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Texas campaigns heat up in 1968 presidential race
In Austin Texas, Humphrey-Muskie organization forms amid factions led by Will Davis and Jim Wright. Ralph Yarborough heads a separate group with a 137 member committee. Nixon and Wallace campaigns draw big attention as polls show close race. Also notes on campus-university planning for Dallas Fort Worth Denton and varied state budget moves, desegregation progress, and education funding developments.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Hubert Humphrey
Will Davis
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Democrats
Humphrey - Muskie
Cecil Burney
Corpus Christi
Robert Strauss
Dallas
Far Worth
John Connally
Johnson
Humphrey
U. S
Ralph Yarborough
Texas Liberals
Humphrey-Muskie
Yarborough
Eugene McCarthy
George McGovern
Nelson Rockefeller
Robert I. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Higher - Education Coordinating Board
Mulltic
Dallas - Fort Worth - Denton
North Texas State University
Texas Woman's University
University of Texas At
Coordinating Board
Texas College and University System
Texas Education Agency