Wallace as third party kingmaker in 1968 election stasis
Congressional Quarterly Assessments say Wallace faces stiff hurdles to leverage a stalemated electoral college. Even with Southern votes, parties may avoid him via pre election pacts to honor the popular vote winner, potentially keeping the decision out of the House.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Alabama
George C. Wallace
Wallace
House of Representatives
House
John M. Bailey
Charles E. Goodell
GOP
Goodell
Congress
Electoral College
Supreme Court of
Deep South
Strom Thurmond
Barry Goldwater
Neal Peirce
Confederacy
District of Columbia
South
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
South Carolina
D. C
Harry S. Truman
Johnson
Democratic Committee
Gerald R. Ford
Mich
Letter to the editor on presidential tickets and safety concerns
A Decatur reader urges the public to stop and think about politics in 1968, opposing Teddy Kennedy’s potential nomination, supporting Eugene McCarthy, and reflecting on the Kennedy assassinations. Another letter warns of child safety after a driver left a car running with children inside, urging awareness of dangerous parking practices.
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Michael V. Disalle
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Teddy
Eugene McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Bobby
Vietnam
O.K
Eugene
Betty Jane Kerby
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Gateway Shopping Center
Parisian’s
Concerns Over Point Mallard Project In Decatur Letter
A reader in Decatur Alabama criticizes the Point Mallard project as a fantastical and unreasonable civic venture. The note is addressed to city officials including officers and the City Planning Board urging caution.
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7Th Ave. S.E
Decatur
Ala
Decatur Daily Ladies and Gentlemen
City Planning Board
Mallard
Paffell
Business Rescued President Johnson's Income Tax Bill
Washington outlines a lengthy lobbying push to pass a 6 billion dollar tax increase tied to spending cuts. Treasury Secretary Fowler led bankers and business leaders in lobbying, with support from ABA, Ford Saunders group, Homebuilders, and Chamber of Commerce, as Republicans and Democrats wrestled votes.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Congress
John W .Byrnes
Wis
GOP
House
Ways and Means Committee
Byrnes
Newsweek Magazine
Wilbur D. Mills
D Ark
House Democrats
Gerald R. Ford
American Bankers Association
ABA
Henry Ford
Ford Motor Co
Stuart T. Saunders
Pennsylvania Railroad
Secretary of the Treasury
Henry H Fowler
Ford-Saunders Group
Congressional
National Association of Homebuilders
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
Chamber
Senate
Treasury
Fowler
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