Humphrey Campaigns as Peacemaker in Cross Country Swing
Hubert H. Humphrey campaigned as a peacemaker in his first cross country swing as Democratic nominee, signaling flexibility on Vietnam bombing and troop withdrawals. He spoke in Philadelphia, Denver, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas, urging cautious diplomacy and critiquing antiwar protest tactics. Kennedy endorsed the Hum phy-Muskie ticket during a return to active politics.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
U.S
Humphrey
Philadelphia
United States
Eugene J. McCarthy
George S. McGovern
Los Angeles
Richard M. Nixon
New York
Spiro T. Agnew
Edward W. Brooke
Nixon
Agnew
Edmund Muskie
Las Vegas
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Robert
Humphrey-Muskie
Kennedy
Muskie
Eight States Hold Primaries Today
Eight states held primary elections with six targeting U S Senate seats. Incumbents largely faced weak opposition or were unopposed in Arizona Colorado Maryland Utah Vermont New Hampshire Rhode Island Minnesota and Vermont where veteran senator George Aiken faced a rare challenge from a history teacher.
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United Press International
U.S. Senate
Senate
New Hampshire
Utah
Vermont
Colorado
Maryland
Arizona
Barry M. Goldwater
GOP
Roy Elson
Carl Hayden
Robert Kennedy
Dick Herbert
Peter H. Dominick
Ken Monfort
Steve McNichols
Johnson
Daniel Brewster
Charlies Mathias
George Fallon
House
John W. King
Rhode Island
Fernand J. St. Germain
Norman J. Jacques
Wallace F. Bennett
Mark E. Anderson
John Birch Society
Anderson
George D. Aiken
William Tufts
Aiken
Educators meet Hanoi envoys on Paris peace talks
Five American educators including Howard Zinn met North Vietnamese diplomats in Paris for 13 hours over two days. They reported Hanoi demanded a total bombing halt and cited a lull in ground action as proof. They noted U S bombing had risen elsewhere and described Vietnamese views as distressed by the talks’ lack of progress.
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UPD
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United States
Zinn
Hanoi
Kennedy International Airport
Averell Harriman
U.S
Saigon
U.S. Air Force
Johnson
North
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Boston University
Paris
Marilyn Young
University of Michigan
Center For Chinese Studies
Ann Arbor
Edward M. Kennedy
D-Mass
Douglas Dowd
Cornell
Jonathan Mirsky
Center For East Asia Studies
Dartmouth College
Grand Jury to Probe Democratic Convention Violence
A U S federal grand jury in Chicago was ordered by Chief Judge William J. Campbell to study who bore responsibility for violence during the Aug 26 to 29 Democratic National Convention. The probe targets demonstrators police and the news media for possible indictments and examines conspiracy to influence the convention by television civil rights violations and wire tap statutes.
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UPI
William J. Campbell
U.S. District Court
Richard J. Daley
Campbell
Federal Grand Jury
Wallace backs off Chandler as Wallace running mate
Wallace cancelled a Washington news conference and appeared to back away from choosing A B Happy Chandler as his running mate. Chandler’s wife said he was not selected to join Wallace, noting a lack of agreement on civil rights.
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Chandler
Montgomery
Ala
UPI
George Wallace
Washington
Kentucky
A. B
Happy) Chandler
Louisville Courier-Jour
Nal
American Independent Party
Miami Beach
Fla
New Orleans
Saboteurs Destroy National Guard Truck in California
In VAN NUYS California saboteurs exploded a five ton National Guard truck and damaged four nearby vehicles in a pre dawn blast at an armory compound. Firefighters contained the flames as FBI and LAPD bomb squads investigated. No injuries reported. armory housed 18th Armored Cavalry unit.
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Calif
UPID
National Guard
FBI
Los Angeles
Nixon Widens Lead in Poll
United States president race shows Nixon increasing his lead over Humphrey in a Sindlinger & Co survey of 1,877 adults conducted Sept. 5–8. Wallace also gains, with results compared to Aug. 30–Sept. 2 data.
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UPI
Richard M. Nixon
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sindlinger
George C. Wallace
Sindlinger & Co
Norwood
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Bennington Banner
Business Newsroom
Banner Publishing Corporation
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Opinion
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