Democrats Embrace Masochism at Chicago Convention
Russell Baker notes Chicago’s 1968 Democratic National Convention exposes deep party angst. Police in riot gear guard a perimeter around the Conrad Hilton as delegates endure urban turmoil and logistical failures while clinging to the idea of a mainstream, even as protests and internal unease rise.
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Russell Baker
New York Times News Service
Chicago
Miami Beach
National Guard
Regular Army
Conrad Hilton
Blackstone
Daley
Times Square
Robert Lowell
William Styron
Arthur Miller
Abraham Lincoln
Huberet
Daniel K. Inyone
Hawaii
Dan Inouye a Hawaii figure shaped by duty and politics
The profile traces Daniel Inouye from his Honolulu upbringing and WWII service with the 442nd to his rise as Hawaii’s first congressman and then U S senator. It notes his loyalty to Johnson and Rayburn, his stiff resolve from schoolyard slights, and his measured, left-leaning yet pragmatic stance on Vietnam and China trade.
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New York Times News
Danny Inouye
Inouye
America
Papa Inouye
Sen
Daniel Ken Inouye
Hawaii
Johnson
Sam Rayburn
House of Representatives
Rayburn
U.S. Congress
Honolulu
McKinley High School
Tokyo High
Danny
442Nd
Mark W. Clark
Sakae Takahashi
Hawaiian Senate
Margaret Awamura
George Washington University
Territorial House
Territorial Senate
U.S
Vietnam
China
Washington
Daniel Ken Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
Americans For Constitutional Action
Vice Presidential Choices Narrow for Humphrey Ticket
Democratic sources say Humphrey aims to add ethnic and religious balance with a running mate like Sen. Edmund Muskie or Mayor Joseph Alioto while weighing Harris and Sanford as alternatives. Shriver and Hughes face doubts, with Connally viewed as a strong Southern pick unlikely to win North votes.
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Humphrey
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Joseph Alioto
San Francisco
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
Fred R. Harris
Oklahoma
Richard J. Hughes
New Jersey
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
France
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Nixon
Muskie
Alioto
Richard J. Daley
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Chicago
Sanford
John B. Connally
Texas
North
South
Sen
Harris
Draft Ted Kennedy Dominates Democratic Convention Talk
At the Chicago Hilton and Blackstone, Ted Kennedy dominates corridor chatter as a possible draft target for the 1968 Democratic nomination. The piece weighs Humphrey's weakness, McCarthy's plans, and a potential Kennedy-led effort to unite against Nixon, with rumors of a Daley-Unruh axis and possible Kennedy support on a future ticket.
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New York Times News Service
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Conrad Hilton
Balbo Street
Blackstone
George McGovern
Hilton
Ted Kennedy
Ted
Hmphrey
Kennedy
Nixon
Lester Maddox
California
Jesse Unruh
Unruh
Daley
Humphrey
McCarthy
Teddy
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Federal Secret Service
Ruth King
George Washington
Warren Weaver JR
Richard Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Shriver
Robert F Kennedy
Gov
Hughes
Bob
Donna
International Amphitheater
Tom Wicker
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
George Romney
New York
Democratic Party
Binker
A.A. Milne
Michael A. Petit, M.D
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