Curtain For Slow Play Hinders Unruh Power Fight
A California legislative analysis critiques Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh as powerful yet unproductive during the 1968 session. Sen. Hugh Burns adjourned the session, blaming it for excessive time and little enacted. The piece highlights smog control, corporate securities reform, and a water project deal as positives, with tax reform, anti obscenity measures, and BART funding among the major missed aims. It notes political maneuvering, calls for a Sept 2 recess, and a Sept 9 veto session to address unresolved issues and educational aid, property tax reform, and BART financing. It urges lawmakers to act rather than engage in political theater before the November election.
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Jesse Unruh
Hugh Burns
Freano
Burns
Unruh
California
Bay Area
Tneal
George Miller Jr
Martinez
Miller
Unrah
Tarah
Uaruh
Reagan
Republicans Build A Sturdy Platform
The GOP platform in Miami Beach advances a forward looking program for peace in Vietnam and broad domestic action. It emphasizes shared state resources and responsibility while avoiding reactionary stance, praised by Nelson Rockefeller as progressive. The piece notes ambiguity but highlights the platform as a dramatic outline for change.
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Ees
Miami Beach
Chicago
GOP
Vietnam
TIS
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
William S White Function In Disaster
Washington essay on the Madeira School amid Vietnam war politics notes hawks face a non disaster of perceived rejection. It questions Vice President Humphrey and McCarthy dynamics as middle aged voters ponder conventions and November votes at a tense political moment.
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Washington
Madeira School
Vietnam
Mdeira
South Vietnam
Miami Beach
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Elegy for war criminals and Lyndon Johnson’s path
The piece honors those labeled war criminals among ultra pacifists and praises Lyndon Johnson who renounced the presidency hoping for peace without surrender. It argues Johnson sacrificed personal ambition to keep a bipartisan policy of collective security against Communist incursions and defends honest negotiation without surrender.
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Lyndon Johnson
United States
Vietnam
White House
Bad News For Republicans In Gallup Poll On Congress
Marquis Childs assesses GOP confidence at Miami Beach as Republicans anticipate a November victory despite weak Congressional results. The piece notes historical reversals, the 1966 and 1964 party shifts, and the Gallup poll showing Republicans at 42 percent of Congressional votes versus 54 percent for Democrats, with Nixon potentially reshaping alignment if elected.
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Congress
G.O.P
Harry Truman
Senate
House
Wisenhower
Legislative Branch
South
Richard Nixon
Ideal Platform Advice for 1968 GOP
James J Kilpatrick critiques a Republican platform draft urging a concise, strong pledge to defend the Constitution, end or limit Vietnam, and emphasize law and order. He argues for bold but bounded reform, practical city policy, and clear, unambiguous language to avoid future hauntings.
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Supreme Court
Nixon Ponders Running Mate To Woo Cities
Nixon weighing a running mate as the Republican convention debates urban strategy. Rockefeller’s bid is cited as a potential city victory spark while city voters and civil rights issues loom over the ticket. Supporters say Rockefeller could broaden Republican appeal in urban areas.
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Nixon
GOP
Tcket
Nelson A. Rockefelier
New York
Richard M. Nbron
Presidential veep talk swirls in party polls and pledges
A House investigating panel accuses the Education Office of misusing school funds for a Hawaii junket involving more than 3,000 people. McCarthy reaffirms his peace talks stance amid disapproval. Rockefeller leads GOP in city polls, with Lindsay and Percy as potential vice presidential options. Nixon pressures include Brooke as a historic choice.
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Office of Education
Hawaii
Sen
McCarthy
Paris
Rockefeller
Scott
Nixon
New York City
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Charles H. Percy
Ike Lindsay
Percy
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James J. Kilpatrick
Everett Dirksen
Republican Platform Committee
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Laird
Subcommittee
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John A. Goldsmith
Barry M. Goldwater
Atiz
William E. Miller
N.Y
Hugh Sealt
Colt
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Philadelphia
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Humphrey
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