Crossover Voting May Shape Indiana Primary Results
In Indiana voters may cross party lines on Tuesday with Nixon unopposed on the Republican ballot while Branigin runs as a favorite son. The system allows a voter to request a ballot of another party but may be challenged, requiring an affidavit of intent to support that party's candidates in the next general election.
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Marchers Reach Mississippi Town After King Memorial Walk
A large civil rights march continuing from Memphis heads toward Quitman County Mississippi with about 2000 to 3000 state troopers guarding the route. Dr Martin Luther King Jr leaders say the march will linger in the town for several days before resuming the trek.
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Columbia University Unit To Probe Crisis Causes
Columbia University trustees assign a 12 member faculty panel to study the causes of campus unrest and propose structural changes while a fact finding commission investigates reforms. The aim is to address protests over segregation and the plan to convert spaces in Harlem.
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Columbia Student Council
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Nixon camps serenely through Indiana as rivals scramble
Nixon coasted into Indiana on a courtesy tour while McCarthy RFK and Branigin campaigned for the crucial Indiana primary. Kennedy pressed a stance on China at South Bend, McCarthy toured western Indiana and Gary Hammond, and Branigin pitched Hoosier unity as the Dems brace for a contested national convention. Nixon planned stops in Fort Wayne Evansville and Louisville with the Derby awaiting in Kentucky.
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McCarthy Wins Support On Campuses In Mock Vote
UPI reports college students across 1807 campuses conducted a mock presidential ballot. Eugene J. McCarthy led with 72,85 votes, followed by Kennedy, Nixon, Rockefeller, and Humphrey write-ins. Johnson received 47,342 as a withdrawn candidate.
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UPI
Eugene J. McCarthy
Robert F. Kennedy
D.N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Hubert H. Humphrey
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Efeller
Rockefeller
Philadelphia
Rockefeller Campaigns With Teeberg Strategy
Gov Nelson Rockefeller markets a two part campaign plan to win the Republican nomination. The surface effort features public speeches while a hide in plain sight strategy pressures party leaders to switch delegates. Allies including Miller and Morton seek GOP leaders across states to back Rockefeller.
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N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Rockefeller
Key
U.S
Theuston B. Morton
William EE. Miller
GOP
Miller
Marton
Barry Goldwater
Kennedy Boy In Trouble In Indiana Rock Throwing Incident
Senator Robert F. Kennedy described his 12 year old son David Kennedy and another boy being detained after a rock throwing incident near the Kennedy Hickory Hill home in Fairfax County. Police reported no charges. Both youths were released to their parents. The event occurred as Kennedy campaigned in Indiana.
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Indiana
Washington
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Hickory Hill
Reagan Plan to Build Housing for Farm Workers in California
Governor Howard Reagan announced a pilot project to train migrant farm workers in basic academics and vocational skills to produce low cost prefabricated housing. Rohr Corp will donate equipment, while unions train workers and local government provides land. The plan aims to replace handouts with paid work and seeks a $500,000 federal grant.
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Federal Office of Economic Opportunity
Rafferty Sets Conditions On Redwood Park Plan
In Eureka, Senate candidate Max Rafferty pledges support for a Redwood National Park if timber firms receive full fair and equal value from federal land takings. He lists six conditions including protection of groves, a 50,000 acre park, tax relief for Del Norte and Humboldt counties, shared acquisition impact among lumber firms, involvement of people and trees, and fair value in land transfers. Aimed at the June 4 California GOP primary, the plan mirrors rival Thomas Ruchel’s proposal and involves federal control with 100 migrant workers on the initial program.
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Senate
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Tall Ree
Redwoods National Park
Rafferty
California
Thomas H. Ruchel
Umhold
del Norte
Roy, Reapan
Peace and Freedom Party defections swell in California
In San Francisco and Alameda counties defections from the Peace and Freedom Party roll to the Democratic side are reported as up to 10,000 in two months. Officials say the party may drop from 105,100 to around 60,000 after registration totals are finalized. Republicans gain in impact.
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