Democrats face brawls over delegates in 1968 campaign
Washington reports front runners in the delegate race include the leading candidate in June, with McCarthy and McGovern still claiming possible nominations. The party may stage a dozen favorite son entries at Chicago the August 26 convention and faces clashes over seating delegates and drafting the platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Chicago
To Fish- Continued From Pageme Canyon
He and Mrs. Reavis are members of the First Methodist Church where he has served on the official board and as a teacher in the Sunday School. He is also a former assistant scout master.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pageme Canyon
Reavis
First Methodist Church
Almanac for Friday August 16 1968
Almanac notes the date August 16 1968 with the 229th day of the year and 137 left. It lists historic events including the Klondike gold discovery in 1896 the Carnegie steel eight hour day in 1923 Babe Ruth death in 1948 and a fatal Leake Michigan plane crash in 1965. A thought from Socrates warns that false words infect the soul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Venus
Klondike
Canada
Yukon Territory
Carnegie Steel
Babe Ruth
New York City
Leake Michigan
Socrates
Thomas Willett, First Mayor of New York City
Thomas Willett served in 1665 as New York City’s first mayor, marking the beginning of the city’s colonial municipal leadership. His tenure established early governance for the growing settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International
Thomas Willett
New York City
Vote on city tax proposed by Morris Higley advisory note
An appeal urges voting for the one cent sales tax at city hall between 8 A.M. and 7 P.M. It attacks Robert S. McNamara as a failed defense chief and argues for a Republican president to avert Pentagon weaknesses and delay in defense projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Higley
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Department of Defense
Soviet Union
Community visits and medical checkups dominate Amarillo to Paducah travels
A crowded round of visiting relatives and friends fills towns from Amarillo to Paducah. Mrs. Davis travels for a medical checkup as many families, including the Conn, Gambol, Stinnett, Oliver, Hightower, and Henderson clans, visit kin in Estelline Childress Wichita Falls Hereford and Lubbock, with weddings and homecomings noted in Roaring Springs and Paducah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iss
Aubrey Testerman
Virgil Gambol
G. Gambols
A. T. Fox
Russell Gross
Childress
J. A. Stinnett
Wichita Falls
P. A. Smitker
Stinnett
Martin Bumpus
Edwin Wyatts
Bert McLean
Lileesa
Connie
Aimee
Nell Abram
Estelline
Joyce Allen
Kathy Vickers
Dallas
Jerry Conn
Gary
Fort Worth
Garth Oliver
Truman Mabry
Duane Verschelde
Renzo
Hereford
W. C. Cawthon
Amarillo
Terry
J.C Smith
Alton
C. F. Smith
Roaring Springs
G. W. Dill
Anna
W. Keel
Roy Wygals
Cindy Keel
Dills
Cecil Slover
Earth
James Stevenson
Mineral Wells
Vernon Trent
DeAnna
Ernest Rea
Nancy
Veteran’s Building
Rea
Dean Newsom
Oklahoma City
Lubbock
Don Altman
Tresa
Donna
Sherri
Clarendon
John H. Turner
Meadow
A. G. Woods
Tyrers
Methodist
High Point
Larry Malone
Tyler
Kerneth Brooks
Lesa
Henry Martinez
Carlie
Terri Gambol
Dumas
Gene Gambols
Larry
H. J. Henderson
Bobby Henderson
Keith
Lee Diges
Martha Galligan
Waylon Ray Bratcher
Juanita Stinnett
Stinnetts
John Browning
Troy Boykin
Todd
Billy Beard
Clyde Black
Fannie Guan
Paducah
Rayford Jones
Jerry
J. D. Atkisson
Atkisson
Dale Hightower
Billy
Mark
LaRoy Hightower
Debbie
Dan Hightower
Robin
Steve
Parhandle
Doris Shackelford
Brenda
David
Oliver Hightower
Henry Brooks
Stave Stenson
H. S. Voyles
Garland Henderson
Chan
Ray Don Coleman
Bobby Pickrel
H. J Henderson
Blood shortage hits Texas hospitals hard this summer
Texas hospitals report a worsening blood shortage tied to summer elective surgeries and vacationing donors. Amarillo and Houston report critical levels while Dallas Parkland struggles for Tyrosine blood. other cities note improving supplies as regional centers adjust.
