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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1964
Page
4
The note links baseball icon Babe Ruth to enduring American fame, while recognizing political conventions spotlight keynote figures like Alben Barkley as enduring names in public life.
The piece reviews the 1964 Republican and Democratic conventions, noting splits among Republicans and the Mississippi Alabama dispute. It argues Alabama and Mississippi delegations faced issues with seating and pledged votes, praises Johnson nomination, and urges unity as the election moves to November.
Confidential White House polls and state surveys place Lyndon Johnson well ahead of Barry Goldwater. Maine Indiana Maryland Wisconsin and New York show Johnson with large leads, while Goldwater seeks to appease moderates. The results encourage Democrats at Atlantic City and alarm Goldwater’s camp.
The piece offers three steps to control temper. Identify upsetting people and situations, resist outbursts, and imitate calm strategies from others. It stresses consistent practice, reflection on past mistakes, and imagining future reactions to improve self restraint.
The Johnson running mate choice centered on Catholicism and political balance. Mansfield, McCarthy, and Humphrey were weighed against party needs, with Humphrey emerging as the favored liberal candidate to unite factions and shore up key states ahead of a televised convention reveal.
Atlantic City analysis of President Johnson's struggle to pick a vice presidential candidate among 14, weighing religion race and records. It cites Hubert Humphrey as a leading option and notes Kennedy era tensions, the elimination of Robert Kennedy, and the potential of Adlai Stevenson, Sargent Shriver, and Robert McNamara.
On this Friday August 28 1954 events from 30 25 and 10 years earlier are listed with Emil Boeglin nominating himself for congress from the 8th district and J D Todd transferring to a Gulfport office. Mrs McDugald loses an arm in a shotgun accident. A man named William Pierce killed by lightning. Decatur temperature 193 degrees.
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