Political currents shift as Alabama parties begin campaign
The Birmingham Post-Herald and The Tuscaloosa News portray Alabama politics as the 1964 campaign opens. The Democrats back Gov George Wallace for the nomination and favor flexible electoral votes, while Republicans back Barry Goldwater and oppose a statewide primary. Both papers note Wallace’s rising influence and speculate on future bargaining power and party strategy.
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Alabama
Democratic Executive Committee
Democratic Party
George Wallace
Wallace
Atlantic City
Mobile
Barry Goldwater
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Democratic Committee
Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kprashl
GOP
State Democratic Executive Committee
National Party
LBJ civil rights push and constitutional clash in 1964
Column discusses LBJ considering federal funding for parochial schools, debate over church state separation, and pressure to win Catholic votes. It notes Kennedy's Catholic background, FBI reporting failures before Kennedy's death, and a Senate battle led by anti civil rights forces including lobbyist John Synon in Mississippi.
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Sarah T. Hughes
Lyndon
John F. Kennedy
United States
Supreme Court
Dallas
FBI
Oswald
Secret Service
Bureau
Russia
House Rules Committee
Rep
Howard Smith
Virginia
Rules Committee
Judge Smith
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Senate
LBJ
House of Representatives
House
John Synon
Mississippi
Synon
Coordinating Committee For Fundamental American Freedoms
CoyTrahte
Bell McCure Syn
People should choose president and vice president
The article argues against letting the president pick a vice presidential successor and urges that the people or Congress hold direct voice in succession. It criticizes plans giving cabinet or incumbent control and favors a constitutional amendment enabling Congress to select a replacement within 60 days.
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Washington
American Republic
Congress of the
United States
Congress
White House
House
Senate
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson
Canada
Great Britain
Conebee
York Herald
War Not Likely Won in South Viet Nam Says Marquis Childs
Marquis Childs argues the Vietnam War is not being won despite big U.S. expenditure. He highlights the Lodge ambassadorship and looming political pressure in Washington, notes disillusionment on Capitol Hill, and cites a joint U.S.-Vietnam survey showing hamlet programs failing and calls for immediate changes.
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Washington
South
Viet Nam
Paul Harkins
Saigon
Henry Cabot Lodge Jr
John
New Hampshire
Robert R. Mullen
Lodge
Central Intelligence Agency
Harkins
Capitol Hill
Indo-China
Pentagon
State Department
CIA
John McCone
America
United Syndicate, Inc
See This Day In History and Living Today on Page A-6
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