Delegates Seek End to War at McGovern Platform Show
At the Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach delegates approved a platform calling for immediate withdrawal from Vietnam, tax reform, income grants, and busing as a school policy option while defeating Wallace backed planks. Secret Service detained two men outside the McGovern hotel amid security concerns.
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Protestant March Fears Deepens as Violence Surges in Northern Ireland
Gunmen killed three people in separate attacks in Portadown and Belfast as 100000 Protestants prepare for the Glorious Twelfth march. Police and troops deployed to 18 cities to separate sectarian factions amid renewed Belfast shootings and a resumed IRA truce collapse.
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Downing Gift Adds 12 Acres To Maine Wildlife Refuge
Kennebunk Conservation Commission receives 12.1 acres of salt water marshland from Mr and Mrs John D Downing as a gift extending the Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge along the Mousam River route 9 to the river mouth. The land reverts to the Downing family if sold. A fund titled The Rachel Carson Open Area Fund is established by Walter and Ruth Howard to support conservation efforts.
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Abortion plank defeats at Democratic National Convention
The Democratic National Convention rejected a proposed abortion plank by 1572.80 to 1101.37 after a lengthy roll call. The measure aimed to recognize abortion access as a human goal, drawing opposition from McGovern forces and some Catholic groups.
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Shirley MacLaine
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Wallace
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New York
Eugene Walsh
Protestors At Convention Hall Rally For Freedom And Peace
Cuban demonstrators demand freedom and guns while Vietnam veterans urge peace. Farm workers protest Florida governor Reubin Askew’s migrant training plan as SDS targets a fashion show. CSSC seeks 750 floor seats for the Democratic National Convention amid tense, peaceful perimeter protests outside Convention Hall.
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Convention Briefs at Democratic National Convention
Inside the convention a security arc near the speaker platform. Secret Service escorts two middle aged women to the dais while they stack ice around gold and white mums to keep dust and water from underground wires. Cab drivers and bellhops note Democrats are frugal tippers.
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Secret Service
Democratic National Convention Schedule Miami Beach
Today's convention timetable lists events from 10:36 a.m. to noon a media and advertising workshop to 2 p.m. a Democratic women's luncheon with candidate appearances. A 2 to 5 p.m. youth caucus follows, then a 7 p.m. session to nominate the presidential candidate.
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Women delegates meet to hear presidential candidates
Delegates and alternates to the Democratic National Convention gather in a hotel today to hear the candidates address the caucus briefly and then answer questions from the floor, a convention spokesman said.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Sign in Convention Hall Dems Window Calls Free Miami Beach 3016
At about 6 a.m. a window sign in Convention Hall appeared during an 11 hour Democratic meeting. The sign proclaimed Free the Miami Beach 3 016, signaling a demand tied to the detained activists.
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