California Primary Sparks Bitter Campaign Showdown
As six state primaries unfold, Kennedy and McCarthy trade charges in California while Nixon and Rockefeller forecast paths to the GOP nomination. Humphrey vies for delegates in South Dakota as Nixon plans a new campaign push. New Jersey and Montana races loom with tentative delegate splits, as Alabama and Mississippi hold lighter contests.
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Moonship receives green light after thermal vacuum tests
At Houston Space Center AP reports a U.S. moonship model named Apollo lunar Yodale completed four long term tests in a space simulation chamber. Officials called the effort an unqualified success and qualified the design for manned flight after enduring 12 hour vacuum cycles with two crews aboard.
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Final Runoff Vote Tally in Texas Governor Race
The final tally from the Texas Election Bureau reports 1,379,743 total votes in the Democratic runoff. Preston Smith has 158,654 votes, Don Yarborough 621,487. Smith carried 217 counties to Yarboroughs 36, with Jasper County at 1,788 for each. Yarborough lost 17 counties he had carried earlier, including Bexar Cameron Denton Stellennan Smith Tarrant and Travis.
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Saigon Bombarded as Viet Cong Battle Rages Delta
Saigon endures its heaviest bombardment of the war as U S infantry clash with Viet Cong in the Mekong Delta near Plain of Reeds and Gia Dinh. U S casualties rise, and a large mass surrender near Phu Bai is reported.
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Poor Folk March To Meet Clark
The Poor People Campaign staged an eight hour protest at the Justice Department on the steps of the building. Atty Gen. Ramsey Clark refused broad access while about 106 of 300 demonstrators remained for an all night vigil.
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J. W. Wilson
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Atheist program airs on LBJ station KTBC in Austin
Madalyn Murray O Hair hosts The Atheist Point of View on KTBC broadcast with support from President Johnson allies. Rev John Barclay replies from Central Christian Church in Austin after each segment. Louis Shanks, a local dealer and ex councilman, sponsors the Barclay appearances. O Hair cites civil liberties and church state separation while noting the 1963 school prayer ruling.
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