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Texas labor backs Yarborough and foes Nixon in 1972
AFL CIO leaders in Texas push to defeat Richard Nixon and back Ralph Yarborough for any office he seeks. The group flags a six million voter registration goal for 1972 and notes Yarborough’s potential endorsement chances depend on COPE delegates.
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Austin
Texas
Nixon
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Afl-Cio
Roy R. Evans
COPE
Evans
Yarborough
Ben Barnes
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Aflcio
U. S. Senate
Barnes
Briscoe
Hubert Humphrey
Alabama
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
Humphrey
Wallace
Senator
Sen
John Tower
Harold (Barefoot) Sanders
Dallas
Newspaper
Joseph Gamble
Bridge City
Orange Leader
Texas Circulation Managers Association
Gamble
State
Preston Smith
Bob Bullock
Texas Press Association
Crawford C. Martin
Martin
Parks and Wildlife Department
Upshur
Commissioners Court
Texas Water Quality Board
San Marcos
Edwards
Criminal Appeals Court
Lavaca Bay
State Department of Health
Health Department
Texas Education Agency