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Preston McGraw
Dallas
UPI
Texas
Union
Amarillo
Coffee Memorial Blood Center
John Kemp
Travis County Blood Bank
Bie
Austin
Big Wadley Blood Bank
Charles Averitt
Community
Houston Veterans Administration Hospital
St. Luke's
Texas Children's Hospital
M. D. Anderson
Averitt
Waco
Red Cross
Alber Hetler
Blood Services Corp
Harlingen
Rio Grande Valley
Wall Street Chatter Dow Dips as Market Eyes Rate Cut Hopes
Wall Street chatter notes the Dow has given up a portion of its gains as selling wanes. Firms like Goodbody Weekly Market Letter see potential rate cuts and caution investors until a market base forms. Other firms cite negotiations and political factors as key influences, with a bear market viewed as unlikely due to stock supply versus money supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
UPI
Goodbody Weekly
Federal Reserve
Winslow, Cohn & Stetson
Hollis Rites Held Today For Mrs N Parker
Final rites for Mrs. Norris Parker of Hollis Oklahoma were to be held at 4 p m today at the Hollis Church of Christ. Interment followed in Hollis Cemetery. Mrs Parker died Wednesday night in Hollis after a lengthy illness. Survivors include her husband of the home a mother Mrs M D Scott of Hollis a daughter Mrs J C Burch of Enid two sons Douglas Ray and Miral both of the home and a sister Mrs Jerry Holleman of San Antonio.
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Norris Parker
Hollis
Okla
Hollis Church of Christ
Hollis Cemetery
J. C. Burch
Enid
Douglas Ray
Miral
Jerry Holleman
San Antonio
Webb’s Wall blocks shopfront after 20 accidents
Peterborough barber Ralph Webb built Webb's Wall outside his corner shop to shield customers after 20 traffic accidents at the intersection since 1963. Four cars have smashed into his shopfront.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterborough
England
UPI
Ralph Webb
Communists regroup for new push across demilitarized zone
North Vietnam faced renewed pressure as American pilots flew 117 missions over the panhandle, aiming to disrupt supply lines and curb a potential offensive. Hanoi asserted its antiaircraft system shot down one aircraft.
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Demilitarized Zone
North Vietnam
Panhandle
Hanoi
Seaman James E. Ford Serves Aboard USS America
Seaman James E. Ford USN 2, son of Mr. and Mrs. E Ford of 101 Fourth St SE, serves aboard USS America, providing air support to U S and Allied ground forces in Vietnam. The carrier operates with the Seventh Fleet on Yankee Station in the Gulf of Tonkin, part of a force of over 199 ships and 300 aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Ford
Ford
Fourth St
U. S. Navy
U S
Vietnam
U.S. Seventh Fleet
Yankee Station
Gulf of Tonkin
Seventh Fleet
Seekscampaign Through Pennsylvania and Ohio Delegates
Seekscampaign through Pennsylvania today. At Allentown, he declared that a victorious war on poverty would be the greatest achievement of civilization. In a separate development, Sen. Stephen M. Young of Ohio released the state's 115 delegates to the Democratic convention from their pledge to vote for him as favorite son. According to the UPI delegate tabulation, more than half the Ohio delegation were leaning toward Humphrey.
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Pennsylvania
Allentown
Stephen M. Young
Ohio
UPI
Humphrey
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Planet Earth
Black Knight
Washington
Cale Yarborough
Lee Roy Yarbrough
Florida
Rogers Lumber Company
Dial
Almanac
Robert S
McNamara
Ohn F. Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
World Bank
Ray Cromley
NEA
Houston
George Hodell
Harris County Medical Society
Texas Medical Center
South Texas
Roger M. Smith
Wall Street
FE. F. Hutton & Co
USS
America
Avenue F. Thw
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