Southern views split over unpledged electors in 1960s politics
AP survey of 11 Southern states finds only Mississippi Alabama and South Carolina show any real potential for unpledged electors. Alabama and Georgia leaders express skepticism, while North Carolina Virginia and other states see little momentum for such a ticket. The effort centers on delaying a majority and letting the House decide the presidency.
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Woodrow Wilson
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D-Va
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Thurmond
States Rights
North Carolina
Bert Bennett
Robert Gavin
Virginia
Thomas H. Blanton
Walter R. Gambill
Electors Called Unnecessary
Governor Carl E. Sanders says Georgia has no independent elector law and doubts any move to block a party nominee would succeed. He believes an independent elector plan could only nullify voters in a presidential race, noting Georgia would likely vote for Kennedy over Goldwater.
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James W. Dorsey
Georgia
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Kennedy
Tom Harper
Texas
Atlanta
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Ax Muledeel Caine Tan Hering
Ross Barnettednesday
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John F. Kennedy
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Chamber urged $2.2 billion cut in Kennedy defense plan
A U S Chamber of Commerce spokesman called for trimming Kennedy’s defense appropriation by 2.2 billion from 52.2 billion. Wilmer Wright of New York told the Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee that all spending should be held to the lowest possible level to pave the way for a tax cut that would strengthen the economic base as the foundation of national security.
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Kennedy
Wilmer Wright
New York
Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
Youth Killed After Attack in Marion Arkansas
In Marion Arkansas a 17 year old Negro youth named Andrew Lee Anderson was chased into a field by white residents and deputies and fatally shot after a claim of attempted rape. He died forty minutes after arrival at a West Memphis hospital from a severed artery. No arrests had been made.
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Ark
Cecil Goodwin
Andrew Lee Anderson
West Memphis
Goodwin
Anderson
Mississippi River
Memphis
Tenn
Vincent
Julian Fogleman
One of Nine Wins Miss USA in Miami Beach
Martie Ozers 19 Miss Illinois was named Miss USA and will represent the United States at Miss Universe. Fifteen finalists will be chosen. Norma Beatriz Noland of Argentina is Miss Universe 1962. Ozers plans to use prize money to help college costs and her father Maksis H. Ozers who raised a family of nine.
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Fla
Martie Ozers
Free World
U.S.A
Maksis H. Ozers
Martie
Auto Falls 50 Feet in Highway Crash
A Kansas couple Arville Jones 68 and Mattie Pearl Jones 66 of Coffeeville died when their car tumbled 50 feet down an embankment on U.S. 80. Their daughter-in-law Eva Jones 52 and grandson Glenn R. Jones escaped with minor injuries while the second car, towed behind, was being pulled to save fuel.
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Kansas
Arville Jones
Mattie Pearl Jones
Coffeeville
Kan
U.S. 80
Highway Patrol
Eva Jones
Glenn R. Jones
Three Arrested In Chicago Racial Demonstration
Civil rights protesters clashed with police at Chicago Board of Education as three demonstrators broke a line and were arrested during a sit in. A Board official later allowed some demonstrators back inside. A 10 year old daughter of a demonstrator was reported hurt in Georgia.
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Board of Education
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