Alabama WCC pushes Dixie caucus for preconvention pressure
White Citizens Councils leaders campaign to pressure Alabama delegates for a southwide caucus before the Democratic national convention. State Sen. Sam Engelhardt calls on council chairs to back the plan and urge a preconvention Alabama delegation meeting with Southern states.
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WCC
Dixie Caucus
Rex Thomas Montgomery
Citizens Council
Alabama
South Carolina
George Bell
Assn. of Alabama
Sen
Sam Engelhardt
Engelhardt
Sparkman
Montgomery
Glenn Curlee
Elmore County
Timmerman
Chicago
Dixie
Alabama Delegation Split Over Pre Convention Caucus
Council leader quotes the debate over a pre convention caucus. Sparkman, delegation chairman, warns it could trigger a Dixie revolt and a third party in the presidential race. Alabama delegates remain split with no direct vote at the June 1 meeting.
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Sparkman
Alabama
Laurie Battle
Birmingham
Lenin Will Criticize Stalin Printed In Full After 33 Years
Lenin's testament to the 13th Party Congress dated 1922 urges removing Stalin as general secretary and praises Trotsky as the most capable Central Committee member. The document, kept secret since 1929, was published in Kommunist revealing Lenin's warnings of power concentration and the risk of a party split amid Stalin and Trotsky's rivalry.
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Stalin
Moscow
V. I. Lenin
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Kommunist
Leon Trotsky
Central Committee
Trotsky
Twining Urges AF Officers to Avoid Disparagement of Other Services
General Nathan F. Twining urged Air Force officers to avoid disparaging other services in speeches and statements. He warned that belittling the Navy or Army undermines national security and public support, and dilutes defense deterrence. Twining's guidance, dated June 15, was circulated as he concluded his visit to Russia.
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Washington
Nathan F. Twining
Air Force
Army
Navy
U. S
Twining
Holland's Future Queen Faces Royal Rift Amid Duties
Princess Beatrix begins official duties as Holland’s future queen amid publicized family tensions. A three-man commission aims to ease Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard’s disputes after reports of a marital rift. The palace saga centers on Miss Hofmans and questions of influence while Beatrix prepares for a distant throne.
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Royal House
Tom Stone
Amsterdam
Beatrix
Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Tion
State Council
der Spiegel
Greet Hofmans
Maria Christina
Miss Hofmans
Miss. Hofmans
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