April 1961. Swinton has led World Services as general news editor and has wide international reporting experience including Asia revolutions and European chancelleries.
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World Services
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Starzel
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Stratton
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Charlevoix
Mich
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Europe
World Service General
University of Michigan
Stars and Stripes
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Cairo
Rome
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Indochina
Malaya
Burma
Convention Showed Age of Inattention at L A Delegates
AP reports the 1960 Democratic National Convention at the Sports Arena revealed widespread inattention as delegates, speakers, and TV crews battled noise. Attendees, commentators, and networks blamed acoustics, audience distraction, and sensory overload for poor focus on speeches while organizers sought order.
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LeRoy
Collins
Delegates House
Senate
J. Leonard
Reinsch
United States
GOP Opponent Calls LBJ Judas Goat in Telegram
Wichita Falls Republican Senate candidate John G Tower condemned Lyndon B Johnson as a Judas goat asking him to resign if he trusts a November Democratic victory He sent the remarks to newspapers and wire services in a telegram from Wichita Falls Texas AP report states Tower challenged Johnson to step down amid the reelection bid
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Lydon B. Johnson
John G. Tower
IGOP
U. Senate
Johnson
Senate
Tower
Conservation storage rises in Texas report
The State Board of Water Engineers reports total conservation storage in major Texas reservoirs rose slightly from the prior month. Despite heavy seasonal drought tensions, storage remains about nine inches below normal, with the year’s rainfall lagging behind averages.
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